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Sarah Curtis
c1812-1888
Sarah Danvass/Danvers was born c1812 in Newbury she was the daughter of Samuel and Phoebe Danvers.
In 1815 Sarah (3) was living in Lewis’s Yard (on the west side of Northbrook Street) Newbury with her parents Samuel (30), a Barge Carter and Phoebe and her sisters Elizabeth (4) and Mary an infant.
Sarah also had at least 2 other siblings Maria born c1825 and Caroline born c1831.
Sarah married Adam Curtis (born c1813) on the 5th October 1834 at St Nicolas Church Newbury, they had the following children:
Amelia c 1834
Elizabeth c1835
George c1837
Mary Ann c1839
Emma Maria 1841 (died aged 1 in 1842)
Charlotte born 1843 baptised 25th June 1843 at St Nicolas Church Newbury
Victoria 1845 (died aged 2 in 1848)
Richard James 1847
Frederick 1850
Edwin c1852 (died aged 1 in 1853 buried on the 27th July in the NRC (recorded as Edward)
Walter 1856 (died aged 3 in 1859 buried on the 25th February in the NRC)
The family lived in Mayor Lane Newbury and Adam worked as an Agricultural Labourer (1841), a Corn Porter’s Labourer (1851) (recorded as a Cripple no occupation 1861) and a Glass Dealer (1871).
Adam died aged 67 in 1879 he was laid to rest in the Newtown Road Cemetery on the 27th September.
After her husband’s death Sarah worked as a Straw Dealer and continued to live at Mayor Lane until at least 1881. Later records show that she was admitted to the workhouse from the parish of Greenham where she died aged 77 on the 29th September 1888 she was laid to rest in the Newtown Road Cemetery on the 2nd October.
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