Sarah Ann Lawson
c1842-1918
Sarah was born in Roxton, Bedfordshire, the daughter of William and Sarah Bass (nee Endersby) who were married on the 9th October 1835 in Potton, Bedfordshire.
Her father William was born c1811 in Everton, Bedfordshire. The 1841, 1851 and 1861 census records record William as an Innkeeper/Publican. By 1871 he was a Farmer in Tempsford, Bedford. The 1881 census records him as a Farmer in Stone Lane, Peterborough, Northamptonshire. He died aged 74 in 1884 in Northamptonshire.
Her mother Sarah was born c1812 in Potton Bedfordshire. She died aged 77 in 1890 in Northamptonshire.
William and Sarah also had the following children:
Harriet c1836 (died aged 14 in 1850, buried 10th July at St Mary Magdalene Roxton)
Susan c1838
Emma 1840
David c1844
Abraham c1847
Esther c1849
Alfred c1851
Wallace 1853
Hephzibah 1855
Herbert William 1858
In 1851 Sarah (8) was living in Roxton with her father William (40), her mother Sarah (39) and her siblings Susan (14), Emma (10), David (7), Abraham (3) and Esther (1)
The 1861 census records Sarah (19) as a Dressmaker living in the High Street, Dunstable, Bedfordshire with her sister Susan (23) a Dressmaker.
Sarah married in 1867
Marriage details:
Place: St James Westminster Middlesex
Date: 28th July 1867
Groom: Joseph Lawson, full age, bachelor, occupation, Police Constable, abode, Marlbro’ Mews
Bride: Sarah Ann Bass, full age, spinster, abode, Marlbro’ Street
Fathers: William Lawson, a Gardener and William Bass, a Farmer
Witnesses: David Bass and M Lawson
(Joseph was born in1841 in Everton, Bedfordshire, the son of William and Judith Lawson (nee Cocking) who were married in 1826 in Everton cum Tetworth, Huntingdonshire. He was working as a Railway Porter in Hertfordshire in 1861. By 1867 Joseph had joined the Police Force, he was recorded as a Police Constable in the 1871, 1881 and 1891 census records. The 1901 and 1911 census records record him as a Retired Police Constable).
Joseph and Sarah had the following nine children:
Joseph 1867 in Surrey
Arthur William 1870 in Chieveley Berkshire
Albert 1872 in Chieveley
Frederic Wallace c1874 in Chieveley
Clara Ethel 1875 in Chieveley
Herbert Edward 1877 in Chieveley
William Wilfred 1880 in Brightwell Berkshire
Alfred 1882 in Brightwell
Thomas 1884 in Childrey Berkshire
The 1871 census records Joseph (28), Sarah (28) and their sons Joseph (3) and Arthur (7 months) living in Chieveley, Berkshire. By 1881 the family were living in Brightwell Street, Brightwell Berkshire. The 1891 census records them living in Village Road, West Shefford, Berkshire. By 1901 the were living at 7 Netherton Terrace, Boundary Road, Newbury, Berkshire. They continued to live in Netherton Terrace until their deaths.
Sarah Ann died aged 76 on the 23rd March 1918, she was laid to rest in the Newtown Road Cemetery on the 27th March with her sister-in-law Mary Ann Lawson (buried 1910)
Joseph died aged 80 on the 12th September 1921, he was laid to rest in the Newtown Road Cemetery with his wife Sarah (buried 1918) and his sister Mary Ann Lawson (buried 1910)
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