Sarah Abel

c1809-1887

Sarah Harris was born c1809 (in census records she was recorded as being born in London Middlesex and also Westbury Wiltshire). She married Henry Abel and they had a daughter, Matilda born in 1838 in Newbury.

In 1841 the family were living in The City Newbury and Henry was working as a Labourer.  By 1851 they had moved to Bone Mill Enborne Berkshire and Henry was working as a Bone Mill Labourer. The 1861 census records Henry & Sarah living in Hereford Place St John the Evangelist Newbury, Henry was recorded as a Tallow Chandler. In the 1871 census they were recorded living in the parish of St Nicolas (Union Chapel Yard) Newbury and Henry was recorded as a General Labourer. In the 1881 census Sarah was recorded aged 72, a widow, with no occupation, lodging in The City Newbury.

Sarah’s husband Henry died aged 82 on the 29^th January 1881 and was laid to rest in the Newtown Road Cemetery on the 1^st February.

Sarah died aged 78 on the 27^th January 1887 and was laid to rest in the Newtown Road Cemetery on the 31^st January.

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