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Personal Details of Sarah Lawrence

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Buried:	03/01/1857

Listed below are all the details we have been able to find so far on Sarah Lawrence.

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Birth

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Death

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Burial Register

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Only three of the five burial register books still exist as far as we know and these are held at the Berkshire Record Office.
Stillborn children were not recorded in the burial register, only in the cemetery accounts.

Memorial Details

	From top of monument: In Memory of: Sarah, wife of William Thomas/ Lawrence/ who died Dec./ 28th. 1856/ aged 55 years. Also of William Thomas Lawrence/ who died Sept. 13rd. 1870/ aged 65 years./ Also Matilda/ widow of the above/ who died April 3rd. 1891 aged 72 years./ "She hath done what she could"

Name on Memorial	Sarah Lawrence
Date of death	28/12/1856
Age	55
Gender	Female

Memorial Type	Headstone and footstone
Construction Material	Limestone
Condition of memorial	Engraved letters; good
Pattison Location Code	LS(H)33
Others named on memorial
William Thomas Lawrence
Matilda Lawrence

Cemetery accounts

This information is taken from the accounts ledgers of the Newbury Cemetery Company that originally ran and maintained the cemetery.
The Ledgers are held at the Berkshire Records Office.

Name at death	Sarah Lawrence
Date of burial	03/01/1857
Whence brought	Newbury
Where & how buried	Unconsecrated Ground - Private Grave
By whom buried	Rev'd. Joseph Drew
Account Entry	Book 1 - Page 33

Accounts Entry for Sarah Lawrence
© Newbury Town Council
Reproduced with kind permission

Biographical Information

The articles below contain information about Sarah Lawrence.

Sarah Lawrence

She was born c. 1801 in Westminster, London. She was the first wife of William Thomas Lawrence.

In 1851 she is living at 7 Madeira Place, with her husband, and two daughters Mary Ann (b.1838) and Emily (b.1840). She died on 28 December 1856 aged 55 years and her name is inscribed on the grave together with that of her husband and his second wife Matilda.

Source: Census 1851. Also refer to entry for William Thomas Lawrence (1807-1870).

Mrs. P. Code LS (H) 33, page 150

Sources:as above

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