Person:Sarah Fearn (3)

Sarah Ann Fearn was born in 1853 at Burton upon Trent in Staffordshire, daughter of Mary Fearn, formerly Adams, and her husband John Fearn, an agricultural labourer. When Sarah was still quite young the family moved about five miles north to the village of Hilton in Derbyshire, where they appear in the 1861 census living on the High Street. By 1871 they had moved again to Linton, about ten miles south of Hilton.

On 9th June 1873 Sarah was married back in Burton upon Trent to William Walton, who was originally from Lincolnshire. After their marriage they settled in the area around the adjoining villages of Linton and Castle Gresley. They had four children together, but all four died as babies. They had a son called Frederick who died aged four months in 1880, then a daughter in 1883, who presumably died shortly after birth as both her birth and death were registered as "female Walton". They then had a daughter called Annie who died aged one week old in 1886, and finally a son called John who died aged seven weeks in 1888.

The 1891 census finds Sarah and William living at Castle Gresley. William was working as a coal miner, and Sarah's parents and brother were living with them, as was one of William's nieces.

William died in 1896, aged 47.

The 1901 census finds Sarah working as a servant for a blacksmith called Thomas Orme on Bosworth Road in Castle Gresley. Six years later they married each other. The 1911 census finds them living at Cadley Hill in Castle Gresley.

Thomas died in 1913, aged about 61.

Sarah lived to be 75 years old. She died on 31st December 1928 at Castle Gresley.

1. ↑ Births index, in General Register Office. England and Wales Civil Registration. (London: General Register Office).

   b. Sarah Ann FEARN, December Quarter 1853, Burton upon Trent Registration District, Volume 6b, page 227, mother's maiden name Adams

2. ↑ England. 1861 Census Schedules for England and Wales, Isle of Man and the Channel Islands. (
   Kew, Richmond, Greater London TW9 4DU, United Kingdom:
   The National Archives (abbreviated TNA), formerly the UK General Register Office.)
   Class RG9; Piece 1958; Folio 106; Page 24, 7 Apr 1861.

   Addres: High Street, Hilton, Marston upon Dove, Derbyshire
   John Fearn, head, married, male, 32 [1828/9], Labourer, b. Tutbury, Staffordshire
   Mary Fearn, wife, married, female, 41 [1819/20], b. Marchington Woodlands, Staffordshire
   Hannah Fearn, daughter, female, 10 [1850/1], scholar, b. Hilton, Derbyshire
   Sarah Ann Fearn, daughter, female, 7 [1853/4], scholar, b. Burton, Staffordshire
   Emma Matchet Fearn, daughter, female, 4 [1856/7], scholar, b. Hilton, Derbyshire
   Fred[eric]k Adams Matchet Fearn, son, male, 2 [1858/9], b. Hilton, Derbyshire

3. ↑ England. England and Wales. 1871 Census Schedules. (
   Kew, Richmond, Greater London TW9 4DU, United Kingdom:
   The National Archives (abbreviated TNA), formerly the UK General Register Office.)
   Class RG10; Piece 2901; Folio 17; Page 10, 2 Apr 1871.

   Address: Farm Premises, Linton, Derbyshire
   John Fearn, head, married, male, 41 [1829/30], Ag[ricultural] Labourer, b. Hilton, Derbyshire
   Mary Fern, wife, married, female, 51 [1819/20], b. Marchington, Staffordshire
   Sarah Ann Fearn, daughter, unmarried, female, 17 [1853/4], b. Burton on Trent, Derbyshire
   Frederick Adams Fern, son, male, 12 [1858/9], b. Hilton, Derbyshire
   Samuel Fearn, son, male, 9 [1861/2], b. Hilton, Derbyshire
   William Hicklin, nurse child, male, 2 [1868/9], b. Horninglow, Staffordshire
   George Hicklin, nurse child, male, 2 [1868/9], b. Horninglow, Staffordshire

4. ↑ England. 1881 Census Schedules for England and Wales, Isle of Man and the Channel Islands: . (
   Kew, Richmond, Greater London TW9 4DU, United Kingdom:
   The National Archives (abbreviated TNA), formerly the UK General Register Office.)
   Class RG11; Piece 2758; Folio 70; Page 2, 3 Apr 1881.

   Address: Linton Heath, Linton, Derbyshire
   William Walton, head, married, male, 32 [1848/9], Coal Miner, b. Hale Magney [sic], Lincolnshire
   Sarah Walton, wife, married, female, 27 [1853/4], b. Burton on Trent, Staffordshire
   Samuel Farn, unmarried, male, 19 [1861/2], Coal Miner, b. Hilton, Staffordshire

5. ↑ England. 1891 Census Schedules for England and Wales, Isle of Man and the Channel Islands. (
   Kew, Richmond, Greater London TW9 4DU, United Kingdom:
   The National Archives (abbreviated TNA), formerly the UK General Register Office.)
   Class RG12; Piece 2199; Folio 79; Page 22, 5 Apr 1891.

   Address: Castle Gresley, Derbyshire
   William Walton, head, married, male, 42 [1848/9], Coal miner, employed, b. Great Hale, Lincolnshire
   Sarah Walton, wife, married, female, 37 [1853/4], b. Burton, Staffordshire
   Annie Walton, niece, single, female, 11 [1879/80], b. Great Hale, Lincolnshire
   John Fearn, father in law, married, male, 62 [1828/9], Coll[ier]y Banksman, employed, b. Ch[urch] Broughton, Staffordshire
   Mary Fearn, mother in law, married, female, 71 [1819/20], b. Marchington, Staffordshire
   Samuel Fearn, son, single, male, 29 [1861/2], Coll[ier]y Banksman, employed, b. Hilton, Derbyshire

6. ↑ England. England. 1901 Census Schedules for England and Wales, Isle of Man and the Channel Islands. (
   Kew, Richmond, Greater London TW9 4DU, United Kingdom:
   The National Archives (abbreviated TNA), formerly the UK General Register Office.)
   Class RG13; Piece 2640; Folio 45; Page 33, 31 Mar 1901.

   Address: Bosworth Road, Castle Gresley, Derbyshire
   4 rooms occupied
   Thomas Orme, head, single, male, 49 [1851/2], Blacksmith, own account, working at home, b. Castle Gresley, Derbyshire
   Sarah Walton, servant, widow, female, 47 [1853/4], b. Stoke on Trent [sic], Staffordshire

7. ↑ England. 1911 Census Schedules for England and Wales, Isle of Man and the Channel Islands. (Kew, Richmond, Greater London TW9 4DU, United Kingdom: The National Archives (abbreviated TNA), (formerly the UK General Register Office.))
   Class RG14; Piece 16770; Schedule 136, 2 Apr 1911.

   Address: Cadley Hill, Castle Gresley, Derbyshire
   4 rooms occupied
   Thomas Orme, head, male, 69 [1841/2], married, Blacksmith - Shoeing & General, master, working at home, b. Castle Gresley, Derbyshire
   Sarah Orme, wife, female, 57 [1853/4], married 3 years, no children, b. Burton on Trent, Staffordshire

8. ↑ Deaths index, in General Register Office. England and Wales Civil Registration. (London: General Register Office).

   d. Sarah ORME, December Quarter 1928, Burton upon Trent Registration District, Volume 6b, page 365, aged 75 [1852/3]

9. ↑ England. National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations),1858 onwards. (Ancestry.com).

   1929
   ORME Sarah of Castle Gresley Derbyshire widow died 31 December 1928 Probate Nottingham 26 February to William Sutton colliery horse keeper and William George Punter farmer.
   Effects £149 17s. 2d.

10. ↑ Burials register, in Linton, Derbyshire, England. Parish Registers of Christ Church (Derbyshire Record Office, Matlock).

    BURIALS in the Parish of Church Gresley Chapelry of Linton in the County of Derby in the year One thousand nine hundred and [twenty nine]
    No.	Name	Abode	When buried	Age	By whom the Ceremony was performed
    754	Sarah Orme	Home Farm Linton	Jan[urary] 2d	75	[illegible]