Person:Sarah Sharp (47)

Sarah Sharp was baptised on Christmas Day in 1844 at Caddington in Bedfordshire, daughter of a straw plaiter called Sarah Sharp, formerly Bunyan, and her husband Robert Sharp, an agricultural labourer. At the time of Sarah's baptism the family lived at The Green in the centre of Caddington. The 1851 census finds Sarah living with her parents and siblings in the part of Caddington parish which was then in Hertfordshire. She was already described as a straw plaiter, despite only being six years old.

By 1861, Sarah's mother had died. The census that year finds Sarah living with her father and siblings in the Bedfordshire part of Caddington. In 1871 she was living with her father and married sister and her family at Folly in the Bedfordshire part of Caddington.

In 1874 Sarah had a daughter called Ellen.

On 11th November 1876, aged 31, Sarah married Thomas King, an agricultural labourer. He was a widower, with two surviving children from his first marriage. After their marriage Sarah and Thomas went on to have another six children between 1877 and 1887.

The 1881 and 1891 censuses both find Sarah, Thomas and their children living at Aley Green in the Hertfordshire part of Caddington. Sarah worked as a bonnet sewer.

Sarah died in 1892, aged 47. Thomas survived her by eighteen years.

1. ↑ Baptisms register, in Church of England. Caddington Parish Registers. (Bedford: Bedfordshire Record Office).

   BAPTISMS solemnized in the Parish of Caddington in the County of Bedford in the Year 1844
   No.	When Baptized	Child's Christian Name	Parent's Name		Abode	Quality, Trade, or Profession	By whom the Ceremony was performed
   			Christian	Surname
   90	Dec[embe]r 25	Sarah Dau[ghter] of	Robert & Sarah	Sharp	Green	Laborer	W. Mellard, Vicar

2. ↑ England. 1851 Census Returns for England and Wales. (
   Kew, Richmond, Greater London TW9 4DU, United Kingdom:
   The National Archives (abbreviated TNA), formerly the UK General Register Office.)
   Class HO107; Piece 1757; Folio 357; Page 7, 30 Mar 1851.

   Address: Caddington, Hertfordshire
   Robert Sharp, head, married, male, 38 [1812/13], Straw Plaiter, b. Caddington, Bedfordshire
   Sarah Sharp, wife, married, female, 35 [1815/16], Straw Plaiter, b. Caddington, Hertfordshire
   Reuben Sharp, son, unmarried, male, 15 [1835/6], Straw Plaiter, b. Caddington, Hertfordshire
   Priscilla Sharp, daughter, unmarried, female, 10 [1840/1], Straw Plaiter, b. Caddington, Bedfordshire
   Ann Sharp, daughter, unmarried, female, 8 [1842/3], Straw Plaiter, b. Caddington, Bedfordshire
   Sarah Sharp, daughter, unmarried, female, 6 [1844/5], Straw Plaiter, b. Caddington, Bedfordshire
   Abigail Sharp, daughter, unmarried, female, 4 [1846/7], Straw Plaiter, b. Caddington, Bedfordshire
   Herbert Sharp, son, unmarried, male, 11m [1850], b. Caddington, Bedfordshire
   Samuel Hooker, nephew, unmarried, male, 13 [1837/8], Lodger straw plaiter, b. Caddington, Bedfordshire

3. ↑ 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 1015; Folio 55; Page 2, 7 Apr 1861.

   Address: Caddington, Bedfordshire
   Robert Sharp, head, widower, male, 50 [1810/11], Ag[ricultural] Lab[ourer], b. Caddington, Bedfordshire
   Ann Sharp, daughter, unmarried, female, 17 [1843/4], Straw Plait Sewer, b. Caddington, Bedfordshire
   Sarah Sharp, daughter, unmarried, female, 14 [1846/7], Straw Plait Sewer, b. Caddington, Bedfordshire
   Herbert Sharp, son, male, 11 [1849/50], Ag[ricultural] Lab[ourer], b. Caddington, Bedfordshire
   Hellen Sharp, daughter, female, 9 [1851/2] Straw Plait Worker, b. Caddington, Bedfordshire

4. ↑ 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 1574; Folio 91; Page 7, 2 Apr 1871.

   Address: Folley, Caddington, Bedfordshire
   George Burgess, head, married, male, 24 [1846/7], Labourer, b. Flamstead, Hertfordshire
   Ann Burgess, wife, married, female, 26 [1844/5], Plait Sewer, b. Caddington, Bedfordshire
   Sarah Burgess, daughter, female, 3 [1867/8], b. Caddington, Bedfordshire
   Elizabeth Burgess, daughter, female, 1 [1869/70], b. Caddington, Bedfordshire
   Robert Sharp, father in law, widower, male, 56 [1814/15], Labourer, b. Caddington, Bedfordshire
   Sarah Sharp, daughter, unmarried, female, 24 [1846/7], Plait Sewer, b. Caddington, Bedfordshire
   Herbert Sharp, son, unmarried, male, 21 [1849/50], Labourer, b. Caddington, Bedfordshire

5. ↑ 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 1653; Folio 137; Page 6, 3 Apr 1881.

   Address: Aley Green, Caddington, Hertfordshire
   Thomas King, head, married, male, 42 [1838/9], Ag[ricultural] lab[ourer] (ploughman), b. Caddington, Hertfordshire
   Sarah King, wife, married, female, 35 [1845/6], Bonnet sewer, b. Caddington, Hertfordshire
   Matilda King, daughter, female, 17 [1863/4], Machinist sewer, b. Caddington, Hertfordshire
   Ellen King, daughter, female, 7 [1873/4], Scholar, b. Caddington, Hertfordshire
   Bethia King, daughter, female, 4 [1876/7], b. Caddington, Hertfordshire
   Thomas King, son, male, 2 [1878/9], b. Caddington, Hertfordshire
   Susan King, daughter, female, 4m [1880/1], b. Caddington, Hertfordshire

6. ↑ 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 1275; Folio 133; Page 5, 5 Apr 1891.

   Address: Aley Green, Caddington, Hertfordshire
   3 rooms occupied
   Thomas King, head, married, male, 52 [1838/9], Agricultural laborer, Caddington, Hertfordshire
   Sarah King, wife, married, female, 40 [1850/1], Bonnet sewer, b. Caddington, Hertfordshire
   Ellen King, daughter, single, female, 17 [1873/4], Bonnet sewer, b. Caddington, Hertfordshire
   Thomas King, son, male, 12 [1878/9], b. Caddington, Hertfordshire
   Susan King, daughter, female, 10 [1880/1], Scholar, b. Caddington, Hertfordshire
   Rose King, daughter, female, 9 [1881/2], Scholar, b. Caddington, Hertfordshire
   Annie King, daughter, female, 5 [1885/6], b. Caddington, Hertfordshire
   Lillie King, daughter, female, 3 [1887/8], b. Caddington, Hertfordshire

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

   d. Sarah KING, March Quarter 1892, Luton Registration District, Volume 3b, page 357, aged 47 [1844/5]