Person:Sarah Singleton (12)

Sarah Singleton was baptised on 20th August 1823 at Foston in Lincolnshire, daughter of Elizabeth Singleton, formerly Ingram, and her husband William Singleton, a huckster. Sarah was their youngest childn. When she was only four years old her father died.

On 25th May 1849, aged 25, she was married to Jonathan Parr at Epperstone in Nottinghamshire, about seventeen miles west of Foston. They went on to have three daughters together between 1850 and 1862. The first two daughters were born at Epperstone, where Jonathan initially worked as a frame work knitter.

Back in Foston, Sarah's mother died in 1859.

By 1861 Jonathan was working as a gamekeeper, and the family spent a few years travelling around, presumably living on or near the big estates which employed him. In the 1861 census they were at Trowell in Nottinghamshire, then in 1862 they were at Blakenhall in Cheshire when their youngest daughter was born. In 1871 they were living at Wollaton back in Nottinghamshire.

By 1881 Jonathan had changed occupation again, and he was working as a grocer in the town of Hucknall, near Nottingham. He died in that area eight years later in 1889, aged 66.

The 1891 census finds Sarah working as a grocer in Hucknall, indicating that she continued the family business for some time after Jonathan's death.

By 1901 Sarah had left Hucknall and had gone to live with her youngest daughter and her husband, who lived at the station in Ranskill in Nottinghamshire. Sarah died in that area in 1905, aged 82.

1. ↑ Baptisms register, in Church of England. Parish Church of Foston (Lincolnshire). Parish registers, 1776-1940. (Lincoln, England: Lincolnshire Archives Office, 1993).

   BAPTISMS solemnized in the Parish of Foston in the County of Lincoln in the Year 1823
   No.	When Baptized	Child's Christian Name	Parents' Name		Abode	Quality, Trade, or Profession	By whom the Ceremony was performed
   			Christian	Surname
   153	1823 Aug[ust] 20	Sarah daughter of	William & Elizabeth	Singleton	Foston	Labourer	W. Williamson Jun[io]r, Curate

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 2134; Folio 187; Page 11, 30 Mar 1851.

   Address: Epperstone, Nottinghamshire
   Jonathan Parr, head, married, male, 28 [1822/3], Frame Work Knitter, b. Epperstone, Nottinghamshire
   Sarah Parr, wife, married, female, 26 [1824/5], b. Foston, Lincolnshire
   Ellen Parr, daughter, female, 1 [1849/50], b. Epperstone, Nottinghamshire

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 2437; Folio 104; Page 9, 7 Apr 1861.

   Address: Trowell, Nottinghamshire
   Jonathan Parr, head, married, male, 40 [1820/1], Gamekeeper, b. Epperstone, Nottinghamshire
   Sarah Parr, wife, married, female, 39 [1821/2], b. Foston, Lincolnshire
   Ellen Parr, daughter, unmarried, female, 11 [1849/50], Scholar, b. Epperstone, Nottinghamshire
   Eliza Parr, daughter, unmarried, female, 8 [1852/3], b. Epperstone, Nottinghamshire
   John Walker, lodger, married, male, 50 [1810/11], Assistant Gamekeeper, b. Lambley, Nottinghamshire

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 3489; Folio 33; Page 18, 2 Apr 1871.

   Address: The Hall Kennels, Wollaton, Nottinghamshire
   Jonathan Parr, head, married, male, 48 [1822/3], Gamekeeper, b. Epperstone, Nottinghamshire
   Sarah Parr, wife, married, female, 47 [1823/4], b. Foston, Lincolnshire
   Eliza Parr, daughter, unmarried, female, 18 [1852/3], Servant, b. Epperstone, Nottinghamshire
   Mary Parr, daughter, female, 8 [1862/3], Scholar, b. Blakenhall, Cheshire
   James Burrows, lodger, widower, male, 45 [1825/6], Gamekeeper, b. Beachamwell, Norfolk

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 3333; Folio 120; Page 3, 3 Apr 1881.

   Address: Broomhill, Hucknall Torkard, Nottinghamshire
   Jonathan Parr, head, married, male, 58 [1822/3], Grocer, b. Epperstone, Nottinghamshire
   Sarah Parr, wife, married, female, 57 [1823/4], b. Foston, Lincolnshire
   Mary Parr, daughter, unmarried, female, 18 [1862/3], Stocking Chevonier, b. Blakenhall, Cheshire
   Elizabeth Parr, visitor, unmarried, female, 20 [1860/1], Farmers Daughter, b. Broxholme, Lincolnshire
   Ann Welsh, visitor, unmarried, female, 18 [1862/3], Machinist Stocking, b. Nottingham

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 2673; Folio 134; Page 42, 5 Apr 1891.

   Address: 1 Cavendish Street, Hucknall Torkard, Nottinghamshire
   Sarah Parr, head, widow, female, 67 [1823/4], Grocer, b. Foston, Lincolnshire
   Sibyl Richards, visitor, single, female, 19 [1871/2], Machinist, b. Hucknall Torkard, Nottinghamshire

7. ↑ 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 3118; Folio 47; Page 8, 31 Mar 1901.

   Address: Station, Ranskill, Nottinghamshire
   William King, head, married, male, 39 [1861/2], Signalman (G.N.R.), worker, b. Wicken, Cambridgeshire
   Mary King, wife, married, female, 37 [1863/4], b. Blackenhall, Cheshire
   Sarah Parr, mother in law, widow, female, 70 [1830/1], b. Foston, Lincolnshire

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

   d. Sarah PARR, December Quarter 1905, East Retford Registration District, Volume 7b, page 4, aged 82 [1822/3]