Person:Sarah Branson (7)

Information from M. Tothill, ancestry.com submission. Sarah was daughter of Anthony Branson (1766-1847 Sheffield, Yorkshire) and Susanna. She lived latterly with her daughter Mary in Scotland and died 1863 (scotlandspeople). She was buried in the Necropolis, Glasgow. From 'Littlethorpe - Liverpool', A Topographical Dictionary of England (1848), pp. 104-118. URL: <http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=51112> :Another concern which may be noticed, is that of Messrs. Cato, Miller, and Company, who are builders of ships as well of iron as of wood, boiler and tank makers, ship-smiths, &c. In the yard of this firm was repaired, in 1847, the fine screw-steamer the "Sarah Sands," designed by Mr. Grantham, and named after the wife of the proprietor, Thomas Sands, Esq.