Person:Sarah Dawbone (1)

Sarah Dawbone's origins have yet to be established. If the age quoted when she died is correct, then she was born around 1787, and in the 1841 census she indicated that she had been born in Hertfordshire, although no plausible baptism for her has yet been found.

Her first confirmed sighting is on 9th August 1807, when she married a bricklayer called John Stokes at Hitchin in Hertfordshire. They went on to have four children baptised at Hitchin between 1807 and 1816. The youngest child's baptism gives the family's abode as Lyles Row, on the east side of the town.

The 1841 census finds Sarah and John still living at Lyles Row. Sarah died early the following year, being buried at Hitchin on 14th February 1842. She was said to be 54 years old. John survived her by fifteen years, and remarried a few months after her death.

1. ↑ ^1.0 1.1 England. 1841 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 HO107; Piece 445; Book 2; Folio 35; Page 29, 6 Jun 1841.

   Address: Lyles' Row, Hitchin, Hertfordshire
   John Stokes, male, 50 [1786-91], J[ourneyman] Bricklayer, born in county
   Sarah Stokes, female, 50 [1786-91], born in county

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

   d. Sarah STOKES, March Quarter 1842, Hitchin Registration District, Volume 6, Page 398, aged 54 [1787/8]

3. ↑ Burials register, in Church of England. Parish Registers of St Mary's Church, Hitchin. (Hertford: Hertfordshire Archives and Local Studies).

   BURIALS in the Parish of Hitchin in the County of Hertford in the Year 1842
   No.	Name	Abode	When buried	Age	By whom the Ceremony was performed
   964	Sarah wife of John Stokes	Lyle's Row	Feb[ruary] 14	54 [1787/8]	H. Wiles