Person:Sarah Marshall (53)

Sarah Marshall was baptised on 11th April 1824 at Kimpton in Hertfordshire, daughter of Elizabeth Marshall, formerly Bent, and her husband William Marshall, an agricultural labourer. The family had recently moved from the Peters Green area of Kimpton to the neighbouring parish of King's Walden, but Sarah was baptised back at Kimpton. When Sarah was about two years old, her mother died.

The 1841 census finds Sarah living with her father and some of her siblings at Diamond End in the parish of King's Walden. Her father died in 1847.

By 1851 Sarah was living in the nearby town of Luton, working as a sewer and lodging at a house in Lea Street with her niece Mary (her brother William's daughter), and with a Mary Biggs, who would go on to marry her nephew Joseph (William's son) in 1853.

On Christmas Eve 1853, aged 29, Sarah was married to a bricklayer called Henry Chapman.

Less than seven months later, Sarah died, aged 30. She was buried on 10th July 1854 at the General Cemetery in Luton. Henry emigrated to Canada the following year.

1. ↑ Baptisms register, in Church of England. Kimpton Parish Registers.

   BAPTISMS solemnized in the Parish of Kimpton in the County of Hertford in the Year 1824
   No.	When Baptized	Child's Christian Name	Parent's Name		Abode	Quality, Trade, or Profession	By whom the Ceremony was performed
   			Christian	Surname
   425	1824 Ap[ri]l 11	Sarah Daughter of	William & Elizabeth	Marshall	Kingswalden	Labourer	Cha[rle]s Chauncy, Curate

2. ↑ 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 10; Folios 28-29; Pages 11-12, 6 Jun 1841.

   Address: Diamond End, Kings Walden, Hertfordshire
   William Marshall, male, 66 [1774/5], Ag Lab, b. in County
   George Marshall, male, 22 [1818/9], Ag Lab, b. in County
   Eliza Marshall, female, 20 [1820/1], b. in County
   Sarah Marshall, female, 17 [1823/4], b. in County
   Elizabeth Marshall, female, 4mos [1841], b. in County
   ~ (second household at same address)
   John Angle, male, 28 [1812/3], Ag Lab, b. in County
   Sophia Angle, female, 29 [1811/2], b. in County
   Ann Angle, female, 9 [1831/2], b. in County
   Eliza Angle, female, 5 [1835/6], b. in County
   Henry Angle, male, 2 [1838/9], b. in County
   Alice Angle, female, 12 days [May 1841], b. in County

3. ↑ 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 658; Page 9, 30 Mar 1851.

   Address: Lea Street, Luton, Bedfordshire
   John Harris, head, married, male, 49 [1801/2], Blocker, b. Luton, Bedfordshire
   Phillis Harris, wife, married, female, 45 [1805/6], Sewer, b. Luton, Bedfordshire
   John Harris, son, unmarried, male, 18 [1832/3], Blocker, b. Luton, Bedfordshire
   Eleanor Haywood, granddaughter, female, 4 [1846/7], Scholar, b. Luton, Bedfordshire
   Mary Biggs, lodger, unmarried, female, 18 [1832/3], Sewer, b. Luton, Bedfordshire
   Sarah Marshall, lodger, unmarried, female, 29 [1821/2], Sewer, b. Luton, Bedfordshire
   Mary Marshall, lodger, unmarried, female, 16 [1834/5], Sewer, b. Luton, Bedfordshire

4. ↑ Luton, Bedfordshire, England. Cemetery Register of General Cemetery, Rothesay Road (Bedfordshire Family History Society).

   Surname: Chapman
   Given name: Sarah
   Age: 30
   Grave ID: 1595
   Class: 4th Class, General
   Date: 10 Jul 1854

   There does not appear to be a corresponding death in the General Register Office indices for this burial. Both the Sarah Chapman deaths in Luton in 1854 were infants.