Person:Sarah Peck (53)

Sarah Ann Peck was born on 14th April 1866 at Wix in Essex, daughter of an agricultural labourer named William Peck and his wife Sarah. Young Sarah appears in the 1871 census living with her parents and siblings at Thorpe Road in Wix. By 1881 she was working as a domestic servant at the Waggon Inn at Wix Cross.

By 1891 Sarah had left Essex and moved to the south-western suburbs of London, working as a cook at a house at Barnes in Surrey.

On 5th August 1894, aged 28, Sarah married a gardener named John Rudwick, who was from Trotton in Sussex. They married in Fulham, in the western suburbs of London. The following year they had a son, Alfred George, baptised at Trotton, but sadly he died as a small baby; he was baptised on 11th December 1895 but his death was registered by the end of that month.

By 1901 Sarah and John had moved to Chichester, where they lived on Caledonian Road, between the city centre and the railway. In Chichester John worked as a domestic coachman. In the 1901 census they had one of Sarah's nephews, Alfred Mason, living with them. In 1902 Sarah and John had a son, Frederick John. They were still at Caledonian Road in the 1911 census.

John died in 1921, aged 52. Sarah and John had been married for 27 years.

Sarah married again in 1924 to a railway engine driver named Albert Edwards, a widower with four adult sons, whose first wife had died the previous year. Sarah and Albert were married for eleven years, and lived at 33 Maxwell Road in Littlehampton. Albert died in 1935 in hospital in Chichester, aged 63.

Sarah survived Albert by over 24 years. She continued living at 33 Maxwell Road in Littlehampton for some years, appearing there at the outbreak of the Second World War with two other older ladies. Sarah later moved to Selsey, where her only surviving child, Frederick, worked as a plumber. She lived at 88 High Street, Selsey. She died in hospital in Chichester on 18th April 1960, four days after her 94th birthday. Her estate was administered by her son Frederick.

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

   b. Sarah Ann PECK, June Quarter 1866, Tendring Registration District, Volume 4a, page 257, mother's maiden name Osborn

2. ↑ 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 1681; Folio 111; Page 8, 2 Apr 1871.

   Address: Thorpe Road, Wix, Essex
   William Peck, head, married, male, 44 [1826/7], Ag[ricultural] Lab[ourer], b. Wix, Essex
   Sarah A. Peck, wife, married, female, 42 [1828/9], b. Ramsey, Essex
   William Peck, son, unmarrid, male, 21 [1849/50], Ag[ricultural] Lab[ourer], b. Wix, Essex
   George Peck, son, male, 16 [1854/5], Ag[ricultural] Lab[ourer], b. Wix, Essex
   John Peck, son, male, 13 [1857/8], Ag[ricultural] Lab[ourer], b. Wix, Essex
   Anna Peck, daughter, female, 12 [1858/9], Scholar, b. Wix, Essex
   Arthur Peck, son, male, 9 [1861/2], Scholar, b. Wix, Essex
   Mary Ann Peck, daughter, female, 8 [1862/3], Scholar, b. Wix, Essex
   Sarah Ann Peck, daughter, female, 4 [1866/7], b. Wix, Essex
   Alfred Peck, son, male, 2 [1868/9], b. Wix, Essex

3. ↑ 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 1784; Folio 69; Page 9, 3 Apr 1881.

   Address: Wix Cross Waggon Inn, Wix, Essex
   Arthur Burge, head, married, male, 40 [1840/1], Baker & Inn Keeper, b. Frome, Somerset
   Sarah Burge, wife, married, female, 40 [1840/1], b. Wix, Essex
   Albert Burge, son, male, 14 [1866/7], Father's assistant, b. Wix, Essex
   Eliza Burge, daughter, female, 12 [1868/9], Scholar, b. Wix, Essex
   Alice Burge, daughter, female, 10 [1870/1], Scholar, b. Wix, Essex
   Rosina Wagstaff, visitor, female, 10 [1870/1], Scholar, b. Wix, Essex
   Sarah Peck, servant, female, 14 [1866/7], Domestic Servant, Wix, Essex
   William Rogers, servant, unmarried, male, 19 [1861/2], Baker, b. Bures, Essex

4. ↑ 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 624; Folio 94; Page 23, 5 Apr 1891.

   Address: 6 Northumberland Avenue, Upper Richmond Road, Barnes, Surrey
   Hannah Lambert, head, married, female, 42 [1848/9], b. Batcombe, Somerset
   Hannah B. Lambert, daughter, single, female, 14 [1876/7], Scholar, b. Croydon, Surrey
   Alice M. Lambert, daughter, single, female, 12 [1878/9], Scholar, b. Croydon, Surrey
   Edith Lambert, daughter, single, female, 11 [1879/80], b. Croydon, Surrey
   Bernard Lambert, son, single, male, 7 [1883/4], Scholar, b. Putney, Surrey
   Maud Lambert, daughter, single, female, 1 [1889/90], b. Putney, Surrey
   Ada Jeffries, servant, single, female, 23 [1867/8], Housemaid, employed, b. Windsor, Berkshire
   Sarah Peek, servant, single, female, 25 [1865/6], Cook, employed, b. Wye, Essex
   Jane Holland, servant, single, female, 37 [1853/4], Nurse, employed, b. Church Knowle, Surrey
   Beatrice Rice, servant, single, female, 17 [1873/4], Under Nurse, employed, b. Mortlake, Surrey

5. ↑ 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 971; Folio 5; Page 1, 31 Mar 1901.

   Address: 2 Caledonian Road, Chichester, Sussex
   John Rudwick, head, married, male, 33 [1867/8], Coachman Domestic, b. Trotten, Sussex
   Sarah Rudwick, wife, married, female, 33 [1867/8], b. Wix, Essex
   Alfred Mason, nephew, single, male, 14 [1886/7], Gardener's Boy Domestic, worker, b. Wix, Essex

6. ↑ England. 1911 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 RG14; Piece 5412; Schedule 327, 2 Apr 1911.

   Address: 34 Caledonian Road, Chichester, Sussex
   6 rooms occupied
   John Rudwick, head, male, 41 [1869/70], married, Coachman (Domestic), worker, b. Trotton, Sussex
   Sarah Rudwick, wife, female, 42 [1868/9], married 16 years [1894/5], 2 children born to marriage, 1 child still living, b. Wix, Essex
   Frederick John Rudwick, son, male, 8 [1902/3], School, b. Chichester, Sussex

7. ↑ ^7.0 7.1 General Register Office. 1939 Register
   Littlehampton Urban District, 29 Sep 1939.

   Address: 33 Maxwell Road, Littlehampton, Sussex
   Edwards, Sarah A. / female / 14 Apr 1866 / widow / Unpaid Domestic duties
   Matlock, Mary A. / female / 6 Dec 1863 / widow / Unpaid Domestic duties
   Durrant, Caroline / female / 14 Oct 1868 / single / Retired, Private Means

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

   d. Sarah A. EDWARDS, June Quarter 1960, Chichester Registration District, Volume 5h, page 512, aged 93 [1866/7]

9. ↑ England. National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations),1858 onwards. (Ancestry.com).

   1960
   EDWARDS Sarah Ann of 88 High Street Selsey Sussex widow died 18 April 1960 at The Royal West Sussex Hospital Chichester Administration Lewes 17 June to Frederick John Rudwick plumber. Effects £205 19s. 3d.