Person:Sarah Pyrah (1)

Sarah Ambler Pyrah was born on 10th August 1847 at Low Moor in the parish of Bradford in Yorkshire, daughter of Isabella Pyrah, formerly Hodgson, and her husband Luke Pyrah, an iron puddler at a forge. Sarah was baptised at the Wesleyan Methodist Chapel in Low Moor when she was a couple of months old.

Sarah appears in both the 1851 and 1861 censuses living with her parents at Worsnop's Square and Worsnop's Buildings in the North Brierley area in the south of the parish of Bradford. Some time between 1861 and 1871 the family left Bradford and moved to Leeds, settling in the Wortley area to the south-west of the town centre, with the family living on Granite Street in 1871, when Sarah was described as a sewing machinist.

On 2nd June 1873, aged 25, Sarah married a carpenter called Luke Walton, who was nearly nine years her senior and originally from Great Hale in Lincolnshire. They continued living on Granite Street after their marriage, appearing at number 13 in the 1881 census, when they daughters called Ann Elizabeth and Isabella and a son called John William living with them. Another daughter, Clara Ellen, followed later in 1881.

In April 1883, Sarah's husband Luke died aged 44. Sarah was pregnant at the time. Later in 1883 her daughter Clara died aged two. Sarah's last child was another daughter, Sarah Emma, born at the start of 1884, but she died as a baby shortly afterwards.

The 1891 census finds Sarah and two of her surviving children still living at 13 Granite Street in Leeds, along with her parents and one of her brothers. Sarah's eldest daughter had gone to live in Lincolnshire with Sarah's sister in law. Sarah was working as a tailor.

In 1901 Sarah with living with her brother and son at 21 Brancepeth Place in Leeds, working as a buttonhole machinist. The 1911 census finds Sarah visiting her daughter Isabella and Isabella's husband and children at Horsforth. Sarah has yet to be traced after 1911.

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

   b. Sarah PYRAH, September Quarter 1847, Bradford Registration District, Volume 23, page 201, mother's maiden name Hodgson

2. ↑ West Yorkshire, Non-Conformist Records (West Yorkshire Archive Service)
   39D92/11/1.

   [page 1039]
   Register of Baptisms Belonging To The Wesleyan Methodist Chapel, Low Moor
   [page 1072]
   Sarah Ambler daughter of Luke & Isabella Pyrah (Forge Man) Low Moor in the parish of Bradford & County of York born Aug[us]t 10th 1847 & baptized Oct[ober] 25th 1847 by me Rob[er]t Newton

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 2304; Folio 282; Page 25, 30 Mar 1851.

   Address: Worsnop's Square, Victoria, North Bierley, Yorkshire
   Luke Pyrah, head, married, male, 38 [1812/13], Pudler Forge, b. Low Moor, Yorkshire
   Isabella Pyrah, wife, female, 34 [1816/17], Wife, b. Leeds, Yorkshire
   Sarah Pyrah, daughter, female, 3 [1847/8], Scholar, b. Low Moor, Yorkshire

   The census does not specify the parish, describing North Bierley merely as a "Township". Vision of Britain indicates that North Bierley at this time was part of the parish of Bradford, not becoming a separate civil parish until 1866.

4. ↑ 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 3312; Folio 58; Page 29, 7 Apr 1861.

   Address: 62 Worsnop's Buildings, North Bierley, Yorkshire
   Luke Pyrah, head, married, male, 47 [1813/14], Iron Puddler, b. Low Moor, Yorkshire
   Isabella Pyrah, wife, married, female, 44 [1816/17], b. Leeds, Yorkshire
   Sarah Pyrah, daughter, female, 13 [1847/8], Scholar, b. Low Moor, Yorkshire
   Samuel Pyrah, son, male, 9 [1851/2], Scholar, b. Low Moor, Yorkshire
   Benjamin Pyrah, son, male, 5 [1855/6], Scholar, b. Low Moor, Yorkshire

5. ↑ 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 4531; Folio 73; Page 43, 2 Apr 1871.

   Address: 21 Granite Street, Wortley, Leeds, Yorkshire
   Luke Pyrah, head, married, male, 58 [1812/13], Lame & Unable to Work, b. Low Moor, Yorkshire
   Isabella Pyrah, wife, married, female, 54 [1816/17], b. Leeds, Yorkshire
   Sarah Pyrah, daughter, unmarried, female, 23 [1847/8], Sewing Machinist, b. Low Moor, Yorkshire
   Samuel Pyrah, son, unmarried, male, 19 [1851/2], Iron Moulder, b. Low Moor, Yorkshire
   Benjamin Pyrah, son, male, 15 [1855/6], Factory hand, b. Low Moor, Yorkshire

6. ↑ 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 4505; Folio 90; Page 41, 3 Apr 1881.

   Address: 13 Granite Street, New Wortley, Leeds, Yorkshire
   Luke Walton, head, married, male, 42 [1838/9], Carpenter, b. Great Hale, Lincolnshire
   Sarah Walton, wife, married, female, 33 [1847/8], b. Low Moor, Yorkshire
   Ann E. Walton, daughter, female, 6 [1874/5], Scholar, b. Leeds, Yorkshire
   Isabella Walton, daughter, female, 5 [1875/6], Scholar, b. Leeds, Yorkshire
   John W. Walton, son, male, 3 [1877/8], b. Leeds, Yorkshire

7. ↑ 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 3678; Folio 113; Page 34, 5 Apr 1891.

   Address: 13 Granite Street, Wortley, Leeds, Yorkshire
   3 rooms occupied
   Sarah Walton, head, widow, female, 43 [1847/8], Tailoress, employed, b. Low Moor, Yorkshire
   Isabel Walton, daughter, single, female, 15 [1875/6], Pupil Teacher, employed, b. New Wortley, Yorkshire
   John Walton, son, male, 13 [1877/8], Office Boy, employed, b. New Wortley, Yorkshire
   Luke Pyrah, father, married, male, 77 [1813/14], Receiving Parish Pay, b. Low Moor, Yorkshire
   Isabella Pyrah, mother, married, female, 74 [1816/17], Receiving Parish Pay, b. Holbeck, Yorkshire
   Benjamin Pyrah, brother, single, male, 35 [1855/6], Basket Maker, employed, b. Low Moor, Yorkshire, blind

8. ↑ 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 4210; Folio 101; Page 15, 31 Mar 1901.

   Address: 21 Brancepeth Place, Wortley, Leeds, Yorkshire
   4 rooms occupied
   Sarah Walton, head, widow, female, 52 [1848/9], Buttonhole Machinist, worker, b. Low Moor, Yorkshire
   Benjamin Pyrah, brother, single, male, 45 [1855/6], b. Low Moor, Yorkshire, blind
   John Walton, son, single, male, 23 [1877/8], Oil Refiner, worker, b. Leeds, Yorkshire

9. ↑ 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 25975; Schedule 284, 2 Apr 1911.

   Address: Hopwood Bank, Horsforth, Yorkshire
   7 rooms occupied
   W[illia]m Wigglesworth, head, male, 40 [1870/1], married, Iron Turner Foreman - Mechanical Engineer, worker, b. Thornes, Wakefield, Yorkshire
   Isabella Wigglesworth, wife, female, 35 [1875/6], married 13 years, 2 children born to marriage, 2 children still living, b. Leeds, Yorkshire
   Ellen Wigglesworth, daughter, female, 12 [1898/9], School, b. Leeds, Yorkshire
   Olive Wigglesworth, daughter, female, 8 [1902/3], b. Leeds, Yorkshire
   Sarah Walton, visitor, female, 63 [1847/8], widow, b. Low Moor, Yorkshire