Person:Sarah Steele (50)

Sarah Ann Steele was born in 1869 in the Kirkstall area of Leeds, daughter of a bootmaker named James Steele and his wife Elizabeth. The 1871 census finds Sarah living with her parents and brother in the Armley area of Leeds. In 1881 the family was living at 34 Rutland Terrace in Leeds, although it appears they had moved away from Leeds and back between the censuses, as one of Sarah's younger brother was born at Bishop Auckland in County Durham.

On 4th April 1887, Sarah married Arthur Greaves Firth. They appear to have had at least two children together. The 1891 census finds Sarah living back with her parents, whilst Arthur was living with his parents. He has not been positively traced after 1891.

Sarah has not been found in the 1901 census. Her next sighting is in 1907, when she was married in Liverpool to a Daniel Redmond. She gave her name as 'Sarah Ann Greaves', using Arthur's middle name as her surname, and described herself as a widow. By the 1911 census Daniel and Sarah were living apart, both in the Seacombe area of Wallasey in Cheshire, but Sarah with her parents who had also moved there and Daniel in a lodging house. In the 1911 census, Sarah had also reverted to her maiden name, although she still described herself as married.

Sarah has not been traced after 1911. Daniel remarried in 1924, describing himself as a widower.

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

   b. Sarah Ann STEEL, September Quarter 1869, Leeds Registration District, Volume 9b, page 522

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 4538; Folio 28; Page 11, 2 Apr 1871.

   Address: Fan Fold, Armley, Leeds, Yorkshire
   James Steel, head, married, male, 27 [1843/4], Shoe maker, b. Holbeck, Yorkshire
   Eliz[abe]th Steel, wife, married, female, 25 [1845/6], b. Holbeck, Yorkshire
   Samuel Steel, son, unmarried, male, 3 [1867/8], b. Holbeck, Yorkshire
   Sarah Ann Steel, daughter, unmarried, female, 1 [1869/70], b. Leeds, Yorkshire

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 4531; Folio 32; Page 18, 3 Apr 1881.

   Address: 34 Rutland Terrace, Leeds, Yorkshire
   James Steele, head, married, male, 37 [1843/4], Boot finisher, b. Holbeck, Yorkshire
   Elizabeth Steele, wife, married, female, 35 [1845/6], Boot finisher wife, b. Bradford, Yorkshire
   Samuel Steele, son, unmarried, male, 13 [1867/8], Boot finisher, b. Holbeck, Yorkshire
   Sarah A. Steele, daughter, unmarried, female, 11 [1869/70], Scholar, b. Kirkstall
   James A. Steele, son, unmarried, male, 8 [1872/3], Scholar, b. Bishop Auckland
   John S. Steele, son, unmarried, male, 5 [1875/6], Scholar, b. Wortley, Yorkshire
   Rosanah Steele, daughter, unmarried, female, 3 [1877/8], b. Armley, Yorkshire
   Helen Steele, daughter, unmarried, female, 1 [1879/80], b. Armley, Yorkshire

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 3702; Folio 109; Page 5, 5 Apr 1891.

   Address: 20 Cross Speedwell Street, Leeds, Yorkshire
   4 rooms occupied
   James Steele, head, married, male, 49 [1841/2], Boot Finisher, employed, b. Leeds, Yorkshire
   Elizabeth Steele, wife, married, female, 45 [1845/6], b. Leeds, Yorkshire
   Sarah Ann Firth, daughter, married, female, 21 [1869/70], Wool Piecener, employed, b. Leeds, Yorkshire
   John S. Steele, son, single, male, 15 [1875/6], General Labourer, employed, b. Leeds, Yorkshire
   Roshannah Steele, daughter, female, 13 [1877/8], b. Leeds, Yorkshire
   Helena Steele, daughter, female, 11 [1879/80], b. Leeds, Yorkshire
   Francis Steele, son, male, 7 [1883/4], b. Leeds, Yorkshire
   Hilda G. Firth, granddaughter, female, 2 [1888/9], b. Leeds, Yorkshire
   James Arthur Firth, grandson, male, 2 months [1891], b. Leeds, Yorkshire
   Hannah Steele, mother, female, 83 [1807/8], b. Leeds, Yorkshire

5. ↑ 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 22098; Schedule 175, 2 Apr 1911.

   Address: 42 Fairfax Road, Seacombe, Wallasey, Cheshire
   4 rooms occupied
   James Steele, head, male, 67 [1843/4], married, Boot Repairer, worker, b. Leeds, Yorkshire
   Elizabeth Steele, wife, female, 65 [1845/6], married 45 years, 8 children born alive to present marriage, 7 children still living, b. Bradford, Yorkshire
   Samuel Steele, son, male, 43 [1867/8], widower, Builer of Hoardings - Bill Poster, worker, b. Leeds, Yorkshire
   Sarah Ann Steele, daughter, female, 41 [1869/70], married, Laundress, worker, b. Leeds, Yorkshire
   Francis Steele, son, male, 27 [1883/4], Scavenger - Urban District Council, worker, b. Leeds, Yorkshire
   Samuel Steele, grandson, male, 23 [1887/8], single, Ships Fireman, worker, b. Leeds, Yorkshire
   William Woods, Nurse child, male, 1 [1909/10], b. Chester, Cheshire