Person:Sarah Tett (1)

Sarah Ann Tett was born in 1844 at Crewkerne in Somerset, daughter of Susan Tett, formerly Forsey, and her husband Joseph Tett, an agricultural labourer. Sarah appears in the 1851 census living with her parents and siblings at the hamlet of Hewish in Crewkerne parish. She was described as a scholar. By 1861 Sarah had left home and was working as a general servant for a clerk's family in Church Street in Crewkerne.

In 1863 Sarah married a Robert Simmonds in the Sherborne area of Dorset. He was from Sherborne and they appear there in the 1871 census, by which time they had two children. Robert was described as being town crier. Sarah's younger sister Emily was visiting on census night.

Sarah has yet to be researched after 1871.

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

   b. Sarah Ann TETT, December Quarter 1844, Chard Registration District, Volume 10, page 380

2. ↑ 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 1928; Folio 500; Page 20, 30 Mar 1851.

   Address: Hewish, Crewkerne, Somerset
   Joseph Tett, head, married, male, 39 [1811/12], Farm Laborer, b. Crewkerne, Somerset
   Susan Tett, wife, married, female, 37 [1813/14], Glove Sewer, b. Winsham, Somerset
   Christiana Tett, daughter, unmarried, female, 9 [1841/2], Scholar, [no birthplace given]
   Sarah Ann Tett, daughter, female, 6 [1844/5], Scholar, b. Crewkerne, Somerset
   Dinah Tett, daughter, female, 1 [1849/50], b. Crewkerne, Somerset
   Henry Ja[me]s Tett, son, male, 4 [1846/7], b. Crewkerne, Somerset

3. ↑ 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 1637; Folio 23; Page 8, 7 Apr 1861.

   Address: Church Street, Crewkerne, Somerset
   William W. Evans, head, married, male, 33 [1827/8], Clerk to a Web[?] Manufactory, b. Crewkerne, Somerset
   Elizabeth Evans, wife, married, female, 30 [1830/1], b. Crewkerne, Somerset
   Charles R. Evans, son, male, 2 [1858/9], b. Crewkerne, Somerset
   Amy Evans, daughter, 11 months [1860], b. Crewkerne, Somerset
   Sarah A. Tett, servant, unmarried, female, 17 [1843/4], General Servant, b. Crewkerne, Somerset
   Mary J. Studley, servant, unmarried, female, 15 [1845/6], Nurse Maid, b. Crewkerne, Somerset

4. ↑ 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 2020; Folio 75; Page 58, 2 Apr 1871.

   Address: Newland Street, Sherborne, Dorset
   Robert Simmonds, head, married, male, 28 [1842/3], Town Cryer, b. Sherborne, Dorset
   Sarah Simmonds, wife, married, female, 27 [1843/4], Wife, b. Crewkerne, Somerset
   Henry Simmonds, son, male, 8 [1862/3], Scholar, b. Sherborne, Dorset
   Eliza Simmonds, daughter, female, 7mo [1870], b. Sherborne, Dorset
   Emily Tett, visitor, unmarried, female, 13 [1857/8], b. Crewkerne, Somerset