Person:Susan Moles (5)

Susan Sarah Moles was born in 1876 in Hertfordshire. She was baptised on 9th January 1878 at Bygrave in Hertfordshire, daughter of a straw plaiter named Emma Moles, formerly Rook, and her husband George Moles, a shepherd. She was not a baby when baptised, but was nearly two years old. Although the family lived in the parish of Bygrave and had her baptised at Bygrave church, they actually lived on Norton Street, the bit of the parish right on the edge of the town of Baldock.

Susan Sarah appears to have been named after two of her older sisters, who had died within a few days of each other in an outbreak of scarlet fever in 1864. Sadly, Susan Sarah also died young, being buried a few days after her baptism. She was probably already ill when baptised, as it was a private baptism. Her burial record says she was 22 months old when she died.

1. ↑ Baptisms register, in Church of England. Parish Church of Bygrave (Hertfordshire). Parish registers, 1765-1912. (Hertford: Hertfordshire Archives & Local Studies).

   BAPTISMS solemnized in the Parish of Bygrave in the County of Hertford in the Year 1878
   No. 209
   When Baptized: 1878 Jan[uar]y 9 Private
   Child's Christian Name: Susan Sarah daughter of
   Parents Name - Christian: George and Emma
   Parents Name - Surname: Moles
   Abode: Bygrave (Norton Street)
   Quality, Trade, or Profession: Labourer
   By whom the Ceremony was performed: J.H. Carnegie, Rector

2. ↑ Burials register, in Church of England. Parish Church of Bygrave (Hertfordshire). Parish registers, 1765-1912. (Hertford: Hertfordshire Archives & Local Studies).

   BURIALS in the Parish of Bygrave in the County of Hertford in the Year 1878
   No. 157
   Name: Susan Sarah Moles
   Abode: Bygrave (Norton Street)
   When buried: Jan[uary] the 15th
   Age: 22 months
   By whom the Ceremony was performed: J.H. Carnegie, Rector

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

   b. Susan Sarah MOLE, March Quarter 1876, Hitchin Registration District, Volume 3a, page 368, mother's maiden name Rook