Sorry this is somewhat long, but I wanted to fill in what I've got so far.
In 1879 coachman John Claxton (born at Grindale near Bridlington) married Sarah Pratt at Acomb, near York. Both were single, residents of Acomb, Sarah was 22 yrs old and her father was recorded as John Pratt, coachman.
They had a son Thomas, bp in Acomb in March 1881, but, sadly, he was buried there in March, aged one month.
In 1881 census they were recorded in Acomb - John was a domestic coachman - and they lived next door to John's younger brother Thomas and his wife Ellen. Thomas also worked with horses and was recorded as a stableman/huntsman.
A daughter Annie Caroline was bp at Acomb in 1882. The birth of a second son John William was registered in Banbury district in Q1 1884,he was bp privately at Grindale on June 30th and buried there July 6th, aged four months. John Claxton senior, husband of Sarah, was buried at Grindale in November 1884, aged 33 years.
I can't find Sarah in 1891, but her daughter Annie Caroline was in Westminster recorded as niece of widowed head of house Ann Bay - 31 years old, born Middlesex. The third member of the household is visitor, Mrs Ellen Smith aged 44 yrs, born Rotherhide. Ellen Claxton, Sarah's sister in law and next door neighbour in Acomb in 1881, was named Ellen Smith prior to her marriage to Thomas Claxton, a younger brother of John. And she was a Londoner by birth. If this is the same Ellen, did she child mind Annie and had she taken her to visit the aunt? Did Ann Bay child mind Annie whilst her mother worked and Ellen was in London to see her relatives, so called in to visit Annie?
In 1899 Annie Caroline married in Sheffield and she and her husband were recorded in Attercliffe, Sheffield, in 1901 and 1911.
I think I've just tracked down Sarah Claxton in 1901. She was in Handsworth, Sheffield, widowed and employed as a domestic cook. (I had a job finding her because place of birth was given as Middlesbro - however written after that and crossed through was Hampton Court. This jogged my memory because Ann Bay, the aunt in Westminster in 1891 also claimed to have been born at Middlesex Hampton Court.)
Please can anyone find widow Sarah Claxton in 1891? And what happened to her after 1901? Can anyone fine her remarrying or her death? I've got so tangled up with this lot that I can't see for looking!
In 1879 coachman John Claxton (born at Grindale near Bridlington) married Sarah Pratt at Acomb, near York. Both were single, residents of Acomb, Sarah was 22 yrs old and her father was recorded as John Pratt, coachman.
They had a son Thomas, bp in Acomb in March 1881, but, sadly, he was buried there in March, aged one month.
In 1881 census they were recorded in Acomb - John was a domestic coachman - and they lived next door to John's younger brother Thomas and his wife Ellen. Thomas also worked with horses and was recorded as a stableman/huntsman.
A daughter Annie Caroline was bp at Acomb in 1882. The birth of a second son John William was registered in Banbury district in Q1 1884,he was bp privately at Grindale on June 30th and buried there July 6th, aged four months. John Claxton senior, husband of Sarah, was buried at Grindale in November 1884, aged 33 years.
I can't find Sarah in 1891, but her daughter Annie Caroline was in Westminster recorded as niece of widowed head of house Ann Bay - 31 years old, born Middlesex. The third member of the household is visitor, Mrs Ellen Smith aged 44 yrs, born Rotherhide. Ellen Claxton, Sarah's sister in law and next door neighbour in Acomb in 1881, was named Ellen Smith prior to her marriage to Thomas Claxton, a younger brother of John. And she was a Londoner by birth. If this is the same Ellen, did she child mind Annie and had she taken her to visit the aunt? Did Ann Bay child mind Annie whilst her mother worked and Ellen was in London to see her relatives, so called in to visit Annie?
In 1899 Annie Caroline married in Sheffield and she and her husband were recorded in Attercliffe, Sheffield, in 1901 and 1911.
I think I've just tracked down Sarah Claxton in 1901. She was in Handsworth, Sheffield, widowed and employed as a domestic cook. (I had a job finding her because place of birth was given as Middlesbro - however written after that and crossed through was Hampton Court. This jogged my memory because Ann Bay, the aunt in Westminster in 1891 also claimed to have been born at Middlesex Hampton Court.)
Please can anyone find widow Sarah Claxton in 1891? And what happened to her after 1901? Can anyone fine her remarrying or her death? I've got so tangled up with this lot that I can't see for looking!
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