Biography:
Sarah Dickens
1850 –1926
Sarah Dickens
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Unmarked grave Sarah Dickens (1850-1926)
Sarah was born 1850 in Aston Abbots, Bucks, the daughter of labourer George Dickens and his wife Susanna.
She never married.
In 1871, aged 20, she was a house maid in the Manor House, Hardwick, one of the three staff – cook, maid and nursery nurse – employed by farmer Thomas Howland and his wife. As they had 6 children this was probably a fairly demanding job. She was still there in 1881 by which time only one daughter was living at home and Sarah was one of two domestic staff.
By 1891 she had moved to Berkhamsted and was employed as cook by widow Mary E Howland who lived in the High Street. Her two sons and three daughters were living with her and she also employed a house maid.
In 1901 Sarah was living with her sister and brother-in-law, Ellen and Robert Gibson, at 2, Cross Oak Road. She was aged 50 and no occupation had been entered for her, but by 1911 she was employed as house maid again, this time by widow Mary Ann Harris at Elm Croft, Elm Grove, Berkhamsted.
It has not been possible to find Sarah in the 1921 census, but she died in the Union workhouse in December 1926 aged 76.
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Unmarked grave Sarah Dickens (1850-1926)
Sarah was born 1850 in Aston Abbots, Bucks, the daughter of labourer George Dickens and his wife Susanna.
She never married.
In 1871, aged 20, she was a house maid in the Manor House, Hardwick, one of the three staff – cook, maid and nursery nurse – employed by farmer Thomas Howland and his wife. As they had 6 children this was probably a fairly demanding job. She was still there in 1881 by which time only one daughter was living at home and Sarah was one of two domestic staff.
By 1891 she had moved to Berkhamsted and was employed as cook by widow Mary E Howland who lived in the High Street. Her two sons and three daughters were living with her and she also employed a house maid.
In 1901 Sarah was living with her sister and brother-in-law, Ellen and Robert Gibson, at 2, Cross Oak Road. She was aged 50 and no occupation had been entered for her, but by 1911 she was employed as house maid again, this time by widow Mary Ann Harris at Elm Croft, Elm Grove, Berkhamsted.
It has not been possible to find Sarah in the 1921 census, but she died in the Union workhouse in December 1926 aged 76.
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