Biography:
Sarah Young
1840 –1901
Sarah Young
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SARAH YOUNG: 1840 -1901
Sarah was born during the third quarter of 1840 to Thomas and Elixa Harding. She was the seventh of eight children[1] born to the couple. The family lived in Botley, near Chesham. Sarah’s father was a worker in a silk factory. A silk, Shute’s Mill was sited on Chesham’s Waterside. At the age of 11, Sarah, along with her brother Thomas was also working in the Silk Mill. Children were often employed in silk mills where their nimble fingers could thread the silk.
Sarah married, probably in 1860. Her husband, Henry Young, had been born in Berkhamsted, but he worked in London as a Dock Constable at the London Docks. Sarah and Henry lived in Tower Hamlets and later in Preston Road, London. Sarah gave birth to ten children.[2]
At some time between 1891 and 1901 Henry retired from the dock police and family moved to Kitsbury Road, Berkhamsted. Harry’s mother, Sarah, died in the first quarter of 1901 in Berkhamsted.
At the time of the 1901 widowed Henry was living with his children Harry, Lily, Mary, Annie and Rose, together with Rose’s husband, Edwin Fisher, at 30 Kitsbury Road.
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SARAH YOUNG: 1840 -1901
Sarah was born during the third quarter of 1840 to Thomas and Elixa Harding. She was the seventh of eight children[1] born to the couple. The family lived in Botley, near Chesham. Sarah’s father was a worker in a silk factory. A silk, Shute’s Mill was sited on Chesham’s Waterside. At the age of 11, Sarah, along with her brother Thomas was also working in the Silk Mill. Children were often employed in silk mills where their nimble fingers could thread the silk.
Sarah married, probably in 1860. Her husband, Henry Young, had been born in Berkhamsted, but he worked in London as a Dock Constable at the London Docks. Sarah and Henry lived in Tower Hamlets and later in Preston Road, London. Sarah gave birth to ten children.[2]
At some time between 1891 and 1901 Henry retired from the dock police and family moved to Kitsbury Road, Berkhamsted. Harry’s mother, Sarah, died in the first quarter of 1901 in Berkhamsted.
At the time of the 1901 widowed Henry was living with his children Harry, Lily, Mary, Annie and Rose, together with Rose’s husband, Edwin Fisher, at 30 Kitsbury Road.
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