Sarah was born[1] and baptised in 1858 in Tattershall, Lincolnshire, England. She was the daughter of William Wells and Mary Sellars.[2]
The family lived in Tattershall, where Sarah's father was an agricultural labourer.[3] He died in 1869.[4] In 1871 Sarah lived with her mother, a washerwoman.[5]
Sources
↑Birth Registration: "England & Wales General Register Office" GRO Online Indexes - Birth (accessed 28 March 2024) Wells, Sarah Ann (Mother's maiden name: Sellars). GRO Reference: 1858 Apr-May-Jun in Horncastle Union Volume 07A Page 469.
↑Baptism: "FreeReg UK Parish Register database" Lincolnshire; Tattershall; Holy Trinity; Parish Register; File line number: 384 FreeReg Transcription (accessed 28 March 2024) Sarah Ann Wells baptism on 14 May 1858, daughter of William Wells & Sarah, in Tattershall, Lincolnshire, England.
↑1861 Census: "1861 England Census" Class: Rg 9; Piece: 2371; Folio: 43; Page: 4; GSU roll: 542961; ED, institution, or vessel: 9; Household schedule number: 24 Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry uk Record 8767 #21895693 (accessed 28 March 2024) Sarah A Wells (2) daughter in household of William Wells (28) in Coningsby in Horncastle registration district in Lincolnshire, England. Born in Tattershall, Lincolnshire, England.
↑Death Registration: "England & Wales Death Index" FreeBMD Entry Information (accessed 17 March 2024) Wells, William (Age at death: 36). GRO Reference: 1869 Jul-Aug-Sep in Horncastle Volume 7a Page 321.
↑1871 Census: "England and Wales Census, 1871" citing The National Archives of the UK FamilySearch Record: VB8X-N9X (accessed 28 March 2024) Sarah Ann Wells (12) daughter, Scholar, in household of Mary Ann Wells (37) in Tattershall, Lincolnshire, England, United Kingdom. Born in Tattershall Thorpe, Lincolnshire.
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