Sarah Elizabeth Clay

Sarah Elizabeth Clay 

Born: 1846, Shardlow 

Father: William Clay (b. 1813)

Mother: Emma Clay (b. 1818)

Sisters: Emma Clay (b. 1844)

Marriage:        4 October 1871, Sutton in Ashfield 

Husband:         John William Chambers 

                        b. 1849

                        Schoolmaster 

Issue – 

#1 Arthur Chambers (b. 1872)

#2 John William Chambers (b. 1874)

#3 Francis Joseph Chambers (b. 1878)

#4 Margaret Gertrude Chambers (b. 1880)

#5 Isabel Sarah Chambers (b. 1886)

In 1861 – 

She is at Railway Station, Forest Lane, Sutton in Ashfield. Her father is listed as ‘Railway Servant’. Sarah, her mother and sister, Emma, are unlisted. 

In 1871 – 

She is at Forest Lane, Sutton in Ashfield. Her father is listed as ‘Station Master’. Her mother, her sister, Emma, and her nephew, William Clay (b. 1860), are unlisted. Sarah is listed as ‘Schoolmistrress’. George Woodhead (b. 1856), a boarder, is listed as ‘Railway Clerk’.

In 1881 – 

She is at Regent Street, Long Eaton. Her husband is listed as ‘Schoolmaster’. Sarah is listed as ‘Schoolmistress’. Her children (Arthur, John, Francis and Margaret) are unlisted. Her niece, Clara J Shaw (b. 1863), is listed as ‘Housekeeper’. There is a servant, Elizabeth A Arbow (b. 1865). Her father is listed as ‘Annuitant’. 

In 1891 – 

She is at Elm House, East Street, Long Eaton. Her husband is listed as ‘Schoolmaster’. Sarah is listed as ‘Schoolmistress’. Her son, John, is listed as ‘Chemists Apprentice’. Her children (Francis, Margaret and Isabel) are unlisted. Her father is listed as ‘Living on His Own Means’. There is a servant, Adelaide M Bloodworth (b. 1874).

In 04/96 – 

Address is Long Eaton, near Nottingham.

In 1901 – 

She is at 137 Sawley Road, Long Eaton. Her husband is listed as ‘Board School Master (Head)’. Sarah is listed as ‘Board School Mistress (Head)’. Her daughter, Margaret, ‘Student in Training’. Her daughter, Isabel, is listed as ‘Board School Monitress’. There is a servant, Mary Ann Dodd (b. 1880). 

In 1911 – 

She is at 137 Sawley Road, Long Eaton. Sarah and her husband are listed as ‘Head Teacher County Council’. Her daughter, Isabel, is listed as ‘Assistant Teacher County Council’. Her daughter, now Margaret Gorman, is unlisted. There is a servant, Dorothy Elizabeth Sharratt (b. 1891). 

In 1921 – 

She is at Brow of the Hill, Leziate, Norfolk. Her son-in-law, Charles William Lindsey (b. 1875), is listed as ‘Clerk’. Her daughter, Isabel, and her grandchildren, John Thomas Lindsey (b. 1916), Peter William Lindsey (b. 1918) and Margaret Chambers Lindsey (b. 1920), are unlisted. Sarah is listed as ‘School Mistress Retired’. There is a servant, Rose Jary (b. 1896). 

d.         25 April 1922, Shardlow  

CHAMBERS, Sarah Elizabeth of 53 Shakespeare Street, Long Eaton, Derbyshire widow died 25 April 1922. Probate Derby 17 June to John William Chambers, estate agent and Charles William Lindsey, maltster’s accountant. Effects £2108, 9s.