Sarah Thurston

Sarah Ann Thurston 

Born: 1848, Holbeach 

Father: William Thurston (b. 1810)

Mother: Mary Thurston (b. 1809) 

Sisters: Mary A Thurston (b. 1834), Jane Thurston (b. 1837), Emma Thurston (b. 1839), Maria Thurston (b. 1842), Susannah Thurston (b. 1844), Martha Thurston (b. 1846), Eliza Thurston (b. 1854)

Brothers: George Thurston (b. 1851)

Marriage:        24 December 1872, Spalding 

Husband:         Thomas Healey Woods

                        b. 1840 

                        Carpenter 

Issue: 

#1 Arthur William Woods (b. 1875)

#2 Agnes Annie Woods (b. 1878) (d. 1904)

#3 Walter Thomas Woods (b. 1880)

#4 Fanny Elizbeth Woods (b. 1882)

#5 John William Woods (b. 1884)

In 1851 – 

She is at Roman Bank, Sutton, St Mary, Lincolnshire. Her father is listed as ‘Farm Lab’. Sarah, her mother and her siblings (Mary, Jane, Emma, Maria, Susannah, Martha and George) are unlisted. 

In 1861 – 

She is at 33 Roman Bank, Sutton, St Mary, Lincolnshire. Her mother is an  unlisted widow. Sarah and her siblings, George and Eliza, are unlisted. 

In 1871 – 

She is in Seas End, Moulton, Spalding, Lincolnshire. The head of the house is Joseph Knowles (b. 1835) listed as ‘Farmer’. His wife, Elizabeth Knowles (b. 1832) is unlisted. Their niece, Betsy Ann Crops (b. 1858) is unlisted. She (Sarah Ann) is listed as ‘Schoolmistress’. There is also a servant, Henry Carl (b. 1853). 

In 1881 – 

She is in Seas End, Moulton, Spalding. Her husband is listed as ‘Carpenter (Employing 1 Man & 1 Boy)’. She is listed as ‘Schoolmistress’. Their children, Arthur, Agnes and Walter, are unlisted. Her mother, Mary Thurston, is listed as ‘Assistant’. There is a Journeyman, Edmund Gregory (b. 1861) listed as ‘Carpenter’. There is an Apprentice, Thomas Hales (b. 1864) and a servant, Elizabeth Jane Hales (b. 1866). 

In 1891 – 

She is in Seas End, Moulton, Spalding. Her husband is listed as ‘Wheelwright’. She is listed as ‘Schoolmistress’. Her mother and her children, Agnes, Walter and John are unlisted. 

In 10/96 – 

Address is Moulton Seas End, Lincolnshire.

In 1901 – 

She is at Post Office, Seas End, Moulton, Spalding. Her husband is listed as ‘Carpenter & Sub Postmaster’. She is listed as ‘Certificated Teacher (Head) at National School’. Her son, Walter, is listed as ‘Journeyman Carpenter’. Her son, John, is listed as ‘Rural Letter Carrier’. Her mother and her daughter, Fanny, are unlisted.

In 1911 – 

She is at Post Office, Seas End, Moulton, Spalding. Her husband is listed as ‘Sub Postmaster’. Sarah and her grand-daughter, Doris Evelyn Waite (b. 1902) are unlisted. Their son, John is listed as ‘Farmer’. 

In 1921 – 

She is at Moulton Seas End, Spalding. Her son, John, is listed as ‘Small Holder’. Sarah is listed as ‘Invalid’. Her granddaughter, Doris Evelyn White (b. 1901), is unlisted. 

d.         1922, Spalding