Sarah Sutcliffe

Sarah Elizabeth Sutcliffe 

Born: 6 September 1852, Oldham 

Baptised: 20 October 1852, Oldham 

Father: John Sutcliffe (b. 1816)

Mother: Maria Sutcliffe (b. 1812)

Marriage:        25 January 1877, Oldham 

Husband:         Thomas Watson 

                        b. 1853 

                        Butcher 

                        d. 1891

Issue – 

#1 Harry Taylor Watson (b. 1878)

#2 John Lees Watson (b. 1879)

#3 Thomas Arnold Watson (b. 1881)

#4 Frank Watson (b. 1882) (d. 1883)

#5 Alice Mary Watson (b. 1887)

In 1861 – 

She is at 13 John Street, Oldham. Her father is listed as ‘House Joiner’.  Sarah and her mother are unlisted.

In 1871 –

She is at Burnley Lane, Oldham. Her father is listed as ‘House Joiner’. Her mother is unlisted. Sarah is listed as ‘Pupil Teacher’. 

In 1881 –

She is at Manchester Street, Oldham. Her husband is listed as ‘Pork Butcher’, Sarah and her children (John and Thomas) are unlisted. Her aunt-in-law, Betty Lus (b. 1827), is listed as ‘Independent Means’. There is a servant, Fanny Crossley (b. 1866).

In 1891 –

She is at Manchester Street, Oldham. Her husband is listed as ‘Pork Butcher’, Sarah and her children (Harry, John, Thomas and Alice) are unlisted. Her aunt-in-law, Betty Lus (b. 1827), is unlisted. There is a servant, Margaret E Williams (b. 1872).

In 10/97 – 

Address is Manchester Road, Oldham.

In 1901 –

She is at 202 Manchester Street, Oldham. Sarah (now a widow) and her son, Harry, are listed as ‘Pork Butcher Shopkeeper’. Her son, John, is listed as ‘Solicitors Clerk’. Her son, Thomas, is listed as ‘Art Pupil Teacher’. Her daughter, Alice, is unlisted.

In 1911 –

She is at 144 Werneth Hall Road, Oldham. Sarah is an unlisted widow. Her son, John, is listed as ‘Solicitor’. Her son, Thomas, is listed as ‘Art Teacher Elementary School’. Her daughter, Alice, is listed as ‘Student Secondary Teacher’. There is a servant, Ada Ellen Gaskin (b. 1879). 

In 04/16 – 

Her son is mentioned he 'designed, executed and framed' a photo of the Roll of Honour of his school in Oldham.

In 1921 – 

She is at 144 Werneth Hall Road, Oldham. Sarah and her daughter, now Alice Lees, are unlisted. Her son-in-law, Harry E Lees (b. 1884), is listed as ‘Assistant Manager’. There is a servant, Ada Ellen Gaskin (b. 1879). 

In 1939 – 

She is at 144 Werneth Hall Road, Oldham. Sarah and her daughter, now Alice Lees, are unlisted. Her son-in-law, Harry E Lees (b. 1884), is listed as ‘Retired Cotton Manager’. There is a servant, Muriel W Jones (b. 1913). 

In 00/45 – 

Death recorded as 16.09.1944. 

d.         16 September 1944, Oldham 

WATSON, Sarah Elizabeth of 144 Werneth Hall Road, Oldham widow died 16 September 1944. Probate Llandudno 24 November to Harry Taylor Watson of no occupation, John Lees Watson, solicitor, Thomas Arnold Watson, horticulturist and Alice Mary Lees (wife of Harry Evans Lees). Effects £8722, 3s, 2d.