Sarah Allan

Sarah Allan 

Born: 1855, Portsea Island 

Baptised: 26 August 1855, Portsmouth

Father: Henry Allan (b. 1812)

Mother: Sarah Allan (b. 1823)

Brothers: Henry Allan (b. 1852), George Allan (b. 1854), Alexander Scott (b. 1857), John Allan (b. 1859)

Sisters: Helen Allan (b. 1864)

Cousin: Sarah Scott (b. 1843) [LDTC 1863] 

Marriage:        10 July 1918, Radcliffe 

Husband:         Thomas Hamnett 

                        b. 1851 

                        Wholesale Clothier 

In 1861 – 

She is at the Barracks, Commercial Road, North Hamlet. Her father is listed as ‘Sargant Major of Gloucester Militia’. Sarah, her mother and siblings (Henry, George, Alexander and John) are unlisted.

In 1871 – 

She is at St. Paul Square, Preston. Her mother is an unlisted widow. Her brother, henry, is listed as ‘Printer Compositor’. Sarah and her brother, George, listed as ‘Pupil Teacher’. Her siblings (Alexander, John and Ellen) are unlisted. Sarah Allan (b. 1842) and Jean McTaggart (b. 1842) are lodgers and listed as ‘Government Certificated Teacher’. 

In 1881 – 

She is at Mill Town Street, Pilkington, Lancashire. Her mother is an unlisted widow. Sarah is listed as ‘Certificated Teacher’. Her sister, Ellen, is listed as ‘Pupil Teacher’. 

In 1891 –

She is at Milltown Street, Pilkington. Her mother is an unlisted widow. Sarah is listed as ‘Elementary School Teacher’. 

In 04/98 – 

Address is ‘S. John's School, Radcliffe, W. Manchester’

In 1901 – 

She is at 14 Outwood Road, Radcliffe. Her brother-in-law, James Lund (b. 1869), is listed as ‘Tape Manufacturer and Twist Dyer’. Her sister, now Helen Lund, is unlisted. Sarah is listed as ‘Schoolmistress’. 

In 1911 –

She is at 14 Outwood Road, Radcliffe. Her brother-in-law, James Henry Lund (b. 1869), is listed as ‘Smallware Manufacturer’. Her sister, now Helen Lund, is unlisted. Sarah is listed as ‘Ex-Schoolmistress’.

In 1921 – 

She is at 8 Lower Terrace Crescent, Blackpool. Sarah and her husband are listed as ‘Not Occupied for a Living’.   

d.         2 December 1933, Manchester South 

HAMNETT, Sarah of 536 Wilbraham Road, Chorlton-cum-Hardy, Manchester, widow died 02 December 1933. Probate Manchester 26 January to the Public Trustee. Effects £3436, 15s, 3d.