Sarah Lees

Sarah Lees 

Born: 4 December 1854, Oldham 

Father: James Lees (b. 1820)

Mother: Sarah Lees (b. 1821)

Brothers: James Lees (b. 1861)

Sisters: Esther Lees (b. 1846), Mary Lees (b. 1850), Hannah Lees (b. 1853), Miriam Lees (b. 1857)

Marriage:        4 May 1882, Ashton under Lyne 

Husband:         Joseph Wardle 

                        b. 1848 

                        Cotton Mill Manager

Issue – 

#1 Elsie Wardle (b. 1884) (d. 07 August 1923)

#2 Sydney Herbert Wardle (b. 1889)

In 1861 – 

She is at Gibraltar Street, Oldham. Her father is listed as ‘Cotton Spinner Employs 40 Heads’. Sarah, her mother and siblings (Esther, Mary, Hannah, Miriam and James) are unlisted.

In 1871 – 

She is at Gibraltar Street, Oldham. Her father is listed as ‘Cotton Spinner Employs 40 Heads’. Her sister, Sarah, is listed as ‘Milliner’. Sarah, her mother and sister, Miriam, are unlisted.

In 1881 –

She is at 22 Gibraltar Street, Oldham. Her sister, Mary, is listed as ‘Dressmaker’. Her sister, Hannah, is listed as ‘Milliner’. Her brother, James, is listed as ‘Chemists Apprentice’. Sarah is listed as ‘Schoolmistress’. 

In 1891 –

She is at Werneth Hall Road, Oldham. Her husband is listed as ‘Cotton Mill Manager’. Sarah and her children (Elsie and Sydney) are unlisted. There is a servant, Ann E Holland (b. 1875). 

In 10/98 – 

Address is 159 Forest View, Windsor Road, Oldham. 

In 1901 – 

She is at Hermitage, St Helens, Hastings as a visitor. John Foster (b. 1852) is listed as ‘Gardener Domestic and Market’. His wife, Hannah Foster (b. 1852), and Sarah and her son, Sydney, are unlisted. John’s daughter, Emma Foster (b. 1881), is listed as ‘Dressmaker’.

In 1911 –

She is at 19 Richmond Road, St Anne’s-on-the-Sea as a visitor. Bett Sinkson (b. 1847) is listed as ‘Boarding House Keeper’ with her niece, who is Sarah’s husband’s first cousin, Lizzie Annie Wardle (b. 1863). Sarah is unlisted. 

In 1921 – 

She is at 42 High Street, Lees. Sarah is unlisted. Her daughter, Elsie, is listed as ‘Hospital Pharmacist’. 

In 00/24 – 

Her daughter, Elsie Wardle, dies 07.08.23 after a short illness. She was a member of Women's Pharmacist's Association and active in the Guide movement.

In 00/28 – 

Death recorded as 18.02.28 at 42 High Street, Lees, Oldham.

d.         18 February 1928, Oldham 

WARDLE, Sarah of 42 High Street, Lees near Oldham, widow died 18 February 1928. Probate London 11 April to Christopher Wesley Shimeld and Leonard Clayton, solicitors. Effects £9073, 17s, 7d. Resworn £9148, 17s, 7d.