Sarah Newill

Sarah Elsie Newill 

Born: 8 May 1879, Cannock 

Baptised: 5 October 1879, Bushbury  

Father: George Newill (b. 1842)

Mother: Ann Newill (b. 1844)

Brothers: Frederick Charles Newill (b. 1871), George Victor Newill (b. 1876)

Sisters: Matilda Jane Newill (b. 1873), Ann Leonora Newill (b. 1878), Miriam Edwyna Newill (b. 1882)

In 1881 – 

She is at Bushbury Lane, Wolverhampton. Her father is listed as and ‘Tin Plate Worker’. Sarah, her mother and her siblings (Frederick, Matilda, George and Ann) are unlisted. Her aunt, Miriam Newill (b. 1846), is listed as ‘School Teacher’.

In 1891 – 

She is at Bushbury Lane, Wolverhampton. Her father is listed as a widower and ‘Tin Plate Worker’. Her brother, Frederick, is listed as ‘School Teacher’. Her sister, Matilda, is listed as ‘Housekeeper’. Her brother, George, is listed as ‘Writing Clerk’. Sarah and her sisters (Ann and Miriam) are unlisted. 

In 1901 – 

She is at ‘The Beeches’, Bushbury Lane, Wolverhampton. Her father is listed as widower and ‘Tin Plate Worker’. Sarah, her siblings (Frederick, Matilda, Miriam) and her aunt, Miriam Newill (b. 1846), are listed as ‘Elementary Teacher’. Her sister, Ann, is listed as ‘Dressmaker’. 

In 10/01 – 

PT at Wolverhampton Board. 

In 10/03 – 

Appointed to Birmingham Board. £70.

In 10/05 – 

Address is The Beeches, Bushbury, near Wolverhampton. 

In 1911 – 

She is at ‘The Beeches’, Bushbury Lane, Wolverhampton. Her father is listed as widower and ‘Tin Plate Worker’. Sarah and her sisters, Matilda and Miriam, are listed as ‘Elementary Teacher’. Her sister, Ann Leonora, is listed as ‘Housekeeper’. Her aunt, Miriam Newill (b. 1846), is listed as ‘Retired Teacher’. 

In 1921 – 

She is at The Beeches, Bushbury Lane, Wolverhampton. Sarah is listed as ‘Teacher (Elementary)’. Her sister, Ann, and her nephew, George Ernest Mobly (b. 1915), are unlisted. 

In 1939 – 

She is 16 Bushbury Lane, Wolverhampton. Sarah and her sister, Matilda, are listed as ‘Schoolmistress (Retired)’. Her sister, Ann, is unlisted. 

d.         8 November 1947, Wolverhampton 

NEWILL, Sarah Elsie of 16 Bushbury Lane, Wolverhampton, spinster died 08 November 1947. Administration (With Will) Birmingham 09 April to Matilda Jane Newill, spinster and Miriam Edwyna Mobley (wife of Ernest George Mobley). Effects £3916, 5s, 3d.