Sarah Hutchings (buried 1899)

At a glance

At a glance
Surname: 
Hutchings
First name: 
Sarah
Other Christian names: 
Gender: 
Female
Children: 
No
Burial number: 
311
Born: 
22/1/1847
Died: 
12/02/1899
Buried: 
16/02/1899
Occupation: 
Gamekeeper's wife
Heene Hallmark: 
No
Commonwealth War Grave: 
No

The Grave

The grave
Cemetery area: 
NWS
Cemetery row: 
6
Cemetery plot: 
11
what3words location: 
https://what3words.com/trap.edge.plank
Burial remains: 
Unknown
The headstone
Headstone inscription: 
In loving memory of Sarah wife of John Hutchings who died Febry 12th 1899 aged 52 years "Rest in the Lord"

Life story

Life story

Sarah was born in Ferring, Sussex, the daughter of John and Sarah. She was baptised at St Andrew's, Ferring on 28th February 1847. The family worked on a local farm, the eldest boys leaving school at the age of 10 to join their father. In the Spring of 1867, Sarah married John Hutchings, a gamekeeper from the village of Merston near Oving, Sussex. John found work on the Wiston estate and the couple moved into a cottage on the Steyning Road. The couple had no children. By 1881, John and Sarah had moved to Greenham Common in Berkshire where John worked for Lloyd Baxendale Esq, Lord of the Manor of Crookham. Mr Baxendale lived at Greenham Lodge by the Common and John was employed as his gamekeeper. The couple later moved back to Worthing, living in one of the nursery workers cottages in Wallace Lane (Avenue). They shared the cottage with the Hazell family and two lodgers making eleven occupants in all. (Percy Hazell is also buried at Heene). Sarah died on 12th February 1899. No probate.

John moved to Tarring Road, living with a nephew before moving in with his niece and her family in Wallace Lane. He died in East Preston workhouse in 1924 and was buried at Broadwater Cemetery, Worthing.

Burial researcher: 
Carol Sullivan

Further information

Birth
Date born: 
22/01/1847
Marriage
Maiden name: 
Miles
Marriage 1
Spouse one first names: 
John
Spouse one last name: 
Hutchings
Marriage one date: 
00/00/1867
Marriage one address: 
Ferring, Sussex, England

Death

Death (details)
Date of death: 
12/02/1899
Age (at time of death): 
52
Cause of death: 
Unknown
Address at time of death: 
5 Wallace Lane, Worthing, Sussex, England

Census and miscellaneous information

Census information
1851 census: 

North Barn, Ferring, Sussex

John aged 41, ag lab. Sarah aged 36. Ann aged 16. George aged 14, ag lab. Edwin aged 11, ag lab. Hannah aged 9. John aged 7. Sarah aged 4. Jesse aged 1.

1861 census: 

North Barn Cottages, Ferring, Sussex.

John aged 51, ag lab. Sarah aged 48. George aged 24, plate layer. Edwin aged 21, ag lab. John aged 17, ag lab. Sarah aged 14. Jesse aged 12. Eli aged 9. Henry aged 7. Alfred aged 3.

1871 census: 

Polecats Cottage, Steyning Road, Wiston, Sussex.

John aged 28, gamekeeper. Sarah aged 24. Alice Stafford aged 5, visitor. William Bennett aged 79, widower, lodger, ag lab.

Sharing the house with William Tugnutt, ag lab and his wife Ann.

1881 census: 

The Common Cottage, Greenham, Berks.

John aged 37, gamekeeper. Sarah aged 33. John Glass aged 40, lodger, superannuated police constable.

1891 census: 

5 Wallace Cottages, Wallace Lane, Worthing, Sussex

John aged 48, market gardener. Sarah aged 44. Emily Miles aged 21, niece, domestic servant. Herbert Garner aged 20, lodger, gardener. Frederick Venus aged 19, lodger, gardener.

Sharing the cottage with the Hazell family (11 occupants in total).