This is two years before Sarah Westwood first turns up causing trouble in Cheltenham. Age and spouse’s first name fit our Sarah Smith.
I haven’t been able to find a will, which would be the really exciting bit - it would tell us what Sarah got from her adoptive mother, and we might be able to chase property records and figure out who swindled her.
| First name(s) | Sarah |
|---|---|
| Last name | Smith |
| Birth year | 1780 |
| Death year | 1855 |
| Death date | ? ? 1855 |
| Age | 75 |
| Burial year | 1855 |
| Burial date | 16 Dec 1855 |
| Burial place | Shrewsbury, St Chad's |
| Denomination | Anglican |
| Spouse's first name(s) | William |
| County | Shropshire |
| Archive reference | P253/A/4/6 |
| Page | 9 |
| Register type | Burial |
| Register date range | 1855-1900 |
| Record set | Shropshire Burials |
| Category | Birth, Marriage, Death & Parish Records |
| Subcategory | Parish Burials |
| Collections from | Great Britain, England |
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