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Sarah Smith

Sarah was born on March 16th, 1815 in Edgworth and her baptism took place on May 6th, 1815 in Tottington.¹²

Birth Notes
- Sarah was possibly born in Walton Le Dale (which is where her brother James Smith was born), but actually:
  
  Name:    Sarah Smith
  Birth Date:    16 Mar
  Baptism Date:    6 May 1815
  Baptism Place:    Tottington, St Anne, Lancashire, England
  Parish as it Appears:    Tottington
  Father:    Henry Smith
  Mother:    Betty Smith
  Reference Number:    L105/2/1
  Archive Roll:    976
  
  Living in Edgworth when she married Isaac in 1839.
  
  This is correct because sister Susanna Leach also cane to the US in 1843.

Sarah's father was Henry Smith and her mother was Betty Rigby. She had four brothers and two sisters, named James, John, Henry, Samuel, Mary and Susanna. She was the sixth oldest of the seven children. She died before 1898.

General Notes
- Sarah's father was Henry Smith from Edgworth, a Mason.
  
  Sarah and Isaac were recorded at Southbridge, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA in 1850 with their first four children, all born in the US, so they must have emigrated before 1842, so soon after they married (they cant be found on the UK 1841 census).
  
  Sarah possibly died 16 Aug 1856 in Rhode Island, and Isaac remarried another Sarah in the US. This would also explain why daughter Sarah Alice went to live with her aunt Susannah. Alternatively the family may have broken up and Sarah returned to the UK as a Sarah Mather was living with her brother-in-law James Smith (b.1800) in 1851 at 31 Rothwell St. or could this be another? Something happened, as her daughter Sarah Alice seems to have been adopted by her sister Susanna. Isaac’s newspaper obituary does say that Isaac married again in the US.
  
  Isaac is back with (another younger?) Sarah in 1880, but no children present. Sarah (63) and Isaac (69) are at Rhode Island, USA.
  
  When his son James died, the informant recorded his mother's name as Margaret Smith. This is assumed to be an error as there is no such marriage (UK or US).

Ancestor Pedigree Chart
- Henry Smith
  - b.1779 in Tottington d.Feb 1843 in Lymm
  
  Sarah Smith
  - b.16 Mar 1815 in Edgworth d.< 1898
  
  Betty Rigby
  - b.~ 1780

Personal Timeline

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¹ 1851 UK Census
² Manchester CoE Births & Baptisms