Sarah was the illegitimate daughter of Ann Vizard, and baptised at St Mary’s, Wotton under Edge. In the ’41 Census she was recorded as living with her grandparents, Arthur and Vizard, and her uncles, in North Nibley. and her mother was working as a servant in Dursley.
In 1844 her mother married William Yewen, and, in the ’51 census, Sarah (now Sarah Yewen) is living with Ann and William (an agricultural labourer) in Kingscote. Ann and William had two children, Edward and Arabella.
William been imprisoned for 2 years in 1813 for stealing from Henry Vizard, along with his brother James.
The death of her stepfather was reported in the Gloucestershire Chronicle of 1st June 1867.
‘an inquest was held at the Bell and Castle Inn [in Dursley] on the body of William Yewen, aged fifty, who was found dead in his bed on Sunday. Desceased’s wife died some six months ago in a similar manner. Deceased had been blind about 12 months, was supported by the parish, and had not been well for several years. He frequently took bitter aloes pills for relief. He would not see the parish doctor. About half-past ten on Sunday he complained of pain but told his son, with whom he lived and slept, to go to church. When the son returned, about half-past twelve o’clock, he called ‘father ‘ three times, but got no answer. He then went upstairs, and found the deceased lying dead in bed. The jury gave a verdict of ‘Found dead in bed; cause of death unknown’.
Edward was 15 at the time.
Ten years later, he was living in Llandaff, possibly following his sister Arabella, who had married John Davies in 1866, in Llangyfelach, Glamorganshire, just before the death of her mother. In 1871, Sarah Ann is living with Arabella and her family as a servant. Arabella lived the rest of her life in South Wales, but obviously retained an attachment to Dursley, as she was buried there.
In 1873, Sarah married Henry Ingram, an engine driver, in Colwall, Herefordshire. Only 3 months previously his wife Ann had died, leaving him with 3 daughters under 5 years of age, so the alacrity was perhaps understandable. Sarah rapidly had two daughters. The family were living in Gloucester in ’81 but Henry died in 1886 of ‘internal injuries’.
Sarah lived for the rest of her life near Arnos Vale Cemetery in Bristol and died aged 73, leaving £171/3/6.
North Nibley One-Place-Study 