Sarah Horton [h.1.7.1]

Sarah Horton was the first child of Richard Horton & Mary Phipps born c1848 at West Bromwich.

At the time of the 1851 census Sarah & her parents & younger brother William were living at Grant Village, West Bromwich.

In 1861 Sarah (13) was visiting her uncle David Phipps & his wife Mary J, also living in West Bromwich.

In 1871 Sarah was living at home with her parents & younger brother Henry at Dunkirk Rd, West Bromwich. She was a school mistress.

Sarah married John Fisher on January 25th, 1877 at the Parish Church of West Bromwich after the reading of banns. Witnesses were Richard Horton (possibly her brother) & Martha Elizabeth Stone who was to marry Sarah’s brother Richard in 1879. John was 22 at the time of the marriage & a bricklayer of West Bromwich, like his father Daniel Fisher. John was born c1855 at West Bromwich, the son of Daniel & Keziah Fisher.

In 1881 Sarah was the head of the household at 52 Whitehall Rd, West Bromwich. She had a son John (3) & daughter Mary (1) with her & visiting was her 64 year old mother Mary. Sarah is noted as married but husband John’s whereabouts is unknown. Next door at #48 Whitehall Rd was Sarah’s uncle David Phipps, a shop keeper, & his wife Mary Jane.

Sarah was still head of the household in 1891 & still living at the same address with her 2 children. She is now described as a grocer’s assistant, presumably for her uncle David, still living next door. Sarah’s son John E was a grocer’s errand boy.

By 1901 Sarah was working as an asylum nurse at Rubery Hill, Kings Norton, Worcs. Her marital status was given as single. Her uncle David, now an 80 year old widower, had retired from being a grocer & was now a parish clerk.

Sarah was still employed as a nurse at Rubery Hill & Hollymoor Lunatic Asylum in 1911.

The children of Sarah Horton & John Fisher were:

h.1.7.1.1 John Emmanuel Fisher born Jan-March 1878 at West Bromwich
h.1.7.1.2 Mary Kezia Fisher born July-September 1879 at West Bromwich