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Sarah Young

1821–95

Children’s nurse. Daughter of James and Sarah Young of Stretton, Rutland. Nurse to the children of E. C. (Lena) Langton, 1867–71. Married William Tasker (1812/13–87), Sarah Elizabeth Wedgwood’s gardener, in 1871. Probably lived in Station Road, Downe, 1881. At Hope Villa, Hampton, Middlesex, from at least 1887.

Sources

Certificate of Marriage, William Tasker to Sarah Young, 8 August 1871, Downe, Kent (General Register Office, England)

Census returns of England and Wales 1871 (The National Archives: Public Record Office RG10/1178/31/53), 1881 (RG11/22/102/41, RG11/855/92/20), 1891 (RG12/616/15/23)

England & Wales, national probate calendar (index of wills and administrations), 1858–1966 (Ancestry.com, accessed 20 May 2015)

Northamptonshire, baptisms, 1813–1912 (Ancestry.com, accessed 20 May 2015)

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