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Henrietta Sarah Wells (Sarah or Dolly)

Henrietta Sarah Wells (Sarah or Dolly)

Female 1884 - 1979  (95 years)


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  • Name Henrietta Sarah Wells 
    Nickname Sarah or Dolly 
    Birth 13 Mar 1884  Bethnal Green, Middlesex, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Address:
    Bethnal Green
    London, London 
    Birth certificate
    Birth certificate
    Gender Female 
    School 30 Mar 1896 - 5 June 1896 
    Admitted to Bath Street School. Bath Street School opened 1881, renamed Moorfields Primary School from 1951. Living at 160 Lever Street, London. Also Columba Road School. Left Bath Street school on 5 June 1896. 
    Admission and discharge register for girls. Bath Street School, London.
    Admission and discharge register for girls. Bath Street School, London.
    Occupation 23 Dec 1902  [2
    Sewing machinist 
    Census 2 Apr 1911  31 Fashion Street, Spitalfields, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Occupying 2 rooms 
    Age: 27 
    UK census 1911
    UK census 1911
    Note Sarah recounted being hit as a child by her mother and/or maternal grandmother  [3
    Religion Converted from Christianity to Judaism after marriage, which caused her parents to disown her.  [4
    Residence Mar 1936  Spitalfields, Middlesex, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Address:
    31 Fashion Street 
    Residence Abt 1975  2 Louisa Gardens, Stepney Green, Middlesex, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Death Dec 1979  Poplar and Bethnal Green, Middlesex, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [5
    Address:
    in hospital in London 
    Person ID I380  UK Thrale family
    Last Modified 22 Jan 2024 

    Father Alfred Wells   d. Bef 23 Dec 1902 
    Mother Jane Henrietta Staples   d. Sep 1960, Ealing, Middlesex, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Marriage 25 Jul 1869  St John, Hoxton, Hackney, Middlesex, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [6
    Parish register record of marriage
    Parish register record of marriage
    Family ID F542  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Marks Abrahams (Mark),   b. 17 Aug 1883, 39 Fashion Street, Spitalfields, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Abt Mar 1948 (Age 64 years) 
    Marriage 23 Dec 1902  Holborn, Middlesex, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [8
    Type: Civil marriage 
    Agency: Holborn Registry Office 
    • A Jane Wells was a witness to the marriage of Henrietta on 23 Dec 1902. If verbal family accounts that Sarah was disowned by her family for marrying a Jew, are true, then witness Jane is more likely to have been a sister than a mother. [7]
    Marriage certificate
    Marriage certificate
    Alt. Marriage 9 Feb 1904 
    Jewish marriage 
    Marriage Authorisation of Chief Rabbi UK
    Marriage Authorisation of Chief Rabbi UK
    Binyamin Yacob ben Yuhuda Hersch Lieb
    Residence 23 Dec 1902-1904  20 Cyprus Street, Clerkenwell, Middlesex, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [9
    Census 2 Apr 1911  31 Fashion Street, Spitalfields, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    UK census 1911
    31 Fashion Street, Spitalfields, London
    Residence 1939  20 Winthrop Street, Whitechapel, Middlesex, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
    +1. Jack Abrahams,   b. Abt 1903   d. Apr - Jun 1982, Haringey, Middlesex, England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 79 years)
    +2. Leah Abrahams,   b. 25 Apr 1904, Hoxton, Middlesex, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 5 Aug 1984, Dunstable, Bedfordshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 80 years)  [Father: Birth]  [Mother: Birth]
    +3. Anne Abrahams,   b. 19 Mar 1906   d. 6 Apr 1992 (Age 86 years)
    +4. Bessie Abrahams,   b. Mar 1911
    +5. Alfred Abrahams,   b. 18 Mar 1911   d. Jun 2002, Wandsworth, Surrey, England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 91 years)
    +6. Herbert Abrahams,   b. Jan-Mar 1919, Whitechapel, Middlesex, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1 Aug 2002 (Age ~ 83 years)
    Family ID F184  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 30 Jan 2024 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - Address:
    Bethnal Green
    London, London - 13 Mar 1884 - Bethnal Green, Middlesex, England
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    Link to Google MapsMarriage - Type: Civil marriage,Agency: Holborn Registry Office - 23 Dec 1902 - Holborn, Middlesex, England Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - 23 Dec 1902-1904 - 20 Cyprus Street, Clerkenwell, Middlesex, England Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsCensus - Occupying 2 rooms,Age: 27 - 2 Apr 1911 - 31 Fashion Street, Spitalfields, England Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsCensus - 2 Apr 1911 - 31 Fashion Street, Spitalfields, England Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - Address:
    31 Fashion Street - Mar 1936 - Spitalfields, Middlesex, England
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    Link to Google MapsResidence - 1939 - 20 Winthrop Street, Whitechapel, Middlesex, England Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - Abt 1975 - 2 Louisa Gardens, Stepney Green, Middlesex, England Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - Address:
    in hospital in London - Dec 1979 - Poplar and Bethnal Green, Middlesex, England
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  • Photos
    Henrietta Sarah Wells born 1883
    Family group photo from about 1940. Two participants are unknown and their identities are sought.
    Henrietta Sarah Wells

  • Sources 
    1. [S4] Birth certificate.

    2. [S28] Marriage certificate, Marriage certificate (Reliability: 3).

    3. [S47] Lindsay Block.

    4. [S11] David H Thrale.

    5. [S14] Free BMD, (http://www.freebmd.org.uk/), Dec 1979. Poplar and Bethnal Green. Volume 14. Page 1125. (Reliability: 3).

    6. [S64] England Marriages 1538-1973, (FamilySearch Intl).

    7. [S11] David H Thrale, 2004.

    8. [S28] Marriage certificate.

    9. [S28] Marriage certificate, 23 Dec 1902.