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Sarah Nixon

Female 1847 - 1929  (81 years)


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  • Name Sarah Nixon 
    Residence 1847  Earl Shilton, Leicestershire, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Born 24 Oct 1847  Earl Shilton, Leicestershire, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Female 
    Residence 1874  15, Great Holme Street, Leicester, Leicestershire, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Residence 1879  10, Clara Street, Leicester, Leicestershire, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Census Return 2 Apr 1911  27, Mowbray Street, Leicester, Leicestershire, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Burial Plot Welford Road Cemetery, Leicester, Leicestershire, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Freehold T 2601 (unconsecrated) 
    Residence 3, York Square, Leicester, Leicestershire, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Residence 95, Outram Street, Leicester, Leicestershire, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Find A Grave Link https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/171530340 
    Occupation Shoe Machinist 
    Family Story Leicester, Leicestershire, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Recollections of Sarah Smith 
    • Sarah was a good old lady, helping anybody who was ill. Her niece Kate Boast once stood on a stool and fell off, nearly ripping her ear off. Sarah quickly bound it up with castor oil to save it.

      Sarah might have worked for Isobel Charters, an artist who had exhibited at the Royal Academy. Isobel lived near Victoria Park, Leicester. Previously, Sarah's sister Lizzie Nixon had worked for Isobel Charters, before Lizzie went to Australia. Sarah's daughter Lilian also knew Isobel Charters, she may have worked for her as well. Isobel helped get Sarah's son, Joe, admitted to the Towers Hospital in 1925. Isobel Charters gave Lil two paintings and left her some money in her Will. One painting was given to Olive Smith and the other to Edna Smith, children of Lil's brother, Frank. Olive's painting was of a country cottage and Edna's painting was of a bluebell wood.

      Her granddaughter Olive said that Sarah's daughter Lil came home from work to find Sarah on the floor; she had suffered a stroke whilst getting the rabbit stew dinner out of the oven. She lived for a couple of days until she died.

      Her granddaughter, Olive, said it was snowing at the time of Sarah's funeral in 1929, and she couldn't go as she had to look after her younger brother and sister in South Harrow, Edna & Ron, whilst her parents, Frank & Emily, went to the funeral in Leicester.
    Died 4 Mar 1929  27, Mowbray Street, Leicester, Leicestershire, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Cause: Cerebral thrombosis No PM 
    Buried 9 Mar 1929  Welford Road Cemetery, Leicester, Leicestershire, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Notes 
    • (Medical):Her grandaughter Olive said that Sarah's daughter Lil came home from work to find Sarah on the floor; she had suffered a stroke while getting the rabbit stew dinner out of the oven. She lived for a couple of days until she died.
    Person ID I984  Family Tree
    Last Modified 24 Jul 2019 

    Father Joseph Nixon,   b. 1808, Hinckley, Leicestershire, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 2 May 1891, Church Street, Earl Shilton, Leicestershire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 83 years) 
    Mother Catherine Cooper,   b. 1818, Earl Shilton, Leicestershire, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1 May 1858, Earl Shilton, Leicestershire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 40 years) 
    Family ID F359  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Tom Smith,   b. 13 Oct 1853, Cosby, Leicestershire, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 4 Sep 1885, Tank Street, North Quay, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 31 years) 
    Married 26 May 1874  St Mary De Castro Church, Leicester, Leicestershire, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. Joseph Smith,   b. 18 Mar 1875, Leicester, Leicestershire, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 27 Aug 1953, The Towers Hospital, Gipsy Lane, Humberstone, Leicester, Leicestershire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 78 years)
     2. Lilian Smith,   b. 14 Jan 1877, Leicester, Leicestershire, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 14 Oct 1955, 27, Mowbray Street, Leicester, Leicestershire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 78 years)
    +3. Frank Smith,   b. 24 Jan 1879, 10, Clara Street, Leicester, Leicestershire, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 22 Sep 1934, 5, Whitby Road, South Harrow, Middlesex, England Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 55 years)
     4. Ernest Smith,   b. 27 Apr 1881, 10, Clara Street, Leicester, Leicestershire, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 24 Nov 1952, Leicester Royal Infirmary, Leicester, Leicestershire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 71 years)
     5. Shirley Smith,   b. 1884, Leicester, Leicestershire, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 21 Feb 1884, 90, Outram Street, Leicester, Leicestershire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 0 years)
    Last Modified 8 May 2017 
    Family ID F11  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart