Sarah daughter of Henry Adams of Hellingly, labourer, and Sarah (baptismal record)
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At the time of the 1851 England Census Sarah Adams, aged 12, was with her parents in Hellingly Sussex.
At the time of the 1861 England Census Sarah Gravett, aged 24, born in Hellingly Sussex, and husband William Gravett, aged 27, born in Hellingly, brickmaker, were living in Hailsham Sussex. With them were children Elizabeth (4) of Hellingly, Rosena (1) of Hailsham, Edwin (1 month) of Hailsham.
At the time of the 1871 England Census Sarah Gravett, aged 34, born in Hellingly Sussex, and husband William Gravett, aged 39, born in Hellingly, brickmaker, were living in Cottage, Westham Sussex. With them were children: Elizabeth (14), scholar, Charles Henry (6) of Westham, scholar, Lilly Harriett (2) of Westham, and Anne Rebecca (1 month) of Westham.
At the time of the 1881 England Census Sarah Gravett, aged 40, and husband William Gravett, aged 45, were living in Harebeat, Hailsham Sussex. With them were grandson William Gravett (2), and children Elizabeth (24), Alpha (19), Charles (18), Lilly (13), and James (8), as well as William Gravett's mother Margaret (87), widow.
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Sarah Gravett of Hailsham died aged 51 years (burial record).
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SUDDEN DEATH AT HAILSHAM.
On Tuesday, the 20th inst., Mr. G. Hillman (Deputy-Coroner), held at inquest at the Grenadier Hotel, Hailsham, on the body of Sarah Gravett, aged 51 years, who died suddenly on the previous day.
William Gravett, husband of deceased, said his wife was in her usual health on Monday. He was at home about eight o'clock in the evening. A little later his daughter spoke of her mother's head being very bad ; she said she had bathed it in vinegar and water. About a quarter past nine deceased's head got much worse, when the used the same remedy, and she seemed relieved. Soon after they went to bed he heard her groan, and he tried to wake her, but she never spoke again. He got a light, called his daughter, and sent for Dr. Pilling. She died about one o'clock.
Dr. J. P. Billing said he made a post-mortem examination, and found the brain excessively congested, soft, and pulpy, and the heart very fat, but otherwise healthy. The cause of death was fatty degeneration, and softening of the brain.
The jury returned a verdict of death by natural causes.
Bexhill-on-Sea Chronicle, Saturday, 24 Sep 1887, p. 8
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