When Sarah J. Attlesey was born in December 1847 in Soham, England, her father, William, was 40 and her mother, Alice, was 41. At 4 1/2 years old, she traveled to America with her parents and 5 siblings. Her parents fell ill aboard ship and died within a week of arrival. Sarah and her siblings were raised by family and friends and some even went into servitude.
Sarah remained single, working as a housekeeper. She retained a job in the home of John Cutler Nichols ca 1875, a young widower with 3 children. She remained with him, until when, at 28, She married him in about 1882. She and her sister, Mary, lived next door to one another ater in life in Waterford, New London, Connecticut.
It is Sarah's step-son, George W. Nichols, who administrates her sister, Mary's, estate, and corresponds with Mary's son who had moved to Australia by 1880.
Sarah died in 1921 in Waterford, Connecticut, at the age of 74, and was buried there in her husband's Nichols Family Plot, near her sister, Mary E. Dolbeare's family plot.
Sarah remained single, working as a housekeeper. She retained a job in the home of John Cutler Nichols ca 1875, a young widower with 3 children. She remained with him, until when, at 28, She married him in about 1882. She and her sister, Mary, lived next door to one another ater in life in Waterford, New London, Connecticut.
It is Sarah's step-son, George W. Nichols, who administrates her sister, Mary's, estate, and corresponds with Mary's son who had moved to Australia by 1880.
Sarah died in 1921 in Waterford, Connecticut, at the age of 74, and was buried there in her husband's Nichols Family Plot, near her sister, Mary E. Dolbeare's family plot.
When Sarah J. Attlesey was born in December 1847 in Soham, England, her father, William, was 40 and her mother, Alice, was 41. At 4 1/2 years old, she traveled to America with her parents and 5 siblings. Her parents fell ill aboard ship and died within a week of arrival. Sarah and her siblings were raised by family and friends and some even went into servitude.
Sarah remained single, working as a housekeeper. She retained a job in the home of John Cutler Nichols ca 1875, a young widower with 3 children. She remained with him, until when, at 28, She married him in about 1882. She and her sister, Mary, lived next door to one another ater in life in Waterford, New London, Connecticut.
It is Sarah's step-son, George W. Nichols, who administrates her sister, Mary's, estate, and corresponds with Mary's son who had moved to Australia by 1880.
Sarah died in 1921 in Waterford, Connecticut, at the age of 74, and was buried there in her husband's Nichols Family Plot, near her sister, Mary E. Dolbeare's family plot.
Sarah remained single, working as a housekeeper. She retained a job in the home of John Cutler Nichols ca 1875, a young widower with 3 children. She remained with him, until when, at 28, She married him in about 1882. She and her sister, Mary, lived next door to one another ater in life in Waterford, New London, Connecticut.
It is Sarah's step-son, George W. Nichols, who administrates her sister, Mary's, estate, and corresponds with Mary's son who had moved to Australia by 1880.
Sarah died in 1921 in Waterford, Connecticut, at the age of 74, and was buried there in her husband's Nichols Family Plot, near her sister, Mary E. Dolbeare's family plot.
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