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HORRY, Sarah Ann
1877 - 1944 (67 years) Has 13 ancestors but no descendants in this family tree.
1835 - 1908 (73 years)-
Name HORRY, Sarah Ann Birth 20 Feb 1877 Sheffield, Yorkshire 
Gender Female Death 22 Aug 1944 Sheffield, Yorkshire Person ID I8048 Edgoose Last Modified 27 Jan 2026
Father HORRY, George, b. 1835, Navenby, Lincolnshire, England d. 1908, Sheffield Registration District, Yorkshire (Age 73 years) Relationship natural Mother WHYLEY, Mary Ann, b. 1832, Little Gonerby, Lincolnshire, England d. 1904, Sheffield Registration District, Yorkshire (Age 72 years) Relationship natural Marriage 1864 Grantham Registration District, Lincolnshire Family ID F2890 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family COLES, Ernest, b. 19 Feb 1876, Chesterfield Registration District, Derbyshire d. Yes, date unknown Marriage 1901 Ecclesall Bierlow, Yorkshire, England Family ID F2901 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 27 Jan 2026
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Birth - 20 Feb 1877 - Sheffield, Yorkshire 
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SARAH ANN HORRY 1877-1944
The birth of Sarah Ann HORRY was registered in 1877. According to the 1939 Register, she was born on 20 February 1877.
(GRO March Q 1877 Sheffield 9c 576)
The 1881 census of 546 Brightside Lane, Brightside Bierlow, Sheffield, Yorkshire:
George HORRY, head, married, aged 45, labourer in iron works, born at Navenby, Lincolnshire;
Mary A. HORRY, wife, married, aged 48, born at Little Gonerby, Lincolnshire;
George HORRY, son, unmarried, aged 16, bricklayer's labourer, born at Grantham, Lincolnshire;
John H. HORRY, son, aged 15, crane lad in iron works, born at Spittlegate, Lincolnshire;
James HORRY, son, aged 13, cellar lad in iron works, born at Spittlegate, Lincolnshire;
Lizzie HORRY, daughter, aged 12, scholar, born at Spittlegate, Lincolnshire;
Emma HORRY, daughter, aged 9, scholar, born at Spittlegate, Lincolnshire;
Mary J. HORRY, daughter, aged 7, scholar, born at Spittlegate, Lincolnshire;
*Sarah A. HORRY, daughter, aged 4, born at Sheffield, Yorkshire;
Diborah (sic) HORRY, daughter, aged 2, born at Sheffield, Yorkshire.
(RG11/4664/70/33)
The 1901 census of 60 Gloucester Street, Ecclesall Bierlow, Yorkshire:
Ernest COLES. head, married, aged 25, saddler, born at Eckington, Derbyshire;
*Sarah A COLES, wife, married, aged 24, born in Sheffield, Yorkshire.
(RG13/4350/83/85)
The marriage between Sarah Ann HORRY and Ernest COLES was registered in 1901.
(GRO March Q 1901 Ecclesall Bierlow 9c 488)
The 1939 Register of 146 Firth Park Crescent, Sheffield C.B., Yorkshire:
Ernest COLES, born 19 February 1876, machine belt repairer employed at a works producing armament and aircraft steels, married;
*Sarah A. COLES, born on 20 February 1877, unpaid domestic duties, married;
Willis COLES, born 24 May 1907, steel warehous hand heavy worker, single.
(RG101/3536G/021/21 KIM B)
The death of Sarah Ann COLES aged 67 was registered in 1944.
(GRO September Q 1944 Sheffield 9c 381)
"COLES Sarah Ann of 146 Firth Park Crescent Sheffield (wife of Ernest Coles) died 22 August 1944 Administration Wakefield 27 September to the said Ernest COLES machine belt repairer and Catherine CLEGG (wife of James Halliday CLEGG.
Effects £1267 16s. 7d."
(National Probate Calendar 1944)
(revised 25.02.2016)