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SMITH, Sarah Elizabeth
1868 - 1921 (53 years) Has no ancestors but 9 descendants in this family tree.
1863 - 1936 (73 years)-
Name SMITH, Sarah Elizabeth Birth 1868 Leeds, Yorkshire, England 
Gender Female Death 1921 Wolverhampton Registration District, Staffordshire Person ID I938 Edgoose Last Modified 7 Feb 2026
Family WEST, Jesse, b. 1863, Leicester, Leicestershire d. 1936, Wolverhampton Registration District, Staffordshire (Age 73 years) Marriage 1891 Leeds, Yorkshire, England Children 1. WEST, Major Jesse "Bill" O.B.E., B.Sc.,, b. 4 Oct 1893, Leeds, Yorkshire, England d. 1963 (Age 69 years)2. WEST, Ernest Arthur, b. 10 Jun 1895, Wolverhampton, Staffordshire, England d. 18 Dec 1918, Active Service In World War 1 (Age 23 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]3. WEST, Harold Edgoose, b. 8 Oct 1901, Wolverhampton Registration District, Staffordshire d. 28 Nov 1982, Northampton Registration District, Northamptonshire (Age 81 years)Family ID F190 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 27 Jan 2026
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SARAH ELIZABETH WEST née SMITH circa 1868-1921
The marriage between Jesse WEST and Sarah Elizabeth SMITH was registered in 1891.
(GRO September Q 1891 Leeds 9b 948)
The 1901 census returns for 25 Larches Lane, Wolverhampton, Staffordshire:
Jesse WEST, head, aged 37, schoolmaster, born at Leicester;
*Sarah E. WEST, wife, aged 33, born at Leeds, Yorkshire;
Jessie (sic) WEST, son, aged 7, born at Leeds, Yorkshire;
Ernest WEST, son, aged 5, born at Wolverhampton, Staffordshire;
Adelaide DONE, servant, aged 17, general servant, born at Wednesfield, Staffordshire.
(RG13/2673/85/34)
The 1911 census of Glengarry, Coalway Road, Penn Fields, Wolverhampton:
Jesse WEST, head, aged 47, married, principal Higher Grade School,W'ton Educatn. Committee, born in Leicester, Leicestershire;
*Sarah Elizabeth WEST, wife, aged 43, married 18 years, 4 children (3 living), born at Leeds, Yorkshire;
Jesse WEST, son, aged 17, single, born at Leeds, Yorkshire;
Ernest Arthur WEST, son, aged 15, single, born at Wolverhampton, Staffordshire;
Harold Edgoose WEST, son, aged 9, born at Wolverhampton, Staffordshire;
Elizabeth MOSELEY, servant, aged 34, single, general servant domestic, born at Claverley, Shropshire.
(RG14/17008)
NOTES & QUERIES:
According to the 1911 census enumeration, one child had died by 1911.
(revised 29.04.2015)