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Sarah Sutton (1822-1891) was a single woman who lived in Somersetshire in her youth and in the London area in her adulthood. She moved around a lot, had various occupations (the ones listed in the London Gazette & Old Bailey Proceedings & censuses were: ?servant?, schoolmistress; governess; hosier, glover, & perfumer; proprietor & editor of the Englishwoman's Review and Home Newspaper; literary profession; "literary and monetary agent" and accountant, general agent; editor and the proprietor of the London Review; Novel Writer-Author; "commission agent;" and lady money-changer). She appears to have lived by her wits and landed in debtor's prison two or three times. She was a witness in the trial of (Beautiful Forever) Madame Rachel and then she sued Mrs. Borrodaile (1868-1869). She is also listed in court cases concerning money changing (1850 & 1861), and court cases of her bankruptcy & debtor's prison (1850; 1859-1860; 1867 and annulled in 1874), and a court case regarding her father Daniel Sutton's will (1878).
She might be the Sarah Sutton listed on the 1841 census in Bridgwater, age 18 years, female servant of Robert Bryant.
1851 census. May Fair, St. George Hanover Square, Middlesex. 87 Piccadilly. Sarah Sutton, Head, unmarried, 28, Hosier, born Somerset, Bridgwater.
1861 census. Cavendish Square, All Souls, Marylebone, Middlesex. 9 Rathbone Place. Sarah Sutton, lodger, unmarried, 38, General Agent, Somersetshire, Cross.
1871 census. St. Mary Paddington, Paddington, London, Middlesex. 29 Newton Rd. Sarah Sutton, head, unmarried, 48, Publisher (Retired), Somerset, Compton Bishop
1881 census. 1 Market Street, Llanwonno, Glamorgan, Wales. Sarah Sutton, visitor, unmarried, age 58, Novel Writer (Author), Cross, Somerset. (visiting her nephew Joshua S. Williams)
I would love any information about my relative Sarah Sutton and her occupations. Thanks.
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