See also
- Sarah ABBOT's parents: Thomas ABBOT (1810?-1874) and Sarah Cook GLANFIELD (1811?-1884)
- Sarah ABBOT's siblings: Thomas Cook ABBOT (1831-1877), Edmund Cook ABBOT (1835-1929), William Cook ABBOT (bef1836-1836), Susanna Cook ABBOTT (1841-1846), Walter Cook ABBOT (1844-1880), Harriet Cook ABBOTT (1846-1846), Abraham Cook ABBOTT (1848-1931) and Susannah Cook ABBOT (1850-1852)
Sarah Ann Cook ABBOT (1837?- )
| RiD No.: | 288 |
Personal Details
| Birth | 1837 (approx.) | Ipswich, Suffolk |
| Sarah Ann was baptised on the 18th June 1837 at St Helens, Ipswich. Father Thomas (occupation "Founder") and mother Sarah. | ||
| Census | 1851 | St Helens Street, Ipswich |
| Sarah appears in the census living with her parents and siblings.
The original has been examined and reads:- Thomas Cook Head Married 40 occ. Iron Moulder (Journeyman?) b Suffolk, Thorndon, Sarah Cook Wife Married 39 occ Wife b Suffolk, Ipswich Thomas Cook Son Unmarried 19 occ Journeyman Iron moulder b Suffolk, Ipswich Edmund Cook Son Unmarried 17 occ Journeyman Iron moulder b Suffolk, Ipswich Sarah Ann Cook Daughter Unmarried 13 occ Scholar b Suffolk, Ipswich Walter Cook Son Unmarried 6 b Suffolk, Ipswich Abram Cook Son Unmarried 3 b Suffolk, Ipswich Susannah Cook Daughter 11 months b Suffolk, Ipswich Note that the family surname is shown as "Cook". Abraham's first name has been transcribed exactly as written (it is not a typo!) This census is a bit of an enigma, partially because of the use of the surname "Cook", but also because of the birth place for Thomas (Head). See her father for more information. |
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Marriage and Family Details
| Spouse | Unknown | |
| Marriage | Before 1871? | |
| There is a possible marriage in Ipswich in Dec 1862 of a Sarah Ann Abbott.
Possible partners are Richard Rendell or Daniel Podd.
Further investigation required. However as you will see below, Sarah can be found in the 1871 and 1881 census married to an Edward Lazzell. There is no doubt in my mind that this is a correct marriage, but I have not yet been able to find a marriage registration to support this even taking into account the fact that she may have been previously married. |
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| Census | 1871 | Gray's Inn Lane, St Pancras, London |
| Edward and Sarah appear in the census. The original has not been examined but
transcript reads:- Edward Lazzell Head Male 34 Essex Occ Cab Driver Sarah A Lazzell Wife Female 31 Suffolk Abraham C Abbott Brother-in-law Male 23 Suffolk Occ Engineer The age and birth locations of Sarah and brother Abraham age fit. |
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| Census | 1881 | 43 Cold Bath Square, Clarkenwell, London |
| The original return has not been examined, but the transcript reads as follows:- E Lazzell Head Male 45 b. Braintree, Essex, England (occ Cab Driver) S A Lazzell Wife Female 42 b.Ipswich, Suffolk, England E C Abbott Nephew Male 4 b.Ipswich, Suffolk, England I believe E C Abbott is Edmund Charles Cook Abbott (RiD 500) but at the moment I am unable to place him as the child of any of Sarah's siblings. |
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| Census | 1901 | Islington |
| A possible 1901 census shows Sarah as a Sarah Ann Lazzelli (note extra i) resident at St John Parish, Upper Holloway Islington, age 63, occupation "Needlewoman". She is shown as a "Patient", but as I have not yet viewed the original return, I cannot say at which hospital. | ||
Note on Sarah and Edward
Sarah and Edward have proved difficult to trace after the 1891 census. I cannot find them in 1891 and only a possible finding for
Sarah in 1901. I am also unable to find any death registrations, although there is a death of an Edward Layzell in Holborn in 1895, but this person is shown age 60 with
an approximate birth date of 1835 (which doesn't really fit?) and can probably be found in the 1981 census
married to a Mary - so probably not "our" Edward.
If anyone has any further information I would be pleased to hear from you.
Other Details
In 1853, a Sarah Cook Abbott was charged with pickpocketing in Colchester, Essex. As far as I am aware this is the only Sarah Cook Abbott alive at the time who matches the description of a "young woman". She would have been 16 at the time.
According to the newspaper report below, on Saturday 25th September 1853, Sarah was in Colchester with a friend, Eliza Lake, when they took shelter from the rain in a shop doorway and whilst there, Sarah picked the pocket of a Mrs Sarah Whiting and stole her purse,which contained £1 17s 6d (one pound, 17 shillings and 6 pence).
The complaint was heard by the magistrates on the 3rd October 1853 at Colchester Town Hall. They were told that Sarah was a young woman of respectable appearance and that "in consiquence of another difficulty" Sarah had absconded from her parents at Ipswich, and that her friend , Eliza, was also known as a "bad character from that place" (- it sounds like Sarah had fallen out with Thomas and Sarah and fallen in with bad company!).
The police required further time to investigate, so the hearing was adjourned and poor Sarah was remanded in custody until "Thursday", presumably Thursday 6th October?)
I am still looking for any further newspaper reports on this matter, but in the "Essex Standard and Eastern Counties Advertiser" of Friday 23rd December 1853, there is a report that the "Grand Jury" of the Colchester Quarter Sessions "ignored" the bill against Sarah Ann Cook Abbott, and presumably she was released as an innocent woman?
This does beg the questions as to how long Sarah was held on remand ( surely not 3 months?).
whether Sarah reconciled with her parents and what became of her (further research required) and was she
really guilty and led on by the "bad character" Eliza.
A copy of the original newspaper report below is just about readable. Because of the quality of the original, magnification
does not help on this occasion.
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