Sarah Ann DEAKIN was the daughter of Samuel Pownall DEAKIN and Sarah Ann SIDEBOTTOM. Sarah was born in 1873, Wigan, Lancashire.
In the 1881 Census, Sarah is recorded as a ‘Scholar’, living at 13 Wignall Street, Wigan, with her mother, Sarah and her 7 brothers and sisters. In the 1891 Census, Sarah, aged 17, is recorded as living at 49 Corporation Street, Wigan, with her parents, brother and 4 sisters, occupation ‘Jam Wrapper’.
Sarah married Robert ALSTEAD OBE (1873-1946) in 1896 in Wigan at Wigan Registry Office. Robert and Sarah had the following children:
- Robert Farrington ALSTEAD, b. 1897, Pemberton, Lancashire, d. 1982
- George Deakin ALSTEAD, b. 1898, Pemberton, d. Nov 1988 (served with the Lancashire Fusiliers, appointed 2nd Lt. 26th June 1918).
- Charles Gordon ALSTEAD, b. 1902, Wigan, d. Jun 1987 (a phot0 of Charles Alstead taken at Wigan Grammar School c1929 can be viewed on the WiganWorld website)
- Donald Marsden ALSTEAD, b. 1903, Wigan, d. 16 Dec 1959
- Stanley ALSTEAD CBE, MD, FRCP, FRCPED, FRCPGLAS, FRSE, b. 1905, Wigan, d. 1992 (for a biography click here and his obituary in the British Medical Journal click here)
- Muriel Sarah Deakin ALSTEAD, b. 1907, Wigan
- William Alexander Norman ALSTEAD, b. 1914, Wigan, d. Aug 1992
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Sarah died in 1960 aged 86.
Robert ALSTEAD was MP for Altrincham, Cheshire from 6th December 1923 to 29th October 1924. Robert died at Gathurst, near Wigan, on 9 September 1946, aged 72.
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Parents of Sarah Ann Deakin
Samuel Pownall Deakin
(1839-1929)
Sarah Ann Deakin
(née Sidebotham)
Siblings of Sarah Ann Deakin
William Robert DEAKIN
(1862 – 1943)
George Edward DEAKIN
(1864 – 1940)
Martha Elizabeth DEAKIN
(1866 – 1939)
Samuel Pownall DEAKIN
(1869 – 1899)
Emma DEAKIN
(1871 – 1966)
Minnie DEAKIN
(1876 – 1956)
Harriet Eliza DEAKIN
(1878- 1955)