Sarah Ann POTTS

1863 - 1916  (53 years)

• Name	Sarah Ann POTTS
  Birth	1863	Macclesfield, Cheshire   [1, 2]
  Baptism	3 Jan 1864	St. Michaels, Macclesfield, Cheshire   [2]
  Gender	Female
  1871 Census	2 and 3, Chatham St., Macclesfield, Cheshire   [1]
  	At 1871 Census, she is 8, occ "Scholar"
  1881 Census	7, North Side, Macclesfield, Cheshire   [3]
  	At 1881 Census, she is 17, occ "Silk Weaver"
  1891 Census	8, Amy St., Openshaw, Manchester   [4]
  	At 1891 Census, she is 27, occ "Cotton Weaver"
  1901 Census	4, Hartley St., Openshaw, Manchester   [5]
  	At 1901 Census, she is 37
  1911 Census	16, Shudehill, Manchester   [6]
  	At 1911 Census, she is 47, occ "Publican"
  Reference Number	V103
  Death	20 Oct 1916	Old Mosley Arms, Studehill, Manchester   [7]
  	aged 52
  Burial	25 Oct 1916	St. John's, Higher Broughton, Lancashire
  Person ID	I103	VaughanDavies
  Last Modified	30 Jul 2025

  
  

  Father	William POTTS,   b. 1831, Macclesfield, Cheshire
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Hannah LATHAM,   b. 1838, Rainow, Macclesfield, Cheshire d. 1899, Manchester (Age 61 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Marriage	21 Jul 1861	St. Peter's, Prestbury, Cheshire   [8]
  Notes	The marriage is almost certainly the correct details, hence it is included. William gives Richard's occupation as ?Corn - factor??? but then it implies that he is also father to William's bride, so maybe not too much care has been taken with this. Richard had died 8 years earlier, and maybe the professions were suffiiciently similar. Likewise this is the only place where Hannah is Hannah Latham ROBINSON, but one of the witnesses is her sister Sarah Ann. There does not appear to be any consistent alternative for Hannah, and certainly nothing that implies Latham as a middle name - clearly something important as their son has Latham as a middle name
  Family ID	F32	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 1863 - Macclesfield, Cheshire Baptism - 3 Jan 1864 - St. Michaels, Macclesfield, Cheshire Death - 20 Oct 1916 - Old Mosley Arms, Studehill, Manchester Burial - 25 Oct 1916 - St. John's, Higher Broughton, Lancashire  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Histories

  The Old Moseley Arms The story of this pub in Manchester

  
  

• Notes

  Marries William NORMAN 24/12/1884 in Eccles, and then marries Edward William TURNER 22/2/1911 at the Cathedral Church in Manchester. In the 1911 Census which is soon afterwards, she puts herself as Head and Edward as Husband. The address at time of marriage and at the census, 16, Shudehill, Manchester, is what was the Old Moseley Arms, and so presumably Sarah was the one with money. Given that her father was a publican, it is maybe his pub? The Old Moseley Arms was demolished in 1971 to make way for the Arndale Centre and is next to the more famous Ye Olde Rovers Return. There is more information in a separate document.

  
  

• Sources

  [S82] 1871 Census :- 2 and 3, Chatham St., Macclesfield, Cheshire. [S1188] Baptism register :- St Michael's, Macclesfield (1864). [S255] 1881 Census :- 7, North Side, Macclesfield, Cheshire. [S397] 1891 Census :- 8, Amy St., Openshaw, Manchester. [S398] 1901 Census :- 4, Hartley St., Openshaw, Manchester. [S399] 1911 Census :- 16, Shudehill, Manchester. [S1187] Death notice :- Manchester Evening News (23 Oct 1916). [S80] Marriage register entry :- William Potts - Hannah Latham Robinson (1861).