Sarah Jane Magnall was born in Burnley, LAN on the 31 July 1864 to William Magnall (GM076) and Mary Anne (GM018). Her birth certificate reads:

Registration District Burnley
1864 Birth in the Sub-District of Burnley in the County of Lancaster
No. When and where
born
Name, if any Sex Name and Surname
of Father
Name and Maiden Sur-
name of Mother
Rank or Profession
of Father
Signature, Description and
Residence of Informant
When
registered
Signature of
registrar
Baptismal Name
if added after
Registration of Birth
62 Thirty first
July
1864
Stoops
Habergham
Eaves
Sarah
Jane
Girl William
Magnull
Mary Ann
Magnull
formerly
Norris
Coal
Miner
X The mark of
Mary Ann
Magnull
Mother
Stoops
Habergham
Eaves
Twenty
first
August
1864
Robert
Munn
Registrar

Sarah was christened on 28 August 1864 (VRI/OPC) at Holy Trinity Church in Habergham Eaves. The record shows that the family were still at Stoops and that her father was a collier.

Sarah died aged 8 months in April 1865 but have not obtained the death certificate yet (RoD Burnley 1865 Q2 Vol.8e p.119). She was interred in grave no. 1492 at Burnley Cemetery on the 14 April 1865.

VRI – Vital Records Index.
OPC – Online Parish Clerk


[Last updated 17 Dec 2023]