Sarah Brentnall/Brantnell 1825- 1862/5
Daughter of a Derbyshire Miner. Herself a lacemaker. Married a Pottery Crate maker and then settled in Stoke
1825. Sarah Brentnall was born 13/5/1825 & baptised in the Independent Heanor, Derbyshire - Ancestry E & W Non-Conformist & Non-Parachial Registers 1567-1970. Parents George Brentnall & Ann Whiteman
Heanor ~12 k NE of Derby
1841C. Sarah Brentnall is living Marpool, Heanor, Basford, Derbyshire with her parents, her father a coal miner
| George | Brentnall | Male | 60 | 1781 | Derbyshire, England | |
| Ann | Brentnall | Female | 50 | 1791 | Derbyshire, England | |
| Sarah | Brentnall | Female | 15 | 1826 | Derbyshire, England |
1846. Sarah Brantnell, laceworker, marries Thomas Birks, crate maker, on 7/9/1846 in Caverswall . The certificate gives his father as John Birks, crate maker, hers as George Brantnell, collier. Both are residing Adderley Green . Both of full age -FMP. One of the witnesses was Phillis Birks, a sister of the groom. . No one could sign their name. Caverswall ~ 10 k SE of Stoke. Adderley Green ~4 k NW of Caverswall . So Sarah has moved a long way W of Heanor
1851. William Birks born Stoke Mar 1851 to parents Thomas & Sarah
1851C. Sarah Birks, is living 28, Vauxhall Road, Stoke with her husband & 2 children
| Thomas | Birks | Head | Married | Male | 28 | 1823 | Crate Maker Master (2 Men) | Fenton, Staffordshire, England | |
| Sarah | Birks | Wife | Married | Female | 26 | 1825 | - | Derbyshire, England | |
| George | Birks | Son | - | Male | 2 | 1849 | - | Longton, Staffordshire, England | |
| William | Birks | Son | - | Male | 0 | 1851 | - | Longton, Staffordshire, England |
1854-1861. For some unknown reason Thomas Birks has moved with his family to Birkenhead . But back in Stoke by 1865 at the latest
1861C. Sarah Birks, 34, is living Harelock Street, Poulton cum Seabourne, Birkenhead, Cheshire with her husband & 3 children
| Thomas | Birks | Head | Married | Male | 38 | 1823 | Crate Maker | Fenton, Staffordshire, England | |
| Sarah | Birks | Wife | Married | Female | 34 | 1827 | - | Derby | |
| George | Birks | Son | - | Male | 12 | 1849 | Scholar | Longton Staffs | |
| William | Birks | Son | - | Male | 10 | 1851 | Scholar | Longton | |
| Ann Mary | Birks | Daughter | - | Female | 8 | 1853 | Scholar | Longton | |
| James | Dial | Boarder | Unmarried | Male | 30 | 1831 | Potter Packer | Leicester | |
| Samuel | Robinson | Boarder | Unmarried | Male | 17 | 1844 | Crate Maker | - | |
| Mary | Tyson | Boarder | Widow | Female | 36 | 1825 | - | Ireland |
Thomas & Sarah had just 3 children who survived infancy: George Birks 1849, William Birks 1851 & Ann Mary Birks 1853
1862 or 1865. Sarah Brantnell, only aged ~ 37/40, could die Stoke, before ages are stated on records . No burial on FMP