Sarah Ann LIVEING [105]

   Cause of her death was consumption.

  General Notes:

Sarah was unmarried. She is buried in the family grave under the East Window, Nayland church.

Died.
22nd ult., at Stoke by Nayland, in her 19th year, Sarah Anne, third daughter of the late E Liveing Esq.
Ref: Ipswich Journal 2 March 1844

Administration of her estate was granted to Catherine Mary Liveing Widow of 52 Queen Anne St MDX mother of deceased and only next of kin.
Proved 9 Sep 1864 under L200
PCC Calender of Wills.
Death Ref Mar quarter 1844 Sudbury 12 359 BDM.

  Research Notes:

Birth date may be 24th Dec ?

  Other Records

1. Sarah Ann Liveing: Letter to her mother, 21 Aug 1835, Camberwell Grove LND.
Mrs Liveing
Nayland
Suffolk
near Colchester
August 21st 1835
My dear Mama
George has been rather poorly but he is quite well now. Mifs Rebecca Beaumont has been staying with us but she went away last Tuesday. On Friday a Papa took us to the Zoological Gardens and to the Pantheon, on Saturday he took us to the Panorama to the Swifs Cottage and to the Pantechnicon. On Sunday all the Mifs Beaumont's came to dine with us, in the evening Papa left us because he was going to sleep in London as he started very early in the morning. As George was not quite well we stopped at home on Monday and and Tuesday, on Wednesday Mifs Stratford came to see us but she could not stop all night because her aunt was coming home the next day. On Thursday we went to tea at Mifs Young's but before we had had our key and invitation came from her brothers for her and uncle and aunt and asks to go there to tea and to see the fair from his drawing room window, we enjoyed ourselves very much but I must leave the rest for George to tell you. Mifs Stratford joins with me in love to you and Tom and also to dear little Bob and believe me to be your affectionate daughter
S A Liveing . . . . . letter continued by George

Letter written on three sides of one sheet edged with gold, postmarked August 22, 1835, stamped "T P Camber ll Gve" folder that inserted and sealed.
Note, unsigned," from Sarah Anne and GDL will staying at Camberwell Grove with Uncle Charles their father took them to Zoological Gardens Pantheon Panorama Swiss Cottage Pantechnicon father going trip to Wales and Cornwall" also "Give my Jane Love"
Original in Fenn archive 2007

2. Census: England, 7 Jun 1841, Bures St Nayland SFK. Sarah is described as aged 15 born SFK

3. Sarah Ann Liveing: Letter to her mother, 1 Jun 1842, Camberwell Grove LND.
Mrs Liveing
183 Prospect Place
June 1, 1842
My dear Mama
Of course Papa told you that Mr Barnett could not come up with us when we got to Copford John came out with his bag but there was no place for him although he had sent to take it a few days before the coach was not full then so I suppose all places had been taken before he sent. We got on very well altogether the worst part of the journey was the London part as you may suppose Uncle William and Mrs Card were waiting for us when we got to Piccadilly and there we parted with Mifs Stratford and all the passengers who came up in the basket. We have been this morning to the maze and our party consisted of ourselves Mr and Mrs Thorogood, Mifs Deane, Emily Gelf, Mrs Gelf, Janet and Capt Steane. I enjoyed it very much but found my shawl very hot I must try my cape next time I go out I think it is so much hotter here than it is at Nayland.
We are going to drink tea at Mrs Thorogood is this evening Mrs Steane is a little better today but she is so weak that if she talks for more than a few minutes she faints quite a way Aunt Louisa has asked a Emily Gelf to spend a month here but I am afraid her Mama will not let her if not she goes on Friday. I think I have all my things right excepting my bonnet cap which I am sorry to say I cannot find Betty has given me her white one which I think does pretty well but when I was going out last night and found I had not got one I was quite in a fright. My bonnet got rather bent I cannot make it come quite right, I am sure I shall have to get another soon. I had a note from (sic) this morning she wants to know what I have done about it she has not got one yet herself she says she wrote to Fanny so I will say no more about her now. Mary Anne Bye is here today she is going home next week. What a shocking attempt upon our poor little Queen's life!¹ Uncle has sent you a paper. It is just past time and dinner is waiting we have been out the whole morning so I must say goodbye and with kind love to Papa and all believe me ever your affectionate child
S A Liveing
I will write again very soon I have been writing this so very fast and with a shocking pen
Written on three sides of a small piece of notepaper, with a note unsigned "1 June 1842 Sarah Anne at uncle Williams in London attempt on life of our poor little Queen" not properly addressed so possibly mailed with other letters.
Original in Fenn archive 2007

Footnote.
1. Re reference to attempted assination of Queen Victoria:
During Victoria's first pregnancy, eighteen-year old Edward Oxford attempted to assassinate the Queen while she was riding in a carriage with Prince Albert in London. Oxford fired twice, but both bullets missed. He was tried for high treason but was acquitted on the grounds of insanity
Two further attempts to assassinate Queen Victoria occurred in May and July 1842:
On 29 May at St. James's Park John Francis fired a pistol at the Queen while she was in a carriage, but was immediately seized by Police Constable William Trounce. Francis was convicted of high treason The death sentence was commuted to transportation for life
On 3 July just days after Francis' sentence was commuted, another boy, John William Bean, attempted to shoot the Queen. Prince Albert felt that the attempts were encouraged by Oxford's acquittal in 1840. Although his gun was loaded only with paper and tobacco, his crime was still punishable by death. Feeling that such a penalty would be too harsh, Prince Albert encouraged Parliament to pass the Treason Act of 1842. Under the new law, an assault with a dangerous weapon in the monarch's presence with the intent of alarming her was made punishable by seven years imprisonment and flogging Bean was thus sentenced to 18 months' imprisonment; however, neither he, nor any person who violated the act in the future, was flogged.
Ref Wikipedia 2007