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Sarah Ker (1810–1853)
Sarah Lucas (1853–1893)

1810–93

Scottish. Fifth daughter of Alan Ker of Greenock. Married Thomas Evans Prestwood Lucas (1801/2–71), physician, of Brecon, Wales, in Manchester in 1853. Lived with her sister, Ann Scott, in London, 1881. Lived in Manchester with her niece, Susan Fisher Scott, 1891.

Sources

Census returns of England and Wales 1871 (The National Archives: Public Record Office RG10/5580/70/15), 1881 (RG11/182/61/11), 1891 (RG12/3199/104/7)

England & Wales, national probate calendar (index of wills and administrations), 1858–1966, 1973–95 (Ancestry.co.uk, accessed 17 September 2018)

Manchester, England, Church of England marriages and banns, 1754–1930 (Ancestry.co.uk, accessed 17 September 2018)

Scotland old parish registers births 564/3 30 163 Greenock Old or West (Scotlandspeople.gov.uk, accessed 17 September 2018)

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