↑ 'England and Wales Census, 1861,' database with images, FamilySearch ( : 12 December 2017), Anna Sewell in household of Isaac Sewell, Siston, Somersetshire, England from '1861 England, Scotland and Wales census,' database and images, findmypast ( : n.d.) citing PRO RG 9, The National Archives, Kew, Surrey.26, from '1851 England, Scotland and Wales census,' database and images, findmypast ( : n.d.) citing PRO HO 107, The National Archives of the UK, Kew, Surrey. ↑ 'England and Wales Census, 1851,' database with images, FamilySearch ( : 23 October 2017), Anna Sewell in household of John Wright, Buxton, Norfolk, England citing Buxton, Norfolk, England, p.↑ Archive reference RG6/557 Description NORFOLK AND NORWICH: Monthly Meeting of Yarmouth: Births.Sarah Garratt ServantğĔ3 Stanton, SomersetĪnna wrote the children's novel, 'Black Beauty' in 1877 and lived long enough to see its initial popularity, but died soon after of hepatitis or tuberculosis. Mary Sewell Wifeğė3 Sutton, Suffolk Anna Sewellĝaughterğĕ1 Yarmouth, Norfolk In the 1871 census, Anna is still living at home in Catton, Norfolk aged 51 with her parents and two servants: , SomersetĪnn Ashley VisitorğĒ0 Wick, Gloucestershire Mary Sewell WifeğĖ4 Suffolk Anna SewellĝaughterğĔ4 Yarmouth, NorfolkĮlizabeth Ashley Servantğĕ6.

In the 1861 census, the family has moved to Siston in Somerset: Sophia Oliver ServantğĒ1 Hasingham, Norfolk In the 1851 census, Anna appears as a grandaughter with her mother's parents in Buxton, Norfolk: Įlizabeth Wrightĝaughterğĕ2 Sivetshall, NorfolkĮllen Wrightĝaughterğē7 Yarmouth, Norfolk Anna Sewell Grand Daughterğē1 Yarmouth, Norfolk Her health deteriorated over the years, necessitating numerous moves in the search for new treatments. Her main mode of transport was by horse and carriage. For the rest of her life she used crutches. However, she went to school in Stoke Newington when she was twelve, after the family moved there. Later in life she preferred the Church of England.Īnna was educated at home at first, mainly due to her parents being unable to afford to send her to school. She was baptised into the Quaker faith on 30 March 1820 at the Monthly Meeting at Great Yarmouth (her father was listed as a draper). Anna was born into a Quaker family: parents Isaac Phillip Sewell and Mary (Wright) Sewell, with Anna's brother Philip.

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