Sarah Jane Wells (Week 5 - MMM)

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Name - "official" name and what they were known as
Sarah Jane Wells - only ever known as Jane - I don't think any of her children were aware of her correct first name.

Date and place of birth
24th November 1857 at Hanworth Road, Twickenham, Middlesex

Names of parents
Richard Wells and Susan née Tyler

Date and place of baptism - if applicable
Not found

Details of each of his or her marriages - if any
16th April 1881 at St Mary's, Battersea, Surrey to John Leslie Gosden
19th April 1892 at St Botolph, Bishopsgate, London to Edwin Maynard (my g-grandfather). This marriage was probably bigamous. Her first husband was said to have gone to Australia after 1886 or 1887, but I have not been able to trace him.

Occupation(s) - if any
Housewife

Military service - if any
None

Addresses where they lived - and please list which censuses you have or haven't found him/her on.

I have her on all possible censuses.
1857-1871: Hanworth Road, Twickenham, Middlesex
1881: 17 Lion Road, Twickenham, Middlesex
1891-1892: 1 Claremont Villas, Arragon Road, Twickenham, Middlesex
1892-1901: 31 Arragon Road, Twickenham, Middlesex
About 1903-1921: Willowdean, 8 Queens Road, Twickenham, Middlesex
1921-1941: Springfield House (Asylum), Beechcroft Rd, Wandsworth, Middlesex

Date, place and cause of death
7th April 1941 of cardio vascular degeneration and senility, at the asylum where she had been incarcerated for the previous 20 years.

Date and place of burial / cremation.
Buried 18th April 1941 at Twickenham Cemetery, Twickenham, Middlesex.
Grave ref: 196 Special, section F, class A.

Details of will / administration of their estate - if applicable
Very much doubt she made one, as she was committed within a couple of months of her 2nd husband's death.

Memorial inscription - if any
Not known