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I looked at all the possible Hannahs on BMD, thinking if Sarah was the oldest child, then John and Hannah probably married up to a year before her birth. Doing this, I found a Hannah Goulden. I looked at the other names for this quarter (in 1848 off top of my head) and there was a John Richardson there. Thinking this is a likely possibility, I have ordered the certificate. It may be a coincidence, but there is no point always wondering! So I will let you know.
I imagine all those younger children- Harriett, Matilda, Charlotte, Martha, Mary, Thomas- are Sarah's siblings. You will soon know re Matilda and I have ordered Harriett's birth cert as a random sample, to see what comes of it. If they were John's mother Charlotte's children, the oldest of them would have been born when she was 49 with a big gap before this, I think.
When I get round to scanning, I will somehow let you have Sarah's BC and anything else. I have a tiny photocopy of Sarah's marriage on a sheet of A4 notes I was given, and she married Joseph Harrison on 21 August 1866 Sheffield Parish Church, she 18 spinster and he 25 bachelor, a butcher. She lived at West Bar Green, where we know the Richardsons lived, her father John a steel melter. Witnesses Frederick Richardson and a John W? Joseph's middle name was Richard and he was from Reepham in Lincolnshire.
Regarding the Haley marriages, so far I think there must have been a different father for the later children but cannot find a John Haley yet. James Haley died in 1882 and is buried with Matilda, who died 1913 (plus some other Haleys- Sheffield Indexers). That's it so far, hope it helps.
Do you know what happened to Sarah's aunts, Charlotte and Ann? There are some trees showing they emigrated but I can't find the evidence for this.
Regards
Mandy

I believe Sarah Ann was born in Sand Pit Lock in Doncaster, baptized 26 Aug 1849 Balby with Hexthorpe to John and Hannah (England, Select Births and Christenings 1538-1975 collection on Ancestry). On the 1861 census she is a servant age 12 in a Sheffield household (born Doncaster).
Going back to 1851, John, Sarah and Hannah are together in Sheffield (Sarah born Sand Pit Lock Doncaster).
Maybe my family is a different one to the John son of Charlotte, as my Sarah had to live in order to be my great great grandmother. Will send info when birth cert arrives.
The children baptized at St Vincents were Martha b 1852 bapt 1856; Matilda b 1851 bapt 1856 and also Thomas b 1855 bapt 1856- all children of Anne Gooldy and John Richardson. I transcribe for Sheffield Indexers and you can view these transcriptions on this amazing website.

I just found your post. A few years ago, someone researched the Richardsons the old fashioned way ie pre- Internet, and came up with a wife called Hannah Goldsborough. Unfortunately I cannot prove this right now but I am looking into how this name was reached. There is indeed a Hannah Goldsborough from Greasborough. John and Ann/ Hannah are my 3x great grandparents.

I think I may have a few ancestors featured in the amazing records on 'Yesterday's Journey', but I can't contact the author, Mike, because my e- mail isn't Outlook Express and when I click on the link it asks me to configure it and set up a new e- mail. Any clues, please?