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Hi Doublecourt

Many thanks for your reply, I did guess that she may have left with the children or succumbed to illness with her children, but could not find any records to support this.

I am sure that you know all the info below, I just hope this may be of interest to others.

I had seen references to Anne's family, I think one of her sons but that was over a year ago and since I could not be sure I did not investigate further.

Interesting to note about possibility of Sarah's mother being Anne (Ann) or Jane is that she has 9 children and two of them Emily Jane abt1872 and Annie Maria abt 1878 . However Ann Maria Aston was in the house with Sarah in c1871... I guess we will never be sure of the circumstance for Sarah's birth.

Sarah lived with Diana Perkins (abt 1800 in Harfordwest, Pembrokeshire) most of her life and in c1871 states Grandmother (? term of endearment) I did look for Diana in census 1841 and 51 but no luck.
Just had a look and there are still TWO 1871 census records for the family when she was married
Sarah Pulsond & Deaival Perkins /// Sarah Ponlsend & Deanah Perkins

Sarah is next door to Jane Burland who was Joseph Aston's 2nd wife who then remarried William Burland.

A very complicated family and Sarah's life was even more complex in  1904 when she married WG Pitt and he went on to have children with another Sarah. It would be interesting to know more about the first wife Sarah, she will be in the 1921 census but who else will be in the house ? we will just have to wait.

I would like to thank everyone who posted on this topic.

J&L
 

Hi
I can see this is an old thread from 2009, hope some one reads this ?

Very interesting background info about the Aston family.

I have been looking at
Sarah Aston / Poulsom / Pitt
Birth Apr 1854 in Pontypool, Monmouthshire, Wales

She was never in a census with her parents but with her (gran just a guess) "Diana Perkins" even when she marries and almost next door to her Dad.

[last time I looked there were duplicate census pages for this area on Ancestry]

She may have been 16y when she married on,
25 Dec 1870 
Frances Henry Poulsom, X, 28, B, miner, Cwmbran.
Father Henry Poulsom, labr
to
Sarah Aston, 20, S, Cwmbran.
Father Joseph Aston, railway inspector
Wit:-Wm Burton, Elizth Aston

See census 1871 quite interesting but badly transcribed.

I did wonder is the witness may have been a typo and should be "William Burland" who was the husband of the widow "Jane Aston"

Also I think Sarah may have been the last daughter of Ann who was the first wife of Joseph Aston. Not sure what happens to Ann and the other children ?

You can see what I have found with this link, it may not work unless you have an account.
http://trees.ancestry.co.uk/tree/29123414/person/12137094318

We have always wondered why she remarried W G Pitt who was a lot younger than her and a former lodger (he was younger than some of her children) we guess it may have been for financial reasons. It was difficult to investigate since they both fibbed about their ages and then WG Pitt married again a lot later to another Sarah.

all for now.