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there are several pieces on it on Google, eg ...............

ww.the-saleroom.com/en-gb/auction-catalogues/dukes/catalogue-id-srdu10002/lot-9f1f7e22-0e03-474a-9163-a3f8000b12f0


It is priced at $6200 on this site .............

http://samplings.com/current-selections-next-prev/?page=12

they (M. Finkel & Daughter) provide the following description ..............

Samplers with lavishly developed pictorial elements filling their compositions are always appealing and Sarah Wooldridge’s sampler is certainly among these desirable works. Incorporating a good assortment of stitches, Sarah completed her sampler at the age of ten in 1842. The large, lush flowers, fat bunches of grapes and cornucopias boldly fill the wool ground in layers of stitches and color, creating a wonderfully rich texture. The chosen verse is the first two stanzas from the hymn The Morning Flowers Display their Sweet, by Samuel Wesley, Jr. (1690-1739), a poet and cleric for the Church of England. A classic border of a flowering vine fully frames the work, as well.

Notably, Sarah Wooldridge’s sampler was in the renowned collection of Siva Swaminathan, and was published as plate 33 in Samplers, a large book of handsome color plates, by Susan Mayor and Diana Fowle. A copy of the book accompanies the sampler.

Worked in silk on wool, Miss Wooldridge’s work remains in excellent condition. It has been conservation mounted into a fine period maple frame with a gold liner


M Finkel & Daughter are in Philadelphia


soooooooooooooo ..................

what has the charity shop got?

There are copies of it around, and one was sold on eBay about 3 years ago

Comes up on google search, lovely piece!

Chris :)

Great, thank you! :-)

1891

Joseph H Newey 60
Sara Newey 59
Mary Newey 30
Lizzie Newey 25
Howard Newey 19
Elizabeth F Wooldridge 70


Andy

1861


Name:Sarah Newey
Age:29
Estimated birth year:1832
Relation:Wife
Spouse's Name:Joseph Newey
Gender:Female
Where born:Lye, Worcestershire, England
Civil Parish:Hunnington
County/Island:Worcestershire
Country:England
Street address:
Occupation:
Condition as to marriage:
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Registration district:Bromsgrove
Sub-registration district:Belbroughton
ED, institution, or vessel:10
Neighbors:
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Household schedule number:1
Piece:2116
Folio:133
Page Number1
Household Members:
Name
Age


Joseph Newey 30 Schoolmaster
Sarah Newey 29
Catharine Blanche Newey 1
Mary Newey 0
Mary Elizabeth Cattle 0

Andy

Sarah Wooldridge, dau of Joseph & Jane married Joseph Newrey 4 Nov 1856 in Lye Worcs. She was a dressmaker & living at home aged 18 in the1851 census. This occupation would fit with the fine & intricate stitching on the sampler.

Sarah Wooldridge,m dau of Daniel & Sarah is a gen servant aged 19 in 1851 census. A Sarah Wooldridge c1832 died in 1866 - presumably this one.

I can't find any trace of the married Sarah Newrey or her husband after their marriage.

Thank you.

There is also a Sarah Wooldridge
baptised 4 Dec 1831
Old Swinford 'Worcs
parents Joseph & Jane Wooldridge
She's still 10 untl the end of 1842

Sarah Wooldridge
England Births and Christenings
Name Sarah Wooldridge
Gender Female
Christening Date 05 Feb 1832
Christening Place Old Swinford, Worcester, England
Father's Name Daniel Wooldridge
Mother's Name Sarah Wooldridge

A beautifully embroidered sampler with the words "Sarah Wooldridge's Work aged 10 1842" has been donated to the hospice charity in Barnsley, S Yorkshire – we have no idea who the donor was. I've looked on various genealogy sites to try and trace the correct Sarah – there are a number of girls with that name and approximate year of birth. Wooldridge isn't a common name in Yorkshire & there are none in the current local phone directory. I assume it has travelled with a family member from out of the area. The only mention of a Wooldridge in Barnsley is a Sidney William Wooldridge from London who married an Edith Mary Stephens in Barnsley in 1934.

Would anybody by any chance be able to spot any clues as to which Sarah Wooldridge is the most likely needlewoman, or will it forever be an unsolved mystery?