1871 census image check?

[ChristineR]

Could someone please check the following image for me?
I want to know the marital status of Lydia Wright, who I expect to be sister to Sarah since they have the same birthplace, and I haven't a certain maiden name.

Thanks,
ChristineR

1871
William C Randall 51 Oakley, Essex, Head Pin Man
Sarah Randall 49 Sproughton Suffolk Wife
Lydia Wright 57 Sproughton Suffolk Sister Retired servent

1 Eastgate Street
Civil parish: St Nicholas
Ecclesiastical parish: Rochester
County/Island: Essex
Country: England

Source information: RG10/1680
Registration district: Tendring
Sub-registration district: Harwich
ED, institution, or vessel: 5
Folio: 128
Page: 31
Household schedule number: 190

[Peggy]

Hi Christine,

As best I can read it, Lydia was a widow. It could be a "U" rather than a "W", but elsewhere on the page "Unm" is used for Unmarried. She is listed as Sister, but that should make her the sister of William, the Head of Household.

Peggy

[Jo Simpsons]

It looks like a W to me. On the 1861 census, if I have looked right, Lydia was with her husband Francis both servants.
Have you not been able to locate a birth certificate for one of their children to confirm Sarahs maiden name?
Jo

[ChristineR]

Thanks Peggy and Jo,

I have since been given those 1861 details, so it would appear that Lydia is widowed in 1871. I 'presume' she is sister to Sarah, not the head, because they were both born Sproughton, Suffolk, and I am not aware of William having a sister called Lydia. I have seen baptisms on the LDS film for Great Oakley and St Nicholas Harwich for 10 children from 1817 - 1834, no Lydia.

Since it is the wife of a 2nd great grand uncle, I haven't considered buying a certificate to find her maiden name. On FreeBDM a possible marriage for William and a Sarah JOHNSON showed up in Ipswich reg district, Suffolk in Dec q 1846, but after the first child was baptised in Harwich. They didn't marry in Harwich, but at the time I had the film I didn't realise how close Dovercourt was and didn't really look much at it as I ran out of time.

Thanks again, both of you, for your help
ChristineR