Died 7th March 1909 aged 100 years & 11 days (Born 24th Feb 1809)
Gravestone
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1861
Monthly Nurse (57) living in Folkestone (husband living in Abbot's Fireside)
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1875
Death of husband Stephen
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1881
Widowed and living in Herne Bay
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1909
Sarah Court of The Street Elham - was born on a farm at Acrise on 24 Feb 1809 - celebrated her 100th birthday. Her farmer parents both attained the age of nearly 90. She was a farmer’s maid for the PAPILLON family and still doing nursing at the age of 80 but had never been on a train. An uncle - a wine merchant who lived in Dover - also lived to a good age. A son and a daughter were alive when she was 100.
Sarah Court
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