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Sarah Parsons known as Widow Goode, died aged 102. Wood engraving, 1851.
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Sarah Parsons known as Widow Goode, died aged 102. Wood engraving, 1851.

1851

CC0 — Public Domain
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Lettering: Death of a centenarian in Warwickshire. ...

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