Augusta Bailey was the daughter of Ann Bailey - listed as a widow in 1861. In 1851 she was working as a servant and living with her uncle and aunt, Job and Augusta Spratt, in East Tuddenham. In 1861 she was living with her mother and her illegitimate son, William Bastard, in Sprowston and working as a washerwoman. She was still in Sprowston in 1871, where her occupation was given as a laundress. She became the second wife of John Broughton (1809), marrying him in Norwich in 1877. In 1881 she was living in Church Street in the St. Clement district of Norwich, where she was working as a laundress. By 1891, the Broughtons had moved to Silver Street. Augusta is not mentioned on John's death certificate of 1893.

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• 1. 1861 Census. Sprowston Pl, Sprowston. Augusta Bailey. Daughter. Unm. Age 28. Wash Woman. Born Sprowston. • 2. 1871 Census. North Walsham Rd, Sprowston. Augusta Bailey. Daughter. Unm. Age 29 [sic]. Laundress. Born Sprowston. • 3. Marriage Registers. John Broughton & Augusta Bailey. Dec. 1877. 4b. 370. Norwich. • 4. 1881 Census. Church St North, Norwich. Augusta Broughton. Wife. Age 48. Born Sprowston. Laundress • 5. 1891 Census. Silver St, Norwich. Augusta Broughton. Wife. Age 50. Born Sprowston. • 6. 1851 Census. High Rd, East Tuddenham. Augusta Bailey. Niece. Age 11. Servant. Born Sprowston.