Rebecca Sophia Broughton was born in Edgefield in 1869 and was the daughter of Elizabeth Broughton (1848). In 1871 and 1881 she was living with her grandparents, William Broughton and Rebecca Dagless, in Edgefield. In 1891 she was working as a general servant in the household of Josiah Adams, the Curate of Litcham. In 1901 she was a cook in the household of farmer George Bird at Hall Farm in East Beckham. She married William Mitchell (1873) in late 1901.

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• 1. 1881 Census. The Street, Edgefield. Rebecca Broughton. Grand-daughter. Age 12. Born Edgefield. Scholar. • 2. 1871 Census. Ramsgate Street, Edgefield. Rebecca Broughton. Granddaughter. Age 2. Born Edgefield. • 3. 1891 Census. Church St, Litcham. Rebecca S. Broughton. Servant. Age 22. General Servant. Born Edgefield. • 4. 1901 Census. Hall Farm, East Beckham. Rebecca S. Broughton. Serv. Age 32. Cook Domestic. Born Edgefield. • 5. Marriage Registers. Broughton, Rebecca Sophia & Mitchell, William. Sep. 1901. 4b. 123. Erpingham.