When Jane Hibberd was born on 18 June 1832, in Doncaster, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom, her father, Benjamin HIBBERD, was 38 and her mother, Sarah Johnson KITCHING, was 42. She married James Slight or Sleight on 6 September 1858, in Limehouse, Middlesex, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 1 daughter. She lived in Haxey, Lincolnshire, England, United Kingdom for about 20 years and Gainsborough, Lincolnshire, England, United Kingdom for about 30 years. She died on 21 September 1913, at the age of 81, and was buried in Gainsborough, Lincolnshire, England, United Kingdom.
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