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Sarah Ann (“Annie”) BEATON
1865 - Yes, date unknown
Has 28 ancestors and 19 descendants in this family tree.
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Name Sarah Ann (“Annie”) BEATON Relationship 
with Teresa Ann GOATHAM Born 17 Sep 1865 Havant, Hampshire, England 
- GRO ref: BEATON, Sarah Ann q4 1865 Havant RD 2b 350; GRO online index does not show a mother's maiden name, suggesting she was illegitimate
Details from birth registration (image of GRO copy)
Baptised 29 Mar 1866 St. Faith’s Church, Havant, Hampshire, England - From PR entry (image on FMP, viewed 27 Oct 2017)
"29 April No. 1024, Sarah Ann, daughter of Caroline Beaton, abode: Havant, [in quality, trade or profession column] Spinster, ceremony performed by F. P. Seymour"
Gender Female Also known as Annie GAPE Occupation 1881 Paper box maker Residence 1884 21, Morland Road, Portsea, Hampshire, England - At the time of her marriage
Occupation 1891 Dress stay maker Residence 1895 39, Emanuel Street, Landport, Portsmouth, Hampshire, England - When her son William Arthur was born
Child Status Illegitimate Occupation 1898 Prostitute - At the time her son was admitted to an industrial school
Died Yes, date unknown Patriarch & Matriarch 
Notes - Sarah's father?
With her grandfather in 1871, though described as "niece"; with her mother and George in 1881 - described as 'dau' and with surname as Wells; marr using surname "Beaton"; Sarah was with her 3 children with her mother and George Wells in 1891 - again described as 'dau', although all three children had been registered with mother's maiden name given as Beaton. (Another dressstaymaker was boarding with the family).
Although Sarah was described as George's daughter in two censuses and two of her children as his in the 1901 census I think it unlikely that George Wells was her father, considering the following.
* it was seven years between her birth and her mother's marriage to George (or William);
* she named 'William Beaton, Clerk' as her father when she married (I think an invented father);
* her baptism entry does not name a father.
I have not seen her birth registration, but her birth is only indexed as Beaton, not Wells, which suggests George was not present to acknowledge being the father. Father's of illegitimate children rarely were, so this would not add information to confirm a claim as father, but neither is it sufficient to dismiss him.
Because of the uncertainty over George's Christian name, place of birth and date of birth, and with the name being not uncommon, and in any case 1865 being mid way between censuses, it is difficult to work out where Geo / Wm was living in 1861 and 1871 and whether he may have known Caroline in 1865.
Person ID I2115 All Last Modified 17 Nov 2023
Father [ - ? - ], d. Yes, date unknown Mother Caroline ("Carrie") BEATON, b. Sep Q 1847, South Bersted, Sussex, England , d. 17 Jan 1916, Hampshire County Lunatic Asylum, Fareham, Hampshire, England (Age ~ 69 years)
Other Partners: George WELLS m. 17 Mar 1872Family ID F1630 Family Group Page | Family Chart
Family 1 Harry KNIGHT, b. Abt 1864, Lurgashall, Sussex, England , d. Bef 1895 (Age ~ 30 years) Married 25 Dec 1884 St. Mary’s Church, Portsea Island, Hampshire, England - GRO ref: BEATON, Sarah Ann to KNIGHT, Harry q4 1884 Portsea RD 2B 871
Details from PR entry (image on FMP, viewed 15 Apr 2023)
Name of father and age of Harry Knight, as well as his occupation, fit with the Harry baptised in Lurgashall and the one in the navy. Father's occupation not right - land steward (Harry's baptism record shows labourer, and 1871 census labourer and hoop maker) but this was often exaggerated.
Children3 children Last Modified 18 Apr 2023 Family ID F1631 Family Group Page | Family Chart
Family 2 Harry Stuckey GAPE, b. 5 May 1860, Nutbourne, Westbourne, Sussex, England , d. 1937, Cromarty, Scotland (Age 76 years) Married Bef 1895 - Sarah Ann is shown as "Annie Gape or Knight" when her son George Harry was admitted to an industrial school in 1898. The 'or Knight' suggests she had not remarried. Looking for a Gape child shows William Arthur, and his birth registration names Harry GAPE - a stoker (like Harry KNIGHT seems to have been). The similarities to Harry KNIGHT made me wonder if Harry GAPE really existed, but a Harry GAPE appears as a rate payer at the same address that William Arthur was born at in the same year, so I think it safe to assume he was for a while Sarah's partner.
The relationship must have ended by 1899, as in that year not only did Sarah gave birth to a son in Sussex, with no father named on the birth registration and a middle name of Bennett, likely suggesting the surname of the father, but Harry married in Scotland.
Married? Not married or evidence to suggest they didn't marry Children 1. William Arthur GAPE, b. 17 Feb 1895, 39, Emanuel Street, Landport, Portsmouth, Hampshire, England , d. 27 Sep 1895, 15, Buckingham Street, Portsmouth, Hampshire, England (Age 0 years)Last Modified 23 Apr 2023 Family ID F3513 Family Group Page | Family Chart
Family 3 BENNETT [ ? ], d. Yes, date unknown Married Abt 1899 - Sarah must have had a relationship with someone other than her husband Harry Knight that led to the birth of William in Oct 1899.
Since I have yet to find the fate of Harry or of Sarah I don't know if Sarah was in a stable relationship with someone but because Harry KNIGHT was still living had not married him to avoid bigamy, or if this was a short term relationship.
Harry KNIGHT may not have still been living - he was shown as dead when his son George Harry was admitted to an industrial school in 1898 this may not have been true.
There are clues that Sarah's relationship with a William's father was more than a short term. William being given a middle name Bennett suggests his father may have been a Bennett, perhaps with a clue in his forenames. In addition, when Sarah's daughter Beatrice married in 1910 her address was given as 125 Agincourt Road. By 1921 this was the address not only of Beatrice and her family but also of her brother George Harry and his family. But at the time of Beatrice's marriage it appears to have been the home of a Bennett couple (they were there at the time of the 1901 and 1911 censuses). Were they Sarah's partner's parents? Or other family of his?
OR maybe she did not have a Bennett partner; it's possible that the name Bennett was given to her son in acknowledgement of the support given to her by the Bennett couple at 125 Agincourt Road.
More research to be done!
Married? Not married or evidence to suggest they didn't marry Children 1. William Alfred John Bennett (“Willie”) KNIGHT, b. 23 Oct 1899, 16, Knox Road, Stamshaw, Portsmouth, Hampshire, England , d. Yes, date unknownLast Modified 18 Apr 2023 Family ID F3501 Family Group Page | Family Chart
- GRO ref: BEATON, Sarah Ann q4 1865 Havant RD 2b 350; GRO online index does not show a mother's maiden name, suggesting she was illegitimate
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Born - 17 Sep 1865 - Havant, Hampshire, England 
Baptised - 29 Mar 1866 - St. Faith’s Church, Havant, Hampshire, England 
Child - Beatrice Ann KNIGHT - Dec Q 1886 - Cosham, Hampshire, England 
Child - Daisy Laura Violet KNIGHT, [Father?] - 26 Dec 1890 - Portsmouth, Hampshire, England = Link to Google Earth (if installed; see link below to install) Pin Legend 
