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Esther MCCORMICK
1868 - 1939 (70 years)
Has no ancestors but 22 descendants in this family tree.
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Name Esther MCCORMICK Relationship 
with Teresa Ann GOATHAM Born 28 Oct 1868 Liverpool, Lancashire, England 
- About 1866 from the 1891 census where shown as aged 24
There was no birth registration for an Esther McCormick in 1866 in Liverpool, the only one in the area 1864-72 was
GRO ref: McCORMICK, Esther q4 1868 Liverpool RD 8b 45; GRO online index shows mother's maiden name as Price
Actual date from baptism register
Baptised 31 Jan 1869 St. Alban’s Church, Bevington, Liverpool, Lancashire, England - From PR entry (image on Ancestry, viewed 2 Feb 2017)
Gender Female Died Jun Q 1939 Liverpool North Reg Dist, Lancashire, England - Only one death of an Esther Bates of right sort of age (age suggesting born 1864-1872) in the Liverpool area in the index on FreeBMD after 1911:
GRO ref: Bates, Esther q2 1939 aged 71 Liverpool N. RD 8b 377
Person ID I303695 All | All in the Goatham / Gotham One-Name Study Last Modified 24 Nov 2023
Family Francis BATES, b. Jun Q 1865, Liverpool, Lancashire, England , d. Dec Q 1920, West Derby Reg Dist, Liverpool, Lancashire, England (Age ~ 55 years) Married 17 Mar 1885 St. Peter’s Church, Liverpool, Lancashire, England - GRO ref: Bates, Francis to McCormick, Esther q1 1885 Liverpool RD 8b 187
Details from PR entry (image on FMP, viewed 21 May 2019)
Shows Francis Bates, Bachelor, Labourer, abode Vauxhall Rd., aged 21, father Paul Bates, Porter and Esther McCormick, aged 19, Spinster, no occupation given, abode Vauxhall Rd., father John McCormick, Boiler maker
Confusingly the 1911 census shows that Francis and Esther had had 10 children two of whom had died. Since there are 8 of their children with them at the time of that census it seemed it must be the other two, with them in earlier censuses, who had died, i.e. Joseph and Francis. However, there is a James who was born in a gap between the children shown in the censuses, for whom a death can be found; the mother's maiden name in his birth registration suggests he was a son of Francis and Esther (there is no evidence of other Bates - McCormick (or similar sounding) couples having children at this time).
There is also no death registration of a Joseph of the right age in Lancashire between 1901 and 1911, nor any sign of another Joseph son of Francis of the right age born or baptised in Liverpool, or in the censuses.
It seems clear, therefore, that Francis and Esther had had 11 children, of whom 2 had died, or that they were passing off one child as theirs - but at registration not just in the census; describing illegitimate grandchildren as children in the census is not uncommon, but registering them as such would be.
Children13 children Last Modified 14 Feb 2017 Family ID F300359 Family Group Page | Family Chart
- About 1866 from the 1891 census where shown as aged 24