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William Alfred John Bennett (“Willie”) KNIGHT
1899 - Yes, date unknown
Has 30 ancestors but no descendants in this family tree.
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Name William Alfred John Bennett (“Willie”) KNIGHT Relationship 
with Teresa Ann GOATHAM Born 23 Oct 1899 16, Knox Road, Stamshaw, Portsmouth, Hampshire, England 
- GRO ref: Knight, William Alfred J B q4 1899 Portsea RD 2b 429; GRO online index shows full Christian names as William Alfred John Bennett and mother's maiden name as Beaton
Details from GRO copy of register entry, which does not name a father.
The inclusion of a surname as a middle fore name may be the use of his father's surname; possibly the middle names give a further link - was William's father 'Alfred John BENNETT' or 'John BENNETT'.
In the 1901 census he and his sister Daisy were with their mother's (step?)-father, and his wife 'Eleanor'. I suspect this should be 'Caroline' (Willie and Daisy's grandmother), the details for her are not quite accurate but not too far out.
I have yet to find what had become of his mother Sarah. She was not with her husband at the time of the 1891 census, but he could have been at sea. But with her younger two children not with their 'grandparents' in 1901, and the older two in industiral schools, the picture is unclear.
Gender Male Died Yes, date unknown Half-siblings1 half brother and 2 half sisters (family of Harry KNIGHT and Sarah Ann (“Annie”) BEATON) Half-siblings1 half brother (family of Harry Stuckey GAPE and Sarah Ann (“Annie”) BEATON) Patriarch & Matriarch 
BENNETT [ ? ], d. Yes, date unknown (Father)
Mary HARRES, d. Yes, date unknown (4 x Great Grandmother)Person ID I35873 All Last Modified 20 Jul 2023
Father BENNETT [ ? ], d. Yes, date unknown Mother Sarah Ann (“Annie”) BEATON, b. 17 Sep 1865, Havant, Hampshire, England , d. Yes, date unknown
Other Partners: Harry KNIGHT m. 25 Dec 1884; Harry Stuckey GAPE m. Bef 1895Married 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 Family ID F3501 Family Group Page | Family Chart
- GRO ref: Knight, William Alfred J B q4 1899 Portsea RD 2b 429; GRO online index shows full Christian names as William Alfred John Bennett and mother's maiden name as Beaton