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William Arthur GAPE
1895 - 1895 (0 years)
Has 30 ancestors but no descendants in this family tree.
Set As Default Person 
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Name William Arthur GAPE Relationship 
with Teresa Ann GOATHAM Born 17 Feb 1895 39, Emanuel Street, Landport, Portsmouth, Hampshire, England 
- GRO ref: GAPE, William Arthur q2 1895 Portsea RD 2b 412; GRO online index shows mother's maiden name as BEATON
Details from birth registration (image of GRO register entry)
Gender Male Died 27 Sep 1895 15, Buckingham Street, Portsmouth, Hampshire, England Cause: Gastro Enteritis (3 days) - GRO ref: Gape, Arthur William q3 1895 aged 0 Portsea RD 2b 337
Details from death register entry (GRO register copy), which shows the informant was his mother Annie.
Half-siblings1 half brother and 2 half sisters (family of Harry KNIGHT and Sarah Ann (“Annie”) BEATON) Half-siblings1 half brother (family of BENNETT [ ? ] and Sarah Ann (“Annie”) BEATON) Patriarch & Matriarch 
Harry Stuckey GAPE, b. 5 May 1860, Nutbourne, Westbourne, Sussex, England, d. 1937, Cromarty, Scotland (Age 76 years) (Father) 
Mary HARRES, d. Yes, date unknown (4 x Great Grandmother)Person ID I35891 All Last Modified 17 Nov 2023
Father Harry Stuckey GAPE, b. 5 May 1860, Nutbourne, Westbourne, Sussex, England , d. 1937, Cromarty, Scotland (Age 76 years) Mother Sarah Ann (“Annie”) BEATON, b. 17 Sep 1865, Havant, Hampshire, England , d. Yes, date unknown
Other Partners: Harry KNIGHT m. 25 Dec 1884; BENNETT [ ? ] m. Abt 1899Married 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 Family ID F3513 Family Group Page | Family Chart
- GRO ref: GAPE, William Arthur q2 1895 Portsea RD 2b 412; GRO online index shows mother's maiden name as BEATON