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Alice BAKER
1846 - 1928 (~ 82 years)
Has 2 ancestors and 53 descendants in this family tree.
Set As Default Person 
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Name Alice BAKER Relationship 
with Teresa Ann GOATHAM Born Dec Q 1846 Lower Halstow, Kent, England 
- GRO ref: Baker, Alice q4 1846 Milton RD 5 432; GRO online index shows mother's maiden name as Shoot
Baptised 14 Feb 1847 St. Margaret of Antioch’s Church, Lower Halstow, Kent, England - From PR entry (image on FMP, viewed 21 Jul 2022)
Shown as Alice Baker, dau of Thomas and Eliza, Thomas shown as a mariner
Gender Female Census30 Mar 1851 Lower Halstow, Kent, England Census7 Apr 1861 Lower Halstow, Kent, England Census2 Apr 1871 Rose Cottage, London Road, Borden, Kent, England Census3 Apr 1881 Billett House, London Road, Milton next Sittingbourne, Kent, England Census 5 Apr 1891 Billett Cottage, 19, London Road, Milton next Sittingbourne, Kent, England Census31 Mar 1901 Billett Cottage, Milton next Sittingbourne, Kent, England Census 2 Apr 1911 12, Lloyd Square, Sittingbourne, Kent, England Died Jun Q 1928 Milton Reg Dist, Kent, England - (Still alive at the time of the 1911 census)
GRO ref: Kemp, Alice q2 1928 aged 80 Milton RD 2a 1331
Siblings1 brother and 5 sisters Patriarch & Matriarch 
Thomas BAKER, b. 1808, Lower Halstow, Kent, England, d. Jun Q 1886, Milton Reg Dist, Kent, England (Age 78 years) (Father) 
Eliza SHOOT, b. 1818, Harwich, Essex, England, d. Sep Q 1891, The Union Workhouse, Milton next Sittingbourne, Kent, England (Age 73 years) (Mother) Person ID I3698 All | England: Kent Group (in Go(a)tham One-Name Study), All in the Goatham / Gotham One-Name Study Last Modified 29 Aug 2023
Father Thomas BAKER, b. 1808, Lower Halstow, Kent, England , d. Jun Q 1886, Milton Reg Dist, Kent, England (Age 78 years) Mother Eliza SHOOT, b. 1818, Harwich, Essex, England , d. Sep Q 1891, The Union Workhouse, Milton next Sittingbourne, Kent, England (Age 73 years) Married Sep Q 1844 Tendring Reg Dist, Essex, England - GRO ref: BAKER, Thomas to SHOOT, Eliza q3 1844 Tendring RD 12 383
Details from transcribed data on Ancestry (from PRs held in the Essex Record Office, viewed 21 Jul 2022)
Shows Thomas BAKER, son of John BAKER married Eliza SHOOT, daughter of John SHOOT.
Family ID F2848 Family Group Page | Family Chart
Family 1 John MOORE, d. Yes, date unknown Banns of marriage From 16 Aug 1868 to 30 Aug 1868 St. Margaret of Antioch’s Church, Lower Halstow, Kent, England - Although no marriage followed, the Banns were read all 3 times.
Married? Not married or evidence to suggest they didn't marry Notes - In August 1868 the banns of marriage were read for the marriage of Alice Baker of Halstow, spinster, almost certainly this Alice Baker, to one John Moore, bacheloar, also of Halstow. No marriage followed.
Alice's daughter Clara may have been his daughter. Assuming Clara was not premature, then Alice must have been about 6 months pregnant when the banns were first read, if the date on her birth certificate is accurate. It would seem the pregnancy was probably obvious, and may well have been the reason John and Alice got engaged. If they were only getting married because of the pregnancy without a desire to do so, that maybe the reason (the underlying one, at least) why the marriage did not happen. Of course it is also possible that John learnt of another man in Alice's life, that the child might not be his, and that is why the marriage did not take place.
Unfortunately there was no John Moore in Lower Halstow in the 1861 or 1871 census, but quite a few in the slightly wider area that he could well have been from, and of a suitable age. (I have not investigated thoroughly to try to work out which John Moore Alice nearly married, and do not plan to).
Children + 1. Clara Ellen BAKER, [Father?], b. 12 Nov 1868, Lower Halstow, Kent, England , d. 29 Mar 1920, 12, Lloyd Square, Sittingbourne, Kent, England (Age 51 years)▻ Charles Henry GOATHAM m. 4 Oct 1890Last Modified 29 Aug 2023 Family ID F2847 Family Group Page | Family Chart
Family 2 Thomas KEMP, b. Dec Q 1849, Rodmersham, Kent, England , d. Dec Q 1933, Milton Reg Dist, Kent, England (Age ~ 84 years) Banns of marriage From 11 Sep 1870 to 25 Sep 1870 St. Peter and St. Paul’s Church, Borden, Kent, England - From KFHS transcribed data
(shows they were bachelor and spinster, both 'of this parish')
Married 9 Oct 1870 St. Peter and St. Paul’s Church, Borden, Kent, England - GRO ref: Baker, Alice to Kemp, Thomas; q4 1870 Milton RD 2a 1229
Details from PR entry (image on FMP, viewed 21 Jul 2022)
The 1911 census shows that 5 children had been born to the marriage. I think this must include Clara, although clearly not born to the marriage, and I think most likely not Thomas' daughter. There is a gap between their children born 1874 and 1878, but although several KEMPs with a mother's maiden name of BAKER were born in Milton RD c. 1876, the two most likely can be ruled out as sons of two other KEMP / BAKER couples.
The 1911 census shows that 5 children had been born to the marriage, of whom 4 were still living. This may or may not include Clara.
Children4 children Last Modified 21 Jul 2022 Family ID F4932 Family Group Page | Family Chart