Walter Ernest ADAMS, [Father?]

1905 - 1979  (73 years)

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• Name	Walter Ernest ADAMS
  Suffix [ONS gp]	[Father?]
  Relationship	with Teresa Ann GOATHAM
  Born	6 Feb 1905	The Union Workhouse, Milton next Sittingbourne, Kent, England
  	Approximate date and place from the 1911 census GRO ref: Adams, Walter Ernest q1 1905 Milton RD 2a 1032; GRO online index shows mother's maiden name as Higgins Actual date from birth registration (GRO register entry), death registration index and 1939 register Actual place from his birth registration where considerately shown as "1 North Street", showing the address of a workhouse was common practice to avoid the stigma of having a workhouse explicitly mentioned on a birth cert. Shown more plainly as the abode when he was baptised. Who was his father? Although his mother was with William GOATHAM at the time of  the 1911 census she was shown as Sarah ADAMS, William as a GOATHAM, he single, she married. There was no pretence that they were a married couple. Walter was recorded as an ADAMS, the name by which his birth was registered, and I think was one of the two living children (of 3 born) to the marriage of Sarah, recorded in that census. That is despite his birth registration not naming a father, indicating he was not the son of Sarah's husband, Charles ADAMS. Also in 1911 his relationship to the head of the household is shown as 'son', which may well indicate he was William GOATHAM's son, this is often filled in wrongly to show the relationship to the previously named person. Step-son is often "abbreviated" to son. So it does not indicate Walter was William's son, but it suggests he may have been. The fact that he was later recorded as Walter Ernest GOATHAM in the 1921 census adds weight to him being William's son, though I think this is lessened by his name reverting to ADAMS by the time of his marriage. Also throwing doubt on his being William's son is his being born in the workhouse, and still living there in 11 weeks later when baptised. Given that Sarah and William later got together and eventually married, if William was the father why were Sarah and William not together when Walter was born? Maybe William was not in a position to provide for Sarah and Walter in 1905, or perhaps he was hoping for "better" than Sarah. Perhaps he feared Sarah's husband if the latter should suspect it was he who got Sarah pregnant.
  Baptised	25 Apr 1905	Holy Trinity Church, Milton next Sittingbourne, Kent, England
  	From PR entry (image on FMP, viewed 6 Aug 2021) "1905 April 25 No. 1706, Walter Ernest, parents: Charles & Sarah Adams, abode: Milton Union, "
  Gender	Male
  Also known as	Walter Ernest GOATHAM
  Residence	1921	43, Mill Street, Milton next Sittingbourne, Kent, England
  	A lodger with his mother and her husband Arthur William Anderson, in the home of Edward Busbridge and his family. (Walter's surname is recorded as Goatham)
  Occupation	1921	W. Wood Ltd., Brick Manufacturer, Staplehurst Road, Mitlon next Sittingbourne, Kent, England
  	Brickfield labourer
  	Working in the same place as his step-father, Arthur William Anderson.
  Residence	1939	94B, High Street, Sittingbourne, Kent, England
  	With his wife and one other (closed at 23 Nov 2019), probably their oldest child.
  Died	Jun Q 1979	Sittingbourne Reg Dist, Kent, England
  	GRO ref: ADAMS, Walter Ernest q2 1979 dob 6FE1905 Sittingbrn RD 16 1588
  Half-siblings	2 half sisters (family of Charles ADAMS and Sarah Ann HIGGINS)
  1. Amy Bertha ADAMS,   b. 13 Jul 1900, Sittingbourne, Kent, England ,   d. 15 Feb 1978, Ashford Reg Dist, Kent, England  (Age 77 years) ▻ Percy ATKINSON,  m. Dec Q 1925   2. Hilda ADAMS,   b. Dec Q 1901, Milton Reg Dist, Kent, England ,   d. Mar Q 1902, Milton Reg Dist, Kent, England  (Age ~ 1 years)
  Origins
  Patriarch & Matriarch	GOATHAM,   d. Yes, date unknown  (9 x Great Grandfather)  Elizabeth ELLIS,   b. Abt 1805,   bur. 24 Nov 1865, Holy Trinity Church, Milton next Sittingbourne, Kent, England  (Age ~ 60 years)  (Great Grandmother)
  Person ID	I4902	All | England: Kent Group (in Go(a)tham One-Name Study), All in the Goatham / Gotham One-Name Study , The descendants (and other halves) of George Goatham and Ann née Winch, The descendants (and other halves) of John Prior and Amy née Reynolds, The descendants (and other halves) of Richard Whitehead and Mary née Grigsby
  Last Modified	8 Dec 2023

  
  

  Father	William Alfred GOATHAM,   b. Mar Q 1878, Sittingbourne, Kent, England ,   d. 7 Nov 1916, 2, Queen Street, Sittingbourne, Kent, England  (Age ~ 38 years)
  Mother	Sarah Ann HIGGINS,   b. 9 Oct 1881, Sittingbourne, Kent, England ,   d. Dec Q 1948, Sittingbourne Reg Dist, Kent, England  (Age 66 years) Other Partners: Charles ADAMS  m. 25 Dec 1899;   Robert John MELLOR  m. 31 Aug 1917;   Arthur William ANDERSON  m. Mar Q 1920;   James J. COOPER  m. Dec Q 1929
  Married	Sep Q 1912	Register Office, Milton next Sittingbourne, Kent, England
  	GRO ref: Goatham, William A to Adams, Sarah A q3 1912 Milton RD 2a 2322
  Family ID	F1126	Family Group Page  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Olive Mary GOLDUP,   b. 25 Dec 1910, Milton Reg Dist, Kent, England ,   d. 4 Feb 2009, Medway Reg Dist, Kent, England  (Age 98 years)
  Married	Dec Q 1936	Milton Reg Dist, Kent, England
  	GRO ref: Adams, Walter E to GOLDUP, Olive M q4 1936 Milton RD 2a 2963 Although there were a number of other Walter E Adams born in Kent who could have been the one who married Olive Goldup, this Walter was the only one in Milton RD, the others being some distance away, so I think it was probably this Walter. No other male Adams to female Goldup marriage in Kent around this time so I think all the children were of this couple.
  Children	4 children
  1. Living   2. Living   3. Living   4. Living
  Last Modified	6 Dec 2022
  Family ID	F8780	Family Group Page  |  Family Chart

  
  

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  		Baptised - 25 Apr 1905 - Holy Trinity Church, Milton next Sittingbourne, Kent, England  Married - Dec Q 1936 - Milton Reg Dist, Kent, England  Died - Jun Q 1979 - Sittingbourne Reg Dist, Kent, England   = Link to Google Earth (if installed; see link below to install)
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