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![Harriet ANDREWS, [Father?]](img/female.jpg)
Harriet ANDREWS, [Father?]
1841 - 1917 (~ 76 years)
Has one ancestor and 9 descendants in this family tree.
Set As Default Person 
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Name Harriet ANDREWS Suffix [ONS gp] [Father?] Relationship 
with Teresa Ann GOATHAM Born Dec Q 1841 Herne, Kent, England 
- From 1851 census where age given as 9
GRO ref: Webb, Harriette q4 1841 W. Ashford RD [in paper index] 5 19; GRO online index does not show a mother's name, suggesting she was born illegitimate. It also shows the RD as Blean, and I believe this is correct - it was Blean (see below).
No father shown in baptism entry, but Harriet was shown as Charles' daughter in the 1851 census. Whether he was actually her biological father I don't know, but I think it unlikely. She married as a Webb, and the PR entry when she married shows her father as unknown, suggesting he wasn't. On the otherhand, the mother's maiden name was recorded as Andrews for 4 of her children, and Webb for only two. Charles' will suggests he treated her as a daughter, naming her as one of his children, and since the daughters come first in birth order she was listed first. Given that some illegitimate people would invent a father when marrying (or perhaps name a father invented by their mother) it does seem strange that Harriet did not name him when she married - unless the priest or Parish Clerk knew that she had been born illegitimate and so was not legally Charles' daughter.
I have an atDNA match with a descendant of Harriet, to whom I am a 5th cousin once removed, if Harriet was Charles' daughter, but I am also related to her in another way (also 5c 1r).
Research re Registration District
Date and lack of a mother's maiden name (suggesting born illegitimate) are a good fit for this Harriet, but it would seem more likely the birth would have been in Blean RD. Interestingly, the GRO online index does show the birth as in Blean RD, but it agrees with the vol and page in the original index, and all the other entries on that page have been entered in the original index as being in West Ashford. However, they all show as Blean in the online index.
The timing is unfortunate - almost ten years before the next census, plenty of time for families to move or for children to die and a lot of the names are fairly common ones. One of the less common is Fanny Denne, who appears in the 1851 census as born in Reculver, which was in Blean RD, not in nor particularly close to West Ashford RD.
Baptised 28 Nov 1841 St. Martin’s Church, Herne, Kent, England - From KFHS transcript (CD 21)
Shown as Harriet Webb, daughter of Louisa, a single woman, abode Herne.
Gender Female Also known as Harriet WEBB Died Sep Q 1917 Dover Reg Dist, Kent, England - In the 1911 census so after that. In Sutton RD at the time of the 1911 census, so this would seem to be her death, despite the addition of a middle name (it is the best fit - age is right, and there is none to fit without a middle name). The middle name is a likely one, being her mother's Christian name.
GRO ref: Best, Harriet L q3 1917 aged 75 Dover RD 2a 1125; GRO online index shows middle name as Louisa
Half-siblings5 half brothers and 7 half sisters (family of Charles ANDREWS and Louisa WEBB) Notes - Left a bequest in her father's will, written 1892
Person ID I8042 All | The descendants (and other halves) of George Goatham and Ann née Winch, The descendants (and other halves) of John Prior and Amy née Reynolds Last Modified 15 Apr 2024
Mother Louisa WEBB, b. Abt 1825, Herne, Kent, England , d. Abt 2 Jan 1892, Sturry, Kent, England (Age ~ 67 years)
Other Partners: Charles ANDREWS m. 25 Mar 1843Married? Not married or evidence to suggest they didn't marry Family ID F8085 Family Group Page | Family Chart
Father Charles ANDREWS, b. Abt 1824, d. 21 Dec 1892, St. Nicholas-at-Wade, Kent, England (Age ~ 68 years) Relationship informally adopted ( Mother Louisa WEBB, b. Abt 1825, Herne, Kent, England , d. Abt 2 Jan 1892, Sturry, Kent, England (Age ~ 67 years) Relationship biological Married 25 Mar 1843 St. Stephen’s Church, Hackington, Kent, England - From PR entry (image on FMP, viewed 8 Aug 2018)
GRO ref: ANDREWES, Charles to WEBB, Louisa q1 1843 Blean RD 5 35
Family ID F4194 Family Group Page | Family Chart
Family George BEST, b. Abt 1834, Blean, Kent, England , d. Sep Q 1910, Eastry Reg Dist, Kent, England (Age ~ 76 years) Married 19 Nov 1859 St. Stephen’s Church, Hackington, Kent, England - GRO ref: Webb, Harriet to Best, George q4 1859 Blean RD 2a 1005
(evidence that it was this Harriet from her daughter Annie being with her 'Andrews' grandparents at the time of the 1891 census)
Details from the PR entry (image on FMP, viewed 26 Feb 2022)
Shows Geoerge Best, of full age, Bachelor, Brewer, resident Blean, father Thomas Best, Labourer
married Harriet Webb, aged 19 yrs., Spinster, no occupation shown, resident Hackington, father 'unknown' (no occupation given)
Married after banns, George made his mark, Harriet signed 'Harriet Webb'), witnesses Maria Ann Webb and Elissa Balster[?] both signed.
Children6 children Last Modified 6 Nov 2023 Family ID F10580 Family Group Page | Family Chart
- From 1851 census where age given as 9