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Maud Mary GOATHAM, [Father?]
1900 - 1968 (67 years) Has 132 ancestors but no descendants in this family tree.Set As Default Person
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Name Maud Mary GOATHAM Suffix [ONS gp] [Father?] Relationship with Teresa Ann GOATHAM Born 23 Mar 1900 Sittingbourne, Kent, England - GRO ref: Goatham, Maud Mary q2 1900 Milton RD 2a 936; GRO online index does not show mother's maiden name.
Actual place from the 1911 census, actual date from the 1939 register.
I'm not sure if Maud was the biological daughter of Henry as well as Edith. She is shown as his daughter in the 1911 census, not only in the relationship field, but also listed with the surname 'Stevens' and listed first amongst the children (sometimes step-children of the head of household were listed after his natural children).
Clearly her mother and father or step-father had been married a little less than 9 years at the time of the census, but the 'completed years the present Marriage has lasted' was shown as 12, no doubt to make Maud appear legitimate.
Although born Hounslow, it appears that Henry Stevens had moved to Sittingbourne c. 1891, and so would have been around to be the father of Maud.
She was married as a Stevens, and when Henry died the newspaper recorded him as having seven daughters, which appears to include her.
In his will he included her with his biological children in a list of children to inherit (though he did not include his step-children by his second marriage).
All sources seem to suggest that if she wasn't the biological child of Henry she was treated as one.
Gender Female Also known as Maud STEVENS Died Sep Q 1968 Chatham Reg Dist, Kent, England - GRO ref: Holness, Maud M, aged 68; q3 1968 Chatham RD 5F 158
Siblings 4 brothers and 6 sisters Patriarch & Matriarch Frank Mildmay STEVENS, d. Yes, date unknown (Grandfather)
Martha, d. Yes, date unknown (5 x Great Grandmother)Person ID I17684 All | England: Kent Group (in Go(a)tham One-Name Study), England: Kent Group - subjects of Go(a)tham One-Name Study, All in the Goatham / Gotham One-Name Study , All subjects of 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 11 Aug 2023
Father Henry Mildmay STEVENS, b. 11 Apr 1881, Hounslow, Middlesex, England , d. 12 Jan 1961, 57, Bayford Road, Sittingbourne, Kent, England (Age 79 years)
Other Partners: Edith Wesley FLETCHER m. Sep Q 1934Mother Edith Mary GOATHAM, b. Mar Q 1878, Sittingbourne, Kent, England , d. 16 Jul 1931, Pitstock, Rodmersham, Kent, England (Age ~ 53 years) Married 4 Aug 1902 Holy Trinity Church, Sittingbourne, Kent, England - GRO ref: Goatham, Edith to Stevens, Henry Mildmay q3 1902 Milton RD 2a 2039
Details from PR entry (image on FMP, viewed 4 April 2019)
Family ID F1128 Family Group Page | Family Chart
Family Bertie HOLNESS, b. 10 Sep 1893, Herne, Kent, England , d. 19 Apr 1974, Chatham Reg Dist, Kent, England (Age 80 years) Married Dec Q 1922 Milton Reg Dist, Kent, England - GRO ref: Stevens, Maud M to Holness, Bertie q4 1922 Milton RD 2a 2328
In 1922 a Maud M Stevens married a Bertie Holness in Milton Reg Dist. Was this Maud Mary marrying as a Stevens rather than her birth name of Goatham? I believe it was. Whilst Stevens is a fairly common name, there were few Maud Ms and none that I can see born in Milton RD. But with a common surname maybe one had moved in from elsewhere? However, checking death entries it does appear to be this Maud. The only death of a Maud M Holness registered in Kent was in Q3 1968 and shows Maud was aged 68, i.e. born 1899 or 1900. It was in Chatham RD; had the Maud married to Bertie moved there (or was in hospital there?). It would appear so. Her husband being formally called Bertie can easily be identified almost certainly in birth and death records. And he too died in Chatham RD.
In summary, I believe we can be pretty confident that the Maud M Stevens who married Bertie was born about 1900, and so can be similary confident it was this Maud Mary.
There appear to have been no children from the marriage. There were 2 Holness children born in Dartford RD in the 1920s where the mother's maiden name was Stevens, but there was another Holness = Stevens marriage in Dartford RD also in 1922. No other Holness children with mother's maiden name recorded as Stevens or Goatham who could be children of this marriage.
Family This couple had no children together Last Modified 1 Feb 2018 Family ID F7075 Family Group Page | Family Chart
- GRO ref: Goatham, Maud Mary q2 1900 Milton RD 2a 936; GRO online index does not show mother's maiden name.
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Event Map Click to hide Born - 23 Mar 1900 - Sittingbourne, Kent, England Married - Dec Q 1922 - Milton Reg Dist, Kent, England Died - Sep Q 1968 - Chatham Reg Dist, Kent, England = Link to Google Earth (if installed; see link below to install) Pin Legend