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Sarah Ann HIGGINS
1881 - 1948 (66 years) Has 4 ancestors and 7 descendants in this family tree.Set As Default Person
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Name Sarah Ann HIGGINS Relationship with Teresa Ann GOATHAM Born 9 Oct 1881 Sittingbourne, Kent, England - From the 1911 census where shown as aged 29. Shown as aged 21 in 1901, perhaps to hide the fact she had died under age without parental consent? The only birth registration to match (i.e. a Sarah Ann Higgins in Milton Reg District, 1878-1882) indicates her true age at the time of the 1901 census would have been 19, and that the 1911 census is correct.
GRO ref: HIGGINS, Sarah Ann q4 1881 Milton RD 2a 852; GRO online index shows mother's maiden name as Baker
Actual date and month from 1939 register, where shown as born 9 Oct 1883, and whole date from baptism register
Baptised 13 Nov 1881 Holy Trinity Church, Sittingbourne, Kent, England - From PR entry (image on FMP, viewed 23 Nov 2019)
Gender Female Residence 1921 43, Mill Street, Milton next Sittingbourne, Kent, England - A lodger with her husband Arthur William Anderson and son William Earnest Goatham in the home of Edward Busbridge (a retired brickfield labourer) and his family.
(Sarah's name is recorded as 'Sharar Anna Anderson')
Registration 1939 “Chalkpit Cottage”, Bassett Road, Sittingbourne, Kent, England Died Dec Q 1948 Sittingbourne Reg Dist, Kent, England - GRO ref: Cooper, Sarah A aged 67 q4 1948 Sittingbourne RD 5b 717; GRO online index shows middle name as Ann
Siblings 1 brother Half-siblings 6 half brothers and 4 half sisters (family of Oliver FLETCHER and Amy Harriet BAKER) Patriarch & Matriarch Edward HIGGINS, b. Abt 1840, Sittingbourne, Kent, England , d. Mar Q 1911, Milton Reg Dist, Kent, England (Age ~ 71 years) (Father)
Elizabeth ELLIS, b. Abt 1805, bur. 24 Nov 1865, Holy Trinity Church, Milton next Sittingbourne, Kent, England (Age ~ 60 years) (Grandmother)Person ID I3812 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 6 Dec 2022
Father Edward HIGGINS, b. Abt 1840, Sittingbourne, Kent, England , d. Mar Q 1911, Milton Reg Dist, Kent, England (Age ~ 71 years) Mother Amy Harriet BAKER, b. Dec Q 1843, Milton next Sittingbourne, Kent, England , d. Mar Q 1897, Milton Reg Dist, Kent, England (Age ~ 54 years)
Other Partners: Oliver FLETCHER m. 15 Jul 1860Married 25 Dec 1880 Holy Trinity Church, Milton next Sittingbourne, Kent, England - GRO ref: HIGGINS, Edward to Fletcher, Amy Harriott q4 1880 Milton RD 2a 1404
Details from PR entry (image on FMP, viewed 23 Nov 2019)
Family ID F8776 Family Group Page | Family Chart
Family 1 Charles ADAMS, b. Abt 1873, Sittingbourne, Kent, England , d. Yes, date unknown Married 25 Dec 1899 St. Michael’s Church, Sittingbourne, Kent, England - GRO ref: Adams, Charles to Higgins, Sarah Ann q4 Milton RD 2a 2060
Details from PR entry (image on FMP, viewed 23 Nov 2019)
I think they were probably still married at the time of the 1911 census (it implies so) but presumbably Charles had died when Sarah remarried in 1912.
The information about this marriage was erroneously entered on the 1911 census (as was often the case), With a single strick through it is still readable and indicates that 3 children were born to this marriage, of whom one had died.
I have not found the birth or death of a Charles Adam to fit with the 1901 census data, nor a divorce, not a census entry for him in 1911. Although daughter Amy was not with her mother in 1911, who was working as housekeeper at 25 Crown Quay, rather she was with her mother's half-sister and family at 26 Crown Quay!
A lot were emigrating at this time; maybe Charles left the country.
Children 2 children Last Modified 23 Nov 2019 Family ID F282 Family Group Page | Family Chart
Family 2 William Alfred GOATHAM, b. Mar Q 1878, Sittingbourne, Kent, England , d. 7 Nov 1916, 2, Queen Street, Sittingbourne, Kent, England (Age ~ 38 years) 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
Children + 1. Walter Ernest ADAMS, [Father?], b. 6 Feb 1905, The Union Workhouse, Milton next Sittingbourne, Kent, England , d. Jun Q 1979, Sittingbourne Reg Dist, Kent, England (Age 73 years) ▻ Olive Mary GOLDUP m. Dec Q 1936Last Modified 19 Dec 2019 Family ID F1126 Family Group Page | Family Chart
Family 3 Robert John MELLOR, b. Mar Q 1891, Willaston, Cheshire, England , d. 25 Jul 1918 (Age ~ 27 years) Banns of marriage 12 Aug 1917 Holy Trinity Church, Sittingbourne, Kent, England - From register entry (image on FMP, viewed 3 April 2019)
Married 31 Aug 1917 Holy Trinity Church, Sittingbourne, Kent, England - GRO ref: Goatham, Sarah A to Mellor, Robert J q3 1917 Milton RD 2a 2247
Details from PR entry (image on FMP, viewed 23 Nov 2019)
I can't find another Sarah A to fit this marriage so I think this one must have marr again
(on freeBMD Reg Dist shown as Wilton for Robert - correction submitted, 12-2/2011)
Last Modified 19 Dec 2019 Family ID F330 Family Group Page | Family Chart
Family 4 Arthur William ANDERSON, b. Dec Q 1890, Frinsted, Kent, England , d. Jun Q 1926, Milton Reg Dist, Kent, England (Age ~ 36 years) Banns of marriage From 21 Dec 1919 to 4 Jan 1919 St. Peter and St. Paul’s Church, Borden, Kent, England - From PR entry (image on FMP, viewed 6 Dec 2022)
Married Mar Q 1920 St. Peter and St. Paul’s Church, Borden, Kent, England - Mellor is a north country name, rare in Kent BUT there is a marriage in 1920 which I think must be this Sarah Ann:
GRO ref: Mellor, Sarah A to Anderson, Arthur W q1 1920 Milton RD 2a 1923
Place from marriage banns, which shows both were of the parish of Borden
Last Modified 6 Dec 2022 Family ID F8774 Family Group Page | Family Chart
Family 5 James J. COOPER, b. 16 Oct 1873, d. Dec Q 1941, Sittingbourne Reg Dist, Kent, England (Age 67 years) Married Dec Q 1929 Milton Reg Dist, Kent, England - GRO ref: Anderson, Sarah A to Cooper, James q4 1929 Milton RD 2a 2651
Only marriage of a Sarah A* [any surname] to a James Cooper in Kent, 1898-1939, and the information for Sarah in the 1939 reg is a good fit for what I have from other sources; though there is small discrepancy in her birth year such inaccuracies were common.
Last Modified 19 Mar 2022 Family ID F8775 Family Group Page | Family Chart
- From the 1911 census where shown as aged 29. Shown as aged 21 in 1901, perhaps to hide the fact she had died under age without parental consent? The only birth registration to match (i.e. a Sarah Ann Higgins in Milton Reg District, 1878-1882) indicates her true age at the time of the 1901 census would have been 19, and that the 1911 census is correct.
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Event Map Click to hide Born - 9 Oct 1881 - Sittingbourne, Kent, England Baptised - 13 Nov 1881 - Holy Trinity Church, Sittingbourne, Kent, England Married - 25 Dec 1899 - St. Michael’s Church, Sittingbourne, Kent, England Child - Amy Bertha ADAMS - 13 Jul 1900 - Sittingbourne, Kent, England Child - Hilda ADAMS - Dec Q 1901 - Milton Reg Dist, Kent, England Banns of marriage - 12 Aug 1917 - Holy Trinity Church, Sittingbourne, Kent, England Married - 31 Aug 1917 - Holy Trinity Church, Sittingbourne, Kent, England Banns of marriage - From 21 Dec 1919 to 4 Jan 1919 - St. Peter and St. Paul’s Church, Borden, Kent, England Married - Mar Q 1920 - St. Peter and St. Paul’s Church, Borden, Kent, England Married - Dec Q 1929 - Milton Reg Dist, Kent, England Died - Dec Q 1948 - Sittingbourne Reg Dist, Kent, England = Link to Google Earth (if installed; see link below to install) Pin Legend