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Caroline WITHERS
1816 - 1912 (96 years)
Has 12 ancestors and 153 descendants in this family tree.
Set As Default Person 
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Name Caroline WITHERS Relationship 
with Teresa Ann GOATHAM Born 1816 West Wittering, Sussex, England 
Baptised 8 Nov 1816 St. Peter and St. Paul’s Church, West Wittering, Sussex, England Gender Female Occupation 1840 Agricultural female servant - At the time of her marriage
Residence From 1841 to 1841 West Wittering, Sussex, England - Shown as resident in West Wittering at the time of her marriage.
In 1841 with her husband; they were living with her parents.
Lunacy Between 1871 and 1901 Hampshire County Lunatic Asylum, Fareham, Hampshire, England - Caroline was a patient in the asylum at the time of the 1871 and 1901 censuses.
I have lots of information about Caroline's 10 admissions to the asylum (courtesy of Susan Burt).
Although she died in the asylum, Caroline was described as "of Union Workhouse Havant" on her death certificate.
The HCLA on Wikipedia
Petty sessions 30 Nov 1880 “Dolphin Hotel”, West Street, Havant, Hampshire, England Breaking hotel window - It appears that the Dolphin, an old coaching inn, no longer exists, although it kept going into the early years of the C21st, being situated at 18 West Street.
Petty sessions 2 Dec 1880 Havant, Hampshire, England Breaking hotel window - Havant.
Petty Sessions. - Thursday - Before Captain T.
Hodgkinson r.n. and J. Edward Cox, Esq.
Strange Conduct. - Caroline Beaton, an elderly
married woman, was charged with wilfully breaking a
plate-glass window at the "Dolphin" Hotel, the property
of Mr. John Purnell. The damage was laid at 1l. - It ap-
peared that on Tuesday evening the woman tapped twice
on the woodwork of the window, and then struck the glass
with a key. The glass was cracked. - Her statement was
that she tapped because she wanted half-a-pint of beer,
and as she could make no one hear she "tapped" again,
and accidentally broke the glass. - Evidence was given by
Dr. Bannister to the effect that the defendant had been
twice confined in a lunatic asylum, and, taking this into
consideration, the Bench suspended judgment, but warned
the defendant of the consequences of a repetition of her
conduct.
(from the Hampshire Telegraph and Sussex Chronicle, of Saturday 4 December 1880)
This was at the same petty sessions where her son Eli and daughter Caroline were charged with stealing and receiving 5 fowls.
Also known as Caroline WEATHERS Residence 1891 Ashe Park, Southampton, Hampshire, England - At the time of the 1891 census Caroline was living with her daughter Alice and Alice's husband.
Occupation Charwoman - On her death certificate in 1912, but given her age and that she was then in a lunatic asylum it must refer to an occupation earlier in life.
Died 27 Feb 1912 Hampshire County Lunatic Asylum, Fareham, Hampshire, England Cause: Senile Decay - Died of senile decay - eventually. The asylum had prepared her coffin 7 years before!
Died at age of 103 according to A. Ivy; on certificate as 93 but must have been at least 95 from her baptism date.
GRO ref: BEATON, Caroline q1 1912 aged 93 Fareham RD 2b 797
Death certificate for Caroline Withers Buried 5 Mar 1912 Siblings1 brother and 3 sisters Patriarch & Matriarch 
David WITHERS, b. Abt 1776, Sussex, England, d. 26 Sep 1841, West Wittering, Sussex, England (Age ~ 65 years) (Father) 
Mary HARRES, d. Yes, date unknown (Great Grandmother)Notes - Supposedly an heiress! - gave up for her marriage, according to my Great Aunt Ivy, but clearly Caroline's father was a labourer. Whether the Withers had had any money further back I don't know.
Caroline signed her marriage cert. with the surname spelt 'Weathers' and this is the maiden name given on her daughter Mary's birth cert.
Person ID I193 All | Teresa's direct ancestors Last Modified 15 Apr 2023
Father David WITHERS, b. Abt 1776, Sussex, England , d. 26 Sep 1841, West Wittering, Sussex, England (Age ~ 65 years) Mother Ann SHUTLER, b. 1782, Selsey, Sussex, England , d. 16 Feb 1878, Havant, Hampshire, England (Age 96 years) Married 20 May 1802 St. Peter and St. Paul’s Church, West Wittering, Sussex, England - both signed with a X.
Family ID F128 Family Group Page | Family Chart
Family Charles BEATON, b. Abt 1815, South Mundham, Pagham, Sussex, England , d. 1 Aug 1890, Brockhampton, Havant, Hampshire, England (Age ~ 75 years) Marriage Banns From 18 Oct 1840 to 1 Nov 1840 St. Peter and St. Paul’s Church, West Wittering, Sussex, England - From PR entry (image on FMP, viewed 15 Apr 2023)
Married 7 Nov 1840 St. Peter and St. Paul’s Church, West Wittering, Sussex, England - From PR entry (image on FMP, viewed 15 Apr 2023)
Charles made his mark, but Caroline signed
Children9 children Last Modified 15 Apr 2023 Family ID F124 Family Group Page | Family Chart