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William BATES
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Name William BATES Relationship 
with Teresa Ann GOATHAM Born 1 Oct 1919 West Derby Reg Dist, Liverpool, Lancashire, England
- GRO ref: Bates, William, mother's maiden name: Gotham q4 1919 W. Derby RD 8b 950
Actual date from the 1939 register
Gender Male Died Yes, date unknown
Siblings5 brothers and 2 sisters Patriarch & Matriarch
Francis BATES, b. Jun Q 1865, Liverpool, Lancashire, England
, d. Dec Q 1920, West Derby Reg Dist, Liverpool, Lancashire, England
(Age ~ 55 years) (Grandfather) 
Harriet Ann Lunn BLADES, b. Jun Q 1839, Liverpool, Lancashire, England
, d. Jun Q 1875, Liverpool Reg Dist, Lancashire, England
(Age ~ 36 years) (Great Grandmother) 
Person ID I301182 All | All in the Goatham / Gotham One-Name Study Last Modified 24 Nov 2023
Father Joseph BATES, b. 20 May 1886, Liverpool, Lancashire, England
, d. Mar Q 1956, Liverpool North Reg Dist, Lancashire, England
(Age 69 years) Mother Sarah Jane GOTHAM, b. 16 Apr 1886, West Derby Reg Dist, Liverpool, Lancashire, England
, d. Mar Q 1963, Liverpool North Reg Dist, Lancashire, England
(Age 76 years) Married 5 Jun 1906 St. Nicholas’ Church, Liverpool, Lancashire, England
- GRO ref: Gotham, Sarah Jane to Bates, Joseph q2 1906 Liverpool RD 8b 167
Local (Lancashire) BMD registration index: GOTHAM, Sarah J to BATES, Joseph 1906 Church: Liverpool, Our Lady & St. Nicholas & St. Anne; Registers at: Liverpool; Ref: 2053LP/92/190
Actual date from Joseph's WW1 papers
Details from PR entry (image on Ancestry, viewed 5 Dec 2014)
Sarah claimed her father was deceased when she married. I thought perhaps she was rejecting her father, who had been imprisoned for neglecting her and her brothers, but actually her address was given in 1908 as the same as the one in her father's burial record the year after she married. I think it more likely that she pretended he was dead to avoid needing his permission to marry, as she was still a minor.
Family ID F300358 Family Group Page | Family Chart
- GRO ref: Bates, William, mother's maiden name: Gotham q4 1919 W. Derby RD 8b 950


