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Albert Harry Burgess TARR
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Name Albert Harry Burgess TARR Relationship 
with Teresa Ann GOATHAM Born Sep Q 1862 Bath, Somerset, England
- From the 1871 census where shown as Harry, aged 8, not with parents in 1881
GRO ref: TARR, Albert Harry Burgess q3 1862 Bath RD 5c 660; GRO online index shows mother's maiden name as Burgess
(given his mother's name at marriage was Burgess I am sure that this is the right birth, despite the fuller name than the census has; also, no other Harry in Bath around the right time)
Gender Male Also known as Harry Albert TARR Child Status Illegitimate (parents marriage bigamous) Died Mar Q 1922 Bath Reg Dist, Somerset, England
- GRO ref: Tarr, Harry A q1 1922 aged 59 Bath RD 5c 789; GRO online index shows middle name as Albert
Age matches birth, and Tarr was not a common name in Bath so I think it was this Albert Harry
Siblings1 brother and 2 sisters
Half-siblings1 half brother and 4 half sisters (family of Nicholas John Gotham TARR and Charlotte JORDAN) Patriarch & Matriarch
John TARR, bap. 30 Dec 1760, St. Michael’s Church, Ilsington, Devon, England
, bur. 3 Nov 1815, St. Michael’s Church, Ilsington, Devon, England
(Age ~ 54 years) (Great Grandfather) 
Charlotte BURGESS, b. Abt 1831, Witheridge, Devon, England
, d. Sep Q 1905, Bath Reg Dist, Somerset, England
(Age ~ 74 years) (Mother) 
Person ID I303034 All | All in the Goatham / Gotham One-Name Study Last Modified 6 Aug 2021
Father Nicholas John Gotham TARR, [G-D(TM)], b. 20 Nov 1823, Fore Street, West Teignmouth, Devon, England
, d. Jun Q 1884, Bath Reg Dist, Somerset, England
(Age 60 years)
Other Partners: Charlotte JORDAN m. Mar Q 1848Mother Charlotte BURGESS, b. Abt 1831, Witheridge, Devon, England
, d. Sep Q 1905, Bath Reg Dist, Somerset, England
(Age ~ 74 years) Married Dec Q 1871 Bath Reg Dist, Somerset, England
- GRO ref: Tarr, Nicholas John G to BURGESS, Charlotte q4 1871 Bath RD 5c 1198 (from FreeBMD)
Probably a Register Office marriage (p. 1173 was for a marriage on 25 Dec at Walcot St Swithin, p. 1206 was for a Register Office or Non-conformist (Registrar present) marriage (page info. from the Guild of One-Name Studies Marriage Index).
I am assuming the children shown with Nicholas and Charlotte in the 1871 and 1881 censuses are theirs. Although all born before they married, the births were all registered as 'Tarrs'. Nicholas had deserted his family about 1860, and was not with them in 1861 or 1871, so I doubt they were children of that marriage. Given the first of the four was given the name Burgess as a Christian name, the surname of Charlotte who Nicholas married in 1871, points strongly to them being their children together.
If Nicholas had had the children with another Burgess e.g. a sister of Charlotte, would expect to find Charlotte as sister-in-law or housekeeper in 1871, not wife (when not actually married). Being shown as wife suggests they may have been living as man and wife for sometime.
Nicholas' first wife was still living when he married Charlotte, so it is not clear why after living together as though man and wife for some years they decided to marry bigamously. Maybe he had not heard from her for a sufficient period that he felt it safe to do so.
Family ID F300150 Family Group Page | Family Chart
Family Bethia Emma BURMAN, b. Mar Q 1862, Chippenham Reg Dist, Wiltshire, England
, d. Yes, date unknown Married 25 Jun 1892 St. Saviour’s Church, Walcot, Bath, Somerset, England
- GRO ref: Tarr, Harry Albert to BURMAN, Bethia Emma q2 1892 Bath RD 5c 1066
Details from Somerset marriage index (on FMP, viewed 29 July 2017)
Children7 children Last Modified 14 Feb 2017 Family ID F300958 Family Group Page | Family Chart
- From the 1871 census where shown as Harry, aged 8, not with parents in 1881
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Born - Sep Q 1862 - Bath, Somerset, England 


Married - 25 Jun 1892 - St. Saviour’s Church, Walcot, Bath, Somerset, England 


Child - Albert William TARR - 9 Apr 1893 - Bath, Somerset, England 


Child - Bertha Frances Charlotte TARR - 10 Aug 1895 - Bath, Somerset, England 


Child - Harry Arthur TARR - Mar Q 1899 - Bath, Somerset, England 


Child - Stanley Harold TARR - Mar Q 1899 - Bath, Somerset, England 


Child - Annie Elizabeth Kathleen TARR - Mar Q 1902 - Bath Reg Dist, Somerset, England 


Child - Nicholas John TARR - Dec Q 1904 - Bath Reg Dist, Somerset, England 


Child - Grace Doris TARR - Jun Q 1906 - Bath Reg Dist, Somerset, England 


Died - Mar Q 1922 - Bath Reg Dist, Somerset, England 

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