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Charles ADAMS
Abt 1873 - Yes, date unknown
Has one ancestor and 2 descendants in this family tree.
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Name Charles ADAMS Relationship 
with Teresa Ann GOATHAM Born Abt 1873 Sittingbourne, Kent, England 
- From the 1901 census where shown as aged 28 and marriage PR enry where shown as aged 26 - but no birth registration found to match. Also no earlier census entry, anywhere in Kent.
According to marriage PR entry he was the son of Charles, a shoemaker.
Gender Male Go(a)tham ONS Spouse of Goatham by marriage - Spouse of Goatham by marriage, Sarah Ann HIGGINS
Occupation 1901 Paper mill, Sittingbourne, Kent, England Labourer - Recorded as a labourer, no details specified when he married, and as working in a paper mill at the time of the 1901 census.
Died Yes, date unknown Patriarch & Matriarch 
Charles ADAMS, d. Yes, date unknown (Father)
Person ID I4901 All | England: Kent Group (in Go(a)tham One-Name Study), All in the Goatham / Gotham One-Name Study Last Modified 18 Jan 2024
Father Charles ADAMS, d. Yes, date unknown Family ID F11822 Family Group Page | Family Chart
Family Sarah Ann HIGGINS, b. 9 Oct 1881, Sittingbourne, Kent, England , d. Dec Q 1948, Sittingbourne Reg Dist, Kent, England (Age 66 years)
Other Partners: William Alfred GOATHAM m. Sep Q 1912; Robert John MELLOR m. 31 Aug 1917; Arthur William ANDERSON m. Mar Q 1920; James J. COOPER m. Dec Q 1929Married 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.
Separated Between Apr 1901 and May 1904 - Not necessarily a formal separation, but Charles and Sarah Ann seem to have parted company, after the 1901 census (where together in the same house) but probably before Sarah's son Walter was conceived (no father named on his birth cert.). As he was born in Feb 1905 then by May 1904.
Children2 children Last Modified 18 Jan 2024 Family ID F282 Family Group Page | Family Chart
- From the 1901 census where shown as aged 28 and marriage PR enry where shown as aged 26 - but no birth registration found to match. Also no earlier census entry, anywhere in Kent.
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Born - Abt 1873 - Sittingbourne, Kent, England 
Married - 25 Dec 1899 - St. Michael’s Church, Sittingbourne, Kent, England Child - Amy Bertha ADAMS - 13 Jul 1900 - Sittingbourne, Kent, England 
Occupation - Labourer - 1901 - Paper mill, Sittingbourne, Kent, England 
Child - Hilda ADAMS - Dec Q 1901 - Milton Reg Dist, Kent, England = Link to Google Earth (if installed; see link below to install) Pin Legend 
