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Amy Bertha ADAMS
1900 - 1978 (77 years)
Has 7 ancestors but no descendants in this family tree.
Set As Default Person 
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Name Amy Bertha ADAMS Relationship 
with Teresa Ann GOATHAM Born 13 Jul 1900 Sittingbourne, Kent, England 
- From the 1901 census where shown as aged 8 months
GRO ref: Adams, Amy Bertha q3 1900 Milton RD 2a 945; GRO online index shows mother's maiden name as Higgins
Actual date from death registration index
Baptised 10 May 1901 St. Michael’s Church, Sittingbourne, Kent, England - From PR entry (image on FMP, viewed 23 Nov 2019)
"1901 May 10 No. 764 Amy Bertha, parents Charlie & Sarah Ann Adams, resident 39 Crown Quay, father a Labourer"
Gender Female Residence From 1977 to 1978 2, Shawcross, Kennington, Kent, England - Her home when she wrote her will and at the time of her death
Will 7 Jul 1977 Written - Bequests in Amy's will are to a friend, a Godson and to two 'nieces' and a 'nephew' - actually all three were the children of Amy Mary Ann née JAMES, a half first cousin of Amy's, the daughter of her mother's half sister Eliza Ann née FLETCHER, and so half 1st cousins once removed.
Died 15 Feb 1978 Ashford Reg Dist, Kent, England - GRO ref: ATKINSON, Amy Bertha q1 1978 dob 13 J[ul]Y 1900 Ashford RD 16 72
Actual date from probate calendar entry
Probate 20 Apr 1978 Brighton, Sussex, England Calendar entry - "Atkinson, Amy Bertha of 2 Shawcross Kennington Ashford Kent died 15 February 1978 Probate Brighton 20 April £14105 780602054T"
Go(a)tham ONS 9999 - Part of the Goatham ONS as one of her step-fathers was William Alfred Goatham (officially for about 4 years, 1912-16). However, whilst her mother Sarah was already living with William by the time of the 1911 census, and Sarah's son was with them, Amy was living with an aunt and uncle, so she may not have had any meaningful relationship with her step-father.
Siblings1 sister Half-siblings1 half brother (family of William Alfred GOATHAM and Sarah Ann HIGGINS) Patriarch & Matriarch 
Charles ADAMS, d. Yes, date unknown (Grandfather)
Elizabeth ELLIS, b. Abt 1805, bur. 24 Nov 1865, Holy Trinity Church, Milton next Sittingbourne, Kent, England (Age ~ 60 years) (Great Grandmother) Person ID I5000 All | England: Kent Group (in Go(a)tham One-Name Study), All in the Goatham / Gotham One-Name Study Last Modified 9 Apr 2021
Father Charles ADAMS, b. Abt 1873, Sittingbourne, Kent, England , d. Yes, date unknown Mother 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.
Family ID F282 Family Group Page | Family Chart
Family Percy ATKINSON, b. 23 Sep 1899, Milton Reg Dist, Kent, England , d. 24 Jun 1967, 2, Shawcross, Kennington, Kent, England (Age 67 years) Married Dec Q 1925 Milton Reg Dist, Kent, England - GRO ref: Atkinson, Percy to Adams, Amy B q4 1925 Milton RD 2a 2447
There appears to have been no children of this marriage.
An Atkinson with mother's maiden name of Adams was born in Eastry RD in 1936, but I suspect they were the child of a Sidney Atkinson who married Elizabeth A Adams in Eastry RD in 1922, and not of this couple.
Bequests in Amy's will are to a friend and to cousins, consistent with her having no children.
Last Modified 9 Apr 2021 Family ID F8779 Family Group Page | Family Chart
- From the 1901 census where shown as aged 8 months