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Elizabeth ("Bessie") Harriet WATTS

Elizabeth ("Bessie") Harriet WATTS

Female Abt 1850 - 1912  (~ 61 years)    Has 2 ancestors and 9 descendants in this family tree.


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  • Name Elizabeth ("Bessie") Harriet WATTS 
    Nickname Bessie 
    Relationshipwith Teresa Ann GOATHAM
    Born Abt Nov 1850  Melcombe Regis, Dorset, England See the place on a map and other information about it - if available (many more will be in time); also all individuals with events at this location 
    • GRO ref: Watts, Elizabeth Harriet q1 1851 Weymouth RD 8 151; GRO online index shows mother's maiden name as Dunning
      Place and approximate date from 1851 census where shown as born Melcombe Regis and aged 4 months
    Education 1861 
    Scholar 
    Baptised 4 Dec 1863  St. John’s Church, Weymouth, Dorset, England See the place on a map and other information about it - if available (many more will be in time); also all individuals with events at this location 
    • From PR entry (image on Ancestry, viewed 16 Sep 2022)
    Gender Female 
    Residence 1871  Belvidere Mews, Melcombe Regis, Dorset, England See the place on a map and other information about it - if available (many more will be in time); also all individuals with events at this location 
    • Living at home with her parents, a sister 3 brothers and also her elderly paternal grandmother and a 45 year old maiden aunt, Mary Watts. The latter was, like Elizabeth, a dress maker and it was quite likely she who taught Elizabeth the skill.
      (Elizabeth's grandmother, also Elizabeth Watts, was aged 80 but still working - as a hawker!)
    Occupation 1871 
    Dress maker 
    Died Sep Q 1912  11, Skinner Street, Gillingham, Kent, England See the place on a map and other information about it - if available (many more will be in time); also all individuals with events at this location 
    • GRO ref: GOATHAM, Bessie aged 57 q3 1912 Medway RD 2a 705
      Actual place from burial register
    Buried 2 Sep 1912  Grange Road Cemetery, Gillingham, Kent, England See the place on a map and other information about it - if available (many more will be in time); also all individuals with events at this location 
    • From transcribed data from burial register (on KFHS CD 40)
    Siblings 3 brothers and 2 sisters 
    Patriarch & Matriarch
    Luke WATTS,   b. 12 Dec 1820, Radipole, Dorset, England See the place on a map and other information about it - if available (many more will be in time); also all individuals with events at this location,   d. Mar Q 1888, Weymouth Reg Dist, Dorset, England See the place on a map and other information about it - if available (many more will be in time); also all individuals with events at this location  (Age 67 years)  (Father) 
    Elizabeth Emma DUNNING,   b. Abt 1824, Weymouth, Dorset, England See the place on a map and other information about it - if available (many more will be in time); also all individuals with events at this location,   d. Jun Q 1895, Gravesend Reg Dist, Kent, England See the place on a map and other information about it - if available (many more will be in time); also all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 71 years)  (Mother) 
    Notes 
    • Age at death given as 57; birth registration suggests 61 -  but census was out too. Death and census give name as Bessie (H) but marr and birth cert show Elizabeth Harriet.
    Person ID I525  All | England: Kent Group (in Go(a)tham One-Name Study), England: Kent Group - subjects of Go(a)tham One-Name Study, All in the Goatham / Gotham One-Name Study , All subjects of the Goatham / Gotham One-Name Study, The descendants (and other halves) of George Goatham and Ann née Winch, The descendants (and other halves) of John Prior and Amy née Reynolds
    Last Modified 9 Aug 2024 

    Father Luke WATTS,   b. 12 Dec 1820, Radipole, Dorset, England See the place on a map and other information about it - if available (many more will be in time); also all individuals with events at this location,   d. Mar Q 1888, Weymouth Reg Dist, Dorset, England See the place on a map and other information about it - if available (many more will be in time); also all individuals with events at this location  (Age 67 years) 
    Mother Elizabeth Emma DUNNING,   b. Abt 1824, Weymouth, Dorset, England See the place on a map and other information about it - if available (many more will be in time); also all individuals with events at this location,   d. Jun Q 1895, Gravesend Reg Dist, Kent, England See the place on a map and other information about it - if available (many more will be in time); also all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 71 years) 
    Married Jun Q 1849  Weymouth Reg Dist, Dorset, England See the place on a map and other information about it - if available (many more will be in time); also all individuals with events at this location 
    • GRO ref: Watts, Luke to Dunning, Elizabeth Emma q2 1849 Weymouth RD 8 293
    Family ID F9335  Family Group Page  |  Family Chart

    Family Frederick Arthur GOATHAM,   b. Sep Q 1853, Newington next Sittingbourne, Kent, England See the place on a map and other information about it - if available (many more will be in time); also all individuals with events at this location,   d. Jun Q 1927, Medway Reg Dist, Kent, England See the place on a map and other information about it - if available (many more will be in time); also all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 74 years) 
    Married Dec Q 1876  Weymouth Reg Dist, Dorset, England See the place on a map and other information about it - if available (many more will be in time); also all individuals with events at this location 
    • GRO ref: Gotham, Frederick Arthur to WATTS, Elizabeth Harriet q4 1876 Weymouth RD 5a 760
    Children 2 children 
    Last Modified 6 Dec 2019 
    Family ID F387  Family Group Page  |  Family Chart

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    Link to Google MapsChild - Erroll Cecil Frederick GOATHAM - 2 Oct 1877 - Croydon, Surrey, England See the place on a map and other information about it - if available (many more will be in time); also all individuals with events at this location Link to Google Earth (if installed; see link below to install)
    Link to Google MapsChild - Emmie Sibil GOATHAM - 20 Feb 1887 - Maidstone, Kent, England See the place on a map and other information about it - if available (many more will be in time); also all individuals with events at this location Link to Google Earth (if installed; see link below to install)
    Link to Google MapsBuried - 2 Sep 1912 - Grange Road Cemetery, Gillingham, Kent, England See the place on a map and other information about it - if available (many more will be in time); also all individuals with events at this location Link to Google Earth (if installed; see link below to install)
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