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Maggie Alice Gwendoline ("Dollie") INMAN
1883 - 1965 (82 years)
Has 39 ancestors and 5 descendants in this family tree.
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Name Maggie Alice Gwendoline ("Dollie") INMAN Nickname Dollie Relationship 
with Teresa Ann GOATHAM Born 21 Mar 1883 22, Fawcett Street, Fulham, London, England 
- GRO ref: INMAN, Maggie Alice G q2 1883 Kensington RD 1a 171; GRO online index shows 3rd Christian name as Gwendoline and mother's maiden name as Swan
(Nr Brompton, Kensington?)
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(Shown with correct date and month but wrong year in the 1939 registration (image on FMP, viewed Dec 2015)
Birth certificate for Maggie Alice Gwendoline Inman Baptised 13 Sep 1883 - Letter from Vicar at time of confirmation - which I need to re-find to check which church!
Gender Female Illness Abt 1890 St. James’ Church, Picadilly, London, England Meningitis - As a girl she had meningitis and wasn't expected to live. She was prayed for at St. James Church, Picadilly, and recovered fully.
Residence 1891 91, St. George’s Square, London, England - In the 1891 census she is shown as a "visitor" at this address, but as her parents were living here (as butler / domestic and cook) then I assume it was her home.
Education 1892 South Belgravia, London, England Anglo-French School - Name of school from a book - "Our Dolly: her words and ways" by R. H. Read (1883), given to her as a school prize at Christimas 1892..
Residence From 1900 to 1911 The Golf Club House, Hengrove, Margate, Kent, England With her father - A 12 roomed house - possibly included rooms used by the golfers.
She was living here by the time her mother died in 1900, and still here with her father and step-mother in 1911.
Confirmation 28 Mar 1905 Holy Trinity Church, Margate, Kent, England - by the Archbishop Of Canterbury
(seen Confirmation certificate)
First Communion 2 Apr 1905 - on confirmation certificate
Residence From 1915 to 1956 Balham, London, England - I'm not quite sure when my grandparents moved from Margate to Balham, clearly sometime between their marriage (1911) and my father's birth (1921) - I'll try to get closer from letters etc. that I may have, and from electoral rolls.
Census29 Sep 1939 46a, Dornton Road, Balham, London, England Pet name Dollie - From quite a young age she seems to have been known to everyone as Dollie. I was told by my parents (her son and daughter-in-law) this was due to her having sung a song (at church socials or similar) about a Dollie. I don't know what the song was; it was not, I understood, 'Goodbye Dolly Gray'.
Residence 1952 112, Gosberton Road, Balham, London, England - By the time my parents met in 1952 she was living in Gosberton Road.
Residence to 1956 3, Martindale Road, Balham, London, England Residence From 1956 to 1964 85, Beaumont Road, Petts Wood, Orpington, Kent, England With her son and his family Residence From 1964 to 1965 Lubbock House, Tubbenden Lane, Orpington, Kent, England In a residential home - When my brother was born there wasn't room for 2 children in the small (roughly 6' square bedroom) - my grandmother chose to go into a home rather than have this small room as her bedroom.
Died 29 Apr 1965 Lubbock House, Tubbenden Lane, Orpington, Kent, England Cause: 1a) myocardial insufficiency/(b) hypertensive heart disease - GRO ref: GOATHAM, Maggie A G q2 1965 aged 82 Bromley RD 5a 482
Funeral 5 May 1965 St. Francis’ Church, Petts Wood, Kent, England Buried 5 May 1965 The Cemetery, Margate, Kent, England - Following funeral earlier the same day.
My grandparents grave in Margate
The grave of my paternal grandparents and one great grandmother in Margate Cemetery.Siblings1 brother and 1 sister Patriarch & Matriarch 
John INMAN, d. Yes, date unknown (2 x Great Grandfather)
Ann, d. Yes, date unknown (3 x Great Grandmother)Person ID I93 All | Teresa's direct ancestors, 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 Charles Goatham and Sybilla née Hunt, The descendants (and other halves) of George Goatham and Ann née Winch, The Inman eighth - ancestors and descendants of Philip Inman and Sarah née Craven, The descendants (and other halves) of John Prior and Amy née Reynolds, The descendants (and other halves) of Richard Whitehead and Mary née Grigsby Last Modified 19 May 2021
Father John INMAN, b. 12 Sep 1846, Knaresborough, Yorkshire, England , d. 21 Jul 1931, 17, Belmont Road, Harrogate, Yorkshire, England (Age 84 years)
Other Partners: Rose Annie DOLLIMORE m. Dec Q 1910Mother Jane SWAN, b. 3 Mar 1844, St. Gregory by St. Pauls, London, England , d. 11 Nov 1900, The Golf Club House, Hengrove, Margate, Kent, England (Age 56 years) Married 1 Nov 1872 St. George’s Church, Hanover Square, London, England - How did John and Jane meet? At the time of the census, i.e. 2nd / 3rd April 1871 Jane was working in Devon; their 1st child was conceived in about May 1872. But families such as the Rolles would generally be in London for the London Season, which started after Easter and went on until 12th August. In 1872 Easter was 31st March, so it may be supposed that Jane accompanied her mistress to London soon after that, and met up with John in London. It would seem likely that she already knew him rather than that a quick courtship led to the pregnancy.
Was John working in Devon too - perhaps for the Rolle family? Or did he accompany his employee on a visit to Jane's and they met as a consequence? If he did work for the Duke of Westminster he could have met when Jane was living in Taplow or visiting her parents there - maybe she had worked in Taplow before taking up the position with the Rolle family.
In 1871 the butler working for the Rolle family, George Mount, was, like John, Yorkshire born. However, George came from Wentworth, about 50 miles from Knaresborough so it is unlikely that he knew John in Yorkshire. (He was also about 13 years older than John) Having their Yorkshire roots in common, though, may have led to a friendship between George and John and may have led to John being introduced by George to Jane.
Witnesses to the marriage: James Kidgers and Margaret Swan (Margaret being Jane's sister)
I had wondered if there had been other children of the marriage, though my grandmother's apparent concern to visit the grave of her sister suggested not. Whilst Inman is a common name in Yorkshire, it was not common 'down south', but with the family living in London there were too many Inman births to be sure, without a mother's maiden name in indexes. With the introdution of this in the new GRO online index (new in Nov 2016) it seems there were no others. (Searching from 1871-1895, but the quality does leave something to be desired; there is no sign of the birth of their son John)
Certificate for the marriage of John Inman to Jane Swan
Actual PR entry (i.e. with original signatures) can be viewed on AncestryPhotos 
John Inman and his first wife Jane Inman nee Swan (my great grandparents)
Unmarked but believed to be this couple by older family members - none of whom would have known Jane but who would have remembered JohnFamily ID F49 Family Group Page | Family Chart
Family Charles Robert ("Charlie") GOATHAM, b. 6 Jul 1885, 2, Westbrook Cottages, Westbrook, Kent, England , d. 10 Apr 1951, St. John‘s Hospital, St. John‘s Hill, London, England (Age 65 years) Married 31 Oct 1911 St. James’ Church, Westgate on Sea, Kent, England - GRO ref: Goatham, Charles R to Inman, Maggie A G q4 1911 Thanet RD 2a 2285
Children + 1. Eric Herbert John GOATHAM, b. 11 May 1921, 46a, Dornton Road, Balham, London, England , d. 23 Feb 2004, Salisbury District Hospital, Wiltshire, England (Age 82 years)▻ Brenda Evelyn BAILEY m. 7 Jul 1956Photos 
Last Modified 18 Dec 2019 Family ID F48 Family Group Page | Family Chart
- GRO ref: INMAN, Maggie Alice G q2 1883 Kensington RD 1a 171; GRO online index shows 3rd Christian name as Gwendoline and mother's maiden name as Swan