Charlotte (1797-1859)

  • Name:

  • Charlotte

  • Sex:

  • Female

  • Father:

  • -

  • Mother:

  • -

Individual Events and Attributes

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1841, 1841 Census for Household of Charlotte Adams in Pill, Somerset

  • Birth:

  • 1797

  • Pill, Somerset1 2

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  • Using her ages (46 and 54) given in the 1841 and 1851 Censuses and her age (62) given in her burial record it is most probable that she was born in 1787. The 1841 Census records that she was born in Somerset while the 1851 Census is more specific in recording her birthplace as St George, Somerset. St George indicates that she was born in Pill.

  • Parent:

  • 7 Oct 1821 (age 23-24)

  • Baptism of son James

  • Parent:

  • 9 Nov 1823 (age 25-26)

  • Baptism of son William

  • Parent:

  • 4 Mar 1827 (age 29-30)

  • Baptism of daughter Charlotte

  • Parent:

  • 28 Feb 1830 (age 32-33)

  • Baptism of son Benjamin Hellen

  • Parent:

  • 14 Nov 1832 (age 34-35)

  • Baptism of daughter Martha

  • Spouse:

  • 9 Aug 1835 (age 37-38)

  • Her husband James was buried in St George's Parish Church graveyard

  • Census:

  • 6 Jun 1841 (age 44)

  • Pill, Somerset3

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  • Address: Myrtle Hill

    The household consisted of Charlotte and her children James (age 18), William (age 15), Charlotte (age 12), Benjamin (age 9) and Matha (age 6). Charlotte (the mother) was working as a charwoman because her husband James had died in 1835 as were her sons James who was a sailor and Benjamin who was an agricultural labourer. There was also a family of Adamses living next door. John Adams could well have been Charlotte's brother-in-law. Both he and his son John were watermen i.e. they worked on the Bristol pilot cutters.

  • Daughter's marriage:

  • 28 Nov 1847 (age 49-50)

  • Marriage of daughter Charlotte to Nathaniel Walters Gilmour

  • Census (living with aunt):

  • 30 Mar 1851 (age 53-54)

  • 1851 Census. Living with aunt

  • Death:

  • 7 Aug 1859 (age 62)

  • Pill, Somerset4

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  • Cause: phthisis (tuberculosis) which she had suffered from for some years

    Elizabeth Ann Adams was with her when she died but the relationship between the two is unknown. She may have been her sister-in-law. Her registered age was 62 which agrees well with her age calculated from the 1841 and 1851 Censuses.

  • Death:

  • 12 Aug 1859 (age 61-62)

  • St George, Bedminster, Somerset5 6

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  • Her death was reported to the Registrar by Elizabrh Ann Adams who may have been her sister-in-law.

  • Burial:

  • 14 Aug 1859 (age 62)

  • the Parish Church of St George graveyard7

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  • Address: Pill, Somerset

    The service was performed by the Rev. Charles Wilton who recorded her age as 62 in the Burial Register. It is assumed that members of her family were present at the funeral but which ones are not known.

Marriage

Individual Note

As a record of her marriage to James Adams which, based on the date of birth of their oldest child James, took place c.1820 could not be found it is not possible to determine Charlotte's surname and thus possibly her baptismal record and parents' names.

Sources

1.

1841 England Census for Household of Charlotte Adams in Pill, Easton in Gordano, Somerset, (FMP website). Custom Id: HO107/956, Book 5, Folio 7, Page 6; Charlotte Adams age 46 born in Somerset. National Archives. Call Number: HO107/956/5.

2.

1851 England Census for Household of Mary Press in Easton in Gordano, Somerset, (FMP website). Charlotte Adams age 54 born in St George, Somerset. National Archives. Call Number: HO107/1946.

3.

1841 England Census for Household of Charlotte Adams in Pill, Easton in Gordano, Somerset, (FMP website). Custom Id: HO107/956, Book 5, Folio 7, Page 6; Cit. Date: 6 June 1841. National Archives. Call Number: HO107/956/5.

4.

Certified Copy for an Entry of Death for Charlotte Adams, Name Of Person: Charlotte Adams, Registration District: Bedminster, Certificate No.: DYC 765676, (7 Aug 1859, Registration Date, 12 Aug 1859). DistrictBedminsterSub-DistrictSaint GeorgeCountySomersetDate of Death7 Aug 1859Place of DeathPill, St GeorgeNameCharlotte AdamsAge62 yearsOccupationWidow of James Adams, a WatermanCause of DeathPhthisis Some Years Certified ByCertifiedInformant's SignatureElizabeth Ann Adams present at the deathInformant's Description---Informant's ResidencePill, St George.

5.

CRI(E&W) for Death of Charlotte Adams, Event Type: Death, Registration District: Bedminster, Volume: 5c, Page: 477, (Period, Jul-Sep 1859). CRI(E&W) for Death of Charlotte Adams (630)Quarter and Year Jul-Sep 1859Surname AdamsGiven Names CharlotteAge ---Registration District Bedminster. General Register Office. Call Number: Deaths.

6.

Certified Copy for an Entry of Death for Charlotte Adams, Name Of Person: Charlotte Adams, Registration District: Bedminster, Certificate No.: DYC 765676, (7 Aug 1859, Registration Date, 12 Aug 1859). Informant's SignatureElizabeth Ann Adams present at the deathInformant's Description---Informant's ResidencePill, St GeorgeDate Registered12 Aug 1859RegistrarJohn Harris, Registrar.

7.

Register Entry for the Burial of Charlotte Adams, Record Type: Burial, Name Of Person: Charlotte Adams, Parish: Easton-in-Gordano, (14 Aug 1859). ChurchParish Church of St GeorgeParish Easton-in-GordanoDenominationChurch of EnglandFull Name Charlotte AdamsAbodePill Date of Burial14 Aug1859Age 62Performed byCharles J. WiltonDesignation---. Somerset Records Office. Call Number: D\P\e.in.g/2/1/13.

8.

Rev. W Mirehouse, Register Entry for the Baptism of James Adams in Easton in Gordano, (Ancestry website). Custom Id: Baptisms 1821 Page 74, No. 586; CountySomersetDate of Baptism7 Oct 1821ForenameJamesFather's NameJames White AdamsMother's NameCharlotte AdamsAbodePill. Somerset Records Office. Call Number: D\P\e.in.g/2/1/9.