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EDGOOSE, William
1850 - 1850 (0 years) Has 11 ancestors but no descendants in this family tree.
1817 - 1906 (89 years)-
Name EDGOOSE, William Birth 19 Oct 1850 Wisbech, Cambridgeshire 
Gender Male Death 4 Nov 1850 Wisbech St. Peter, Cambridgeshire, England Burial 6 Nov 1850 Wisbech St. Peter, Cambridgeshire, England Person ID I354 Edgoose Last Modified 3 Feb 2026
Mother HUDSON, Patience, b. 5 Jan 1817, West Walton, Norfolk d. 23 Aug 1906, Tilney St. Lawrence, Norfolk, England (Age 89 years) Marriage NO MARRIAGE INFORMATION Family ID F211 Group Sheet | Family Chart
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Birth - 19 Oct 1850 - Wisbech, Cambridgeshire 
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WILLIAM EDGOOSE 1850-1850
William EDGOOSE or EDGOODE was born at Little South Street, Wisbech, Cambridgeshire, on 19 October 1850, the illegitimate son of Patience EDGOOSE of the same address, widow of Stanton EDGOOSE.
(GRO December Q 1850 Wisbech 14 181)
He died at Little South Street, Wisbech, on 4 November 1850 of "natural want of vitality" and was buried at Wisbech St. Peter on 6 November aged 0. The Cambridge Chronicle dated 9 November 1850 carries the following report: "WISBECH. An inquesest was held at the Crown Tavern, on Tuesday last, before Mr. Wm. PRATT, on the body of an infant son of Mrs. EDGOOSE, of West Walton, who died on Sunday morning, at Mrs. Nape's, in Timber Market, under whose care it had been placed. It appeared in evidence that the child died from natural causes, and a verdict to that effect was returned."
(GRO December Q 1850 Wisbech 14 125)
NOTES & QUERIES:
1) Timber Market is now known as Norfolk Street East.
2) Who was the father of Patience EDGOOSE's illegitimate children?
Patience EDGOOSE's husband Stanton died on 17 March 1845 in the presence of Joseph BATTERHAM. Subsequently Patience gave birth to James (Great Grandfather of Michael James EDGOOSE) on 2 April 1847, Charles on 19 May 1849, William on 19 October 1850, Benjamin John on 19 May 1852, and twins Benjamin and Selina on 1 August 1854.
Burt EDGOOSE told me that he thought Robert, Stanton's elder brother, whose wife Judith had died in April 1842, was the father. He certainly never remarried and thanks to the land and money which his wife inherited from her grandfather a few years before she died he was able to describe himself as an 'annuitant' or 'of independent means'. He may well have thought it his duty to look after Patience and her children. Whilst no documentary evidence has been found, DNA tests in February 2006 on Michael James EDGOOSE and John Samuel EDGOOSE proved conclusively that Robert EDGOOSE was the father of Patience's son James EDGOOSE.
Before she died Bertha CURTIS (nee EDGOOSE) told me that as a young girl in West Walton she had heard a whisper that George BATTERHAM was the father of Benjamin. Impossible as it happens as he wasn't born until 1867! Raymond BENNETT told me in 1969 that the father of Benjamin and Selina was called BATTERHAM. Intriguingly, Joseph BATTERHAM was present when James EDGOOSE died and he informed the registrar. Joseph BATTERHAM married Mary Ann, the daughter of Joseph OLDFIELD who had married Stanton EDGOOSE's sister Ann in 1818, and had sons George BATTERHAM and John Stanton BATTERHAM. Of course this proves nothing, but it does prove that Joseph BATTERHAM and Patience EDGOOSE knew each other. Raymond BENNETT also told me that Patience was Joseph BATTERHAM's cousin.
There is absolutely no documentary evidence that Robert EDGOOSE, brother of Patience's late husband Stanton EDGOOSE, is the father of William or any of her other children except James. All that has been proved is that DNA testing has shown that Robert was the father of Patience's son James EDGOOSE born in 1847.
(revised 25.01.2012)