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EDGOOSE, Charles (1849-1849)
Charles EDGOOSE was born at Little South Street, Wisbech, Cambridgeshire, on 19 May 1849, the illegitimate son of Patience EDGOOSE of the same address, widow of Stanton EDGOOSE.
(GRO June Q 1849 Wisbech 14 200)
He was baptised at Wisbech St. Peter on 13 June 1849, son of Patience EDGOOSE, singlewoman, of Walton.
(CFHS Transcript)
Chares EDGOOSE, son of Patience EDGOOSE, died at Little South Street, Wisbech St. Peter, Cambridgeshire, on 26 July 1849 aged 9 weeks. Cause of death was Congenital Debility. The informant on 28 July 1849 was Hannah KNAPE of Little South Street, Wisbech St. Peter, present at the death.
(GRO September Q 1849 Wisbech 14 122)
An entry in the burial register of the parish church of Wisbech St. Peter refers to Charles EDGOOSE of Timber Market, Wisbech, aged 2 months. He was buried on 29 July. Hannah KNAPE of Little South Street, Wisbech, was present. Cause of death was Congenital Debility.
(CFHS Transcript)
(www.freereg.org.uk burials has 20 July)
NOTES & QUERIES 1:
From the 1851 census of Little South Street, Wisbech St. Peter, Cambridgeshire:
John KNAPE, head, married, aged 39, hay cutter, born at Walsoken, Norfolk;
*Hannah KNAPE, wife, married, aged 42, laundress, born at Wisbech, Cambridgeshire;
John KNAPE, son, unmarried, aged 14, errand boy, born at Walsoken, Norfolk;
Henry KNAPE, son, aged 9, scholar, born at Wisbech, Cambridgeshire;
James KNAPE, son, aged 5, scholar, born at Wisbech, Cambridgeshire;
William WILSON, son, married, aged 20, shop porter, born at Walsoken, Norfolk;
Hannah WILSON, daughter-in-law, married, aged 21, born at Wisbech, Cambridgeshire;
John W. WILSON, grandson, aged 1, born at Wisbech, Cambridgeshire.
(HO107/1766/501/37)
NOTES & QUERIES 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 (formerly 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 Charles 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 09.02.2026)
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