I would really like to know what happened to my 3x great aunt, born
Sarah Annie Florence Davenport on the 4th May 1864, in Basford, Nottinghamshire.
She was the daughter of William and Jane Elizabeth (formerly Skillman).
Sarah married Henry Shearman Gotts in Hackney in 1888 and had the following children:
Gladys Davenport Gotts
Harry Davenport Gotts
Jack William Davenport Gotts
Leslie Davenport Gotts
Arthur Davenport Gotts
I have Sarah on all the census up to 1911. In 1911 she is in Wandsworth, recorded as
Annie Gotts and is the Head of the household.
http://search.ancestry.co.uk/cgi-bin...565196&recoff=
I saw on another website, that her husband went to America in 1903, but he came back as he died 1926 in Epping.
A contact of mine says that family stories told that Sarah was an alocholic who was "put away" somewhere. I do not know how true this is. Another tale they had was that her husband Henry Shearman Gotts had a "lady friend" later in life and noone remembers Sarah.
I wondered if perhaps she had gone to America as her husband did as I have been unable to find any death records anywhere.
Apparently, Henry Shearman Gotts' will makes no mention of Sarah, although I have not seen this myself.
I think I have possibly asked about this before, but if anyone has any good ideas they would be gratefully received.
Many thanks for looking,
Tom
Just to add - I have looked under various names and combinations of her first names but to no avail.