NameCharlotte Amyand Powys Adams MBE [3, Birth, Q1 of 1869, Chertsey dist, vol 2A, p. 44], [4, 1871 ref: RG10, piece 1640, folio 129, p. 3], [411, 1901 at 9, Fisher Street, Kinsale, Cork, Ireland], [411, 1911 ref: at 9, Fisher Street, Kinsale, Cork]
Birthca Feb 1868, Horsall, Surrey
Baptism31 Jan 1869, St Mary, Horsell, Surrey
Death16 Aug 1940, Westfield, Tenterden, Kent
General1st dau. She had a total of ten children.
Spouses
2Richard Charles Pratt [206, Birth on 4th Jan 1869 at Long Quay, Kinsale, Co Cork, Ireland], [3, Marriage, Q3 of 1898, Dunmow district, vol 4A, p. 1225]
Notes for Charlotte Amyand Powys Adams MBE
Her birth index:
Name: Mother's Maiden Surname:
ADAMS, CHARLOTTE AMYANEL POWYS BAILLEY [ sic ]
GRO Reference: 1869 M Quarter in CHERTSEY Volume 02A Page 44
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Her baptism register image, thanks Ancestry, transcript made by me:
> Horsell, St Mary > 1852-1881
“Baptisms solemnized in the Parish of Horsell
“ in the County of Surrey in the Year 1868/69
“. . . .
When Baptised: “1869 Janry. 31st
No: “470
Child’s Forename: “Charlotte Amyand Powys
Parents’ Forenames: ”Henry Atherton & Mary Louisa
Parents’ Surname: “Adams
Abode: “Horsell
Profession: “Esqre.
Celebrant: “Albert Mangles
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Charlotte has a family tree for her on Ancestry which has been invaluable in finding publicly available source documents. One day I hope to find out who the author was and to thank them.
However…
On the Adams/Heard/Pratt (Kinsale) Family Tree on Ancestry there are indeed the six children of Chalotte’s first marriage and five children for her second marriage. The five children of her second marriage include one Edward Heaton Pratt who is said to have been born on 17 July 1898 at Kinsale. This was a month before her second marriage, on 16th August 1898 and the author of the Family Tree says “Son, Edward was one month old at the time of his parents marriage!”. This bit of salacious news adds to the credibility of the assertion about Edward.
Let’s consider the evidence:
1. There is no birth record for any Edward Pratt in Kinsale, Co Cork in 1898.
2. In the 1901 census, there is no sign of Edward Pratt who would by then have been 3 and surely with his parents.
3. In the 1911 census Charlotte, presumably, said that this marriage had had four children all of whom were alive. I would have expected her to have included a child who was born one month before their marriage, but the four children can separately be accounted for by public records and of Edward there is no sign and no recognition that he was ever a member of this family.
My view is that the solution to this is that there is another Kinsale on this earth and it is in Virginia, USA. Either Ancestry’s family tree generation system got confused between the two OR the compiler of the family tree did not do the checks I have done OR the compiler of the tree was trying to bolt on an unrelated family to these Pratts of Co Cork, Ireland who were also descendants of significant landowning families: Charlotte is descended from some Powyses of Shropshire who married a lady from a Littleton family and which Littletons have a fairly well documented descent from the illegitimate granddaughter of Henry IV, the first Lancastrian king of England and was, of course, of the Plantagenet royal dynasty.
I have no idea how the compiler came to allow this Edward Heaton Pratt to be included but the tragedy of Ancestry’s Family Tree system is that there is no way of adding a correction or a comment to an apparently false set of date.
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In 1901 she had her new husband and a total of seven children at 9, Fisher Street, Kinsale, Cork
Marital
Surname Forename Age Sex Role Faith Birth place Occupation Literacy Status
Pratt Richard Charles 32 M Head CofI Kinsale, Co Cork - R+W M
Pratt C Amyand Powys 32 F Wife CofE Surrey, England - R+W M
Heard Margaret M Atherton 10 F SDau CofI Cork, Ireland - R+W S
Heard Evelyn M Warren 8 F SDau CofI Kinsale, Ireland - R+W S
Heard K. Fierenza V. Serbath 7 F SDau CofI Florence, Italy - R+W S
Heard Robert Henry Warren 6 M SSon CofI Co Cork - R+W S
Heard Dorothy Amyand 4 F SDau CofI Co Cork - - S
Pratt Francis R Atherton 1 M Son CofE Essex, England - - S
Pratt Amyaud M Atherton 0 F Daur CofI Kinsale, Co Cork - - S
Chapman Fanney 42 F Serv CofE Berks, England Nurse R+W M
Gardon Evelyn Mary 27 F Gnss CofE Milan, Italy Gvnss R+W S
Good Mary Anne 27 F Serv CofI Phale, Co Cork Nurse R+W S
MacCarthy Katharine Josephine 23 F Serv RC Belgooley, Cork Cook R+W S
Bennett Robert 21 M Serv RC Kinsale, Co Cork Butler R+W S
Cronin Mary Margaret 21 F Serv RC Cloyne, Co Cork Nurse R+W S
1901 at 9, Fisher Street, Kinsale, Cork, Ireland
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In 1911 she declared she had had four children, all still alive, in this marriage and all were at 9, Fisher Street, Kinsale, Cork:
Birth Mar Marriage
Surname Forename Age Sex Role Faith place Occupation Educ Lang Stat Yrs Bth Alv
Pratt Richard 42 M Head CofI Co Cork No profession R&W E&I M - - -
Pratt Amyand 42 F Wife CofI Surrey - R&W E M 14 4 4
Heard Dorothy 14 F SDau CofI Co Cork - R&W E S - - -
Pratt Mary 10 F Daur CofI Co Cork - R&W E S - - -
Pratt James 8 M Son CofI Co Cork - R+W E S - - -
Pratt Elizabeth 5 F Daur CofI Co Cork - R+W E S - - -
Long Michael 27 M Serv RC Tipperary Butler R+W E S - - -
McCarthy Ellen 33 F Serv RC Co Cork Cook R+W E S - - -
Scannell Mary 42 F Serv RC Co Cork Housemaid R+W E S - - -
Crowely Annie 23 F Serv RC Co Cork Housemaid R+W E S - - -
Hill Ellen 16 F Serv RC Cork Nursemaid R+W E S - - -
1911 ref: at 9, Fisher Street, Kinsale, Cork
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London Gazette
30 March 1920, p. 3855: Charlotte Amyand Powys, Mrs Pratt.
Valuable work for the Red Cross and in connection with
War Charities in County Kerry.
27 July 1920, p. 7854 with some amendments a repeat of the above:
CENTRAL CHANCERY OF THE ORDERS OF KNIGHTHOOD
St James’s Palace, S.W., 27th July 1920
ORDER OF THE BRITISH EMPIRE
Commanders
. . . .
Officers
. . . .
Members
. . . .
PAGE 3855——Charlotte Amyand Powys, Mrs Pratt.
Valuable work for the Red Cross, and in
connection with War Charities in County Cork.
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Her death index:
Name: Age at Death (in years):
PRATT, CHARLOTTE AMYAND POWYS 71
GRO Reference: 1940 S Quarter in TENTERDEN Volume 02A Page 2558 Occasional Copy: A
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Will notes for Charlotte Amyand Powys Adams MBE
Her probate index:
1941
Pratt Charlotte Amyand Powys of Chart House Great Chart Kent widow died 16 August 1940 at Westfield Tenterden Kent Probate Llandudno 29 July to The Public Trustee.
Effects £1239 13s. 10d.
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Notes for Robert Wilkes & Charlotte Amyand Powys (Family)
From The Essex Newsman of Chelmsford on 23 June 1888:
“ A FASHIONABLE WEDDING AT HARLOW
“
“A fashionable wedding, which excited great interest in the neighbourhood, took place at Harlow parish church on Wednesday morning, the contracting parties being Miss Charlotte Amyand Powys, elder daughter of Mr, Henry Atherton Adams, J.P., of Wynters, Harlow, and Mr Robert Wilkes Heard, eldest son of Mr. Robert Heard, J.P., of Pallastown, Kinsale, Co. Cork.
[rest of wedding report]
The above report means that the wedding occurred on 20th June 1888.
In the margin was this information: “
Nicholas Cook originally shared this on 30 Sep 2015”, possibly he is the master-mind for this Family Tree on Ancestree.
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And an abstract provided by Ancestry from the Marriage Register:
Name: Charlotte Amyand Powys Adams
Gender: Female
Marriage Age: 19
Birth Date: abt 1869
Marriage Date: 20 Jun 1888
Marriage Place: Harlow, St Mary and St Hugh, Essex, England
Father: Henry Atherton Adams
Spouse: Robert Wilkes Heard
Search Photos: Search for 'Harlow, St Mary and St Hugh'
in the UK City, Town and Village Photos collection
Source Description: Marriage Register; Service of Church: Registers of Baptisms,
Marriages and Burials; Incumbent; Harlow, St Mary and St Hugh;
Parish Records;1837-1903
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Notes for Richard Charles & Charlotte Amyand Powys (Family)
Their marriage index:
First name(s) Richard Charles
Last name Pratt
Marriage quarter 3
Marriage year 1898
Marriage Finder Richard Charles Pratt married one of these people
Charlotte Amyand Heard
District Dunmow
County Essex
Country England
Volume 4A
Page number 1225
Record set England & Wales Marriages 1837-2005
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