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Parents:
Alfred Ebenezer WENHAM
(1839 - 1933)
Thomas ADKINS
(1850 - 1922)
Sarah Jane KNIGHT
(~1840 - 1901)
Ellen SOTHAM
(1843 - 1936)

Married: 3 Sep 1902; Lickey Church, Barnt Green, Worcestershire UK
From family bible [8]
William Knight WENHAM
(1874 - 1956)
Florence Evelyn ADKINS
(1882 - 1936)
 bd.  17 Dec 1874;
Edgbaston, Birmingham UK
 bpd.  20 Apr 1891
 dd.  30 Apr 1956, age 81;
Whyteleafe, Surrey, UK
 occ.  Accountant
 res.  UK
 src.   [8]
 bd.  31 Jan 1882
 bpd.  14 Jun 1882;
St. Nicholas′s Church, Kings Norton, Staffordshire, UK;
Sponsors: Henry & Julia ADKINS grandparents, Sarah ADKINS
 dd.  19 Sep 1936, age 54;
Surrey, UK;
Illness while recovering from her mother′s recent death [11]
 res.  UK
 src.   [8]
Spouses:
Florence Evelyn ADKINS
Ethel Julia FINNIS

Children (4):

Eleanor WENHAM (1910 - 2003)
Diana Susan WENHAM (1911 - 2009)
John Willliam WENHAM (1913 - ~1996)
Nora WENHAM (1916 - 2006)


Adopted child (1):

Francis Arthur SOTHAM (1896 - 1981)
Child′s birth family

Family notes for William Knight WENHAM and Florence Evelyn ADKINS

William Knight WENHAM and his first wife, Florence Evelyn ADKINS, did not legally adopt Francis Arthur SOTHAM but became his guardian after the early death of his mother.

Notes for Florence Evelyn ADKINS

On death of her mother she went to Eastbourne with Katharine Mary ADKINS to recover and most unfortunately caught a fatal illness. [8]

Sources

8.  Document, Evelyn GOODMAN research
11.  Interview, 21 July 2001, Dennis ADKINS, In conversation with STB

Family record last updated: 16 Jan 2026

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