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Name	William Knight WENHAM [8]
Birth	Male; 17 Dec 1874; Edgbaston, Birmingham UK
Baptism	20 Apr 1891
Death	30 Apr 1956, age 81; Whyteleafe, Surrey, UK
Occupation	Accountant
Residence	UK
Father	Alfred Ebenezer WENHAM (1839 - 1933)
Mother	Sarah Jane KNIGHT (~1840 - 1901)

Spouses:

1	Married
Name	Florence Evelyn ADKINS [8]
Birth	Female; 31 Jan 1882
Baptism	14 Jun 1882; St. Nicholas′s Church, Kings Norton, Staffordshire, UK
Baptism Memo	Sponsors: Henry & Julia ADKINS grandparents, Sarah ADKINS
Death	19 Sep 1936, age 54; Surrey, UK
Death Memo	Illness while recovering from her mother′s recent death [11]
Residence	UK
Father	Thomas ADKINS (1850 - 1922)
Mother	Ellen SOTHAM (1843 - 1936)

Marriage	3 Sep 1902, Lickey Church, Barnt Green, Worcestershire UK [8]
Marriage Memo	From family bible

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)


2	Married
Name	Ethel Julia FINNIS
Birth	Female; 1883
Death	1960, age about 77
Residence	UK

Marriage

1937, Surrey, UK

No issue

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]

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.

Sources

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

Person record last updated: 16 Jan 2026
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