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Mercy HOUGHTON



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Name Mercy HOUGHTON Relationship with Teresa Ann GOATHAM Born Abt 1823 Ospringe, Kent, England Gender Female Died Dec Q 1905 Gravesend Reg Dist, Kent, England - GRO ref: Goatham, Mercy q4 1905 aged 82 Gravesend RD 02A 360 (from GRO online, not found on FreeBMD)
Buried 27 Dec 1905 Norwood Cemetery, Norwood Road, Lambeth, London, England - The burial register shows Mercy was not living where her husband had been living when he died 14 years earlier, but in Gravesend, at 237 Old Road West. Her age was given as 82, consistent with the date of birth suggested by census returns.
Notes - Living with dau Elizabeth and her family, 1891 in Norwood Road, shortly after her husband's death; still with them, but now living in Camberwell, at the time of the 1901 census.
Person ID I459 All | England: Kent Group (in Go(a)tham One-Name Study), England: Kent Group - subjects of Go(a)tham One-Name Study, All in the Goatham / Gotham One-Name Study , All subjects of the Goatham / Gotham One-Name Study, The descendants (and other halves) of George Goatham and Ann née Winch, The descendants (and other halves) of John Prior and Amy née Reynolds Last Modified 16 Nov 2019
Father George HOUGHTON, b. Abt 1795, Water Lane, Ospringe, Kent, England , d. Sep Q 1866, Faversham Reg Dist, Kent, England
(Age ~ 71 years)
Mother Elizabeth Ann CREED, b. 4 Jan 1798, d. Mar Q 1847, Faversham Reg Dist, Kent, England (Age 48 years)
Married 24 Dec 1815 St. Michael and All Angels’ Church, Throwley, Kent, England - From PR entry (image on FMP, viewed 16 May 2017)
Shows George Houghton of Ospringe, Elizabeth Creed of Throwley
Children + 1. Mercy HOUGHTON, b. Abt 1823, Ospringe, Kent, England , d. Dec Q 1905, Gravesend Reg Dist, Kent, England
(Age ~ 82 years)
Family ID F8913 | Family Chart
Family Michael GOATHAM, b. 1814, Bredgar, Kent, England , d. 15 Feb 1891, 81, Summer Road, Croydon, Surrey, England
(Age 77 years)
Married 26 Feb 1844 St. Mary’s Church, Chatham, Kent, England - GRO ref: GOATHAM, Michael to HOUGHTON, Mercy q1 1844 Medway RD 5 343
Parish Register entry for the marriage of Michael Goatham to Mercy Houghton Children
3 children Last Modified 19 Nov 2016 Family ID F270 | Family Chart
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Event Map Click to hide Born - Abt 1823 - Ospringe, Kent, England Child born - Sophia GOATHAM - Dec Q 1844 - Faversham, Kent, England Married - 26 Feb 1844 - St. Mary’s Church, Chatham, Kent, England Child born - Elizabeth Ann GOATHAM - Jun Q 1847 - Davington, Kent, England Child born - Frederick Arthur GOATHAM - Sep Q 1853 - Newington next Sittingbourne, Kent, England Died - Dec Q 1905 - Gravesend Reg Dist, Kent, England Buried - 27 Dec 1905 - Norwood Cemetery, Norwood Road, Lambeth, London, England = Link to Google Earth (if installed; see link below to install)
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