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Walter GOATHAM



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Name Walter GOATHAM Relationship with Teresa Ann GOATHAM Born Mar Q 1870 Bredgar, Kent, England - GRO ref: Goatham, Walter q1 1870 Milton RD 2a 826; GRO online index shows mother's maiden name as Manser
Baptised 3 Apr 1870 St. John the Baptist Church, Bredgar, Kent, England - From PR entry (image on FMP, viewed 19 Jun 2019)
Abode Bredgar, father Joseph shown as a sawyer.
Gender Male Education Scholar 1881 Occupation Sawyer Between 1891 and 1894 Sittingbourne, Kent, England - From the census and his marriage PR entry
Residence From 1895 to 1900 Bredgar, Kent, England - When his eldest 3 children were baptised
Occupation Labourer From 1895 to 1897 - When his eldest 2 children were baptised
Occupation Fruiterer 1900 - When his daughter Maisie was baptised
Occupation General labourer 1901 Sittingbourne, Kent, England - Shown as worker at home
Residence 1902 Swanton Street, Bredgar, Kent, England - When his daughter Dorothy was baptised
Occupation Fruit dealer 1902 - When his daughter Dorothy was baptised
Residence 1904 - When his daughter Hilda Mary was baptised. The family were quite likely still in Swanton Street where they had been two years earlier when daughter Dorothy had been baptised.
Occupation Fruiterer 1904 Bredgar, Kent, England Residence From 1906 to 1910 Little Rushet Farm, Norton, Kent, England - Between the baptism of daughter Hilda in 1904 and son Henry in 1906 the family appear to have moved from Bredgar to Norton.
Occupation Farmer From 1906 to 1910 Little Rushet Farm, Norton, Kent, England - Sometime between 1904 and 1906 Walter seems to have switched from being a fruit dealer to a farmer - or to have added another string to his bow. Still a farmer in 1910, by the time of the 1911 census Walter was a dealer in Sittingbourne. Possibly he had had to give up the farm after a fire in August 1910, which was reported thus in the South Eastern Gazette (9 Aug, 1910, p. 6, col. 4, in the section entitled "County News"):
"Norton
Farm fire. - On Wednesday morning a fire broke out in a barn at Little Rushet Farm, in the occupation of Mr. Goatham. The flames rapidly spread and involved all the farm buildings, and when the Faversham Fire Brigade arrived they found the farmhouse just catching alight. The house and contents were saved, but all the farm buildings were destroyed, the damage being estimated at from £600 to £700. Mr. Goatham was away from home at the time. The cause of the fire is not known."
Residence From 1911 to 1915 27, Cockleshell Walk, Sittingbourne, Kent, England - Shown as 4 rooms in the 1911 census.
They probably lived there many more years (known dates are 1911 - census, 1915 - daughters marriage and in when son Sidney invalided out of the army.
Occupation General dealer 1911 Sittingbourne, Kent, England Occupation Fruiterer From 1915 to 1921 - According to his daughter Ediths's marriage PR entry and his father's will (probate index entry)
Residence 1921 Deans Hill Farm, Bredgar, Kent, England - Described as of this address at the time of his death (in the probate index)
With parents, 1891 living in Swanton St., Bredgar (1901);
Died Cause: Chronic Interstitial Nephritis/Syncope 19 Sep 1921 Deans Hill Farm, Bredgar, Kent, England - GRO ref: GOATHAM, Walter aged 51 q3 1921 Milton RD 2a 1005
Date and place from death announcement in the East Kent Gazette, 24 Sep 1921, p1. col. 1:
"Goatham - At Dean's Hill Farm, Bredgar, on September 19th, Walter Goatham, aged 51 years. Interment in Sittingbourne Cemetery, Saturday, September 24th, at 3 o'clock."
Buried 24 Sep 1921 Sittingbourne Cemetery, Sittingbourne, Kent, England - From newspaper notice of death, which showed interment was to take place at 3pm.
Probate Calendar entry 7 Nov 1921 London, England - Goatham Walter of Deans Hill Farm Bredgar Kent died 19 September 1921 Probate London 7 November to Sarah Edith Goatham widow. Effects £1966 19s. 10d.
Execution of Estate Sale of Farming Stock 20 Oct 1924 Deans Hill Farm, Bredgar, Kent, England - Under the heading 'Sales by Auction' the following notice appeared in the East Kent Gazette of 18 Oct., 1924:
"Dean's Hill Farm, Bredgar
Have of the late Mr. Walter Goatham, to
Sell by Auction, on the premises, on Monday, 20th October, 1924, at 1.30 o'clock precisely, the
Live and Dead
Farming Stock
and effects
including : -
2 draft horses,
Mower, McCormick's self-binder, Kent plough,
water barrs, timber tug, waggon, van, harness,
light fruit cart, dung cart, brakes, harrows,
ladders, 120 sheep gales, weighing machine,
drills, sail cloth, etc.
Catalogues of the Auctioneers, Sittingbourne."
Person ID I493 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 Last Modified 17 Dec 2020
Father Joseph GOATHAM, b. 1840, Bredgar, Kent, England , d. 27 Apr 1921, Milton Reg Dist, Kent, England
(Age 81 years)
Mother Susan Eliza (“Eliza”) MANSER, b. Mar Q 1842, Rye, Sussex, England , d. 27 Apr 1915, 167, East Street, Sittingbourne, Kent, England
(Age ~ 73 years)
Married 27 Apr 1865 St. Mary’s Church, Chatham, Kent, England - GRO ref: q2 1865 Medway RD, Kent 2a 562
(Joseph indexed both as GOATHAN and GOATHAM)
The 1911 census confirms that Joseph and Susan had had 9 children, with 6 still living. Only 30 year old Augustus was by then living with them, at Little Bushell, Norton, Faversham.
Children
9 children Family ID F338 | Family Chart
Family Sarah Edith HADLOW, b. 23 Jun 1866, Borden, Kent, England , d. 7 Oct 1946, 9, Orchard Cottages, Church Road, Murston, Kent, England
(Age 80 years)
Married 15 Nov 1894 St. John the Baptist Church, Bredgar, Kent, England - GRO ref: Goatham, Walter to Hadlow, Sarah Edith q4 1894 Milton RD 2a 1699
Details from PR entry (image on FMP, viewed 20 Jun 2019)
Sarah being illegitimate her mother's name was entered as her father, though no occupation was given.
Witnesses were Alice Ann Clifford, Edward Millington and Minnie Millington, the last two being half siblings of the bride.
The 1911 census shows that Walter and Sarah had had 6 children, all still living then - and with them at the time of the census.
Children
6 children Last Modified 19 Dec 2019 Family ID F366 | Family Chart
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Event Map Click to hide Born - Mar Q 1870 - Bredgar, Kent, England Baptised - 3 Apr 1870 - St. John the Baptist Church, Bredgar, Kent, England Occupation - Sawyer - Between 1891 and 1894 - Sittingbourne, Kent, England Married - 15 Nov 1894 - St. John the Baptist Church, Bredgar, Kent, England Residence - From 1895 to 1900 - Bredgar, Kent, England Child born - Edith Irene GOATHAM - 29 Sep 1895 - Bredgar, Kent, England Child born - Sidney Howard GOATHAM - 28 Oct 1897 - Bredgar, Kent, England Child born - Maisie GOATHAM - 16 Jan 1900 - Bredgar, Kent, England Occupation - General labourer - 1901 - Sittingbourne, Kent, England Residence - 1902 - Swanton Street, Bredgar, Kent, England Child born - Dorothy Edna GOATHAM - 10 Jul 1902 - Bredgar, Kent, England Occupation - Fruiterer - 1904 - Bredgar, Kent, England Child born - Hilda Mary GOATHAM - 16 Jul 1904 - Bredgar, Kent, England Child born - Corporal Henry Campeny GOATHAM - 17 Sep 1906 - Norton, Kent, England Residence - From 1911 to 1915 - 27, Cockleshell Walk, Sittingbourne, Kent, England Occupation - General dealer - 1911 - Sittingbourne, Kent, England Probate - Calendar entry - 7 Nov 1921 - London, England = Link to Google Earth (if installed; see link below to install)
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