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Walter GOATHAM
1870 - 1921 (~ 51 years)
Has 38 ancestors and 22 descendants in this family tree.
Set As Default Person 
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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 1881 Scholar Occupation Between 1891 and 1894 Sittingbourne, Kent, England Sawyer - From the census and his marriage PR entry
Occupation 1901 Sittingbourne, Kent, England General labourer - Shown as worker at home
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 1911 Sittingbourne, Kent, England General dealer Occupation From 1915 to 1921 Fruiterer - 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 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 7 Nov 1921 London, England Calendar entry - 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 20 Oct 1924 Deans Hill Farm, Bredgar, Kent, England Sale of Farming Stock - 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 Teresa's tree | Descendants of George Goatham and Ann nee Winch Last Modified 20 Jun 2019
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)
Children9 children Family ID F338 Family Group Page | 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.
Children6 children Last Modified 20 Jun 2019 Family ID F366 Family Group Page | Family Chart
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Event Map 
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 Child - Edith Irene GOATHAM - 29 Sep 1895 - Bredgar, Kent, England Child - Sidney Howard GOATHAM - 28 Oct 1897 - Bredgar, Kent, England Child - Maisie GOATHAM - 16 Jan 1900 - Bredgar, Kent, England Occupation - General labourer - 1901 - Sittingbourne, Kent, England Child - Dorothy Edna GOATHAM - 10 Jul 1902 - Bredgar, Kent, England Child - Hilda Mary GOATHAM - 16 Jul 1904 - Bredgar, Kent, England 
Child - Corporal Henry Campeny GOATHAM - 12 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) Pin Legend 
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