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Edwin GOATHAM
1839 - 1884 (44 years)
Has 237 ancestors and 29 descendants in this family tree.
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Name Edwin GOATHAM Relationship 
with Teresa Ann GOATHAM Born 12 Dec 1839 Wormshill, Kent, England 
- GRO ref: Goatham, Edwin q1 1840 Hollingbourn RD 5 247; GRO online index shows mother's maiden name as Hunt.
Date from family prayer book, place from censuses
Also from birth registration, GRO register entry
Gender Male Census 6 Jun 1841 Standard Quay, Faversham, Kent, England Education 4 May 1847 to 3 Feb 1852 The National School, Faversham, Kent, England Scholar - from school records in the archives at Maidstone
Census 30 Mar 1851 Church Lane, Faversham, Kent, England Residence 1871 100, Abbey Street, Faversham, Kent, England Occupation From 1871 Carrier Miscellaneous 1 Jul 1875 Faversham, Kent, England [1] Conveying young children on Sunday School treat - I can't be sure that Edwin was the Mr. Goatham referred to in the following article which appeared in The South Eastern Gazette, but since he was a carrier it seems most likely.
If it wasn't him I think it was most likely his brother Amos (a baker, maybe with a baker's car? - in another article he is recorded as being the cart driver in an accident), or Elisha - unlikely to have still been an errand boy when he died.
Faversham ... Sunday School Treat. - The annual summer treat of the Congregational Church Sunday School took place on Thursday. The children to the number of about 450, met in Partridge-lane at one o'clock, and went in procession (the little ones being conveyed in vans kindly lent by Messrs. Attaway, Breeze, Chambers, Goatham, and Rowland), to the Home Park, at Syndale, the use of which was granted by Mr. Henry Murton. The usual pastimes were indulged in, and an excellent tea was provided for both children and friends, the latter being so numerous that they had to sit down in three parties. It is estimated that at one time there were between 1,200 and 1,300 persons in the park.
Occupation From 1877 to 1881 Anchor Inn, Abbey Street, Faversham, Kent, England Publican and carrier - From the 1881 census, also whilst shown as a carrier when his son Herbert Edwin was baptised in 1877, his abode was the Anchor Inn so I guess he was publican then.
Residence 1881 Anchor Inn, Abbey Street, Faversham, Kent, England - Next door to 51 Abbey Street. Edwin was with his wife and 3 sons
Lunacy 31 Aug 1883 Kent County Lunatic Asylum, Chartham, Kent, England Admission - Having been recognised that he was a lunatic, Edwin was ordered to be conveyed to the asylum, as reported in the
The admissions register shows:
No. in order of Admission: 3734; Name: Goatham Edwin; a male pauper patient; Date of Admission. 1883 31 Aug; Asylum: Chartham; Date of Discharge or Death: 17 May 84; Died.
The Faversham
Died 17 May 1884 Kent County Lunatic Asylum, Chartham, Kent, England Cause: General Paralysis (Tertiary Syphilis) - 3 years and upwards - GRO ref: Goatham, Edwin q2 1884 aged 45 Bridge RD 2a 447
Actual date and place from lunacy patients admission register
Details from death registration (GRO register entry)
Siblings8 brothers and 3 sisters Patriarch & Matriarch 
Person ID I167 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 Charles Goatham and Sybilla née Hunt, The descendants (and other halves) of George Goatham and Ann née Winch, The descendants (and other halves) of John Prior and Amy née Reynolds, The descendants (and other halves) of Richard Whitehead and Mary née Grigsby Last Modified 12 Aug 2023
Father Charles GOATHAM, b. Abt 1805, Bredgar, Kent, England , d. 24 Dec 1888, 2, Abbey Street, Faversham, Kent, England (Age ~ 83 years) Mother Sybilla HUNT, b. Abt 1817, Wormshill, Kent, England , d. Between 29 Aug 1887 and 4 Sep 1887, Hernhill Marshes, Hernhill, Kent, England (Age ~ 70 years) Married 31 May 1835 St. Mary’s Church, Chatham, Kent, England - Although both Charles and Sybella were shown as "otp" when they married in Chatham, I suspect that this was an address of convenience to enable them to be married here - see my notes about Medway marriages.
The witness James Goodhew may well have been the James Goodhew who would marry Charles' sister Maria two years later.
I have not found baptisms for most of Charles' and Sybilla's children; they do not seem to have been baptised at the Parish Church in Faversham. Maybe there is a clue in that in 1875 a Mr Goatham lent his van for conveying children to a Congreational Church picnic; had they started attending or at least having the children baptised at the Congregational Church? - to be investigated.
The marriage of Charles Goatham to Sybilla Hunt
Parish Register entry for the marriage of my gt gt grandparents (my only 2xgt grandparents to marry before the registration of BMDs began). This is from the registers for the now redundant Church of St. Mary the Virgin, Chatham, Kent.Occupation to 1887 Hop picking - From the records of the events surrounding Sybilla's death it is clear that she went hop-picking. She had probably done this many years, perhaps almost all of her life. She may well have even been taken along as a baby to the hop fields by her own mother.
During her married life Charles probably did not accompany her, due to his regular work, but even though living most of it in a town she was still close enough to hop fields to go hop picking from home. The children probably all went too, and assisted in hop picking once they were old enough.
Family ID F100 Family Group Page | Family Chart
Family Sarah Elizabeth MARSHALL, bap. 18 Dec 1836, St. Mary of Charity Church, Faversham, Kent, England , d. Sep Q 1907, Thanet Reg Dist, Kent, England (Age ~ 70 years)
Other Partners: John GOATHAM m. 19 May 1860Married 18 Nov 1865 St. Mary of Charity Church, Faversham, Kent, England - Notice in the Kentish Gazette for Tuesday 28 November 1865 gives the date and place, but no mention of which Church or Registry Office. That it was at St Mary of Charity from page no. from registration index being within the pages for that church, as shown on GOONS GRO place search (members tool)
The marriage was also announced in the "Kentish Chronicle" on Saturday 02 December 1865,
"Faversham.- Nov. 18, Mr. Edwin Goatham, to Mrs. Sarah Elizabeth Goatham."
GRO ref: Goatham, Edwin to Goatham, Sarah Elizabeth q4 1865 Faversham RD 2a 1275
From PR entry (image on FMP, viewed 18 Nov 2016)
"Marriage solemnized at the Parish Church in the Parish
of Faversham in the County of Kent
No. 410, November 18, Edwin Goatham, age: 25, Bachelor, Labourer, residence at time of Marriage: St. Mary's Road, father: Charles Goatham, Labourer
to Elizabeth Goatham, age: 29, Widow, [no occupation shown], residence at time of Marriage: St. Mary's Road, father: Edward Marshall, Weaver
Married in the Parish Church according to the Rites and Ceremonies of the Established Church after Banns by me, Charles Collins, M. A. Vicar
The Marriage was solemnized between us, Edwin Goatham, Sarah Elizabeth Goatham
in the Presence of us, Eleanor X Spendiff (Her mark), William X Spendiff (His mark)"
(CCA reference: U3/146/1/14, p. 205)
Sarah married John Goatham then Edwin; the marriage cert. of Sarah and John confirms it was this John. (n.b. marrying 2 brothers like this was illegal till 1921, but I believe it happened not infrequently)
Children3 children Last Modified 19 Dec 2019 Family ID F103 Family Group Page | Family Chart
- GRO ref: Goatham, Edwin q1 1840 Hollingbourn RD 5 247; GRO online index shows mother's maiden name as Hunt.
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Born - 12 Dec 1839 - Wormshill, Kent, England 
Education - Scholar - 4 May 1847 to 3 Feb 1852 - The National School, Faversham, Kent, England 
Census - 30 Mar 1851 - Church Lane, Faversham, Kent, England 
Married - 18 Nov 1865 - St. Mary of Charity Church, Faversham, Kent, England 
Child - Ernest Charles GOATHAM - Dec Q 1867 - Faversham, Kent, England Child - Frederick William GOATHAM - 11 Nov 1871 - Faversham, Kent, England Miscellaneous - Conveying young children on Sunday School treat - 1 Jul 1875 - Faversham, Kent, England 
Occupation - Publican and carrier - From 1877 to 1881 - Anchor Inn, Abbey Street, Faversham, Kent, England Child - Herbert Edwin GOATHAM - 19 Apr 1877 - Faversham, Kent, England Residence - 1881 - Anchor Inn, Abbey Street, Faversham, Kent, England 
Lunacy - Admission - 31 Aug 1883 - Kent County Lunatic Asylum, Chartham, Kent, England Died - Cause: General Paralysis (Tertiary Syphilis) - 3 years and upwards - 17 May 1884 - Kent County Lunatic Asylum, Chartham, Kent, England = Link to Google Earth (if installed; see link below to install) Pin Legend 
Sources - [S103] Newspaper ‘The South Eastern Gazette’ onThe Kent Messenger Group Digital Archive, Kent., (http://www.kentonline.co.uk/kentonline/digitalarchive.aspx :), "Faversham ... Sunday School Treat," 5 Jul 1875, online archives (http://www.ukpressonline.co.uk/ukpressonline/getDocument/KMSG_1875_07_05_005?fileType=PDF&#search=%22goatham%22 : accessed 2 Apr 2013), p. 5, col. 2. (Reliability: 2).