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Harry ("Henry") William GOATHAM
1867 - 1931 (~ 64 years)
Has 51 ancestors and 70 descendants in this family tree.
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Name Harry ("Henry") William GOATHAM Nickname Henry Relationship 
with Teresa Ann GOATHAM Born Mar Q 1867 Milton next Sittingbourne, Kent, England 
- GRO ref: Goatham, Harry William q1 1867 Milton RD 2a 759; GRO online index shows mother's maiden name as Eason
Baptised 24 Feb 1867 Holy Trinity Church, Milton next Sittingbourne, Kent, England - From PR entry (image on FMP, viewed 19 Jun 2019)
Gender Male Education From 1871 to 1881 Scholar Occupation 1888 Shipwright - When his daughter Annie Maria was baptised
Occupation From 1898 to Oct 1913 Milton Arms, The Wall, Sittingbourne, Kent, England Pubilcan - In censuses, when his son William George was baptised, and when he registered his brother Charles' death.
The East Kent Gazette of 25 Oct 1913 (p.7, col. 4) noted that Harry Pinyon Adams was granted a transfer of the license of the Milton Arms from Harry William Goatham.
Occupation 1901 Publican & barge builder Occupation 1907 Licensed victualler - from his mother's will (probate calendar index)
Residence 1931 22, Lower Range Road, Denton, Gravesend, Kent, England At the time of his death Died 14 May 1931 22, Lower Range Road, Denton, Gravesend, Kent, England - GRO ref: Goatham, Harry W q2 1931 aged 64 Strood RD 2a 859 ; GRO online index shows middle name as William
Actual date from probate index and from gravestone, place from probate index
Buried 20 May 1931 St. Mary the Virgin’s Church, Chalk, Kent, England - Date of burial from PR entry (image on CityArk, viewed 16 Jan 2018)
Shows Henry William Goatham, abode: Lower Range Road Denton; Buried: May 20th 1931; age: 64 years; ceremony performed by: J. Rees Vicar
Gravestone inscription:
IN LOVING MEMORY
OF
ANNIE
THE BELOVED WIFE OF
HENRY GOATHAM
WHO DIED DEC. 27th 1927 AGED 60 YEARS
"Thy Will be Done"
HENRY GOATHAM
WHO DIED MAY 14th 1931 AGED 64 YEARS
"At Rest"
(thanks to M.I.s for Chalk made available on Kent Archaeological Society website)
Probate 14 Jul 1931 London, England - "1931: Goatham, Harry William of 22 Lower Range-road Denton Kent died 14 May 1931 Probate London 14 July to William Dives retired coal merchant. Effects £1255 17s. 7d."
Siblings2 brothers and 1 sister Patriarch & Matriarch 
GOATHAM, d. Yes, date unknown (8 x Great Grandfather)
Harriet Elizabeth WILES, b. Abt 1809, Old Romney, Kent, England, d. 14 Mar 1888, Milton Reg Dist, Kent, England (Age ~ 79 years) (Grandmother) Notes - Living at 3 The Wall, Sittingbourne at the time of the 1891 census, but by 1899 he had followed in his father's footsteps as a publican, moving a couple of doors to take over the Milton Arms Inn at 7 The Wall, where he remained at the time of the 1901 and 1911 censuses. It was an 8 room house.
By 1911 just Lily and the 3 youngest sons were living at home (Lily helping in the pub).
In 1891 a Ralph Milway had been publican at the Milton Arms; Harry had a third cousin Ralph Milway but as he was only aged 10 in 1891 it must have been another member of the Milway family. The 1913 Post Office Directory shows that "H. W. Goatham" was still in charge, but by the time of the 1918 edition the pub was in the hands of one Charles Newton.
The pub was demolished in 1878 (from the Dead Pubs website)
Person ID I1875 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 1 Dec 2023
Father Henry GOATHAM, b. Abt 1822, Bredgar, Kent, England , d. 8 Apr 1894, Jolly Sailors' Inn, 21, Flushing Street, Milton next Sittingbourne, Kent, England (Age ~ 72 years) Mother Harriett Pemily EASON, b. Jun Q 1840, Milton next Sittingbourne, Kent, England , d. 13 Sep 1907, Milton Reg Dist, Kent, England (Age ~ 67 years) Married 27 Apr 1861 St. Mary’s Church, Chatham, Kent, England - GRO ref: Goatham, Henry to Eason, Harriett Pemily q2 1861 Medway RD 2a 515
Although the marriage certificate shows both Henry and Harriet as resident in Chatham, Harriet had lived with her family in Flushing Street in Milton, where her mother and siblings were still living in 1861, although by then Harriet had moved to live where she was working, in Chatham. Less than 3 weeks before the wedding Henry was living with a sister and her family in Milton. Perhaps he described himself as living in Chatham to save the need to arrange for banns to be read in Milton.
While Harriet's residence in the parish would have enabled them legally to marry in Chatham, many marriages seemed to take place there where neither of the couple was resident. The large size of the parish and the number of transitory residents due to the dockyard probably made it effectively impossible to check that at least one of a couple was resident (as required by the 1753 Hardwicke Act)
Family ID F1469 Family Group Page | Family Chart
Family Annie COOPER, b. Jun Q 1868, Milton next Sittingbourne, Kent, England , d. 27 Dec 1927, Denton, Gravesend, Kent, England (Age ~ 59 years) Married 27 Dec 1886 Christ Church, Ramsgate, Kent, England - GRO ref: GOATHAM, Harry William to COOPER, Annie q4 1886 Thanet RD 2a 1588
Details from PR entry (image on FMP, viewed 8 Jan 2016)
Harry William Goatham, age 21, Bachelor, Shipwright, residence Ramsgate, father Henry Goatham, Sawyer
Annie Cooper, age 20, Spinster, [no occupation given], residence Ramsgate, father James Cooper, Coal-merchant
by Banns,
both signed, witnesses Edward Mirams, Blanche Maria Mirams
The 1911 census confirms Harry and Annie had had 9 children, but that two had died by then.
Children9 children Last Modified 19 Mar 2022 Family ID F1447 Family Group Page | Family Chart