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Harry ACRES
1863 - 1906 (42 years)
Has 53 ancestors and 5 descendants in this family tree.
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Name Harry ACRES Relationship 
with Teresa Ann GOATHAM Born 19 Jun 1863 Bredgar, Kent, England 
- GRO ref: Goatham, Harry q4 1863 Milton RD 2a 649; GRO online index does not give mother's maiden name suggesting he was illegitimate.
Details from birth registration (image of GRO register entry)
This just shows Bredgar as the birthplace (i.e. no house or street named), and the same for the informant (Harry's mother's) place of residence. No father named, no occupation given for the mother. Although born in June, Harry's birth was not registered until 31 October.
Baptised 27 Nov 1864 St. John the Baptist Church, Bredgar, Kent, England - From PR entry (image on FMP, viewed 18 Jun 2019)
Abode Bredgar, mother Mary shown as a aingle woman.
Gender Male Also known as Harry GOATHAM Occupation 1881 Deal, Kent, England Pupil teacher Occupation 1891 Sheppey, Kent, England Labourer Died Sep Q 1906 Sheppey Reg Dist, Sheppey, Kent, England - GRO ref: Acres, Harry q3 1906 aged 43 Sheppey RD 2a 610
Buried 30 Aug 1906 The Cemetery, Halfway Road, Sheerness, Sheppey, Kent, England - From KFHS CD 16
Shows Harry ACRES, age 43, area FF, plot 85
(40 years later his wife was buried in the same plot)
Siblings3 brothers and 2 sisters Patriarch & Matriarch 
William ACRES, b. Abt 1792, bur. 18 Jan 1829, St. Leonard’s Church, Deal, Kent, England (Age ~ 37 years) (Grandfather) 
Elizabeth BAYLEY, bur. 28 Jan 1780, St. John the Baptist Church, Mersham, Kent, England (2 x Great Grandmother) Notes - Possibly not Thomas Acres' biological son. Note Bredgar birthplace, which may suggest Mary (his mother) was not by then living with Thomas - or did she simply return to her relations for the birth? The 1861 census shows she was already in Deal, but not at that time working for Thomas Acres. Harry was listed after his sister Betsy in 1881 census, although older, possibly because he was not Thomas' son (I have seen this sometimes in other census entries for children who weren't the husband's).
His baptism entry just shows his mother as "single woman", with no suggestion of the father.
Thomas' will is not clear, simply describing Harry and Betsey as "my natural or reputed children". If it had simply said "my natural children" I would be happy to assign them to him; was the "or reputed" a legal nicety in case anyone questioned whether they were his, or was he himself in some doubt?
By 1868 his mother Mary had had 3 children, one of whom had died. In that year she brought a case in the "Borough Petty Sessions. - These sessions were held on Thursday last, before the Mayor, G. Hughes and R. Hazell, Esqrs., the only case being an application by Mary Goatham for orders in bastardy against Thomas Acres, of Upper Deal, who she alleged was the father of her two illegitiviate children. Mr. Drew appeared for defendant, and said he was willing to consent, on defendant's behald, to an order of 2s. on each child. After a brief consultation, however, the Magistrates made the usual order of 2s. 6d. per week in each case."
(from the Deal, Walmer and Sandwich Mercury, 22 August, 1868, p.3)
However, as Thomas was will to consent to the order without any argument I think he probably was Harry's father and show him as such here.
Person ID I1899 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 19 Apr 2024
Father Thomas ACRES, b. Abt 1827, Hythe, Kent, England , d. 3 May 1883, Kent County Lunatic Asylum, Chartham, Kent, England (Age ~ 56 years)
Other Partners: Cicely WOOF m. 8 Aug 1854Mother Mary GOATHAM, b. 1838, Bredgar, Kent, England , d. 14 Feb 1905, The Union Workhouse, Eastry, Kent, England (Age 67 years) Banns of marriage 1875 St. Leonard’s Church, Deal, Kent, England - "No. 1246
Banns of Marriage between Thomas Acres ^ { Widower} and
MaryJaneGoatham ^ {Spinster} both of this parish
were published on the Three Sundays underwritten;
That is to say, On Sunday the 24th Octr. by David Edwards
On Sunday the 31st
On Sunday the [space for 3rd date blank]"
Married 18 Nov 1875 St. Leonard’s Church, Deal, Kent, England - GRO ref: GOATHAM, Mary to ACRES, Thomas q4 1875 Eastry Reg Dist 2a 1542
Date and church from announcement in the "Whitstable Times and Herne Bay Herald", Saturday 27 November 1875.
"Deal-Nov 18, at St. Leonard's Church, Mr. T. Acres, of Upper Deal, to Mary Ann Goatham."
Also from PR entry (image on FMP, viewed 18 Mar 2017)
"No. 121 Nov. 18th
Thomas Acres, 48, Widower, Farmer, residence: Upper Deal, father: William Acres, Confectioner
Mary Goatham, 37, Spinster, [no occupation given], residence: Upper Deal, father: George Goatham, Carpenter
This Marriage was solemnized between us, Thomas Acres, Mary Goatham
in the Presence of us, William Cooper, [forenames unclear*] Marsh"
* - unclear in old LDS image on FMP in 2012, might be legible in register or in better quality image
The births of all Mary's six children, and the deaths of those who died in infancy, were all registered as Goatham. The only two to survive infancy subsequently appear to have used Acres consistently - when with their mother, and possible father, in 1881, and in the 1891 and 1901 censues, after which in 1906 Harry died and Bessie married.
Family ID F344 Family Group Page | Family Chart
Family Catherine KEANE, b. 10 Nov 1857, Co. Tipperary, Ireland , d. Sep Q 1946, 34, Granville Road, Sheerness, Sheppey, Kent, England (Age 88 years) Married Sep Q 1894 Sheppey Reg Dist, Sheppey, Kent, England - GRO ref: Acres, Harry to Keane, Catherine q3 1894 Sheppey RD 2a 1585
The birth registration index suggest that Harry and Catherine had just the 4 children, with only Ellen surviving infancy.
Children4 children Last Modified 22 Jul 2022 Family ID F7767 Family Group Page | Family Chart
- GRO ref: Goatham, Harry q4 1863 Milton RD 2a 649; GRO online index does not give mother's maiden name suggesting he was illegitimate.
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Born - 19 Jun 1863 - Bredgar, Kent, England 
Baptised - 27 Nov 1864 - St. John the Baptist Church, Bredgar, Kent, England 
Occupation - Pupil teacher - 1881 - Deal, Kent, England 
Occupation - Labourer - 1891 - Sheppey, Kent, England 
Married - Sep Q 1894 - Sheppey Reg Dist, Sheppey, Kent, England 
Child - Ellen Mary ACRES - 20 Feb 1896 - Sheerness, Sheppey, Kent, England Child - Bessie ACRES - Jun Q 1897 - Sheppey Reg Dist, Sheppey, Kent, England Child - Thomas Charles ACRES - Mar Q 1899 - Sheppey Reg Dist, Sheppey, Kent, England Child - Edith Agnes ACRES - Sep Q 1900 - Sheppey Reg Dist, Sheppey, Kent, England Died - Sep Q 1906 - Sheppey Reg Dist, Sheppey, Kent, England 
Buried - 30 Aug 1906 - The Cemetery, Halfway Road, Sheerness, Sheppey, Kent, England = Link to Google Earth (if installed; see link below to install) Pin Legend 
