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Charles GOATHAM

Charles GOATHAM

Male 1859 - 1943  (83 years)    Has 61 ancestors but no descendants in this family tree.


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  • Name Charles GOATHAM 
    Relationshipwith Teresa Ann GOATHAM
    Born 4 Jun 1859  Molash, Kent, England See the place on a map and other information about it - if available (many more will be in time); also all individuals with events at this location 
    • GRO ref: Goatham, Charles q2 1859 East Ashford RD 2a 514; GRO online index shows mother's maiden name as Keeler. (Also indexed as p.314 on FMP, but looking at image of index 514 is correct)
      Actual date and month from the 1939 registration (image on FMP, viewed 19 Dec 2016) (year shown there as 1860, clearly from registration can't be)
    Gender Male 
    Residence 1861  Greenstreet, Teynham, Kent, England See the place on a map and other information about it - if available (many more will be in time); also all individuals with events at this location 
    • Charles senior with his wife Esther and their baby son, Charles junior.
    Residence 1871  Sheldwich, Kent, England See the place on a map and other information about it - if available (many more will be in time); also all individuals with events at this location 
    • Charles was with his parents, Charles senior and Esther
    Residence 1881  Vernon Hill House, Bishops Waltham, Hampshire, England See the place on a map and other information about it - if available (many more will be in time); also all individuals with events at this location 
    • Charles senior and junior with Charles senr.'s wife Esther were all servants, living in in the home of the Elrington family.
      One of the Elrington sons was born in Selling in 1872; Selling is only about 3 miles from Sheldwich where Charles and family were living in 1871 so I guess they started working for the Elringtons in Kent and moved with them to Hampshire. In 1891 Charles junior, now married, had moved away, though only by about 5 miles; his parents were still living in Vernon Hill House and working for the Elringtons.
    Occupation From 1881 to 1914  London, England See the place on a map and other information about it - if available (many more will be in time); also all individuals with events at this location 
    Groom / coachman 
    • Whereas Charles' father became a groom / coachman after trying a variety of different occupations, Charles seems to have worked as such from the start, only temporarily becoming an ag lab after returning to Kent at the start of the C20th.

      In the censuses: groom (1881); coachman groombe (1891); coachman domestic (1901); also shown as a coachman in the 1914 probate calendar index entry for his father.
    Residence 1891  100 Acres, Soberton, Hampshire, England See the place on a map and other information about it - if available (many more will be in time); also all individuals with events at this location 
    • Probably coachman to Stanhope Rashleigh, a clergyman and his family in a separate dwelling at 100 Acres, and listed immediately prior to Charles and his wife.
    Residence 1901  Coachman's Cottage, Vernon Hill House, Bishops Waltham, Hampshire, England See the place on a map and other information about it - if available (many more will be in time); also all individuals with events at this location 
    • With his father now retired Charles junior had returned to working for the Elringtons, as their coachman, but now he and Sarah had a cottage of his own rather than "living in".
    Residence 1911  Primrose Lane, Bredgar, Kent, England See the place on a map and other information about it - if available (many more will be in time); also all individuals with events at this location 
    • Back in Kent, in a 4 roomed house in Bredgar, with his wife.
      As an only son, he had possibly returned to following his father's death in 1901, in order to look after his elderly mother. Given that his parents lived in Primrose Lane it may well be that Charles and Sarah had moved in to live with his mother. (The 1901 census shows an adjacent entry to Charles senior in Primrose Lane was for one Daniel Moss and his family; although Charles junior was the census entry after a Moss family in the 1911 census there were a couple of Moss families between him and the aforementioned Daniel and his wife).
      And the temporary change of occupation suggested by the censuses suggest this move may not have been without a good reason.
    Occupation 1911 
    Farm labourer 
    • He was now working as an ag lab rather than a coachman which sounds like a step down. Maybe he could not find work as a coachman - was there less available, or at least none near enough to Bredgar?
      Since the 1914 probate calendar entry (for his father) shows him as a coachman it does suggest that being a farm labourers was a temporary measure when he couldn't find work as a coachman.
    Residence From 1939 to 1943  37, Ivy Street, Rainham, Kent, England See the place on a map and other information about it - if available (many more will be in time); also all individuals with events at this location 
    • His home at the time of the 1939 register and of his death.
      Listed first in 1939 was one Alice R Sills, so it appears Charles, a widower, may have been boarding (or lodging) with her.
      (1939 Register Ref: RG101/1726C/008/41 Letter Code: DHQG)
    Died 17 Mar 1943  Chatham Reg Dist, Kent, England See the place on a map and other information about it - if available (many more will be in time); also all individuals with events at this location 
    • GRO ref: GOATHAM, Charles q1 1943 Chatham RD 2a 1706 age 82
      Actual date from Probate Calendar entry and from burial register
    Buried 20 Mar 1943  St. Margaret’s Church, Rainham, Kent, England See the place on a map and other information about it - if available (many more will be in time); also all individuals with events at this location 
    • From PR entry (on CityArk website
      (found through FreeReg website)
      Shows Register no. 1475, Charles Goatham, aged 82, of Ivy Street, Rainham. Margin notes: 444 Old Ground 5'. Died 17/03/1943
      (on register p.185, PDF p.96)
    Probate 14 Apr 1943  Llandudno, Clwyd, Wales See the place on a map and other information about it - if available (many more will be in time); also all individuals with events at this location 
    • Goatham Charles of 37 Ivy-street Rainham Gillingham Kent died 17 March 1943 Probate Llandudno 14 April to Alice Rose Sills (wife of Charles Henry Sills) and Frederick Thomas Mattocks house agent. Effects £414 14s. 11d.
    Patriarch & Matriarch
    GOATHAM,   d. Yes, date unknown  (8 x Great Grandfather) 
    Hester EDWARDS,   b. Abt 1785,   d. Yes, date unknown  (Grandmother) 
    Person ID I1922  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, The descendants (and other halves) of John Prior and Amy née Reynolds
    Last Modified 1 Dec 2023 

    Father Charles GOATHAM,   b. 1822, Bredgar, Kent, England See the place on a map and other information about it - if available (many more will be in time); also all individuals with events at this location,   d. 8 Oct 1901, Milton Reg Dist, Kent, England See the place on a map and other information about it - if available (many more will be in time); also all individuals with events at this location  (Age 79 years) 
    Mother Esther KEELER,   b. Abt 1819, Chilham, Kent, England See the place on a map and other information about it - if available (many more will be in time); also all individuals with events at this location,   d. Mar Q 1909, Milton Reg Dist, Kent, England See the place on a map and other information about it - if available (many more will be in time); also all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 90 years) 
    Married 12 Nov 1851  St. Marylebone Parish Church, Marylebone Road, London, England See the place on a map and other information about it - if available (many more will be in time); also all individuals with events at this location 
    • GRO ref: GOATHAM, Charles to KEELER, Esther q4 1851 Marylebone RD 1 244
      Charles and Esther were both of St. Marylebone and both signed.
      Witnesses John Keeler (possibly Esther's father) and Caroline Goatham (presumably Charles' sister) - both made their mark.
      (I have copy of PR entry)
      Church website
    Family ID F1174  Family Group Page  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Sarah Jane TANSWELL,   b. 29 Mar 1859, East Knoyle, Wiltshire, England See the place on a map and other information about it - if available (many more will be in time); also all individuals with events at this location,   d. Mar Q 1923, Milton Reg Dist, Kent, England See the place on a map and other information about it - if available (many more will be in time); also all individuals with events at this location  (Age 63 years) 
    Banns of marriage From 7 Aug 1887 to 21 Aug 1887  St. Mary‘s Church, East Knoyle, Wiltshire, England See the place on a map and other information about it - if available (many more will be in time); also all individuals with events at this location 
    • From register entry (image on Ancestry, viewed 3 Aug 2020)
    Married 25 Aug 1887  St. Nicholas’ Church, Wickham, Hampshire, England See the place on a map and other information about it - if available (many more will be in time); also all individuals with events at this location 
    • Marriage date suggested by 1911 census (which showed married) for 23 years is c. 1887
      GRO ref: GOUTHAM [sic], Charles TO Tanswell, Sarah Jane q3 1887 Fareham RD 2b 928
      Details from PR entry (image on Ancestry, viewed 26 Jul 2023)
      Shows bachelor and spinster, both aged 28, Charles a groom, resident Wykeham [Wickham], father Charles a coachman
      No occupation shown for Sarah, resident East Knoyle, father William Parish Tanswell a labourer
      Both signed, as did witnesses John Tanswell and Rose Elford, married by Stanhope Rashleigh, late Vicar of St Wenn, Cornwall

      The 1911 census confirms what the others suggest - Charles and Sarah had had no children.
    Family This couple had no children together 
    Last Modified 26 Jul 2023 
    Family ID F1482  Family Group Page  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 Alice Rose JOY,   b. 11 Jul 1871, Rose Acre, Bearsted, Kent, England See the place on a map and other information about it - if available (many more will be in time); also all individuals with events at this location,   d. Mar Q 1958, Sittingbourne Reg Dist, Kent, England See the place on a map and other information about it - if available (many more will be in time); also all individuals with events at this location  (Age 86 years) 
    Other Partners: Charles Henry SILLS  m. Dec Q 1895 
    Married Bef 1939 
    • It seems that Alice and her husband had parted by 1898, and Charles was living with Alice by the time of the 1939 register. He was listed after her, as though boarder or lodger, but it seems probable she was more than that to him. From his will it is clear her family had become his family: he left everything to Alice, but should she have pre-deceased him then to her granddaughters. (Alice's husband left nothing to the son they appear to have had together, nor to his daughters, so there was a place free to effectively be their grandfather).
    Married? Not married or evidence to suggest they didn't marry 
    Last Modified 26 Jul 2023 
    Family ID F11281  Family Group Page  |  Family Chart