Amy Mackelden GOATHAM

1870 - 1941  (71 years)

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• Name	Amy Mackelden GOATHAM
  Relationship	with Teresa Ann GOATHAM
  Born	4 Jan 1870	Milton next Sittingbourne, Kent, England
  	GRO ref: Goatham, Amy Mackelden q1 1870 Milton RD 2a 819; GRO online index shows mother's maiden name as Fisher Actual date from 1939 register
  Gender	Female
  Education	1881	Bermondsey, London, England
  	Scholar
  Alias	Amy Mackelden COLLINS
  	Collins was her step-father's surname. Aged just 2 when her father died and 4 when her mother remarried, it is not surprising that she should have been known at times by her step-father's surname.
  Executor / Trustee	13 May 1908	London, England
  	Granted Probate for the Will of her mother
  	See her mother's page for details
  Residence	From 1939 to 1941	25, Peak Hill, Sydenham, Surrey, England
  	At time of death
  	Her home at the time of her death, also in the 1939 register (where recorded under the name of Amy Collins. In the register she is recorded at '25 Peak Hill Bungalow'; the following household is at 25 "Edgehill". In 1939 Amy is shown living by herself and as 'Retired. Private means.' (in the personal occupation column). (Ref: RG101/0400C/015/38 Letter Code:)
  Died	9 Jan 1941	Horton Emergency Hospital, Epsom, Surrey, England
  	Cause: Coronary Thrombosis
  	GRO ref: Goatham, Amy M., aged 72, q1 1941 Surrey Mid E. RD 2a 633 Also in index as Collins, Amy. Date and place of death from probate index Details from death registration (GRO register entry)
  Grant of Administration	27 Feb 1942	Llandudno, Clwyd, Wales
  	Calendar entry
  	"Collins Amy or Goatham or Goathan Amy Mackelden of 25 Peak Hill Sydenham Surrey spinster died 9 January 1941 at Horton Emergency Hospital Epsom Surrey Administration Llandudno 27 February to H.M. Treasury Solicitor. Effects £382 14s." Sadly, although Amy was living less than a mile from her brother and sister-in-law, the grant of admon. shows that she died "without any known relation entitled to share in the estate." Her name would have appeared on the bona vacantia list. As her brother died soon after her, and his heir was his wife. If anyone had become aware of Amy's money and had a claim it would have been her sister-in-law Theresa, who herself died in 1944, or Theresa's heir: her brother Frederick, and not Amy's blood relations, her cousins (most of whom predeceased her) or their descendants. Maybe after her thieving episodes it was good that her money went to the Crown! (Going to the Crown does not mean the monarch get's it: the surplus revenue from the estate is paid each year to the Treasury for the benefit of the nation's finances).
  Middle name relationship	Surname of her mother's friend(?), also Amy was her first name - Amy Macklin als. Mackeldon
  	In 1861 (before Amy's mother, Elizabeth, married) Amy Macklin was boarding with Elizabeth and her parents. When Amy died in 1873 Elizabeth was her executor. Clearly Amy was well known to Elizabeth but why Elizabeth would give Amy's surname to all of her children is not at present clear. (Amy's will to be seen - it may give a clue)
  Also known as	Amy Mackelden COLLINS
  Marital Status	Never Married
  Siblings	2 brothers and 1 sister
  1. George Mackeldon GOATHAM,   b. 2 Jun 1867, Milton next Sittingbourne, Kent, England ,   d. Sep Q 1942, Lewisham Reg Dist, Kent, England  (Age 74 years) ▻ Theresa LAY,  m. Abt 1899   2. Walter Mackelden GOATHAM,   b. Dec Q 1868, Milton next Sittingbourne, Kent, England ,   d. Dec Q 1871, Milton Reg Dist, Kent, England  (Age ~ 3 years)   3. Amy Mackelden GOATHAM,   b. 4 Jan 1870, Milton next Sittingbourne, Kent, England ,   d. 9 Jan 1941, Horton Emergency Hospital, Epsom, Surrey, England  (Age 71 years)   4. Isabel Mackelden GOATHAM,   b. Abt Nov 1871, Milton Reg Dist, Kent, England ,   d. 21 Apr 1872, Hawthorn Road, Milton next Sittingbourne, Kent, England  (Age ~ 0 years)
  Origins
  Patriarch & Matriarch	GOATHAM,   d. Yes, date unknown  (8 x Great Grandfather)  Hannah ROWE,   b. Abt 1800, Upchurch, Kent, England ,   d. Yes, date unknown  (Grandmother)
  Notes	Died as a Goatham, and described as a spinster in probate calendar entry, so Amy appears not to have married - but why did she go by the name Collins as well as Goatham? Maybe to hide her identity after being in trouble with the law?
  Person ID	I2249	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	9 Aug 2024

  
  

  Father	George GOATHAM,   b. 17 Oct 1839, Bredgar, Kent, England ,   d. 15 May 1872, Bredgar, Kent, England  (Age 32 years)
  Mother	Elizabeth Ann FISHER,   b. Sep Q 1847, Sittingbourne, Kent, England ,   d. 23 Apr 1908, 55, Sydenham Park, Sydenham, Kent, England  (Age ~ 61 years) Other Partners: William COLLINS  m. 22 Feb 1874
  Married	25 Dec 1866	St. Michael’s Church, Sittingbourne, Kent, England
  	From PR entry (image on FMP, viewed 21 Jun 2019) George was 27, a carpenter and a bachelor of Sittingbourne when he married Elizabeth, 19, a spinster of Milton. Witnessed by: Thomas Fisher, Isabel Gillingham - probably brother of the bride and sister of the groom.
  Family ID	F323	Family Group Page  |  Family Chart

  
  

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  		Born - 4 Jan 1870 - Milton next Sittingbourne, Kent, England  Education - Scholar - 1881 - Bermondsey, London, England  Executor / Trustee - Granted Probate for the Will of her mother - 13 May 1908 - London, England   = Link to Google Earth (if installed; see link below to install)
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