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George E. BROADBRIDGE
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Name George E. BROADBRIDGE Relationship 
with Teresa Ann GOATHAM Born Abt 1817 Sittingbourne, Kent, England
- age varies but most suggest 1816/7
Gender Male Occupation From 1844 to 1861 Mariner - Shown as seaman in PR when married in 1844, mariner at the time of the 1851 and 1861 censuses. Shown as seaman in the Merchant Service on the death registration entries (GRO register) for his sons Walter and an unnamed male child (born and died 1861).
Residence From 1851 to 1861 The Wall, Sittingbourne, Kent, England
- Living at The Wall with wife and 3 daus (1851); at "Front Wall", Sittingbourne with wife and 4 daus (Eleanor, Eliza Ann, Emma and Rose) (1861).
I am guessing that Front Wall was the same as The Wall, but will try to check this. (It does not seem to be on modern maps, and the only reference I can find to Front Wall is on someone else's tree, also for people in the 1861 census) Adajacent entries to the Broadbridge family were shown as "on the wall". I guess the houses were on an embankment wall built alongside Milton Creek.
Residence 1871 16, Dover Street, Sittingbourne, Kent, England
- With wife, dau Rose & Agnes, also shown as a daughter, and also dau Susanna & her 2 children
Occupation 1871 Labourer Residence 1881 6, Princes Street, Sittingbourne, Kent, England
- With wife and a boarder. Next door one side to the "Navy Arms" (at no. 8), next door the other side was daughter Emma and her husband, with Emma's niece / George's granddaughter, Agnes.
Died Dec Q 1886 Milton Reg Dist, Kent, England
- Censuses suggest death was between 1881 and 1891 and this one fits that, George's age and abode.
GRO ref: Broadbridge, George, aged 68 q4 1886 Milton RD 2a 484
(no middle name in original or online GRO index)
Siblings4 brothers and 2 sisters Patriarch & Matriarch
John BROADBRIDGE, b. Between 1786 and 1791, Kent, England
, d. Jun Q 1854, Canterbury Reg Dist, Kent, England
(Age ~ 68 years) (Father) 
Sarah DENN, b. Abt 1790, Throwley, Kent, England
, d. Mar Q 1866, Milton Reg Dist, Kent, England
(Age ~ 76 years) (Mother) 
Person ID I3137 All | England: Kent Group (in Go(a)tham One-Name Study), All in the Goatham / Gotham One-Name Study , The descendants (and other halves) of George Goatham and Ann née Winch Last Modified 8 Aug 2023
Father John BROADBRIDGE, b. Between 1786 and 1791, Kent, England
, d. Jun Q 1854, Canterbury Reg Dist, Kent, England
(Age ~ 68 years) Mother Sarah DENN, b. Abt 1790, Throwley, Kent, England
, d. Mar Q 1866, Milton Reg Dist, Kent, England
(Age ~ 76 years) Married 2 Jan 1813 St. Michael’s Church, Sittingbourne, Kent, England
- From PR entry (image on FMP, viewed 29 Jan 2020)
Shows John Broadbridge, Bachelor married Sarah Denn, Spinster, both 'of this parish', married by Banns, John signed, Sarah made her mark, witnesses Hariet Hadla(w?), Hogben Broadbridge [both signed]
Family ID F2479 Family Group Page | Family Chart
Family Maria GOATHAM, b. Abt 1821, Bredgar, Kent, England
, d. Sep Q 1895, Milton Reg Dist, Kent, England
(Age ~ 74 years) Banns of marriage From 21 Apr 1844 to 5 May 1844 St. Bartholomew’s Church, Bobbing, Kent, England
- From PR entry (image on FMP, viewed 4 April 2019)
Married 11 May 1844 St. Bartholomew’s Church, Bobbing, Kent, England
- GRO ref: Broadbridge, George to GOATHAM, Maria q2 1844 Milton RD 5 429
From PR entry (image on FMP, viewed 4 April 2019)
Whilst all their five daughters grew up to marry, all their four sons died in infancy. I thought there might be an inherited (genetic) disorder, affecting just boys, but having seen the death registration entries for three the causes given do not suggest this.
Children9 children Last Modified 25 Jun 2023 Family ID F2420 Family Group Page | Family Chart


