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John Charles DENTON
1888 - 1970 (81 years) Has 2 ancestors and 4 descendants in this family tree.Set As Default Person
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Name John Charles DENTON Relationship with Teresa Ann GOATHAM Born 13 Dec 1888 Southborough, Kent, England - Date from death registration index, place from 1891 census
GRO ref: Denton, John Charles q1 1889 Tunbridge RD 2a 681; GRO online index shows mother's maiden name as Dunstone
Gender Male Occupation 1911 Baker Residence 1939 91, Victoria Road, Margate, Kent, England - From the 1939 register. John was followed by two closed entries, as at 16 Dec 2016, presumably his two younger children, then a housekeeper and four others, presumably lodgers or boarders.
(Ref: RG101/1755C/003/20 Letter Code: DIEH)
Died Mar Q 1970 Thanet Reg Dist, Kent, England - GRO ref: DENTON, John Charles q1 1970 dob 13De1888 Thanet RD 5f 2098
Siblings 6 brothers and 2 sisters Patriarch & Matriarch James Spencer DENTON, b. Abt 1860, Lavendon, Buckinghamshire, England , d. Between 1911 and 1939 (Age ~ 51 years) (Father)
Catherine Eliza DUNSTONE, b. 3 Jan 1865, St. Pancras, London, England , d. Mar Q 1950, Thanet Reg Dist, Kent, England (Age 84 years) (Mother)Notes - Middle initial from marr index (knew name John Denton from Auntie Ethel).
Death on Thanet makes me think this is the John C Denton who Auntie Ethel was married to.
Person ID I332 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 Charles Goatham and Sybilla née Hunt, The descendants (and other halves) of George Goatham and Ann née Winch, The descendants (and other halves) of John Prior and Amy née Reynolds, The descendants (and other halves) of Richard Whitehead and Mary née Grigsby Last Modified 18 Dec 2019
Father James Spencer DENTON, b. Abt 1860, Lavendon, Buckinghamshire, England , d. Between 1911 and 1939 (Age ~ 51 years) Mother Catherine Eliza DUNSTONE, b. 3 Jan 1865, St. Pancras, London, England , d. Mar Q 1950, Thanet Reg Dist, Kent, England (Age 84 years) Married 24 May 1885 St. Matthew’s, Oakley Square, London, England - GRO ref: Denton, James Spencer to Dunstone, Catherine q2 1885 Pancras RD 1b 5
Details from PR entry (image on Ancestry, viewed 16 Dec 2016)
The 1911 census shows that James and Catherine had had 11 children, but 4 had by then died. Looking for all births with a surname Denton, and mother's maiden name Dunstone or similar sounding only finds the two who had died in infancy.
Family ID F8936 Family Group Page | Family Chart
Family 1 Emma Annie WEARE, b. Sep Q 1889, Camberwell Reg Dist, London, England , d. 24 Dec 1936, Royal Cancer Hospital, Fulham Road, Middlesex, England (Age ~ 47 years) Married 29 Mar 1913 St. Jude’s Church, Peckham, London, England - GRO ref: Denton, John C to Weare, Emma A q1 1913 Camberwell RD 1d 1268
Details from PR entry (image on Ancestry, viewed 16 Dec 2016)
Children 4 children Last Modified 16 Dec 2016 Family ID F8931 Family Group Page | Family Chart
Family 2 Ethel Florence GOATHAM, b. 5 Apr 1902, Bakers' Shop, Garlinge, Margate, Kent, England , d. 4 Aug 1983, Hill House Hospital, Minster in Thanet, Kent, England (Age 81 years) Married Dec Q 1939 Register Office or Non-conformist Church, Thanet, Kent, England - GRO ref: Goathan [sic], Ethel F to Denton, John C q4 1939 Thanet RD 2a 5419
Auntie Ethel's surname is mis-recorded as Goathan in the GRO marriage index in entries both for her and John Denton.
It is correct in the index to the local copies (on the Kent CC website)
Last Modified 18 Dec 2019 Family ID F236 Family Group Page | Family Chart
- Date from death registration index, place from 1891 census
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Event Map Click to hide Child - Vera Emmie DENTON - Sep Q 1914 - Thanet Reg Dist, Kent, England Child - Jack James DENTON - 17 Jul 1918 - Thanet Reg Dist, Kent, England Residence - 1939 - 91, Victoria Road, Margate, Kent, England Died - Mar Q 1970 - Thanet Reg Dist, Kent, England = Link to Google Earth (if installed; see link below to install) Pin Legend