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Elisha GOATHAM
1856 - 1879 (22 years)
Has 239 ancestors but no descendants in this family tree.
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Name Elisha GOATHAM Relationship 
with Teresa Ann GOATHAM Born 16 Oct 1856 Abbey Street, Faversham, Kent, England 
- GRO ref: Goatham, Elisha q4 1856 Faversham RD 2a 535; GRO online index shows mother's maiden name as Hunt.
Details from birth registration entry (GRO register copy)
Gender Male Education 1861 The National School, Faversham, Kent, England Scholar - admitted to Faversham National School, 23 5 1864
(from school records in Maidstone Archives)
Census 7 Apr 1861 Church Lane, Faversham, Kent, England Occupation 1871 Faversham, Kent, England Errand boy Census 2 Apr 1871 15, Partridge Lane, Faversham, Kent, England Occupation 1879 Faversham, Kent, England General Labourer - (from death cert)
Died 11 Apr 1879 2, Abbey Street, Faversham, Kent, England Cause: Phthisis - Elisha quite likely died from tuberculosis (consumption), but the term was also used for any wasting disease.
Notice was placed in the Faversham Mercury 19 Apr 1879 (age 22) (KFHS CD-ROM 02/07)
GRO ref: Goatham, Elisha q2 1879 Faversham RD 2a 496 aged 22 (have cert, date from dth cert)
His death was registered by his sister-in-law Emma, wife of his brother Amos, who was present at his death.
Death certificate for Elisha Goatham Buried 17 Apr 1879 St. Mary of Charity Church, Faversham, Kent, England - From PR entry (image on microfilm, viewed in Canterbury Cathedral Archives)
"Elisha Goatham No. 794., abode: Abbey Street, buried: April 17th, age: 22, C E Donne Vicar" - under heading 'Burials in the Parish of Faversham in the County of Kent in the Year 1879'
(Archive reference U3/146/1/34, p. 100)
Siblings8 brothers and 3 sisters Patriarch & Matriarch 
Notes - Elisha is only found as a child of Charles and Sybilla in census returns, he is missing from the list of their children in the family prayer Book
Person ID I347 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 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 20 Jun 2023
Father Charles GOATHAM, b. Abt 1805, Bredgar, Kent, England , d. 24 Dec 1888, 2, Abbey Street, Faversham, Kent, England (Age ~ 83 years) Mother Sybilla HUNT, b. Abt 1817, Wormshill, Kent, England , d. Between 29 Aug 1887 and 4 Sep 1887, Hernhill Marshes, Hernhill, Kent, England (Age ~ 70 years) Married 31 May 1835 St. Mary’s Church, Chatham, Kent, England - Although both Charles and Sybella were shown as "otp" when they married in Chatham, I suspect that this was an address of convenience to enable them to be married here - see my notes about Medway marriages.
The witness James Goodhew may well have been the James Goodhew who would marry Charles' sister Maria two years later.
I have not found baptisms for most of Charles' and Sybilla's children; they do not seem to have been baptised at the Parish Church in Faversham. Maybe there is a clue in that in 1875 a Mr Goatham lent his van for conveying children to a Congreational Church picnic; had they started attending or at least having the children baptised at the Congregational Church? - to be investigated.
The marriage of Charles Goatham to Sybilla Hunt
Parish Register entry for the marriage of my gt gt grandparents (my only 2xgt grandparents to marry before the registration of BMDs began). This is from the registers for the now redundant Church of St. Mary the Virgin, Chatham, Kent.Occupation to 1887 Hop picking - From the records of the events surrounding Sybilla's death it is clear that she went hop-picking. She had probably done this many years, perhaps almost all of her life. She may well have even been taken along as a baby to the hop fields by her own mother.
During her married life Charles probably did not accompany her, due to his regular work, but even though living most of it in a town she was still close enough to hop fields to go hop picking from home. The children probably all went too, and assisted in hop picking once they were old enough.
Family ID F100 Family Group Page | Family Chart
- GRO ref: Goatham, Elisha q4 1856 Faversham RD 2a 535; GRO online index shows mother's maiden name as Hunt.
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Born - 16 Oct 1856 - Abbey Street, Faversham, Kent, England 
Education - Scholar - 1861 - The National School, Faversham, Kent, England 
Census - 7 Apr 1861 - Church Lane, Faversham, Kent, England 
Occupation - Errand boy - 1871 - Faversham, Kent, England 
Census - 2 Apr 1871 - 15, Partridge Lane, Faversham, Kent, England Occupation - General Labourer - 1879 - Faversham, Kent, England 
Died - Cause: Phthisis - 11 Apr 1879 - 2, Abbey Street, Faversham, Kent, England 
Buried - 17 Apr 1879 - St. Mary of Charity Church, Faversham, Kent, England = Link to Google Earth (if installed; see link below to install) Pin Legend 
