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Michael GOATHAM

Michael GOATHAM

Male 1814 - 1891  (77 years)    Has 53 ancestors and 45 descendants in this family tree.


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  • Name Michael GOATHAM 
    Relationshipwith Teresa Ann GOATHAM
    Born 1814  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 
    Baptised 26 Jun 1814  St. John the Baptist Church, 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 
    • From PR entry (image on FMP, viewed 18 Jun 2019)
    Gender Male 
    Residence 1841  Flood Lane, Faversham, 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 
    Occupation 1841  Faversham, 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 
    Labourer 
    Occupation Feb 1844 
    Coal porter 
    • Recorded on his marriage certificate
    Occupation Dec 1844  Faversham, 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 
    Coal-meter 
    • Recorded as such when his daughter Sophia was baptised
    Occupation From 1847 to 1853  Davington, 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 
    Gardener 
    • In the 1851 census, and when his daughter Elizabeth and son Frederick were baptised
    Residence 1851  Davington, 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 
    • living at Davington Priory with his wife and daughter Sophia
      Water Lane, Public Hse, (1861)
    Residence 1861  Public House, Water Lane, Faversham, 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 
    Occupation 1861 
    Gardener and bricklayer 
    Occupation From 1869 to 1871 
    Chimney sweep 
    • Shown as 'Chimney Sweeper' when his daughters married in 1870, as a 'chimney sweep's master employing 1 man' in the 1871 census, where that employee was 23 year old Joseph Partridge from West Bromwich.
      In on Sat 17 April, 1869 a short article appeared in The Faversham Mercury (p.2, col. 6) entitled 'Quarrelsome Chimneysweepers'; I'm sure the Mr. Goatham in whose employ they were was Michael Goatham, since I have found no other whose occupation was as a chimney sweep.
      "Borough Police Court.
      ...
      Yesterday.
      (Before the Mayor and C. Bryant, Esq.)
      Quarrelsome Chimneysweepers. - Joseph Partridge and Michael O'Hara, two chimneysweepers in the employ of Mr. Goatham, were charged under the Bye Laws with fighting in the public streets on the previous day. P. C. Adey stated that at about 2 o'clock on Thursday afternoon he found the prisoners fighting in West-street. They were both on the ground when he went up, and their soot-bag and machine were lying in the road. He took the prisoners into custody. - Mr. Goatham attended, and from a statement which he made it appeared that the quarrel arose over some work the prisoners were engaged in. He gave them both good characters, and the Bench fined them each 1s. and 7s. costs. Goatham paid the money."
    Residence From 1871  52, Tanner Street, Faversham, 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 
    • In the 1871 census with his wife and son and a servant (not domestic - Michael's employee for his work, a chimney sweeper's man) shown as the household, and two separate 'households' in the same house a lodger, and his daughter Elizabeth with her baby - Elizabeth shown as wife, implying her husband lived there. Being a shipwright, a job which could entail travelling on a ship, he was probably at work. Being with a young baby and her husband away it must have been helpful to be in the same house as her parents.
      After his daughter Sophia died
    Residence 1881  41, Sumner Road, Croydon, Surrey, 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 
    Occupation 1881 
    Grocer 
    Died 15 Feb 1891  81, Summer Road, Croydon, Surrey, 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, Michael q1 1891 aged 76 Croydon RD 2a 184
      Actual date from newspaper BMD column (The Croydon Advertiser and Surrey County Reporter, p.4 col.1; image on FMP, viewed 3 Jun 2017)
      "Goatham. - Feb. 15th, at 81, Summer-road, Croydon, Michael Goatham, aged 76 years."
    Buried 23 Feb 1891  West Norwood Cemetery, Norwood Road, Lambeth, 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 
    • The burial register shows Michael as aged 76 years, and as of 41 Sumner Road, West Croydon.
      Seems a little surprising the burial was in Norwood - it was about 4 miles from the Sumner Road address, while Croydon Cemetery was much closer.
      But his grandson, Charles Henry Richmond had been buried there in 1877; maybe the burial was in the same grave. Or, with his daughter Elizabeth and her family living in Norwood Road, maybe Michael and Mercy were at Elizabeth's home and not their own when Michael died.
    Siblings 3 brothers and 4 sisters 
    Patriarch & Matriarch
    GOATHAM,   d. Yes, date unknown  (6 x Great Grandfather) 
    Martha,   d. Yes, date unknown  (2 x Great Grandmother) 
    Person ID I378  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 30 Sep 2024 

    Father John GOATHAM,   b. Abt 1776, Bapchild, 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. 1 Nov 1854, 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  (Age ~ 78 years) 
    Mother Elizabeth PRIOR,   b. Abt 1777, 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. 3 Jan 1848, 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  (Age ~ 71 years) 
    Marriage License 1 Aug 1798  Canterbury, 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 
    • John Goatham of Bredgar yeo bach & Eliz Frier of the s sp. 01 Aug 1798.
      From vol. 33 of indexes to Canterbury Marriage Licences, 1781-1809, as recorded on Ancestry.
    Married 9 Aug 1798  St. John the Baptist Church, 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 
    • From PR entry (image on FMP, viewed 2 April 2019)
      "No 135
      John Gotham of this Parish Batchelor
      and Elizabeth Prier of the
      same Parish Spinster were
      Married in this Church by Licence
      this Ninth Day of August in the Year One Thousand Seven Hundred
      and Ninety Eight by me Jas: Downs Vicar
      This Marriage was solemnized between Us John Goatham, Elizabeth Prier [both signed]
      In the Presence of John X Bridges his Mark, Ann Prier [Ann signed]"

      John's surname was entered as Gotham, but he signed Goatham. Elizabeth's was recorded and she signed, Prier. 
      Married by licence, both otp
      The marriage was witnessed by John Bridges (who made his mark) and Ann Prier (who signed). Ann was Elizabeth's sister and John Bridges was the husband of Mary Prior, another sister of Elizabeth.
    Family ID F264  Family Group Page  |  Family Chart

    Family Mercy HOUGHTON,   b. Abt 1823, Ospringe, 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. Dec Q 1905, Gravesend 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 ~ 82 years) 
    Married 26 Feb 1844  St. Mary’s Church, Chatham, 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, Michael to HOUGHTON, Mercy q1 1844 Medway RD 5 343
    Parish Register entry for the marriage of Michael Goatham to Mercy Houghton    		 Parish Register entry for the marriage of Michael Goatham to Mercy Houghton
    Children 3 children 
    Last Modified 30 Sep 2024 
    Family ID F270  Family Group Page  |  Family Chart

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    Link to Google MapsBorn - 1814 - 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 Link to Google Earth (if installed; see link below to install)
    Link to Google MapsBaptised - 26 Jun 1814 - St. John the Baptist Church, 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 Link to Google Earth (if installed; see link below to install)
    Link to Google MapsOccupation - Labourer - 1841 - Faversham, 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 Link to Google Earth (if installed; see link below to install)
    Link to Google MapsChild - Sophia GOATHAM - Dec Q 1844 - Faversham, 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 Link to Google Earth (if installed; see link below to install)
    Link to Google MapsMarried - 26 Feb 1844 - St. Mary’s Church, Chatham, 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 Link to Google Earth (if installed; see link below to install)
    Link to Google MapsOccupation - Coal-meter - Dec 1844 - Faversham, 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 Link to Google Earth (if installed; see link below to install)
    Link to Google MapsOccupation - Gardener - From 1847 to 1853 - Davington, 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 Link to Google Earth (if installed; see link below to install)
    Link to Google MapsChild - Elizabeth Ann GOATHAM - Jun Q 1847 - Davington, 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 Link to Google Earth (if installed; see link below to install)
    Link to Google MapsResidence - 1851 - Davington, 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 Link to Google Earth (if installed; see link below to install)
    Link to Google MapsChild - Frederick Arthur GOATHAM - Sep Q 1853 - Newington next Sittingbourne, 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 Link to Google Earth (if installed; see link below to install)
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