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Charles Henry ("Charlie") GOATHAM
1917 - 1985 (68 years)
Has 61 ancestors and 3 descendants in this family tree.
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Name Charles Henry ("Charlie") GOATHAM Nickname Charlie Relationship 
with Teresa Ann GOATHAM Born 31 Mar 1917 12, 2nd Avenue, Queenborough, Sheppey, Kent, England 
- GRO ref: Goatham, Charles H, mother's maiden name: Fowell q2 1917 Sheppey RD 2a 1570; GRO online index shows middle name as Henry
Date 31 May in 1955 pass list; 31 Mar in death registration index. The latter must be the correct date as he was baptised in April!
Baptised 15 Apr 1917 Holy Trinity Church, Queenborough, Sheppey, Kent, England - From PR entry (image on FMP, viewed 20 Jul 2019)
Gender Male Residence From 1955 to 1985 48, Dumergue Avenue, Queensborough, Sheppey, Kent, England - Recorded as his address in his probate calendar entry.
Occupation From 1955 to 1966 Sheppey, Kent, England Glass maker Misc. Sep 1966 The Swale, Kent, England Caught escaping prisoner - "ROW-AWAY PRISONER ENDS UP IN THE MUD
THE escaping prisoner rowed hard across the fog-shrouded water . . . heading, he thought, for freedom. But the only place he reached was a mud-trap.
The escaper, 23-year-old John Evans, was on the run from an open prison at Eastchurch. on the Isle of Sheppey, Kent. He started rowing early yesterday across the River Swale.
Then, blinded by the fog, he struck mud. The boat would not move. Evans did not dare to try walking, in case the mud swallowed him.
The runaway started shouting for help.
Ashore on the island at Queenborough, the shouts were heard by two men at a glass factory - production manager Charles Goatham, 49, and machine operator Les Pattison.
Torch
The two men went. to the river wall. They shouted. They shone a torch.
And the marooned escaper, guided by the torch, walked through the mud to safety.
Mr. Goatham said later " The man said he had tried to get ashore, but was frightened of sinking in the mud."
He added: "He looked very dejected and wet, _and agreed to come to the factory. Then the police were called."
Evans, of Feltham, Middlesex, was taken back to the jail, where he is serving six months for failing to maintain his family."
(from Daily Mirror, published London, England, 26 Sep 1966, p. 5)
Died 23 Oct 1985 Swale Reg Dist, Kent, England - GRO ref: reg Oct 1985 Swale RD 16 1645
Actual date from probate calendar entry; also in newspaper "In Memoriam" column (The Faversham News, 24 Oct 1986, p. 32, col. 6)
Probate 28 Nov 1985 Brighton, Sussex, England Calendar Entry - Goatham, Charles Henry of 48 Dumergue Av Queensborough Sheppey Kent died 23 October 1985 Probate Brighton 28 November Not exceeding £40000 8581105477W
Siblings1 brother and 4 sisters Patriarch & Matriarch 
GOATHAM, d. Yes, date unknown (10 x Great Grandfather)
Bessie YEO, b. 29 May 1857, Devonport, Devon, England, d. Mar Q 1925, Sheppey Reg Dist, Sheppey, Kent, England (Age 67 years) (Grandmother) Notes - In 1955 Charles arrived back in England on a ship from India, but on a ship from Sydney. Like most of the passengers, his country of "last permanent residence" (i.e. more than 12 months) was shown as India, but his country of "intended future permanent residence" was shown as England. Marital status at this time shown as "married", but there was no wife (or family) with him - travelled ahead, to follow or separated?
- (Research):In birth index mother's maiden name recorded as Powell but I suspect it should be Fowell.
Person ID I4531 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 Last Modified 19 Apr 2024
Father Charles Henry GOATHAM, b. 2 Jun 1892, Milton next Sittingbourne, Kent, England , d. Jun Q 1977, Sheppey Reg Dist, Sheppey, Kent, England (Age 84 years) Mother Ada FOWELL, b. 21 Sep 1894, Minster, Sheppey, Kent, England , d. 18 May 1971, Chatham Reg Dist, Kent, England (Age 76 years) Banns of marriage From 22 Nov 1914 to 8 Dec 1914 Holy Trinity Church, Queenborough, Sheppey, Kent, England - From the register entry (image on FMP, viewed 4 April 2019)
Married 14 Dec 1914 Holy Trinity Church, Queenborough, Sheppey, Kent, England - GRO ref: Goatham, Charles H to Fowell, Ada q4 1914 Sheppey RD 2a 2458
From the PR entry (image on FMP, viewed 4 April 2019)
Family ID F327 Family Group Page | Family Chart
Family Joan Katherine MURRAY, b. 28 Feb 1927, Croydon Reg Dist, Surrey, England , d. 5 Sep 2011, Kent Reg Dist, Kent, England (Age 84 years) Engaged 13 Aug 1948 Announced in the local paper - "The Engagement is announced between Charles, eldest son of Mr. and Mrs. Goatham, 12, Second-ave., Rushenden, Queenborough, Kent, and Joan, only daughter of Mrs. H. H. Murray and the late Mr. H. G. Murray, 51, Gorringe Park-ave., Mitcham."
(from the Norwood News, 13 August 1948; image on FMP, viewed 6 Aug 2018)
Married Mar Q 1949 Surrey North East Reg Dist, Surrey, England - GRO ref: Goatham, Charles H to Murray, Joan K q1 1949 Surrey NE RD 5g 849 (FreeBMD shows the reg district in italics suggesting there is some query over it, though it is pretty clear on both pages)
Children + 1. Living Last Modified 6 Aug 2018 Family ID F291 Family Group Page | Family Chart
- GRO ref: Goatham, Charles H, mother's maiden name: Fowell q2 1917 Sheppey RD 2a 1570; GRO online index shows middle name as Henry