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Michael GOATHAM
Abt 1834 - 1905 (~ 71 years)
Has 49 ancestors and 19 descendants in this family tree.
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Name Michael GOATHAM Relationship 
with Teresa Ann GOATHAM Associated names GOATHAM , DE GOTHAM , DE GOTTONE , GOTEHAM , GOTHAM , GOTHAM GRIGG , GOTHAM-BEW , GOTHAM-BOREHAM , GOTHAM-POTTER , GOTHAN , GOTTAM , GOTTOM , VAN GOETHEN Born Abt 1834 Bredgar, Kent, England 
Baptised 19 Aug 1834 St. John the Baptist Church, Bredgar, Kent, England - From PR entry (image on FMP, viewed 18 Jun 2019)
Abode Bredgar, George shown as a carpenter.
Gender Male Education 1851 Scholar - n.b. still at school at 16
Occupation From 1861 to 1901 Carpenter etc. - According to 1861, 1871, 1881 and 1901 censuses
Residence From 1894 to 1905 The Union Workhouse, Milton next Sittingbourne, Kent, England - In the census by 1894, possibly put there after he was found guilty of beggin in 1891. There at the time of the 1901 census, and died there, it seems likely he was there continuously from 1894 or earlier to his death in 1905.At a meeting of Milton Guardians on 12 Dec 1894 the Chairman (Mr R J Tylden) described a letter received concerning Michael. This was reported in The Faversham News:
"The Chairman said he had also received a lengthy and rambling letter from an old man named Hill, an inmate of the house, complaining another inmate, Michael Goatham, was continually quarrelling with him. Goatham is notorious for disturbing the peace of the house, and had been before the magistrates for that offence. It was stated, however, that Hill was cantankerous, and that it was a case of six to one and half-a-dozen to the other. - The Master was ordered to promote peace between the enemies, so far a lay in his power."
(The Faversham News, 15 Dec 1894, p.6, col. 1)
Died Jun Q 1905 The Union Workhouse, Milton next Sittingbourne, Kent, England - GRO ref: Goatham, Michael aged 70 q2 1905 Milton RD 2a 529
Place from burial register
Buried 6 May 1905 St. John the Baptist Church, Bredgar, Kent, England - From PR entry (image on FMP, viewed 20 Jul 2019)
Siblings2 brothers and 2 sisters Half-siblings2 half brothers and 1 half sister (family of George GOATHAM and Sarah HUNT) Patriarch & Matriarch 
GOATHAM, d. Yes, date unknown (7 x Great Grandfather)
Elizabeth BAYLEY, bur. 28 Jan 1780, St. John the Baptist Church, Mersham, Kent, England (Great Grandmother) Notes - With his parents, 1841 and 1851.
Living in Bredgar St, Bredgar in 1861 with wife and 2 children;
with wife & eldest 5 children (1871);
with wife, 5 children (not Lucy or Eliza) and lodger widr Robert Soager (age 71) (bricklayer's labourer) in Primrose Lane, Bredgar (1881)
Something must have gone wrong with Michael, or between him and his wife, as he was not with her by 1891 (census), and was found guilty of begging in High Halden that year. That may have led to his admission to the Milton Union Workhouse, as he was in there by 1894, and recorded as a pauper inmate in the 1901 census.
Person ID I466 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, The descendants (and other halves) of Richard Whitehead and Mary née Grigsby Last Modified 29 Jun 2023
Father George GOATHAM, b. 1797, Bredgar, Kent, England , d. 19 Nov 1885, The Union Workhouse, Milton next Sittingbourne, Kent, England (Age 88 years)
Other Partners: Sarah HUNT m. 3 May 1819Mother Lucy LEEDS, b. Abt 1800, Brabourne, Kent, England , d. 26 Sep 1857, Bredgar, Kent, England (Age ~ 57 years) Banns of marriage From 21 Dec 1828 to 4 Jan 1829 St. John the Baptist Church, Bredgar, Kent, England - From banns register entry (image on FMP, viewed 20 Jun 2019)
Married 12 Jan 1829 St. John the Baptist Church, Bredgar, Kent, England [1] - From PR entry (image on FMP, viewed 20 Jun 2019, though missing from index)
Family ID F318 Family Group Page | Family Chart
Family Olive WHITEHEAD, b. Abt 1833, Bredgar, Kent, England , d. 27 May 1915, Castle Farm, Wendover, Buckinghamshire, England (Age ~ 82 years)
Other Partners: [ - ? - ]Married 30 May 1859 St. John the Baptist Church, Bredgar, Kent, England - GRO ref: Goatham, Michael to Whitehead, Olive q2 1859 Milton RD 2a 865
Details from PR entry (image on FMP, viewed 20 Jul 2019)
Children7 children Last Modified 3 Sep 2022 Family ID F343 Family Group Page | Family Chart
- From PR entry (image on FMP, viewed 18 Jun 2019)
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Born - Abt 1834 - Bredgar, Kent, England 
Baptised - 19 Aug 1834 - St. John the Baptist Church, Bredgar, Kent, England Married - 30 May 1859 - St. John the Baptist Church, Bredgar, Kent, England Child - Lucy Leeds GOATHAM - Mar Q 1860 - Bredgar, Kent, England Child - Eliza Jane GOATHAM - 9 Oct 1863 - Bredgar, Kent, England Child - Maria GOATHAM - Sep Q 1867 - Bredgar, Kent, England Child - Horace GOATHAM - 21 May 1869 - Bredgar, Kent, England Child - Olive GOATHAM - 24 Aug 1872 - Bredgar, Kent, England Child - Thomas GOATHAM - Mar 1874 - Bredgar, Kent, England Child - Mary GOATHAM - 19 Nov 1875 - Bredgar, Kent, England Buried - 6 May 1905 - St. John the Baptist Church, Bredgar, Kent, England = Link to Google Earth (if installed; see link below to install) Pin Legend 
Sources - [S40] Bredgar Parish Registers (KFHS transcribed data), Kent Family History Society, Entry for the marriage of George Goatham to Lucy Leeds. (Reliability: 3).
581 1829 Jan 12 George GOATHAM Ba Tp Amey? LEEDS? Sp Tp B Mria Thomas Jenner