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Ashley Thomas GOATHAM
1855 - 1879 (24 years)
Has 55 ancestors and 17 descendants in this family tree.
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Name Ashley Thomas GOATHAM Relationship 
with Teresa Ann GOATHAM Born 22 Jan 1855 Borden, Kent, England 
- GRO ref: Goatham, Thomas Ashley q1 1855 Milton RD 2a 563; GRO online index shows mother's maiden name as Millen.
A local newspaper article (note - local rags are not generally known for their accuracy!) mentions that he died on his 24th birthday.
Baptised 1 Apr 1855 St. Peter and St. Paul’s Church, Borden, Kent, England - From PR entry (image on FMP, viewed 18 Jun 2019)
Shows Ashley Thomas, son of George and Rose Hannah King Lade GOATHAM, father a Carpenter
Gender Male Education 1861 Scholar Emigrated - Although Ashley went abroad and died in active service in the army, and I would not normally classify such moves as emigration, the fact he married and left a family in South Africa means I do consider him as an emigrant.
Military Service From 1871 to 1879 Warwickshire Regiment - Zulu Wars - Ashley appears to have joined or at least been in the army by 1871 (documents to be seen).
There is a chaper about Ashley in a book about Bredgar (this chaper alone seems to be online).
On the 130th anniversary of his death the primary school in Bredgar dedicated a day to his memory.
An article with picture of the memorial in South Africa.
Item on the Royal Regiment of Wales website about the restoration of the monument in Bredgar: http://www.rrw.org.uk/news/index.htm (June 2004)
mentions his g'father in letter to his father in Feb 1878
Died 22 Jan 1879 Battle Of Isandula, South Africa - From Memorial in Bredgar Churchyard
Memorial Aft 22 Jan 1879 St. John the Baptist Church, Bredgar, Kent, England Petty sessions - From Ashley refering to Trollope's book about South Africa when writing to his family in England I imagined him as a bookish boy, but I guess he had to have had a sense of adventure and perhaps been a bit pugilistic to join the army, as the following account of an altercation suggests. And it shows that the problem of boys and knives is nothing new!
(Ashley would have been 13 at the time. There were two Michael Goatham's who could have been the plaintiff - one was aged about 26, the other about 34).
Siblings2 brothers and 2 sisters Patriarch & Matriarch 
Notes - (Christian names in births index are Thomas Ashley)
Person ID I472 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 Jan 2024
Father George GOATHAM, b. Abt 1828, Bredgar, Kent, England , d. Dec Q 1901, Medway Reg Dist, Kent, England (Age ~ 73 years) Mother Rose Hannah Kincaid MILLEN, b. Jul 1826, Boxley, Kent, England , d. 8 Feb 1903, 43, Medway Road, Gillingham, Kent, England (Age ~ 76 years) Married 23 Feb 1854 St. Peter and St. Paul’s Church, Borden, Kent, England - GRO ref: Goatham, George to Millen, Rose Hannah King Lade q1 1854 Milton RD 2a 667Details from PR entry (image on FMP, viewed 20 Nov 2019)
Banns of marriage - From banns register data transcribed on KFHS CD 34
Shows banns were read 22 Jan to 5 Feb, for George GOATHAM, Bachelor, otp to Rose Hannah King Lade MILLEN, Spinster, otp; a note suggests the marriage was on 23 Feb
Family ID F341 Family Group Page | Family Chart
Family Susan SEALE, b. Abt 1848, The Cape, South Africa , d. 8 Mar 1928, Kemms Road, Wynberg, Cape Town, Cape Province, South Africa (Age ~ 80 years) Children + 1. Ashley Charles John GOATHAM, b. 9 Mar 1879, King William's Town, Eastern Cape Province, South Africa , d. 1 Apr 1960, Cape Province, South Africa (Age 81 years)Last Modified 15 Aug 2009 Family ID F347 Family Group Page | Family Chart
- GRO ref: Goatham, Thomas Ashley q1 1855 Milton RD 2a 563; GRO online index shows mother's maiden name as Millen.
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Born - 22 Jan 1855 - Borden, Kent, England 
Baptised - 1 Apr 1855 - St. Peter and St. Paul’s Church, Borden, Kent, England 
Died - 22 Jan 1879 - Battle Of Isandula, South Africa 
Memorial - Aft 22 Jan 1879 - St. John the Baptist Church, Bredgar, Kent, England 
Child - Ashley Charles John GOATHAM - 9 Mar 1879 - King William's Town, Eastern Cape Province, South Africa = Link to Google Earth (if installed; see link below to install) Pin Legend 
