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Thomas Edward GOATHAM
1867 - 1940 (72 years)
Has 53 ancestors but no descendants in this family tree.
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Name Thomas Edward 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 25 Nov 1867 Bredgar, Kent, England 
- GRO ref: Goatham, Thomas Edward q4 1867 Milton RD 2a 711; GRO online index shows mother's maiden name as Manser
Date on passport application (1915) given as 25 Nov 1868; place here from 1881 census and passport application.
Since date given in passport application is after the baptism date and after the birth registration it seems it is one year out. The marriage licence showed Thomas as being aged 49 on 25 Nov 1916, providing additional evidence that we are dealing with the Thomas born in 1867, and also names his parents, and shows him as born Kent, further confirming it was this Thomas.
Baptised 9 Feb 1868 St. John the Baptist Church, Bredgar, Kent, England - From PR entry (image on FMP, viewed 19 Jun 2019)
Abode Bredgar, father Joseph shown as a labourer.
Gender Male Occupation 1881 Farm labourer Occupation 1881 Farm labourer Emigrated 16 Apr 1885 Liverpool, Lancashire, England Set off for the USA - From passport application
Naturalised 8 Jun 1892 Ohio, USA As a citizen of the United States - From passport application.
It gives more details of place but I need to deciper!
Property 1898 Ripley Township, Huron Co., Ohio, USA Purchase of the Lewis Hackett Farm - It was reported in the Norwalk Daily Reflector, of 8 April, 1898, that
"Thomas Goatham has purchased the Lewis Hackett farm in Ripley and will soon occupy it."
Occupation From 1900 to 1930 Ripley Township, Huron Co., Ohio, USA Farmer - A farmer at Ripley by the time of the 1900 census, and still farming there in 1930. Still in Ripley but no longer shown as a farmer in 1940: presumably he had retired.
Property 1912 Ripley Township, Huron Co., Ohio, USA Transfer of real estate - A transfer of 7 acres at Ripley from Huldah A. and E. M. Stauffer to Thomas E. Goatham for $631.20 was reported in the Norwalk Daily Reflector of 24 Aug 2012 (p.1, col. 7)
Reference 1913 In 'United States trotting association register' - Includes entry:
LADY ONA G. (1) b m foaled 1900; by Norval. 5335: dam Attend. by Red Hot. 10068, etc. [See Attend.] Bred by Britt & Sinclair, Lima, Ohio;
passed to A. Wagner, Cleveland, Ohio: then to A. K. Spratt, Norwalk, Ohio: then to Thomas E. Goatham, North Fairfield, Ohio. Obtained record of 2:26¾ as Ona.
(author of register: John Hankins Wallace)
see snippet on Google books
Travel Aft 29 Jul 1915 To England to visit sick father - On 29th July 1915 Thomas applied for a passport to return to England to visit his sick father. He stated he had lived in the USA uninterruptedly for 30 years, since 1885.
His seventy five year old father did not die until 1921, but Thomas' mother had died a few months before his visit, in April 2015, so his father may have been more grieving than ill.
Travel From 11 Sep 1915 to 20 Sep 1915 Return to the USA - He left Liverpool on 11 Sep 1915 on board the ship 'Philadelphia', a ship of the American Line, with master A P Mills, destined for New York.
Shown as Thomas Goatham, aged 46, he was in the Ellis Island Passenger Arrival Records 20.9.1915 - last residence given as No. Fairfield, Huron Co., Ohio. But Ship of Travel: Philadelphia; Port of Departure: Liverpool (marital status - widower)
Residence 20 Sep 1915 North Fairfield, Huron Co., Ohio, USA - (given as his address when he returned to the USA)
Died 18 Nov 1940 Ripley Township, Huron Co., Ohio, USA Cause: Heart attack Obituary 19 Nov 1940 “Rites set for T. E. Gotham, 73” - "RITES SET FOR T. E. GOTHAM, 73
GREENWICH - Funeral services for Thomas E. Gotham, 73, who died Monday night of a heart attack, will be held at the residence at 2:30 p. m. Wednesday. Rev. Irwin of Fairfield will officiate. Burial will be in Ripley cemetery.
Surviving are the widow, a stepson Lee Gordon of Greenwich, and a brother in England."
(from the News-Journal, pub. Mansfield, Ohio, 19, Nov 1940)
The obituary is accurate regarding Thomas's siblings. Although he was the second of 9, only 2 of whom died in childhood, 5 of the other 6 pre-deceased Thomas.
Buried 20 Nov 1940 Edwards Grove Cemetery, Greenwich, Huron Co., Ohio, USA - Edwards Grove Cemetery is also known as Ripley Cemetery, and is located next to The Ripley Church.
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Siblings7 brothers and 1 sister Patriarch & Matriarch 
Person ID I494 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 25 Aug 2022
Father Joseph GOATHAM, b. 1840, Bredgar, Kent, England , d. 27 Apr 1921, 36, Station Road, Rainham, Kent, England (Age 81 years) Mother Susan Eliza (“Eliza”) MANSER, b. Mar Q 1842, Rye, Sussex, England , d. 27 Apr 1915, 167, East Street, Sittingbourne, Kent, England (Age ~ 73 years) Married 27 Apr 1865 St. Mary’s Church, Chatham, Kent, England - GRO ref: q2 1865 Medway RD, Kent 2a 562
(Joseph indexed both as GOATHAN and GOATHAM)
The 1911 census confirms that Joseph and Susan had had 9 children, with 6 still living. Only 30 year old Augustus was by then living with them, at Little Bushell, Norton, Faversham.
Family ID F338 Family Group Page | Family Chart
Family 1 Carrie L. MCMILLEN, b. 20 Jul 1856, Ohio, USA , d. 12 Sep 1914, Huron Co., Ohio, USA (Age 58 years) Married 4 Mar 1893 Methodist Parsonage, Greenwich, Huron Co., Ohio, USA - From the 1900 census - shows Thomas and Carrie had been married 7 years.
The Norwalk Daily Reflector, Fri 10 March 1893 recorded (p.3, col. 5):
"Mr. Thomas Goatham and Miss Carrie McMillan, of Greenwich, called at the Methodist parsonage last Saturday evening and were joined in holy bonds of wedlock by Rev. H. P. Richards"
I imagine the 'Methodist parsonage' where they were married was in Greenwich, although the item is not clear.
Last Modified 29 Feb 2020 Family ID F4776 Family Group Page | Family Chart
Family 2 Cora E. FELLENBAUM, b. 13 Dec 1886, Ashland Co., Ohio, USA , bur. 1961, North Fairfield Cemetery (New), North Fairfield, Huron Co., Ohio, USA (Age ~ 74 years)
Other Partners: James W. GORDAN m. Between 1909 and 1910Married 16 Jun 1917 Huron City, Erie Co., Ohio, USA - From marriage licence and certificate information (image of original document on FMP, viewed 20 Mar 2017)
Last Modified 15 Jul 2017 Family ID F4946 Family Group Page | Family Chart
- GRO ref: Goatham, Thomas Edward q4 1867 Milton RD 2a 711; GRO online index shows mother's maiden name as Manser
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Born - 25 Nov 1867 - Bredgar, Kent, England 
Baptised - 9 Feb 1868 - St. John the Baptist Church, Bredgar, Kent, England 
Emigrated - Set off for the USA - 16 Apr 1885 - Liverpool, Lancashire, England 
Naturalised - As a citizen of the United States - 8 Jun 1892 - Ohio, USA 
Married - 4 Mar 1893 - Methodist Parsonage, Greenwich, Huron Co., Ohio, USA 
Property - Purchase of the Lewis Hackett Farm - 1898 - Ripley Township, Huron Co., Ohio, USA Occupation - Farmer - From 1900 to 1930 - Ripley Township, Huron Co., Ohio, USA Property - Transfer of real estate - 1912 - Ripley Township, Huron Co., Ohio, USA 
Residence - 20 Sep 1915 - North Fairfield, Huron Co., Ohio, USA Died - Cause: Heart attack - 18 Nov 1940 - Ripley Township, Huron Co., Ohio, USA 
Buried - 20 Nov 1940 - Edwards Grove Cemetery, Greenwich, Huron Co., Ohio, USA = Link to Google Earth (if installed; see link below to install) Pin Legend 
