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William GOATHAM[1]
1875 - 1941 (66 years) Has 53 ancestors and 28 descendants in this family tree.Set As Default Person
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Name William 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 1 Dec 1875 Bredgar, Kent, England - GRO ref: Goatham, William q1 1876 Milton RD 2a 836; GRO online index shows mother's maiden name as Manser
Actual date from the 1939 register
Baptised 2 Apr 1876 St. John the Baptist Church, Bredgar, Kent, England - From PR entry (image on FMP, viewed 20 Jul 2019)
Abode Bredgar, father Joseph shown as a sawyer.
Gender Male Education 1881 The National School, Bredgar, Kent, England Scholar - I think it must be this William who was noted in the school log book as being severly punished with the cane for insubordination in 1887. (I don't believe there were any other William Goathams of school age in the parish at this time)
Occupation 1891 Stable lad groom Occupation 1901 Wood and fruit labourer Residence 1921 Dungate, Rodmersham, Kent, England - With his wife and oldest three children
Occupation 1921 Fruit grower - The 1921 census also has an entry for one twenty year old Ernest Neeves, who was living with his parents and siblings in Pond Cottages in Rodmersham, but who was working for William ('Farm labourer').
Residence From 1937 to 1941 144, London Road, Teynham, Kent, England - With his wife and (probably) four of their children at the time of the 1939 register (only two of the entries for the children open as at 22 Mar 2019)
(Ref: RG101/1853J/012/6 Letter Code: DJVD)
Also where William was to die and where his son Thomas had died.
Occupation From 1937 to 1939 Fruit Dealer - In the 1939 register and on his son Thomas's death cert.
Died 15 Dec 1941 144, London Road, Teynham, Kent, England - GRO ref: Goatham, William q4 1941 Sittingbourne RD 2a 1944 age 66
Actual date and place from probate calendar entry
Grant of Administration 3 Apr 1942 Llandudno, Clwyd, Wales Calendar entry - Goatham William of 144 London-road Lynsted Kent died 15 December 1941 Administration Llandudno 3 April to Maud Victoria Jubilee Goatham widow and Arthur Conference Goatham agriculturist. Effects £1222 16s.
Siblings 7 brothers and 1 sister Patriarch & Matriarch Notes - with parents, 1891
Emigrated to Australia 1910 but was back in England by the time of the birth of a child in 1916
Person ID I495 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 11 May 2024
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 Maud Victoria Jubilee JARVIS, b. 2 Apr 1887, Erith, Kent, England , d. 21 Feb 1955, The General Hospital, Sheppey, Kent, England (Age 67 years) Married 1912 Subiaco Reg Dist, Western Australia, Australia - From index to Western Australia BMDs:
GOATHAM, William to JARVIS, Maud V J, Subiaco RD, Reg. No. 8, Reg yr. 1912
Children 8 children Last Modified 19 Jan 2019 Family ID F368 Family Group Page | Family Chart
- GRO ref: Goatham, William q1 1876 Milton RD 2a 836; GRO online index shows mother's maiden name as Manser
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Event Map Click to hide Born - 1 Dec 1875 - Bredgar, Kent, England Baptised - 2 Apr 1876 - St. John the Baptist Church, Bredgar, Kent, England Married - 1912 - Subiaco Reg Dist, Western Australia, Australia Child - Arthur Conference GOATHAM - 13 Feb 1919 - Rodmersham, Kent, England Residence - 1921 - Dungate, Rodmersham, Kent, England Child - David Leonard GOATHAM - 19 Dec 1921 - Milton Reg Dist, Kent, England Child - Maud Eliza GOATHAM - Dec Q 1923 - Milton Reg Dist, Kent, England Child - Gladys Ila GOATHAM - Jun Q 1927 - Milton Reg Dist, Kent, England Child - Thomas Manser Joseph GOATHAM - Sep Q 1930 - Faversham Reg Dist, Kent, England Child - Raymond John GOATHAM - Jun Q 1933 - Faversham Reg Dist, Kent, England Residence - From 1937 to 1941 - 144, London Road, Teynham, Kent, England Died - 15 Dec 1941 - 144, London Road, Teynham, Kent, England = Link to Google Earth (if installed; see link below to install) Pin Legend
Sources - [S229] Books: Bredgar: The History of a Kentish Parish, Helen Allinson, (Petts Wood, Kent: Synjon Books, 1997.), 95. (Reliability: 3).
Allinson notes that there is little mention of punishments in the log book.