People search
(married name will be ignored if broad check is ticked;
a broad check includes a search for nicknames, married names and other alternative names)Where were they from?
Search for places, see all people in the tree with events in that place, and (where added) see places marked on a map with photos, links and other information about the location.
Roger GOATHAM
Abt 1941 - 1942 (~ 0 years)
Has 67 ancestors but no descendants in this family tree.
Set As Default Person 
-
Name Roger GOATHAM Relationship 
with Teresa Ann GOATHAM Born Abt Oct 1941 Chatham Reg Dist, Kent, England 
- GRO ref: Goatham, Roger q4 1941 mother's maiden name: Dear, Chatham RD 2a 2411
Date from age being shown as 4 months in both the burial register and death registration, which suggests born Sep or Oct.
Gender Male Died 11 Feb 1942 87, Trafalgar Street, Gillingham, Kent, England Cause: Ia Heart Failure, b Bronchitis, c Convulsions Fit - GRO ref: Goatham, Roger q1 1942 Chatham RD 2a 2341 age 0; GRO online index (viewed 6 Nov 2016) shows age at death as 4 [must mean 4 months]
Details from death registration entry (image of GRO register copy).
Actual place also from burial register.
The informant was his maternal grandmother, M. E. Dear. Roger died in his grandparents' home; his parents had married during the war so his father was probably away from home most of the time, and possibly his (Roger's) mother continued living with her parents until the war was over.
"GOATHAM. - Treasure memories of Darling Roger, who fell asleep Feb. 11th, 1942. - Golden memories, silently kept, of one we loved and will never forget. - From Mummy, Daddy, Grandma and Granda."
Buried 16 Feb 1942 Woodlands Cemetery, Gillingham, Kent, England - From burial register (transcribed data on KFHS CD 40)
Shown as aged 4 months
Patriarch & Matriarch 
GOATHAM, d. Yes, date unknown (10 x Great Grandfather)
Mary Ann WHITE, b. Abt 1848, d. Sep Q 1890, St. Olave Southwark Reg Dist, London, England (Age ~ 42 years) (Great Grandmother) Person ID I4967 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 1 Jun 2024
Father Rex GOATHAM, b. 16 Apr 1913, Borden, Kent, England , d. 2 Jan 1981, Petersfield Reg Dist, Hampshire, England (Age 67 years) Mother Zita Mary Gladys DEAR, b. 1 Dec 1910, Emsworth, Hampshire, England , d. 24 Aug 1987, Portsmouth Reg Dist, Hampshire, England (Age 76 years) Married 6 Apr 1940 St. Mark’s Church, New Brompton, Gillingham, Kent, England - GRO ref: Goatham, Rex to Dear, Zita q2 1940 Medway RD 2a 3385
Details from PR entry (image on CityArk website, viewed 15 Nov 2016)
"1940 Marriage solemnized at the Parish Church in the Parish
of S. Mark New Brompton in the County of Kent
No. 300, 6 April 1940, Rex Goatham, 26, Bachelor, R.A.F. Aircraftsman, residence at time of Marriage: 25 Ruins Barn Road Tunstall, father: Percy John Goatham (deceased), [no occupation shown]
Zita Mary Gwaldys Dear, 27 Spinster, Waitress, 87 Trafalgar Street Gillingham, father: Archibald Charles Lawrence Dear, Skilled Labourer
Married in the Parish Church according to the Rites and Ceremonies of the Established Church by [blank] or after Banns by me, E. L. Howland Vicar
This Marriage was solemnized between us, Rex Goatham, Zita Mary Gwaldys Dear.
in the presence of us, Archibald Charles Lawrence Dear, Beatrice Ellen May Goatham"
Family ID F317 Family Group Page | Family Chart
- GRO ref: Goatham, Roger q4 1941 mother's maiden name: Dear, Chatham RD 2a 2411