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Sidney Howard GOATHAM
1897 - 1953 (55 years)
Has 58 ancestors and 4 descendants in this family tree.
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Name Sidney Howard GOATHAM Relationship 
with Teresa Ann GOATHAM Born 28 Oct 1897 Bredgar, Kent, England 
- GRO ref: Goatham, Sydney Howard q4 1897 Milton RD 2a 902; GRO online index shows mother's maiden name as Hadlow
Birthplace shown as Bredgar in 1901 census, Borden in 1911 census!
Date from the 1939 register and from baptism register.
Baptised 5 Dec 1897 St. John the Baptist Church, Bredgar, Kent, England - From PR entry (image on FMP, viewed 20 Jun 2019)
Shows Sydney Howard, son of Walter and Sarah Edith, abode Bredgar, father a labourer
Gender Male Military Service From 17 Mar 1915 to 7 Jul 1915 Private in the Royal East Kent Mounted Rifles - Sidney served briefly in WW1, joining up on 17 Mar 1915 at Herne. However, after less than 4 months, all spent in England, he was found unfit and discharged.
He had passed a medical examination when he joined, but that seems to have been based on physical fitness. When he was discharged the medical officer wrote:
"The Mental Capacity of this recruit leaves much to be desired - He is intellectually dull & unsuited for a soldier."
However, his military character was given as 'Good', and in more detail he wsa descrbed thus:
"An honest & clean man, Should prove a useful man in a civil occupation."
Residence 1918 Little Cossington, Aylesford, Kent, England - At the time of his marriage.
Residence 1919 Barn Meadow Cottages, Boxley, Kent, England Residence 1939 Lilac Cottage, Tripes Farm, Chelsfield Lane, Orpington, Kent, England - Sidney was with his wife, her daughter Mavis and their daughter Grace, and one other (closed as at 17 Dec 2016, probably their other living child).
(From the 1939 register, Ref: RG101/1267A/022/43 Letter Code: CKEE)
Occupation 1939 Pigman - Slaughterman - From the 1939 register
Residence 1946 St. Mary Cray, Kent, England - When his mother died
Died Jun Q 1953 9, Orchard Cottages, Church Road, Murston, Kent, England - GRO ref: Goatham, Sidney H q2 1953 Sittingbourne RD 5b 644 age 55; GRO online index (viewed 6 Nov 2016) shows Christian names as Sidney Howard
Announcement of his death in the East Kent Gazette shows the place of his death, which is where his sister Hilda had been living with her husband in 1939. I guess this was still there home and Sidney died at their home. Reason not known, his wife and family seem to have remained living in West Kent after he died (or had they moved and moved back?) If they hadn't all moved, had Sidney and his wife separated? did he happen to die visiting his sister? was Hilda better placed to care for him in his last illness?
Siblings1 brother and 4 sisters Patriarch & Matriarch 
GOATHAM, d. Yes, date unknown (9 x Great Grandfather)
Mary Ann BOTTLE, b. Abt 1802, Newington next Sittingbourne, Kent, England, d. Dec Q 1874, Milton Reg Dist, Kent, England (Age ~ 72 years) (Great Grandmother) Person ID I521 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 Nov 2022
Father Walter GOATHAM, b. Mar Q 1870, Bredgar, Kent, England , d. 19 Sep 1921, Deans Hill Farm, Bredgar, Kent, England (Age ~ 51 years) Mother Sarah Edith HADLOW, b. 23 Jun 1866, Borden, Kent, England , d. 7 Oct 1946, 9, Orchard Cottages, Church Road, Murston, Kent, England (Age 80 years)
Other Partners: Henry Lloyd LAWES m. 19 Feb 1927Married 15 Nov 1894 St. John the Baptist Church, Bredgar, Kent, England - GRO ref: Goatham, Walter to Hadlow, Sarah Edith q4 1894 Milton RD 2a 1699
Details from PR entry (image on FMP, viewed 20 Jun 2019)
Sarah being illegitimate her mother's name was entered as her father, though no occupation was given.
Witnesses were Alice Ann Clifford, Edward Millington and Minnie Millington, the last two being half siblings of the bride.
The 1911 census shows that Walter and Sarah had had 6 children, all still living then - and with them at the time of the census.
Family ID F366 Family Group Page | Family Chart
Family Jennie Elizabeth DOUST, b. 23 Sep 1894, Wadhurst, Kent, England , d. Mar Q 1960, Bromley Reg Dist, Kent, England (Age 65 years) Married 5 Oct 1918 St. Peter and St. Paul’s Church, Aylesford, Kent, England - GRO ref: Goatham, Sidney R to Doust, Jennie E q4 1918 Malling RD 2a 1799
Details from PR entry (image on FMP, viewed 2 April 2019)
Children3 children Last Modified 19 Dec 2019 Family ID F390 Family Group Page | Family Chart
- GRO ref: Goatham, Sydney Howard q4 1897 Milton RD 2a 902; GRO online index shows mother's maiden name as Hadlow
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Born - 28 Oct 1897 - Bredgar, Kent, England 
Baptised - 5 Dec 1897 - St. John the Baptist Church, Bredgar, Kent, England 
Married - 5 Oct 1918 - St. Peter and St. Paul’s Church, Aylesford, Kent, England 
Child - Grace Hilda GOATHAM - 12 Jun 1919 - Hollingbourne Reg Dist, Kent, England 
Child - Joyce Edith GOATHAM - 13 Dec 1920 - Milton Reg Dist, Kent, England Child - Doris Evelyn GOATHAM - Mar Q 1927 - Milton Reg Dist, Kent, England 
Residence - 1946 - St. Mary Cray, Kent, England 
Died - Jun Q 1953 - 9, Orchard Cottages, Church Road, Murston, Kent, England = Link to Google Earth (if installed; see link below to install) Pin Legend 
