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George Walker GOATHAM
1882 - 1951 (69 years)
Has 241 ancestors and 5 descendants in this family tree.
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Name George Walker GOATHAM Relationship 
with Teresa Ann GOATHAM Born 28 Apr 1882 Faversham, Kent, England 
- GRO ref: Goathan, George Walker q2 1882 Faversham RD 2a 241
In Free BMD index as GoathaN (not v clear in register but it does look like an N there as well)
GRO online index does have his surname as Goatham, and shows his mother's maiden name as Beal
Actual date from Royal Navy service record
Gender Male Education 1891 Scholar Emigrated Sailed on - tbc
Occupation 1901 Baker's deliverer - A baker lived next door, probably the baker for whom George delivered.
Emigrated 30 Mar 1911 Quebec, Canada Arrival - on the “Corsican” - George sailed ahead of his family, his wife and young daughter joining him a couple of months later.
Travel 1914 Montreal, Quebec, Canada Departure - In 1914 the family returned to England in order for George to "join the army" [though he actually joined the navy].
(source: the arrival papers when George returned to Canada in 1922)
Occupation 1916 The Explosives Loading Company Plant, near Uplees, Faversham, Kent, England Munition Worker in E. L. C. - When the birth of his daughter Ida was registered.
This plant was built in 1913, a venture to fill bombs and shells with their explosives. (from this Wikipedia article about the Faversham explosives industry).
Military Service 4 Mar 1918 to 19 Mar 1919 Royal Navy - Service records available from the National Archives (I have copy)
Occupation 1921 Butcher Emigrated 1922 Canada Middle name relationship After whom given / reason unknown - unless a clue as to his biological maternal grandfather? - Not found as a family surname on paternal side (ancestry known extensively). Not found on the maternal side, but only known to his grandparents. If it had been from the maternal side we might have expected to find it amongst the siblings of his mother, but it is not. There is a strange situation on the maternal side though: George's mother, Emma, was, like most of her siblings, born illegitimate, and her name changed from 'Emma BEAL' to 'Emma Beal HALL' after her mother married Robert HALL. In Emma's case this was 16 years after her birth. Was her true father a WALKER (maybe even 'George WALKER'?).
Died 19 Jul 1951 - Date from his great granddaughter
Buried Prospect Cemetery, Toronto, York, Ontario, Canada Siblings2 brothers and 6 sisters Patriarch & Matriarch 
GOATHAM, d. Yes, date unknown (8 x Great Grandfather)
Anna Maria HALL, b. 17 Oct 1818, Seasalter, Kent, England, d. Mar Q 1904, Faversham Reg Dist, Kent, England (Age 85 years) (Grandmother) Notes - With parents (1901) - only child still at home. His wife and dau were with his parents in 1911 but he wasn't - he had travelled ahead to Canada. His wife and oldest dau, Evelyn, followed in May that year, but the family returned to England in 1914 for George to join the army. Surviving the war, and having 2 more children (born 1916 and 1920) George and his wife and 3 children left 57 Park Road, Faversham to travel on board the Antonia, setting sail from Southampton, bound for Quebec. They left on 20th July 1922.
Person ID I527 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 Charles Goatham and Sybilla née Hunt, The descendants (and other halves) of George Goatham and Ann née Winch, The descendants (and other halves) of John Prior and Amy née Reynolds, The descendants (and other halves) of Richard Whitehead and Mary née Grigsby Last Modified 1 Jun 2024
Father Amos GOATHAM, b. 28 Sep 1846, Faversham, Kent, England , d. Mar Q 1933, Faversham Reg Dist, Kent, England (Age 86 years) Mother Emma Ann Beal HALL, b. 4 Oct 1844, Seasalter, Kent, England , d. Dec 1926, Faversham Reg Dist, Kent, England (Age 82 years) Married 24 Oct 1868 St. Mary of Charity Church, Faversham, Kent, England - GRO ref: Goatham, Amos to Hall, Emma Beal Q4 1868 Faversham RD 2a 1239
PR entry (image on FMP, viewed 2 Jan 2015)
"1868. Marriage solemnized at the Parish Church in the Parish of Faversham in the County of Kent
No. 94, When Married: October 24,
Amos Goatham, aged 22, Bachelor, occupation: Baker, residence at time of Marriage: Abbey Street, father: Charles Goatham, occupation: Labourer;
Emma Beal Hall, aged 23, Spinster, occupation: -, residence at time of Marriage: Abbey Street, father: Henry Beal, occupation: Mariner;
Married in the Parish Church according to the Rites and Ceremonies of the Established Church after Banns by me, D P Alcock Curate
This Marriage Amos Goatham in the William Gambrill
was solemnized Emma Beal Hall Presence Margaret Beal
between us, of us, "
The 1911 census shows Amos and Emma had had 9 children, 8 of whom were still living.
Family ID F106 Family Group Page | Family Chart
Family 1 Ida Laura COURT, b. 29 Feb 1884, Whitstable, Kent, England , d. 25 Sep 1944, St. Joseph's Hospital, Toronton, York, Ontario, Canada (Age 60 years) Married 5 Dec 1908 St. Mary of Charity Church, Faversham, Kent, England - GRO ref: GOATHAM, George Walker to COURT, Ida Laura q4 1908 Faversham RD 2a 60
Details from The Faversham Mercury (12 Dec 1908):
"GOATHAM - COURT. - On the 5th December, at Faversham Parish Church, by the Rev. A. H. Broughton, George Walker Goatham to Ida Laura Court, both of Faversham."
Children3 children Last Modified 1 Jun 2024 Family ID F394 Family Group Page | Family Chart
Family 2 Violet S., d. Yes, date unknown Married Between 1944 and 1951 - Must have married between the death of George's first wife and his own death.
Last Modified 27 Nov 2017 Family ID F8311 Family Group Page | Family Chart
- GRO ref: Goathan, George Walker q2 1882 Faversham RD 2a 241
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Event Map Click to hide 
Born - 28 Apr 1882 - Faversham, Kent, England 
Married - 5 Dec 1908 - St. Mary of Charity Church, Faversham, Kent, England Child - Evelyn May GOATHAM - Abt Oct 1909 - Faversham, Kent, England Child - George Henry GOATHAM - Mar Q 1920 - Faversham, Kent, England 
Emigrated - 1922 - Canada 
Buried - - Prospect Cemetery, Toronto, York, Ontario, Canada = Link to Google Earth (if installed; see link below to install) Pin Legend 
