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John Charles GOATHAM
1896 - 1980 (83 years)
Has 245 ancestors but no descendants in this family tree.
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Name John Charles GOATHAM Relationship 
with Teresa Ann GOATHAM Born 22 May 1896 Faversham, Kent, England 
- GRO ref: Goatham, John Charles q2 1896 Faversham RD 2a 887; GRO online index shows mother's maiden name as Chalklen
Actual dob from GRO death registration index and the 1939 register
Baptised 12 Jun 1896 St. Mary of Charity Church, Faversham, Kent, England - From PR entry (image on FMP, viewed 13 Apr 2013)
"1896 June 12 No. 950 John Charles, parents: Amos Henry & Beatrice Goatham, abode: Curlings Alley, father's occupation: Labourer, ceremony performed by: Uto Rammells(?)"
(Archive reference U3/146/1/9)
Gender Male Petty sessions 19 May 1909 Faversham Borough Petty Sessions Court, The Guildhall, Faversham, Kent, England In trouble for stealing - The borough sessions were reported in the South Eastern Gazette (25 May, 1909, p. 7, col. 5); after reporting a few cases involving adults it continues:
"At a subsequent Juvenile Court, six lads, whose ages ranged from 12 to 15 years, viz., John Ashby, Thomas Ratcliff, Albert and Victor Arnold, John Goatham, and Stephen Brice, pleaded guilty to stealing a quantitiy of polishes, gum and ink, value 4s., the property of Percy Wiles, from a shop window on Sunday, May 9th. Albert Arnold, who was before the Bench as recently as last November for a shop theft, and was then bound over, was now ordered four strokes of the birch ; the others were all bound over for a year, with supervision. The Bench were of opinion that the parents were a great deal to blame for the boys' position, and the Chairman spoke very plainly to them on the subject."
After a long gap after their first 2 sons, John's parents had had a third born earlier in 1909. I wonder if they were too busy with the new baby to keep an eye on the behaviour of their eldest?
But at least John was more honest than the other boys, as he confessed when first accused, whilst the others at first denied all knowledge of the affair.
Occupation From 14 Mar 1915 to Jun 1917 NUR Faversham Branch, Faversham, Kent, England Member of National Union of Railwaymen - The admission register shows John Charles was a labourer, for the South Eastern and Chatham Railway
Military Service From 1916 In WW1 - in the “Buffs” (East Kent Regiment) - His service papers don't survive, but his medal card shows he was in the Buffs, and a letter to The Faversham News in 1916 (abstract published 10 Feb 1917, p. 4, col. 5) lists John as one of those the letter was from, although the actual writer was one W. G. Collins.
Residence 1939 2, Waterloo Road, Sittingbourne, Kent, England - With his wife Lucy.
(From the 1939 register, Ref: RG101/1788H/002/6 Letter Code: DIUG)
Occupation 1939 Carriage and Wagon Break Examiner - I guess on a railway.
From the 1939 register
Died Mar Q 1980 Swale Reg Dist, Kent, England - GRO ref: GOATHAM, John Charles q1 1980 dob 22MY1896 Swale RD 16 1652
Siblings2 brothers Patriarch & Matriarch 
GOATHAM, d. Yes, date unknown (9 x Great Grandfather)
Eliza LANGFORD, b. Sep Q 1840, Malling Reg Dist, Kent, England, d. 20 Jun 1920, 3, Castle Street, Wouldham, Kent, England (Age ~ 80 years) (Grandmother) Person ID I1897 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 27 Jan 2024
Father Amos “Henry” GOATHAM, b. Jun Q 1875, Faversham, Kent, England , d. 6 Jul 1915, The Creek, Faversham, Kent, England (Age ~ 40 years) Mother Beatrice CHALKLEN, b. 14 May 1876, Wouldham, Kent, England , d. Dec Q 1955, Sittingbourne Reg Dist, Kent, England (Age 78 years)
Other Partners: George William HANKINSON m. Dec Q 1917Married Mar Q 1896 Register Office, Faversham, Kent, England - GRO ref: GOATHAM, Amos Henry to Chalklen, Beatrice q1 1896 Faversham RD 2A 1037
Separated Between 1911 and 1915 - A report of the inquest into Amos' death notes that he had been living apart from his wife for some time.
Family ID F1135 Family Group Page | Family Chart
Family Lucy May FILMER, b. 18 Jul 1898, Faversham Reg Dist, Kent, England , d. 12 Dec 1988, Swale Reg Dist, Kent, England (Age 90 years) Married Sep Q 1924 St. Mary of Charity Church, Faversham, Kent, England - GRO ref: Goatham, John C to Filmer, Lucy M q3 1924 Faversham RD 2a 2563
Last Modified 18 Dec 2019 Family ID F1466 Family Group Page | Family Chart
- GRO ref: Goatham, John Charles q2 1896 Faversham RD 2a 887; GRO online index shows mother's maiden name as Chalklen