George Gotha GOATHAM

1864 - 1947  (~ 83 years)

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• Name	George Gotha GOATHAM
  Relationship	with Teresa Ann GOATHAM
  Born	Mar Q 1864	Milton Reg Dist, Kent, England
  	GRO ref: Goatham, George Gotha q1 1864 Milton RD 2a 683; GRO online index shows mother's maiden name as Eason.
  Baptised	27 Mar 1864	Holy Trinity Church, Milton next Sittingbourne, Kent, England
  	From PR entry (image on FMP, viewed 19 Jun 2019)
  Gender	Male
  Education	1871
  	Scholar
  Occupation	1881	Milton next Sittingbourne, Kent, England
  	Apprentice (carpenter)
  	Living with his parents
  Emigrated	30 Mar 1884
  	England to Australia - Embarked and Sailed
  	Date from account of first part of the journey, reported in the East Kent Gazette of 24 May 1884, p. 5, col. 7.
  Residence	From 1886 to 1896	Queensland, Australia
  	By 1886 when George was married to 1896 when he obtained a licence to sell tobacco all events concerning George and his family seem to be in Queensland so presumably that is where the family were living. Sometime between 1896 and 1900 George and his family appear to have moved to New South Wales.
  Occupation	1894	Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
  	Fruiterer
  Occupation	7 Mar 1896	Queensland, Australia
  	Licence to sell tobacco
  	A licence was issued to George in Queensland
  Emigrated	Between 1901 and 1911
  	Australia to New Zealand
  	In Australia in the 1901 census, but in New Zealand 1911 electoral roll.
  Residence	1901	97, Walker Street, North Sydney, Cumberland, New South Wales, Australia
  	Most Australian census records do not survive, but 1901 records for New South Wales do, showing the name of householders with the numbers of males and females in each house. In total there were 3 of each in George's house. The males were probably George, and his sons Charles and Albert, his  other three sons having died in infancy. The three females presumably included his wife and daughter Ida; the identity of the other is unknown.
  Residence	From 1911 to 1914	Marama Street, Sunshine, Anderson's Bay, Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand
  	In both the 1911 and 1914 electoral rolls George and his wife were simply shown as living at Sunshine; in their son Charles Alexander's entry it was more specific and shown as Marama Road; I am guessing there is where all 3 lived (n.b. all 3 shown as Gotham in 1914)
  Occupation	From 1911 to 1919
  	Commercial traveller
  	According to the electoral rolls. Two entries for 1919 - one when he was living in Nelson shows him as a commercial traveller, the other when he appears to have moved to Timaru shows him as a warehouseman.
  Residence	1919	Bridge Street, Nelson, New Zealand
  Residence	1919	Nelson Terrace, Timaru, Canterbury, New Zealand
  	It appears George and his wife may have separated, as they are not shown together in the 1919 census - Jane is with the 'children' (grown-up) There are 2 entries for George, which I guess indicates he moved during the year. Both include the unusual middle name Gotha - I think this shows it is the same man, though it could be a son I haven't yet discovered. (The Nelson Terrace entry had the surname as Gootham) There were also 2 entries for 1928 (both in Wellington, where it is clear this George later lived and died), but only one after that.
  Occupation	1919	Timaru, New Zealand
  	Warehouseman
  Residence	1928	61, Hanson Street, Wellington, New Zealand
  	From one of the electoral roll entries for that year
  Residence	1928	182, Tinakori Road, Wellington, New Zealand
  Occupation	1928	Wellington, New Zealand
  	Collector
  	From both of his electoral roll entries for the year
  Residence	1938	24, Bryant Street, Palmerston, Manawatu-Wanganui, New Zealand
  	From electoral roll
  Occupation	1938
  	Salesman
  	From electoral roll
  Occupation	1940
  	Jeweller?
  	Described as "a jeweller and pensioner" in 1940 newspaper article, though never found in other references. Maybe he sold paste jewellery when a commercial traveller? Or more likely a newspaper hack mis-heard or mis-read his notes - traveller and jeweller are rather similar looking words.
  In the Dock	Jan 1940	New Zealand   [1]
  	Sentenced for assault
  	From the Evening Post (a New Zealand paper covering the Wellington region) , 26 January 1940: Prisoners sentenced George Goatham, a jeweller and pensioner, aged 75 (Mr. H. R. C. Wild), was also placed on probation for a year for indecently assaulting a female, and he was ordered to pay the costs of the prosecution. Mr. W. H. Cunningham appeared for the Crown. (transcribed from image)
  Retired	1946
  	Pensioner
  	Retired before 1946. No occupation shown in the electoral roll, not surprisingly as George was now in his 80s - shown as a pensioner.
  Residence	1946	46, Sussex Street, Brooklyn, Wellington, New Zealand
  	From the electoral roll. No occupation shown, not surprisingly as George was now in his 80s - shown as a pensioner.
  Died	18 Feb 1947	Wellington, New Zealand
  	From New Zealand death index Shows Geroge Gotha GOATHAM, Registration Number 1947/17728 Age given as 82 years
  Cremation	20 Feb 1947	Karori Cemetery, 76, Old Karori Road, Karori, Wellington, New Zealand
  	details
  Middle name relationship	No known family connection with 'Gotha'. Was it an attempt to suggest a link to the Royal Family?
  	The name Saxe-Coburg-Gotha had come into the British Royal Family 24 years before George was born when, in 1840, Queen Victoria married Prince Albert, son of Ernst, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha.
  Buried	20 Feb 1947	Karori Crematorium, Wellington, New Zealand
  	Record Number: 7236 (details on the Wellington City website)
  Siblings	2 brothers and 1 sister
  1. Annie Maria GOATHAM,   b. Mar Q 1863, Milton Reg Dist, Kent, England ,   d. 20 Jun 1867, Jolly Sailors' Inn, 21, Flushing Street, Milton next Sittingbourne, Kent, England  (Age ~ 4 years) + 2. George Gotha GOATHAM,   b. Mar Q 1864, Milton Reg Dist, Kent, England ,   d. 18 Feb 1947, Wellington, New Zealand  (Age ~ 83 years) ▻ Jane Elizabeth KEITH,  m. 18 Nov 1886 + 3. Charles Henry GOATHAM,   b. Jun Q 1865, Milton next Sittingbourne, Kent, England ,   d. 2 May 1910, Farleigh House, Sandgate, Kent, England  (Age ~ 45 years) ▻ Clara Ellen BAKER, [Father?],  m. 4 Oct 1890 + 4. Harry ("Henry") William GOATHAM,   b. Mar Q 1867, Milton next Sittingbourne, Kent, England ,   d. 14 May 1931, 22, Lower Range Road, Denton, Gravesend, Kent, England  (Age ~ 64 years) ▻ Annie COOPER,  m. 27 Dec 1886
  Origins
  Patriarch & Matriarch	GOATHAM,   d. Yes, date unknown  (8 x Great Grandfather)  Harriet Elizabeth WILES,   b. Abt 1809, Old Romney, Kent, England ,   d. 14 Mar 1888, Milton Reg Dist, Kent, England  (Age ~ 79 years)  (Grandmother)
  Person ID	I1903	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	26 Apr 2022

  
  

  Father	Henry GOATHAM,   b. Abt 1822, Bredgar, Kent, England ,   d. 8 Apr 1894, Jolly Sailors' Inn, 21, Flushing Street, Milton next Sittingbourne, Kent, England  (Age ~ 72 years)
  Mother	Harriett Pemily EASON,   b. Jun Q 1840, Milton next Sittingbourne, Kent, England ,   d. 13 Sep 1907, Milton Reg Dist, Kent, England  (Age ~ 67 years)
  Married	27 Apr 1861	St. Mary’s Church, Chatham, Kent, England
  	GRO ref: Goatham, Henry to Eason, Harriett Pemily q2 1861 Medway RD 2a 515 Although the marriage certificate shows both Henry and Harriet as resident in Chatham, Harriet had lived with her family in Flushing Street in Milton, where her mother and siblings were still living in 1861, although by then Harriet had moved to live where she was working, in Chatham. Less than 3 weeks before the wedding Henry was living with a sister and her family in Milton. Perhaps he described himself as living in Chatham to save the need to arrange for banns to be read in Milton. While Harriet's residence in the parish would have enabled them legally to marry in Chatham, many marriages seemed to take place there where neither of the couple was resident. The large size of the parish and the number of transitory residents due to the dockyard probably made it effectively impossible to check that at least one of a couple was resident (as required by the 1753 Hardwicke Act)
  Family ID	F1469	Family Group Page  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Jane Elizabeth KEITH,   b. 15 Oct 1860, Queensland, Australia ,   d. 1925, New Zealand  (Age 64 years)
  Married	18 Nov 1886	Queensland, Australia
  	From Australia Marriage Index (entry on Ancestry.co.uk)
  Children	6 children
  1. William Henry GOATHAM,   b. 30 Sep 1887, Queensland, Australia ,   d. 21 Feb 1891, Queensland, Australia  (Age 3 years) + 2. Charles Alexander GOATHAM,   b. 3 Jun 1889, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia ,   d. 21 Mar 1956, 70, Cranley Street, Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand  (Age 66 years) ▻ Elizabeth Ellen BRYANT  m. 1915   3. Henry Edward GOATHAM,   b. 17 Jan 1891, Queensland, Australia ,   d. 1 Dec 1892, Queensland, Australia  (Age 1 years) + 4. Albert Ernest (“Bert”) GOATHAM,   b. 27 Sep 1892, Queensland, Australia ,   d. 1964, Andersons Bay, New Zealand  (Age 71 years) ▻ Margaret Rose KEENE  m. 1925 + 5. Ida May GOATHAM,   b. 29 Feb 1896, Queensland, Australia ,   d. 11 Jul 1978, Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand  (Age 82 years) ▻ Harold DAVIES  m. 1919;   Fraser Lawrence EGERTON  m. Between 1932 and 1938   6. George G. GOATHAM,   b. 1900, St. Leonards District, New South Wales, Australia ,   d. 1900, St. Leonards District, New South Wales, Australia  (Age 0 years)
  Last Modified	5 Dec 2012
  Family ID	F4927	Family Group Page  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Sources

  [S88] New Zealand newspaper - Evening Post, New Zealand. Wellington region., (Evening Post details on Papers Past website:), "Prisoners Sentenced," 26 January 1940 (Volume CXXIX, Issue 22, p. 9), images on website (image with article). (Reliability: 3), 5 Dec 2012.