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Annie GOATHAM
1901 - 1971 (69 years)
Has 59 ancestors but no descendants in this family tree.
Set As Default Person 
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Name Annie GOATHAM Relationship 
with Teresa Ann GOATHAM Born 1 Jul 1901 8, Whittaker Street, Chatham, Kent, England 
- GRO ref: Goatham, Annie q3 1901 Medway RD 2a 690; GRO online index shows mother's maiden name as Finnis
Actual date from death registration index
Date and place from birth registration (GRO register entry) - with 42 days allowed for registering a birth without incurring a penalty, Annie's mother registered hers on day 41! Sometimes a date was 'adjusted' to be within the 42 days allowed; if that were the case here then the date was stuck to, up to Annie's death (sometimes it leads to people having two 'birthdays').
Birth registration of Annie GOATHAM
GRO register entryBaptised 16 Aug 1908 St. Mary’s Church, Chatham, Kent, England - From PR entry (imageon CityArk,viewed 1 Jan 2016)
"Alleged Date of Birth: July 1st 1890, Baptised: August 16, No. 180, Annie Dr of, parents: Arthur Charles & Annie, Goatham, abode: 2 Bryant Street, [father's occupation left blank], ceremony performed by E. G. Burr"
Gender Female Surname change From 1911 to 1921 - Born a Goatham, though the child of a bigamous marriage, and known by her mother's maiden name at the time of the 1921 census.
Annie had reverted to using the surname Goatham by the time she appeared in the 1931 nursing register.
Also known as Annie FINNIS Residence 1911 Medway Cottage Home, Chatham, Kent, England - Annie's sister Eva was also living in the same institution.
Residence 1921 Stuart Lodge Malvern Wells, Malvern Wells, Worcestershire, England - Employed by Miss Judson as parlourmaid in a girl's boarding school.
Occupation From 27 Jun 1930 to 1946 Nurse - In the nursing registers (transcribed every third year) from 1931-1946, showing a registration date of 27 Jun 1930.
Occupation 1931 Chilmington, Great Chart, Kent, England Nursing - From the 1931 nursing register
Occupation 1931 Falkland, Fife, Scotland Nursing - From the 1934-1946 nursing registers.
Presumably Annie decided to work in Falkland to be near her (half?)-sister Alice Gertrude DALL (née FINNISS).
Occupation 1939 Queen Mary's Hospital for the East End, West Ham Lane, Stratford, London, England Hospital Sister Will 3 Jun 1971 Written - (I have a copy)
Residence to 12 Jun 1971 20, Glebe Road, Garlinge, Margate, Kent, England - Her home at the time of her death
Died 12 Jun 1971 Thanet Reg Dist, Kent, England - GRO ref: Goatham, Annie q2 1971 dob 1 Jy 1901 Thanet RD 5f 1673
Actual date from probate calendar entry
Annie's address when she died is the same as that of Henrietta May, when she died 15 years later. Henrietta was a daughter of Arthur and Annie; so it seems reasonable to think this was the death of their daughter Annie. Also, the death registration shows an age fits the one who was born in 1901, and the date apart from the year is as given for her date of birth in the baptism register.
Probate 2 Aug 1971 Brighton, Sussex, England Calendar Entry - "Goatham Annie of 20 Glebe Rd Garlinge Margate died 12 June 1971 Probate Brighton 2 August. £7788"
Marital Status Never Married Siblings1 brother and 2 sisters Half-siblings1 half sister (family of Arthur Charles GOATHAM and Annie Maria CORNWELL) Half-siblings1 half sister (family of [ - ? - ] and Annie FINNISS) Patriarch & Matriarch 
GOATHAM, d. Yes, date unknown (9 x Great Grandfather)
Harriett Mary BLACKMAN, b. Abt 1848, Tenterden, Kent, England, d. Sep Q 1919, Tenterden Reg Dist, Kent, England (Age ~ 71 years) (Grandmother) Notes - (Research):According to the baptism register Arthur and an Annie had a daughter Annie. The baptism register gives a date of birth as 1890. There is no registration of an Annie Goatham that year, nor of an Annie Finniss (if Annie were the illegitimate daughter of Annie Finniss).
There is, though, the birth of an Annie Goatham in 1901, in Medway RD where Arthur and Annie and their family were living. The birth registration (GRO register entry) confirms she was the daughter of Arthur Charles and Annie.
There were a number of children of various ages baptised on the same day in Chatham, with a several family groups; it is not likely that the scribe would remember each individually and so could easily have made a slip.
Person ID I19782 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 19 Mar 2023
Father Arthur Charles GOATHAM, b. Sep Q 1862, Bredgar, Kent, England , d. 7 Mar 1907, 4, Solomons Terrace, Chatham, Kent, England (Age ~ 45 years)
Other Partners: Annie Maria CORNWELL m. 7 Nov 1887Mother Annie FINNISS, b. Dec Q 1876, Tenterden, Kent, England , d. 7 Mar 1909, 3, Bryant Street, Chatham, Kent, England (Age ~ 33 years)
Other Partners: [ - ? - ] m. Abt 1897Banns of marriage From 22 May 1898 to 5 Jun 1898 St. Michael’s Church, Tenterden, Kent, England - From banns register entry (image on FMP, viewed 20 Jun 2019)
"Arthur Charles Goatham Bachelor and Annie Finniss Spinster Both of this Parish ..."
Married 19 Jun 1898 St. Michael’s Church, Tenterden, Kent, England - GRO ref: GOATHAM, Arthur Charles to Finniss, Annie q2 1898 Tenterden RD 2a 1624
Date and church from mid-Kent marriages website (11 Feb 2011)
In 1908 Arthur and Annie's oldest 3 daughters were baptised, between the death of their Arthur (1907) and of Annie (the mother) (1909). Strangely, the two youngest, Eva Alexandra and Arthur Charles, were not baptised at this time.
Subsequent records (marriage, 1939 register entry and death) can be found for 'Eva Alexandra', and with a unique pair of Christian names for the Goathams, there is no doubt the references are for this daughter of Arthur and Annie. The idea that both these children had died before their elder siblings were baptised can therefore be ruled out.
As Eva was living there is no reason to supposed Arthur Charles had died. However, no further record has been found for Arthur (but writing in 2020 I am sure he can no longer be living).
Perhaps Annie could not cope with 5 young children after the death of her husband and the youngest two went into care or were fostered / adopted. There was no formal adoption at this period and it seems to have varied whether children used their birth surname or that of their foster parents. I suspect Arthur may have used a different surname, and hence his absence from records.
Family ID F1655 Family Group Page | Family Chart
- GRO ref: Goatham, Annie q3 1901 Medway RD 2a 690; GRO online index shows mother's maiden name as Finnis