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Maria Watts GOODHEW
1865 - 1951 (85 years)
Has 57 ancestors and 5 descendants in this family tree.
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Name Maria Watts GOODHEW Relationship 
with Teresa Ann GOATHAM Born 11 Jun 1865 Bredgar, Kent, England 
- GRO ref: GOODHEW, Maria Watts q3 1865 Milton RD 2a 654; GRO online index shows mother's maiden name as Goatham [shows middle name as Watt]
DOB shown as 11 June 64 in the 1939 register, then changed to 67. I am assuming date and month were correct.
Gender Female Education 1871 Scholar Residence 1891 187, Moulsham Street, Chelmsford, Essex, England - Living with husband and wife Edwin and Maria Smith was Maria's widowed mother, Maria Goodhew.
Residence 1911 High Street, Navenby, Lincolnshire, England Died Dec Q 1951 North Kesteven Reg Dist, Lincolnshire, England - GRO ref: SMITH, Maria W q4 1951 aged 87 N.Kesteven RD 3b 111r; GRO online index shows middle name as Watts
Siblings3 brothers and 4 sisters Patriarch & Matriarch 
William GOODHEW, b. Abt 1782, Borden, Kent, England, d. 27 Dec 1852, Milton Reg Dist, Kent, England (Age ~ 70 years) (Grandfather) 
Martha, d. Yes, date unknown (3 x Great Grandmother)Notes - Living at 187 Moulsham St., Moulsham, Chelmsford, Essex (1891); her mother living with them.
The 1911 census Maria is shown as having had 5 children, all of whom were still alive (and all were living at home)
With the household (Maria and Edwin and their 5 children) in 1911 in their 10 room house was 22 year old general domestic servant, and 2 apprentices (aged 16 and 17). - (Research):Was Maria really the dau of James and Maria?
Person ID I2260 All | England: Kent Group (in Go(a)tham One-Name Study), All in the Goatham / Gotham One-Name Study , The descendants (and other halves) of George Goatham and Ann née Winch, The descendants (and other halves) of John Prior and Amy née Reynolds Last Modified 25 Apr 2020
Father James GOODHEW, b. Abt 1815, Bredgar, Kent, England , d. Mar Q 1882, Milton Reg Dist, Kent, England (Age ~ 67 years) Mother Maria GOATHAM, b. Abt 1818, Bredgar, Kent, England , d. Sep Q 1899, Lincoln Reg Dist, Lincolnshire, England (Age ~ 81 years) Married 12 Oct 1837 All Saints’ Church, Maidstone, Kent, England - GRO ref: GOATHAM, Maria to Goodyew [sic], James q4 1837 Maidstone RD 5 388Mid-Kent Marriage Index accessed 11 Feb 2011
Groom's surname shown as Goodyear
FreeReg, The Genealogist and KFHS transcribed data all show James' surname as Goodyear!
Also show groom was a shoemaker, resident: otp (Bower Rd), his father William a fruiterer, Maria's father John a shoe maker, Maria a minor, abode otp (Stone St.). Also show's grooms surname as GOODYEAR
Witnesses were James Ruck and Stephen Smith.
Married by banns.
Despite the large age gap between children Caroline and Maria, the GRO online index has no other children born during that gap or between the marriage and 1844. Of course quite a few children went unregistered in the early days of BMD registration, possibly James and Maria had one or more before 1844 who were born and died between the 1841 or 1851 censuses.
Family ID F271 Family Group Page | Family Chart
Family Edwin Thomas SMITH, b. Abt 1864, Lenham, Kent, England , d. Sep Q 1936, Lincoln Reg Dist, Lincolnshire, England (Age ~ 72 years) Married Dec Q 1889 Milton Reg Dist, Kent, England - GRO ref: Goodhew, Maria Watts to SMITH, Edwin Thomas q4 1889 Milton RD 2a 1599
The 1911 census confirms that Edwin and Maria had just had the five children, all of whom were still living.
Children5 children Last Modified 3 Aug 2019 Family ID F1729 Family Group Page | Family Chart
- GRO ref: GOODHEW, Maria Watts q3 1865 Milton RD 2a 654; GRO online index shows mother's maiden name as Goatham [shows middle name as Watt]