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Walter BROADBRIDGE
1859 - 1859 (0 years)
Has 51 ancestors but no descendants in this family tree.
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Name Walter BROADBRIDGE Relationship 
with Teresa Ann GOATHAM Born 5 Oct 1859 Milton Reg Dist, Kent, England 
- GRO ref: Broadbridge, Walter q4 1859 Milton RD 2a 614; GRO online index shows mother's maiden name as Goatham
Date from age at death, given as 14 days
Baptised 17 Oct 1859 St. Michael’s Church, Sittingbourne, Kent, England - From PR entry (image on FMP, viewed 21 Jun 2019)
Gender Male Died 19 Oct 1859 Sittingbourne, Kent, England Cause: Apthœ (5 days) - GRO ref: Broadbridge, Walter q4 1859 Milton RD 2a 366; GRO online index shows age as 0
Details from GRO registration entry. This names his father was Walter Broadbridge. Whilst this does not fit with this Walter, I think it was an error - I can find no evidence of Walter Broadbridge with an infant son Walter in Sittingbourne at this time.
The informant for a child's death was most commonly the father or mother, sometimes another relation. In this case is was Ann MARDEN. She lived close to the BROADBRIDGE family, but it is unlikely she was related. Present at the death, she may have been a friend or been paid to help care for Walter; if Walter's father was at sea at the time his mother may have needed more help than most mother's would. Perhaps Ann gave the wrong Christian name for Walter's father, or it may have been an error by the registrar or when the GRO copy was made.
Buried 24 Oct 1859 St. Michael’s Church, Sittingbourne, Kent, England - From PR entry (image on FMP, viewed 21 Jun 2019)
Shown as aged 1 month
Siblings3 brothers and 5 sisters Patriarch & Matriarch 
John BROADBRIDGE, b. Between 1786 and 1791, Kent, England, d. Jun Q 1854, Canterbury Reg Dist, Kent, England (Age ~ 68 years) (Grandfather) 
Maria ATWATER, bap. 22 May 1774, St. John the Baptist Church, Bredgar, Kent, England, bur. 10 May 1819, St. John the Baptist Church, Bredgar, Kent, England (Age ~ 44 years) (Great Grandmother) Person ID I22964 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 Last Modified 20 Mar 2023
Father George E. BROADBRIDGE, b. Abt 1817, Sittingbourne, Kent, England , d. Dec Q 1886, Milton Reg Dist, Kent, England (Age ~ 69 years) Mother Maria GOATHAM, b. Abt 1821, Bredgar, Kent, England , d. Sep Q 1895, Milton Reg Dist, Kent, England (Age ~ 74 years) Banns of marriage From 21 Apr 1844 to 5 May 1844 St. Bartholomew’s Church, Bobbing, Kent, England - From PR entry (image on FMP, viewed 4 April 2019)
Married 11 May 1844 St. Bartholomew’s Church, Bobbing, Kent, England - GRO ref: Broadbridge, George to GOATHAM, Maria q2 1844 Milton RD 5 429
From PR entry (image on FMP, viewed 4 April 2019)
Whilst all their five daughters grew up to marry, all their four sons died in infancy. I thought there might be an inherited (genetic) disorder, affecting just boys, but having seen the death registration entries for three the causes given do not suggest this.
Family ID F2420 Family Group Page | Family Chart
- GRO ref: Broadbridge, Walter q4 1859 Milton RD 2a 614; GRO online index shows mother's maiden name as Goatham
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Born - 5 Oct 1859 - Milton Reg Dist, Kent, England 
Baptised - 17 Oct 1859 - St. Michael’s Church, Sittingbourne, Kent, England 
Died - Cause: Apthœ (5 days) - 19 Oct 1859 - Sittingbourne, Kent, England Buried - 24 Oct 1859 - St. Michael’s Church, Sittingbourne, Kent, England = Link to Google Earth (if installed; see link below to install) Pin Legend 
