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George GOATHAM
1925 - 1990 (65 years)
Has 249 ancestors and 7 descendants in this family tree.
Set As Default Person 
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Name George GOATHAM Relationship 
with Teresa Ann GOATHAM Born 24 May 1925 Faversham Reg Dist, Kent, England 
- GRO ref: Goatham, George q2 1925 mother's maiden name: Penfold, Faversham RD 2a 1663
Date from death registration index
Gender Male Residence 1990 30, Ospringe Street, Faversham, Kent, England - His home at the time of his death (from probate calendar entry)
Died 3 Jul 1990 30, Ospringe Street, Faversham, Kent, England - GRO ref: Oct 1990 Swale RD 16 1588
Actual date from probate calendar entry
Grant of Administration 7 Jan 1991 Brighton, Sussex, England Calendar Entry - Goatham, George of 30 Ospringe St Faversham Kent died 3 July 1990 Administration Brighton 7 January £181400 918110030B
Siblings1 brother and 2 sisters Patriarch & Matriarch 
GOATHAM, d. Yes, date unknown (10 x Great Grandfather)
Lavinia PENFOLD, b. 9 Oct 1897, Canterbury Reg Dist, Kent, England, d. 18 Nov 1972, Sittingbourne Reg Dist, Kent, England (Age 75 years) (Mother) Person ID I4946 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 15 Mar 2024
Father George Henry GOATHAM, b. 17 May 1897, Faversham, Kent, England , d. Mar Q 1969, Sittingbourne Reg Dist, Kent, England (Age 71 years) Mother Lavinia PENFOLD, b. 9 Oct 1897, Canterbury Reg Dist, Kent, England , d. 18 Nov 1972, Sittingbourne Reg Dist, Kent, England (Age 75 years) Married 4 Aug 1919 St. Mary of Charity Church, Faversham, Kent, England - GRO ref: Goatham, George H to Penfold, Lavinia q3 1919 Faversham RD 2a 2955
Actual date given by Lavinia in an application for maintenance and custody, in 1939.
Separated From 29 Dec 1937 Petty sessions 5 Jul 1939 Faversham, Kent, England Faversham Borough: application for custody and maintenance - In Faversham Times and Mercury and North-East Kent Journal of 8 July 1939 it was reported:
"Maintenance of Children
Wife refuses to go back to her husband
At the Faversham Borough Petty Ses-
sions on Wednesday Lavinia Goatham
[1?]8, Wallers Row, for the
custody and maintenance of two of her
children, aged 14 and 9. Mr. Wilfrid
Mowll appeared for the wife.
The wife stated that she was married
on August 4th, 1919. There were four
children of the marriage. She separated
from her husband on December 29th
1937. He paid her 15/- a week until
August, 1938. He then told her that he
would pay up if she had him back, but
she did not want him back owing to his
laziness. She had been receiving 15/- a
week parish relief.
Defendant said he could not understand
why his wife left him. He never drank
or sturck her. The house was open for
her to come back to. She simply said she
was tired, but that was absurd. He
thought he had been too easy. She had
taken all the furniture. He could not do
cherry picking as a wound in one of his
arms would not let him move ladders.
He might be able to do a little pea pick-
ing. What little he earnt was casual.
The Probation Officer (Mr. G. F.
Jacques) said he was convinced that Mrs.
Goatham was a good mother and that the
children were well looked after. He felt
the man had been done an injustice by
the Labour Exchange through someone
telling them something about the man.
Lavinia Goatham, a daughter, stated
that her father was lazy.
The Mayor said it was a very difficult
case to decide. This unhappy position
was as much to do with the wife as with
the husband. The only charge against
him was that he was lazy, but his terrible
wound might be partly responsible for
this, and they felt they could not order
him to pay more than 2/6 a week for
each child until they reached the age of
16.
Defendant said he would do his best to
pay the 5/- a week.
The wife said she could not accept that
amount.
The Clerk said she would have to abide
by the decision of the Bench.
The Bench remited the Court costs."
Reconciled Between 5 Jul 1939 and 29 Sep 1939 - The family were living together again by the time of the 1939 registration.
Whether this was because Lavinia could not manage on the amount awareded, or because of the war, or ...?
Family ID F1436 Family Group Page | Family Chart
Family Sylvia June EMERY, b. 16 Aug 1936, Faversham Reg Dist, Kent, England , d. 4 Nov 1989, Swale Reg Dist, Kent, England (Age 53 years) Married Mar Q 1955 Chatham Reg Dist, Kent, England - GRO ref: Goatham, George to Emery, Sylvia J. q1 1955 Chatham RD 5b 605
Children4 children Last Modified 31 Dec 2017 Family ID F4926 Family Group Page | Family Chart
- GRO ref: Goatham, George q2 1925 mother's maiden name: Penfold, Faversham RD 2a 1663