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Report: Go(a)thams with multiple Christian names / forenames - Goathams only

         Description: This report shows how late it was before Kentish GOATHAMs began to be given two (or more) Christian names (or forenames), the first not being recorded until 1840, although Go(a)thams have been in Kent (and recorded on the tree this is based on) from at least the 1530s.

A glance through a listing of all the births of GOATHAMs* from 1800 onwards shows how the proportion with more than one forename changed.
We can see that although the first with 2 forenames was in 1840,
    of 19 born 1840-49 only two had two forenames;
    of 21 born 1850-59 six had two forenames (1 was un-named) i.e. the proportion had tripled (1 was a family surname given as a second forename);
    of 29 born 1860-69 sixteen had two forenames i.e.more than half now had two forenames (5 were family or other surnames given as a second forename);
    of 38 born 1870-79 twenty two had two or more forenames i.e. still more than half now had two or more forenames - just a slight increase from c. 55% to 58%. It was the first time GOATHAMs were recorded with more than two forenames; three had three forenames. (only 2 were surnames given as a second forename);
    of 38 born 1880-89 thirty three had two or more forenames i.e. it was now very much the norm to give a child more than one forename - only 5 (c. 13%) just had one forename. Only two were recorded with more than two forenames (three each) - this was not becoming more popular. (Again, only 2 were surnames given as a second forename so this practice was also not increasing in popularity).

The 'middle name relationship' column in the table below indicates the relationship of someone with a surname used as a forename to their closest relation with the surname.

Caveats:

1. Because people are identified by having 2 or more forenames by a blank space in their forenames there may be a few false positives (e.g. where a pet name is included - in brackets) but common sense should make it easy to ignore these.

2. This report extracts data from the trees; work is ongoing on US Gothams (most of whom may well descend from Kentish GOATHAMs) but at present they are not on the tree so are not included in this report.

3. Before the spelling of names settled down a person might be recorded with different spellings of their surname in different records - even with more than one spelling in a single record. On the tree on this website the spelling of the surname used for English Go(a)thams of Kentish Go(a)than ancestry is GOATHAM (the spelling in individual records is or will be recorded in the details of the relevant event).

4. At present this report covers those for whom I consider GOATHAM as their main surname (main pre-marriage surname for women who married); I may amend it to take account of others who at sometime had the surname (other than by marriage). It might also be interesting to compare the figures with those who were GOATHAMs by marriage and who consequently came from a wider range of families / backgrounds / geographical locations.

5. With the results table split over several pages, the same comments and caveats will appear on each page - don't waste your time looking for anything new!

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#	Last Name, Given Name(s)	Birth Date	Birth Place	Middle name relationship
1	GOATHAM, [ - ? - ]
2	GOATHAM, Mary Ann	30 Jan 1840	Sheerness, Sheppey, Kent, England
3	GOATHAM, Edwin (“Edward”)	Dec Q 1842	Bredgar, Kent, England
4	GOATHAM, Elizabeth Ann	Jun Q 1847	Davington, Kent, England
5	GOATHAM, Elizabeth Jane	Jun Q 1852	Bredgar, Kent, England
6	GOATHAM, Frederick Arthur	Sep Q 1853	Newington next Sittingbourne, Kent, England
7	GOATHAM, Mary Elizabeth ("Lizzie")	27 May 1853	Faversham, Kent, England
8	GOATHAM, Sarah (“Sally”)	Jun Q 1855	Bredgar, Kent, England
9	GOATHAM, Ashley Thomas	22 Jan 1855	Borden, Kent, England
10	GOATHAM, Alfred Millen	Abt May 1856	(probably), Bredgar, Kent, England	His mother's maiden name
11	GOATHAM, Charlotte (“Lotty”)	Mar Q 1857	Bredgar, Kent, England
12	GOATHAM, Maria Ann	Jun Q 1857	Bredgar, Kent, England
13	GOATHAM, Ada Elizabeth	Dec Q 1858	Bredgar, Kent, England
14	GOATHAM, Lucy Leeds	Mar Q 1860	Bredgar, Kent, England	Her paternal grandmother's maiden name (following her paternal grandmother's first name)
15	GOATHAM, William Frank ("Frank")	5 Jan 1860	Faversham, Kent, England
16	GOATHAM, Arthur Charles	Sep Q 1862	Bredgar, Kent, England
17	GOATHAM, Annie Maria	Mar Q 1863	Milton Reg Dist, Kent, England
18	GOATHAM, Eliza Jane	9 Oct 1863	Bredgar, Kent, England
19	GOATHAM, George Gotha	Mar Q 1864	Milton Reg Dist, Kent, England	No known family connection with 'Gotha'. Was it an attempt to suggest a link to the Royal Family?
20	GOATHAM, Charles Henry	Jun Q 1865	Milton next Sittingbourne, Kent, England
21	GOATHAM, Thomas Acres	11 Sep 1865	Bredgar, Kent, England	His presumed biological father's surname (following the same's first name)
22	GOATHAM, Henry Campany	Mar Q 1866	Bredgar, Kent, England	His maternal grandmother's maiden name / his great grandfather's name (Henry CAMPANY) / forenames as a maternal uncle
23	GOATHAM, Charlotte Ann	2 Dec 1866	Dover, Kent, England
24	GOATHAM, Ernest Charles	Dec Q 1867	Faversham, Kent, England
25	GOATHAM, Harry ("Henry") William	Mar Q 1867	Milton next Sittingbourne, Kent, England
26	GOATHAM, George Mackeldon	2 Jun 1867	Milton next Sittingbourne, Kent, England	Surname of his mother's friend(?) Amy Macklin als. Mackeldon
27	GOATHAM, Thomas Edward	25 Nov 1867	Bredgar, Kent, England
28	GOATHAM, Walter Mackelden	Dec Q 1868	Milton next Sittingbourne, Kent, England	Surname of his mother's friend(?) Amy Macklin als. Mackeldon
29	GOATHAM, Elizabeth Jane	1 Nov 1869	Dover, Kent, England
30	GOATHAM, Amy Mackelden	4 Jan 1870	Milton next Sittingbourne, Kent, England	Surname of her mother's friend(?), also Amy was her first name - Amy Macklin als. Mackeldon
31	GOATHAM, William George	26 Sep 1871	Upper Deal, Deal, Kent, England
32	GOATHAM, Annie Maria	Abt Oct 1871	Faversham Reg Dist, Kent, England
33	GOATHAM, Isabel Mackelden	Abt Nov 1871	Milton Reg Dist, Kent, England	Surname of her mother's friend(?) Amy Macklin als. Mackeldon
34	GOATHAM, Frederick William	11 Nov 1871	Faversham, Kent, England
35	GOATHAM, Edward William Frederick	29 Nov 1872	45, Pembury Street, Sittingbourne, Kent, England
36	GOATHAM, Edith Emily (“Edie”)	16 May 1873	Faversham, Kent, England
37	GOATHAM, Caroline Mary	1 Aug 1873	Upper Deal, Deal, Kent, England
38	GOATHAM, Mary Jane	29 Sep 1873	45, Pembury Street, Sittingbourne, Kent, England
39	GOATHAM, Jabez James	Jun Q 1874	Faversham Reg Dist, Kent, England
40	GOATHAM, Amos “Henry”	Jun Q 1875	Faversham, Kent, England
41	GOATHAM, Emily Grace	6 Oct 1875	Faversham, Kent, England
42	GOATHAM, Percy John	Dec Q 1877	Bredgar, Kent, England
43	GOATHAM, Herbert Edwin	19 Apr 1877	Faversham, Kent, England
44	GOATHAM, Edwin Charles (“Patsy”)	2 Jun 1877	Faversham, Kent, England
45	GOATHAM, Erroll Cecil Frederick	2 Oct 1877	Croydon, Surrey, England
46	GOATHAM, William Alfred	Mar Q 1878	Sittingbourne, Kent, England
47	GOATHAM, Edith Mary	Mar Q 1878	Sittingbourne, Kent, England
48	GOATHAM, Annie Rebecca	Jun Q 1878	Milton Reg Dist, Kent, England
49	GOATHAM, Ashley Charles John	9 Mar 1879	King William's Town, Eastern Cape Province, South Africa
50	GOATHAM, Ada Sibylla	4 Aug 1879	Faversham, Kent, England
51	GOATHAM, Eleanor (“Nelly”)	Dec Q 1880	Sittingbourne, Kent, England
52	GOATHAM, John Thomas (“English Jack”)	2 May 1880	Sittingbourne, Kent, England
53	GOATHAM, John William	9 Sep 1881	Challock, Kent, England
54	GOATHAM, Albert George	10 Oct 1881	Bredgar, Kent, England
55	GOATHAM, George Walker	28 Apr 1882	Faversham, Kent, England	After whom given / reason unknown - unless a clue as to his biological maternal grandfather?
56	GOATHAM, Clara Bertha	15 Oct 1882	New Inn, Margate, Kent, England
57	GOATHAM, Edith Rose	Abt Sep 1883	Milton Reg Dist, Kent, England
58	GOATHAM, George Elliott	24 Dec 1883	Westgate on Sea, Kent, England	His maternal grandmother's maiden name
59	GOATHAM, James Walter	Mar Q 1884	Sittingbourne, Kent, England
60	GOATHAM, Maylia Rose	28 Jul 1884	Milton next Sittingbourne, Kent, England