Martha GOATER marriage

[MJHNZ]

Maria, thanks so much for your research:  Baptism of Martha & the marriage of her parents. Do you know of any other siblings of Martha?

Marion

[miriamkinga]

Dear Marion

Martha had the following siblings: -

Children of Anthony Goater and Sarah Higgins:

   i.    2.    John Goater was born 31 Jan 1811 in Englishcombe, Somerset and died 1875 in Newport, Monmouthshire
   ii.    3.    Martha Goater was born 1814 in Twerton, Somerset
   iii.    4.    Elizabeth Goater was born 1817 in Twerton, Somerset
   iv.         Mary Goater was born 1823 in Twerton, Somerset

best wishes

Maria

[MJHNZ]

Thank you Maria 

[MJHNZ]

  Today I found the siblings of Martha Goater b. 1814 on a family tree on myheritage.com website:  John b. 1811, Elizabeth b.1817 and Mary b.1823.

Martha's brother John Goater 1811-1875, had a son Francis Goater. [His other children were:  Martha, Sarah Ann, Priscilla 1837-1926, Alfred James].

So the name 'Francis' does appear in the family, and may give a clue to how Anthony's christian name was given as FRANCIS on Martha Baker's [nee Goater] 2nd marriage certificate 1881 in NZ, and her death certificate 1886 in NZ.

Marion

[MJHNZ]

   Martha Baker nee Goater's second marriage was to Charles Massey, a son of John Massey, hotel keeper, and Mary Ann Adams. Charles was born Hackney, London.

Charles had been a soldier in the Crimean War. He had been in NZ since about 1860.

Martha's brother John Goater married twice. His second wife was an Ann Adams. [source a genealogy website].

Marion

[miriamkinga]

Hi Marion

Do you have the details on John's first wife - from the freereg site: -


John married Sarah Lewis 5th January 1834 at St Peter & Paul's Kilmersdon.

best wishes

Maria

[miriamkinga]

Hi again Marion

Forgot to say that I have been looking at John again this afternoon and it looks like his first wife Ann Adams - her maiden name was Lewis -  not sure if she was the sister of Ann Lewis his second wife.

best wishes

Maria 

[MJHNZ]

Hi Maria, I have been looking at your last two posts. The names you have for both John Goater's wives, appear to be different than the names that were on the myheritage website Guest Family.

1st wife you say is Ann Lewis [had she been married before to .... Adams?]
2nd wife you say is Sarah Lewis m. 1834

The Guest Family Site says:

1st wife Sarah Lewis
2nd wife Ann Adams

Perhaps the Guest Family site was wrong. Can you clarify this for me?

Marion

[DRH123]

Maria correctly had the first wife as Sarah Lewis in her previous post. The FreeREG entry she quotes shows they were bachelor and spinster.

http://www.freereg.org.uk/cgi/SearchResults.pl?RecordType=Marriages&RecordID=587840

The second marriage is on BathBMD, with the alternative surnames of Adams and Lewis. You cannot tell directly from that which was her maiden name but, since it is shown on FreeBMD as Adams, that is the name she used at the time and is most likely her first married name.

Bath Marriage indexes for the years: 1847
Surname   Forename(s)   Surname   Forename(s)    Church / Register Office   Registers At   Reference
GOATER *   John     ADAMS   Ann     Bath Register Office Bath   RO1/6/092
GOATER *   John     LEWIS   Ann           Bath Register Office   Bath   RO1/6/092

David