George Allen Ralph Tatham

1860 - 1933  (72 years)

• Name	George Allen Ralph Tatham  [1, 2, 3]
  Known as	"Ralph"
  Birth	14 Aug 1860	Great Ryburgh   [2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7]
  	On the 14th inst., at Ryburgh Rectory, the wife of the Rev. G. E. Tatham, of a son. [Morning Post] birth reg not found in BMD index 1859-1861 [all retyped - maybe orig in district registry].
  Baptism	09 Sep 1860	St Andrew, Great Ryburgh   [1]
  Residence	Apr 1861	Parkfield, Highgate West Hill   [5]
  	with grandfather Allen Block
  Residence	Apr 1871	Rectory, Great Ryburgh   [6]
  Education	1873 - 1876	Marlborough College   [3, 8]
  Education	abt 1876 - 1878	Mannheim, Germany   [3]
  Residence	abt 1878 - 1880	Bordeaux, France   [3]
  Occupation	Apr 1881	Commercial Clerk  [7]
  Residence	Apr 1881	High St, Highgate   [7]
  	lodger
  Occupation	abt 1884 - 1915	Wine Merchant, Christopher & Co (Director from 1893)  [3]
  Residence	Apr 1891	Rectory, Islip   [9]
  	visiting future in-laws Thomas & Sarah Welbank Fowle
  Event	18 Apr 1891	Great Ryburgh ; Concert  [10]
  		Ryburgh Concert Programme given by Tatham family, 18 Apr 1891
  Marriage	03 Sep 1891	St Nicholas, Islip   [3, 11, 12]
  	Mary Welbank Fowle,   b. 10 Apr 1862, Staines ,   d. 09 Dec 1927, Newlands, de la Warr Rd, Bexhill-on-Sea
  Occupation	Mar 1901	Wine Merchant  [13]
  Residence	Mar 1901	70 Beckenham Rd, Beckenham   [13]
  Occupation	Apr 1911	Wine Merchant  [14]
  Residence	abt Apr 1911 - 1920	The Towers, Westmoreland Rd, Bromley, Kent   [3, 14, 15]
  Occupation	1915	Admiralty  [3]
  	after retiring from Christopher & Co
  Residence	abt 1920 - 1923	Barton, Wellington College, Crowthorne   [3, 15]
  	1920 address given as 43 Pall Mall [Christopher & Co] in Marlborough College Register On Wednesday Father and Mother went away for one night to stay with Cousin Gertrude at Wokingham. She was entertaining Dean Inge for the night, he was coming to lecture at Wokingham on Eugenics. Cousin Harry Tatham Warter was there, and they also saw the Ralph Tathams, now living at Wellington. [Silvia Tatham, diary, Fri 28 Jan 1921]
  Residence	abt 1927 - 1933	Newlands, de la Warr Rd, Bexhill-on-Sea   [3, 15]
  Death	24 May 1933	Newlands, de la Warr Rd, Bexhill-on-Sea ; Cause: 1.a. Uraemia; b. Chronic Nephritis; 2. Myocardial Degeneration.  [16, 17, 18]
  	On May 24, 1933, at "Newlands", Bexhill, George Allen Ralph Tatham, aged 72. Funeral at St. Peter's Church, Old Town, Bexhill, tomorrow (Friday) at 1 o'clock. [The Times, 25 May 1933]
  Burial	26 May 1933	St Peter, Old Town, Bexhill-on-Sea   [17]
  Probate	02 Aug 1933	London ; £27,701 7s. 3d.  [19]
  	Tatham George Allen Ralph of Newlands De La Warr-road Bexhill-on-Sea Sussex died 24 May 1933 Probate London 2 August to Allen Ralph Tatham and Wilfrid George Tatham [sons] assistant masters and Thomas Pilkington Norris [son-in-law] manager. Effects £27701 7s. 3d. [NPC]
  Notes	George Allen Ralph Tatham, until 1915, of The Towers, Bromley, Kent, when, after undertaking work at The Admiralty, during the Great War, he removed to Barton, Wellington College, Berks. He is living, 1927, at Newlands, De La Warr Road, Bexhill-on-Sea. Educ. at Marlborough, 1873-6; then went to Mannheim, Germany, for 2 years, and then to Bordeaux for 18 months, returning to London and joining his uncle, William Tatham, in the old family business, Christopher & Co., in 1884, and becoming Director in 1893. He retired, through ill-health, in 1915. [Curtis] knew Percy Charles French Tatham well (4th cousins). [Wilfrid George Tatham, letter 30 Apr 1959]
  Person ID	I0048	Tatham | Meaburn branch | Descendant - male line
  Last Modified	03 May 2013

  
  

  Father	George Edmund Tatham,   b. 12 Nov 1830, 45 Torrington Square, Bloomsbury ,   d. 25 Oct 1910, Good Shelter, Penn  (Age 79 years)
  Mother	Elizabeth Susan Block,   b. 26 Jul 1834, Kentish Town ,   d. 02 Jul 1917, 10 Hanover House, High St, St John's Wood  (Age 82 years)
  Marriage	13 Oct 1857	St Michael, Highgate   [3, 20, 21, 22]
  	Officiating Minister: George Pardoe [Betha's uncle]. Witnesses: A W Block [Betha's father], P Block [Betha's mother]; M Tatham [George's father]; J B Dyne [headmaster of Highgate School]. [Marriage Register] On the 13th inst., at St. Michael's, Highgate, by the Rev. George Pardoe, M.A., uncle of the bride, assisted by the Rev. J.B. Dyne, M.A., the Rev. George Edmund, second son of Meaburn Tatham, Esq., of Merton Lodge, Highgate, to Elizabeth Susan, eldest daughter of A.W. Block, Esq., of Parkfield, Highgate. [Morning Post, 16 Oct 1857]
  		George Edmund Tatham & Elizabeth Susan Block Marriage register
  Notes	sold on ebay 23 Mar 2008 LEATHER BOUND COMMEMORATION OF THE GOLDEN WEDDING CELEBRATION OF GEORGE AND BETHA TATHAM OCTOBER 1907. 46 signatures of members of the above families who were present at the celebration. Gilt decorations to boards-now faded along edges. Decorated script on frontispiece and on end page. Probably completed by one of family (Emmie Tatham) Signatures- Tatham 32 Moloney 8 Langstaff 6 3 serv + teacher in Apr 1881; 3 serv in 1901.
  Photos » Slide Show		St Andrew, Great Ryburgh George Edmund Tatham, Rector, 1859-1884 Frederick Hugh Tatham, Rector, 1910-1947
  		George Edmund Tatham & Elizabeth Susan Block Golden Wedding, 13 Oct 1907
  		George Edmund Tatham & Elizabeth Susan Block Golden Wedding Dinner Menu, 13 Oct 1907
  		George Edmund Tatham & Elizabeth Susan Block shortly before George's death in 1910
  		Clayton & Tatham family - 4 generations- 1916 Elizabeth Susan Block (1834-1917) William Meaburn Tatham (1862-1938) Beryl Valetta Mary Tatham (1886-1959) Oswald John Clayton (1916-1985)
  Documents		Family Bible - Meaburn Tathams Page 7: Family of George Edmund Tatham, births 1860-1864
  		Family Bible - Meaburn Tathams Page 8: Family of George Edmund Tatham, births 1866-1875
  Family ID	F0017	Family Group Sheet

  
  

  Family	Mary Welbank Fowle,   b. 10 Apr 1862, Staines ,   d. 09 Dec 1927, Newlands, de la Warr Rd, Bexhill-on-Sea  (Age 65 years)
  Marriage	03 Sep 1891	St Nicholas, Islip   [3, 11, 12]
  	September 3, at St Nicholas Church, Islip, by the Rev George E Tatham, Vicar of St Paul's, East Molesey, assisted by the Rev F M Beaumont[*], MA, Vicar of Holy Trinity, Coventry, G A Ralph Tatham, to Mary, daughter of the Rev T W Fowle, MA, Rector of Islip, Oxford [Belfast News-Letter 09 Sep 1891]. [*] Francis Morton Beaumont, born Winchelsea abt 1839, son of Dr John Beaumont, general practitioner; sometime Fellow of St John's College, Oxford; no known connection with the 2 other Beaumont families in this tree.
  Children	+ 1. Allen Ralph Tatham,   b. 04 Aug 1892, East Molesey ,   d. 15 Nov 1975, Rugby  (Age 83 years)   2. Marian Sarah Tatham,   b. 22 Apr 1894, East Molesey ,   d. 24 May 1980, St Mary's Hospital, Paddington  (Age 86 years)   3. Elsa Mary Tatham,   b. 25 Jul 1895, Nettlestone, St John's Rd, East Molesey ,   d. abt Nov 1979, Watford  (Age 84 years)   4. Wilfrid George Tatham,   b. 12 Dec 1898, Shortlands ,   d. 26 Jul 1978, Woodcot, St Helena  (Age 79 years)
  Last Modified	13 Nov 2012
  Family ID	F0024	Family Group Sheet

  
  

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  		Birth - 14 Aug 1860 - Great Ryburgh Baptism - 09 Sep 1860 - St Andrew, Great Ryburgh Residence - Apr 1861 - Parkfield, Highgate West Hill Residence - Apr 1871 - Rectory, Great Ryburgh Education - 1873 - 1876 - Marlborough College Education - abt 1876 - 1878 - Mannheim, Germany Residence - abt 1878 - 1880 - Bordeaux, France Residence - Apr 1881 - High St, Highgate Residence - Apr 1891 - Rectory, Islip Event - Concert - 18 Apr 1891 - Great Ryburgh Marriage - < - 03 Sep 1891 - St Nicholas, Islip Marriage - 03 Sep 1891 - St Nicholas, Islip Residence - Mar 1901 - 70 Beckenham Rd, Beckenham Residence - abt Apr 1911 - 1920 - The Towers, Westmoreland Rd, Bromley, Kent Residence - abt 1920 - 1923 - Barton, Wellington College, Crowthorne Residence - abt 1927 - 1933 - Newlands, de la Warr Rd, Bexhill-on-Sea Death - Cause: 1.a. Uraemia; b. Chronic Nephritis; 2. Myocardial Degeneration. - 24 May 1933 - Newlands, de la Warr Rd, Bexhill-on-Sea Burial - 26 May 1933 - St Peter, Old Town, Bexhill-on-Sea Probate - £27,701 7s. 3d. - 02 Aug 1933 - London  = Link to Google Maps   = Link to Google Earth
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• Photos		George Allen Ralph Tatham ("Ralph") (1860-1933) abt 1872
  		George Edmund Tatham & Elizabeth Susan Block Golden Wedding, 13 Oct 1907

  
  

• Sources

  [S06] Parish Registers, baptisms, St Andrew, Great Ryburgh, 09 Sep 1860. [S01] Census, UK, 1901. George A R Tatham age 40 b Ryburgh [S04] H Curtis: Notes for a Pedigree of the Tathams of Co. Durham. [S11] Newspaper, Morning Post, 23 Aug 1860. birth notice [S01] Census, UK, 1861. age 9m [S01] Census, UK, 1871. age 10 b Ryburgh [S01] Census, UK, 1881. age 20 b Ryburgh [S20] School and College Registers, Marlborough College. [S01] Census, UK, 1891. [S07] Other Sources, Concert programme, 18 Apr 1891. [S02] BMD Index, marriage reg Bicester, 3Q1891. [S11] Newspaper, Belfast News-Letter 9 Sep 1891. [S01] Census, UK, 1901. age 40 b Ryburgh [S01] Census, UK, 1911. [S17] Telephone Directories. [S02] BMD Index, death reg Battle, 2Q1933. age 72 [S05] The Times, death notice, 25 May 1933. [S41] Death Certificate. [S14] National Probate Calendar. [S36] Marriage Certificate, 13 Oct 1857. [S28] Family Bible. [S02] BMD Index, marriage reg Edmonton, 4Q1857.