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Ann GOTHAM
Abt 1826 - 1899 (~ 73 years)
Has 17 ancestors and 6 descendants in this family tree.
Set As Default Person 
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Name Ann GOTHAM Relationship 
with Teresa Ann GOATHAM Born Abt 1826 - From the 1841 census where shown as aged 14. Also shown as born Staffordshire, but so was her brother baptised and probably born in Shropshire; I have generally found this column to be not too reliable.
Shown as born Staffs in 1871, Stone Staffordshire in 1881 and Moddershall Shropshire in 1891!
Baptised 17 Sep 1826 St. Nicholas’ Church, Fulford, Staffordshire, England 
- From PR entry (image on FMP, viewed 6 Oct 2015)
Shown as Ann Gotham, parents John and Hannah
Gender Female Census6 Jun 1841 Oulton Heath, Kibblestone, Staffordshire, England Occupation 1851 ‘At home, no trade’ - No occupation was shown against her step-mother; perhaps both were occupied looking after the family. Five half-siblings of Anns were living in the household (4 brothers and a sister), with ages ranging from 4 to 14, all shown as scholars.Esther, the only sister, was aged 8 and so presumably limited by her size and strength in the household chores with which she was able to help.
Occupation 1861 Charwoman Died Jun Q 1899 Stone Reg Dist, Staffordshire, England - In the 1891 census, but her husband is shown as a widower in the 1901 census.
The only death registration of an Ann Dutton between these dates in or near Stone, born in 1826 +/- four years:
GRO ref: Dutton, Ann q2 1899 aged 74 Stone RD 6b 24
Siblings1 brother and 1 sister Half-siblings5 half brothers and 3 half sisters (family of John GOTHAM and Mary BRAIN) Patriarch & Matriarch 
GOTTAM, b. Est 1628, d. Yes, date unknown (4 x Great Grandfather)
Hannah TILL, b. Est 1803, d. Bef 1835 (Age ~ 31 years) (Mother)Person ID I301218 All | All in the Goatham / Gotham One-Name Study , All subjects of the Goatham / Gotham One-Name Study Last Modified 25 Nov 2020
Father John GOTHAM, bap. 2 Aug 1801, St. Oswald's Church, Hinstock, Shropshire, England , d. 24 Dec 1877, Trent and Mersey Canal, Etruria, Staffordshire, England (Age ~ 76 years)
Other Partners: Mary BRAIN m. 5 Oct 1835Mother Hannah TILL, b. Est 1803, d. Bef 1835 (Age ~ 31 years) Banns of marriage From 4 Sep 1825 to 18 Sep 1825 St. Michael and St. Wulfad’s Church, Stone, Staffordshire, England - From PR entry (image on FMP, viewed 14 Feb 2017)
(Archive reference: D5969/1/26)
Married 27 Mar 1826 St. Michael and St. Wulfad’s Church, Stone, Staffordshire, England - From PR entry (image on FMP)
Family ID F300342 Family Group Page | Family Chart
Family 1 George KEELING, b. Abt 1829, Stoke on Trent, Staffordshire, England , d. Mar Q 1860, Stoke on Trent Reg Dist, Staffordshire, England (Age ~ 31 years) Married 14 Jun 1852 St. Mark’s Church, Shelton, Staffordshire, England - When Ann married James Dutton she was a widow with the surname Keeling, but there are no marriages of an Ann Gotham to a Keeling. Of course she could have been married more than once before she married James Dutton, but I can find no marriages of an Ann(e) Gotham/Gothan that could be her.
She probably married for the first time between 1851 and 1861, as not found as a Gotham in the 1861 census - certainly not with her parents.
The following appears to be the first marriage of Ann, although she is recorded as 'Bothen' rather than 'Gotham':
GRO ref: Bothen, Ann to Keeling, George q2 1852 Stoke upon Trent RD 6b 216
Also recorded as Bothen in local BMD index and in PR entry.
Staffs BMD (index for 1852): KEELING, George to BOTHEN, Ann, church: Shelton, St Mark; registers at: Stoke-On-Trent, ref: 27/02/195
Details from PR entry (image on FMP, viewed 4 Mar 2017)(these three records would only represent one error - once the Parish Register record was made, the GRO and local RO copies were made from it)
Reason for thinking this is Ann's marriage, despite the surname discrepancy:
1. Bothen is clearly an error. This is the only 'Bothen' event in Staffordshire on FreeBMD (as at 4 Mar 2017, when indexing is nearly complete for 1837-1983).
There are only 5 Bothen events on FreeBMD anywhere, so this is clearly not a stray event, but a misrecording of a surname. Clearly Bothen is similar to Gotham, although there are more similar surnames such as Botham.
2. The name Gotham was recorded as the mother's maiden name when the births of the children of this couple were registered.
3. The absence of an entry for the marriage of this Ann Gotham, either in the BMD registration index or index of PR entries, although any marriage of hers must have happened after registration started, and at a date when most marriages were in churches and most Staffordshire Church marriages are on FMP, which suggests a mis-transcription or recording (although there are other possibilities such as living as though married when no ceremony had taken place).
4. The match of the data other than surname with this Ann in the PR entry. Her age is right, father's Christian name is right, and most significant is the address and occupation of her father.
In 1851, the year before the marriage, Ann's father had been a ag labourer, living in Liverpool Road, Stoke on Trent, not very similar to the PR entry but by 1861 he was living in Shelton Lock House, recorded then simply as a labourer, but shown in 1871 as a lock keeper. While there were many ag or general labourers, the unusual occupation of lock keeper and the exact match of address of Shelton Lock almost certainly points to this being this John and his daughter Ann, showing that John must have moved in the year between the census and Ann's marriage.
(Clara, shown as the daughter of George and Ann, may have been the daughter of James Keeling and Elizabeth née Gotham)
Children4 children Last Modified 25 Nov 2020 Family ID F301291 Family Group Page | Family Chart
Family 2 James DUTTON, b. Abt 1822, Stoke upon Tern, Shropshire, England , d. Dec Q 1906, Stone Reg Dist, Staffordshire, England (Age ~ 84 years)
Other Partners: Mary OFFLAND m. 18 Jul 1850Married 3 Apr 1864 Holy Trinity Church, Hartshill, Staffordshire, England - From PR entry (image on FMP, viewed 3 Mar 2017)GRO ref: Keeling, Ann to Dutton, James q2 1864 Stoke T RD 6b 245
Children2 children Last Modified 14 Feb 2017 Family ID F301290 Family Group Page | Family Chart
- From the 1841 census where shown as aged 14. Also shown as born Staffordshire, but so was her brother baptised and probably born in Shropshire; I have generally found this column to be not too reliable.