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William Henry GOTHAM
1847 - 1900 (~ 53 years)
Has 19 ancestors and 23 descendants in this family tree.
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Name William Henry GOTHAM Relationship 
with Teresa Ann GOATHAM Born Sep Q 1847 Stoke on Trent, Staffordshire, England 
- GRO ref: GOTHAM, William Henry q3 1847 Stoke on Tr RD 17 176; GRO online index shows mother's maiden name as Cobden
Gender Male Residence 1871 59, Market Street, Fenton, Staffordshire, England - Living just with his wife (they had only recently married at the time of the census)
Occupation 1871 Potters Thrower Residence 1881 Selwyn Street, Stoke on Trent, Staffordshire, England - With his wife, 3 children (Thomas, Gertrude and Edward) and a boarder, 17 year old Frank Hawkins, a potter born in Longton.
Died Mar Q 1900 Wolstanton Reg Dist, Staffordshire, England - GRO ref: Gotham, William Henry q1 1900 aged 52 Wolstanton RD 6b 126
I can find no other William Henry whose death this could have been, but the family seem to have emigrated in 1888. Did William not go with his wife and children, or did he return to England before dying? Maybe he happened to die on a visit home, or returned for care not available in the USA.
Buried Mar Q 1900 The Cemetery, Hanley, Staffordshire, England - From the Staffordshire Burial index (viewed 13 Aug 2019)
Siblings3 sisters Half-siblings2 half sisters (family of [ - ? - ] and Ann COBDEN) Patriarch & Matriarch 
Andrew GOTHAM, b. Est 1585, (probably), Abbotskerswell, Devon, England, bur. 10 Mar 1673/74, St. Mary the Virgin Church, Wolborough, Devon, England (Age ~ 89 years) (5 x Great Grandfather) 
Sarah EDGE, b. Abt 1792, Stoke on Trent, Staffordshire, England, d. Sep Q 1865, Stoke on Trent Reg Dist, Staffordshire, England (Age ~ 73 years) (Grandmother) Person ID I301307 All | All in the Goatham / Gotham One-Name Study , All subjects of the Goatham / Gotham One-Name Study Last Modified 2 Jan 2015
Father Henry GOTHAM, b. 20 Sep 1825, d. 4 Apr 1865, The Infirmary, Stoke on Trent, Staffordshire, England (Age 39 years) Mother Ann COBDEN, b. Abt 1815, Stoke on Trent, Staffordshire, England , d. 25 Jun 1865, Park Street, Stoke on Trent, Staffordshire, England (Age ~ 50 years)
Other Partners: [ - ? - ]Married 1 Mar 1847 St. Giles’ Church, Newcastle under Lyme, Staffordshire, England - GRO ref: Gething, Henry to Cobden, Ann q1 1847 Newcastle L RD 17 115
(Newcastle T written next to Ann's name, and although the vol. is clearly XVII 2 transcribers had transcribed it as XXV at the time I looked at FreeBMD, 2 Jan 2015)
Actual date and place from PR entry (image on FMP, viewed 2 Jan 2015).
Henry and his father's surname was written as Gething, I guess in error.
Strangely, he appears to have signed 'Henry Gotham', then crossed out the Gotham and written Gething.
Family ID F300434 Family Group Page | Family Chart
Family Mary Ann WOOD, b. 14 Jul 1851, Tipton, Staffordshire, England , d. Aft 1941, USA (Age 90 years)
Other Partners: William H. MILBURN m. Between 1910 and 1920Married 19 Jan 1871 The RC Church of Our Lady of Angels and St. Peter, Cliffe Bank, Stoke on Trent, Staffordshire, England - GRO ref: Gotham, William to Wood, Mary Ann q1 1871 Stoke T RD 6b 288
Venue from UKBMD website
The family seem to have emigrated to the USA in about 1886 or 1887 (1888 according to 1900 census, 1886 according to 1910 - entries for Mary Ann, but their first child to be born in the USA was born 1887 so it has to be by then).
I am assuming they all went although William Henry died back in England in 1900.
Mary Ann was also inconsistent with the number of children she had mothered, the 1900 census showing 5, while the 1910 census shows 10! (Her age means she cannot have had 5 between 1900 and 1910). Both show she had 4 living. Did she think the question referred to the number who had emigrated to the US? i.e. did William and Mary Ann have 3 more after arriving? I think this is possible, though the number of living suggests that if they did all died young (they would have been born between 1888 and 1900, but all dead by 1900)
Children8 children Last Modified 14 Feb 2017 Family ID F300436 Family Group Page | Family Chart
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Born - Sep Q 1847 - Stoke on Trent, Staffordshire, England 
Residence - 1871 - 59, Market Street, Fenton, Staffordshire, England Child - Thomas William GOTHAM - 26 Jan 1872 - Stoke on Trent, Staffordshire, England 
Child - Mary Jane GOTHAM - Jun Q 1876 - Stoke on Trent Reg Dist, Staffordshire, England Child - Gertrude GOTHAM - Dec Q 1877 - Stoke on Trent, Staffordshire, England Child - Edward John GOTHAM - Dec Q 1879 - Stoke on Trent, Staffordshire, England 
Residence - 1881 - Selwyn Street, Stoke on Trent, Staffordshire, England Child - Mary Elizabeth GOTHAM - 2 Jan 1882 - Stoke on Trent Reg Dist, Staffordshire, England Child - Rose Cecilia GOTHAM - 14 Dec 1884 - Stoke on Trent Reg Dist, Staffordshire, England Child - Emily GOTHAM - 7 Apr 1886 - Stoke on Trent Reg Dist, Staffordshire, England 
Child - Frank GOTHAM - 1887 - Trenton, Mercer Co., New Jersey, USA = Link to Google Earth (if installed; see link below to install) Pin Legend 
