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Hannah Purcell WALL
1893 - 1987 (94 years) Has 2 ancestors and one descendant in this family tree.Set As Default Person
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Name Hannah Purcell WALL Relationship with Teresa Ann GOATHAM Born 31 Jan 1893 Wolstanton Reg Dist, Staffordshire, England - Date from death registration index and 1939 register
GRO ref: Wall, Hannah Purcell q1 1893 Wolstanton RD 6b 168a; GRO online index shows mother's maiden name as Lewis
Gender Female Occupation 1911 Pottery worker (Transferer) Will 6 Nov 1980 Written Residence Bef 1987 Rathbone Avenue, May Bank, Newcastle under Lyme, Staffordshire, England - From death notice in the local paper (see 'Death' event), which shows her as 'formerly' of this address.
Residence to 1987 Westcliffe, Turnhurst Road, Tunstall, Staffordshire, England - Her home at the time of her death
Died 21 Nov 1987 Westcliffe Hospital, Turnhurst Road, Chell, Staffordshire, England - GRO ref: Gotham, Hannah q4 1987 dob 31 Ja 1893 Stoke on Trent RD 30 1643
Actual date from probate calendar entries. Place and date from death announcement in the local paper:
"GOTHAM. - On Saturday, November 21st, 1987, at Westcliffe Hospital, Hannah, aged 94 years, formerly of Rathbone-ave., May Bank, beloved wife of the late Edwin Gotham. Serviec at Newcastle Cemetery Chapel, on Thursday, November 26th, at 12 noon, prior to interment at Newcastle Cemetery. - Inquiries: A. & E. Leese and Sons, Funeral Home, Scotia-rd., Burslem. Tel. 87750"
(from the Evening Sentinel, pub. Stoke-on-Trent, 24 Nov 1987, p. 4, col. 1)
(the Hospital was formerly the Chell Workhouse, built in 1839)
Buried 26 Nov 1987 Newcastle Cemetery, Staffordshire, England - From announcement of death in the local paper
Probate 13 Jan 1988 Winchester, Hampshire, England Calendar entry - "Gotham, Hannah of Westcliffe Turnhurst Rd Tunstall Stoke-on-Trent Staffs died 21 November 1987 Probate Winchester 13 January Not exceeding £70000 8852400434A"
Siblings 3 brothers and 4 sisters Patriarch & Matriarch Thomas WALL, b. Abt 1870, Tunstall, Staffordshire, England , d. Dec Q 1926, Stoke on Trent Reg Dist, Staffordshire, England (Age ~ 56 years) (Father)
Hannah LEWIS, b. Sep Q 1869, Market Drayton, Shropshire, England , d. Jun Q 1959, Stoke on Trent Reg Dist, Staffordshire, England (Age ~ 90 years) (Mother)Person ID I301423 All | All in the Goatham / Gotham One-Name Study , All subjects of the Goatham / Gotham One-Name Study Last Modified 8 Mar 2022
Father Thomas WALL, b. Abt 1870, Tunstall, Staffordshire, England , d. Dec Q 1926, Stoke on Trent Reg Dist, Staffordshire, England (Age ~ 56 years) Mother Hannah LEWIS, b. Sep Q 1869, Market Drayton, Shropshire, England , d. Jun Q 1959, Stoke on Trent Reg Dist, Staffordshire, England (Age ~ 90 years) Married Jun Q 1891 Civil Marriage, Wolstanton, Staffordshire, England - GRO ref: Wall, Thomas to Lewis, Hannah q2 1891 Wolstanton RD 6b 222
Staffs BMD shows that this was a Civil Marriage
Children:
According to the 1911 census Thomas and Hannah had had 7 children, 2 of whom had died. (The other 5 were all with them at the time of that census).
However, looking for Walls with a mother's maiden name of Lewis it looks like 3 children had died in infancy. All 3 were born in Wolstanton RD, and there were no other births to Wall=Lewiss anywhere near Stoke, so unless there was a couple who had just one child who died in infancy they seem to be the children of Thomas and Hannah. In addition, all 3 neatly fill gaps before and between the children of what was clearly a fertile couple.
Of the three 2 lived for some months, but Thomas died the quarter he was born; perhaps his life was so brief - maybe just a few breaths - that there had not been a chance to bond, and he was not counted.
Family ID F301233 Family Group Page | Family Chart
Family Edwin GOTHAM, b. 23 May 1894, Stoke on Trent, Staffordshire, England , d. Mar Q 1958, Stoke on Trent Reg Dist, Staffordshire, England (Age 63 years) Married Mar Q 1916 St. Margaret’s Church, Wolstanton, Staffordshire, England - GRO ref: Gotham, Edwin to Wall, Hannah q1 1916 Wolstanton RD 6b 185
Actual church from Staffordshire BMD website.
Children 1. James Edwin GOTHAM, b. 2 Mar 1919, Wolstanton Reg Dist, Staffordshire, England , d. 16 Nov 1939, 18, Rathbone Avenue, Newcastle under Lyme, Staffordshire, England (Age 20 years) Last Modified 14 Feb 2017 Family ID F300479 Family Group Page | Family Chart
- Date from death registration index and 1939 register
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Event Map Click to hide Married - Mar Q 1916 - St. Margaret’s Church, Wolstanton, Staffordshire, England Probate - Calendar entry - 13 Jan 1988 - Winchester, Hampshire, England = Link to Google Earth (if installed; see link below to install) Pin Legend