Website in the process of being upgraded - full menu should be back on all pages soon.
Full menu can be viewed here.


Home Search  
Share Print Bookmark
William Henry Pearn GOTHAM

William Henry Pearn GOTHAM

Male 1913 - 1997  (84 years)    Has 40 ancestors and 11 descendants in this family tree.


 Set As Default Person    

Personal Information    |    Sources    |    All    |    PDF

  • Name William Henry Pearn GOTHAM 
    Relationshipwith Teresa Ann GOATHAM
    Born 7 May 1913  Plymouth Reg Dist, Devon, England See the place on a map and other information about it - if available (many more will be in time); also all individuals with events at this location 
    • GRO ref: Gotham, William H P; mother's maiden name: Potts q2 1913 Plymouth RD 5b 469
      Actual date from death registration index and from 1939 register
    Gender Male 
    Middle name relationship A surname of a gt gt grandmother before she married. 
    • His 2x great grandmother, Charlotte PROWSE, was probably also (and more correctly) known as Charlotte PEARN.

      PEARN has continued to be used as a family middle name, so far having been given to a total of 8 Gothams (that I know of, as at May 2020), born over 6 generations, from 1858 to 1995, all descended from each other. In one generation in the 1940s 3 siblings, two girls and a boy, were all given PEARN as a middle name. They are listed here (details of living / possibly living not made public).
    Occupation 1939 
    Chaffeur 
    Died May 1997  Plymouth Reg Dist, Devon, England See the place on a map and other information about it - if available (many more will be in time); also all individuals with events at this location 
    • GRO ref: Gotham, William Henry P reg. May 1997 dob 7 May 1913 Plymouth RD District number: 4161B, Register number: B55A, Entry number: 062; GRO online index shows 3rd forename as Pearn
    Half-siblings 2 half sisters (family of William George Pearn GOTHAM and Bessie WEETMAN) 
    Patriarch & Matriarch
    GOTHAM,   d. Bef 1613  (8 x Great Grandfather) 
    Clara ASHCROFT,   b. Dec Q 1870, Rochdale, Lancashire, England See the place on a map and other information about it - if available (many more will be in time); also all individuals with events at this location,   d. Aft 1911  (Age ~ 42 years)  (Grandmother) 
    Person ID I300464  All | All in the Goatham / Gotham One-Name Study , All subjects of the Goatham / Gotham One-Name Study
    Last Modified 24 Nov 2023 

    Father William George Pearn GOTHAM,   b. 11 Jan 1882, Plymouth Reg Dist, Devon, England See the place on a map and other information about it - if available (many more will be in time); also all individuals with events at this location,   d. Jun Q 1961, Plymouth Reg Dist, Devon, England See the place on a map and other information about it - if available (many more will be in time); also all individuals with events at this location  (Age 78 years)
    Other Partners: Bessie WEETMAN  m. 1 Aug 1903  
    Mother Annie POTTS,   b. 27 Jul 1893, Rochdale, Lancashire, England See the place on a map and other information about it - if available (many more will be in time); also all individuals with events at this location,   d. Mar Q 1962, Plymouth Reg Dist, Devon, England See the place on a map and other information about it - if available (many more will be in time); also all individuals with events at this location  (Age 68 years) 
    Married Dec Q 1910  Register Office or Registrar Attended, Rochdale Reg Dist, Lancashire, England See the place on a map and other information about it - if available (many more will be in time); also all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    • At Rochdale Register Office or Registrar Attended. They were recorded as 'United Methodist' in the 1911 census so might have married in a Methodist Church.
      Lancashire BMD website shows:
      GOTHAM, William George Pearn to POTTS, Annie; 1910; Church / Register Office: Rochdale Register Office or Registrar Attended; Registers at: Rochdale; Ref: RM/132/149
    Family ID F300158  Family Group Page  |  Family Chart

    Family Vera HICKS,   b. 7 Mar 1917, Plymouth Reg Dist, Devon, England See the place on a map and other information about it - if available (many more will be in time); also all individuals with events at this location,   d. 24 Jan 1995, Plymouth Reg Dist, Devon, England See the place on a map and other information about it - if available (many more will be in time); also all individuals with events at this location  (Age 77 years) 
    Married 25 Oct 1939  St. Andrew’s Church, Plymouth, Devon, England See the place on a map and other information about it - if available (many more will be in time); also all individuals with events at this location 
    • GRO ref: Gotham, William H P to Hicks, Vera q4 1939 Plymouth RD 5b 1036
      (date and place from DFHS transcribed data on FMP, viewed 3 4 2014)

      At the time of the 1939 William and Vera were neighbours (from 2 of 3 households living in 7 Bayswater Terrace); less than a month later they were married.
    Children 3 children 
    Last Modified 14 Feb 2017 
    Family ID F300157  Family Group Page  |  Family Chart

  • Sources 
    1. [S336] FreeBMD, FreeBMD, ((  http://www.freebmd.org.uk/  )), accessed 2 Apr 2014), Marriage of William G P GOTHAM. (Reliability: 3), 2 Apr 2014.
      (index image checked as well as database)
      Surname: Gotham, First name(s): William G P, District: Rochdale Vol: 8e Page: 138
      Same page includes: 
      Surname: Potts, First name(s): Annie
      (also another couple)
      I believe William married Annie POTTS rather than the other bride as there is a birth of a GOTHAM with mother's maiden name of POTTS in 1913. That was in Plymouth RD but despite marrying in Rochdale RD William's birth and death were registered in Plymouth RD so that is consistent with him being the father in the 1913 birth.