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Fred GOTHAM
1907 - 1979 (71 years)
Has 24 ancestors and 13 descendants in this family tree.
Set As Default Person 
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Name Fred GOTHAM Relationship 
with Teresa Ann GOATHAM Born 19 Apr 1907 Stoke on Trent, Staffordshire, England 
- From the 1911 census where shown as aged 3; actual date from death registration index
GRO ref: GOTHAN, Fred q2 1907 Stoke T RD 6b 231; GRO online index shows mother's maiden name as Bell
Gender Male War Service 1939 Decontamination Work - In the frustratingly incomplete col. 11 appears
'Decontamination Work...
Stoke Corporation ...'
Residence 1939 81, Harpfield Road, Stoke on Trent, Staffordshire, England - After Fred were listed his wife, son and his daughter born before 1939.
(Ref: RG101/5303F/023/15 Letter Code: ONKX)
Occupation 1939 General Labourer - From the 1939 register, where shown as a heavy worker.
Died 17 Mar 1979 Stoke on Trent Reg Dist, Staffordshire, England - GRO ref: Gotham, Fred, dob 19 Ap 1907 reg q1 1979 Stoke T RD 30 2194; also indexed as Gothan, Fred.
Actual date from cremation register
Cremation 23 Mar 1979 Bradwell Crematorium, Chatterley Close, Bradwell, Staffordshire, England - From cremation register (image on Ancestry, vewed 14 Aug 2019)
Siblings7 brothers and 5 sisters Patriarch & Matriarch 
GOTTAM, b. Est 1628, d. Yes, date unknown (6 x Great Grandfather)
Hannah CHURTON, b. Abt 1821, Stoke upon Tern, Shropshire, England, d. Jun Q 1892, Primrose Hill, Hanford, Staffordshire, England (Age ~ 71 years) (Grandmother) Person ID I301156 All | All in the Goatham / Gotham One-Name Study , All subjects of the Goatham / Gotham One-Name Study Last Modified 30 Dec 2022
Father Thomas Albert GOTHAM, b. Jun Q 1863, Stoke on Trent Reg Dist, Staffordshire, England , d. Dec Q 1916, Stoke on Trent Reg Dist, Staffordshire, England (Age ~ 53 years) Mother Louisa BELL, b. Jun Q 1864, Stoke on Trent, Staffordshire, England , d. Mar Q 1934, Manchester South Reg Dist, Lancashire, England (Age ~ 70 years) Married 15 Jul 1886 St. John the Evangelist’s Church, Trent Vale, Stoke on Trent, Staffordshire, England - GRO ref: Gotham, Thomas Albert to Bell, Louisa q3 1886 Stoke T RD 6b 271
Venue from UKBMD website, date from PR entry image on FMP
The 1911 census where shown as married for 25 years.
In that time the census shows they had had 13 children but only 6 were still living - 5 currently missing from this tree, probably all born and died between censuses.
Family ID F300588 Family Group Page | Family Chart
Family Helen HOLT, b. 9 Feb 1912, Ancoats, Manchester, Lancashire, England , d. Dec 1999, Stoke on Trent Reg Dist, Staffordshire, England (Age 87 years) Married Sep Q 1930 St. Mark’s Church, Old Newton, Manchester, Lancashire, England - GRO ref: Gotham, Fred to Holt, Helen q3 1930 Manchester N RD 8d 1439
Venue from Local (Lancashire) BMD registration index website: GOTHAM, Fred to HOLT, Helen 1930 Church: Old Newton, St. Mark; Registers at: Manchester; Ref: 104/3/351
Shown as divorced in the cremation register entry when Fred died.
Children5 children Last Modified 16 Dec 2022 Family ID F300383 Family Group Page | Family Chart
- From the 1911 census where shown as aged 3; actual date from death registration index