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Thomas GOTHAM
1855 - 1912 (~ 57 years)
Has 19 ancestors and 23 descendants in this family tree.
Set As Default Person 
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Name Thomas GOTHAM Relationship 
with Teresa Ann GOATHAM Born Jun Q 1855 Fenton, Staffordshire, England 
- From the 1871 census where shown as aged 15
GRO ref: Gotham, Thomas q2 1855 Stoke T RD 6b 190; GRO online index shows mother's maiden name as Simcock
Local register ref (Staffs index for 1855): GOTHAM, Thomas, sub-district: Fenton, registers at: Stoke-On-Trent, mother's maiden name: SIMCOCK, ref: FEN/009/016
Baptised 17 Jun 1855 Christ Church, Fenton, Staffordshire, England - From PR entry (image on FMP, viewed 23 Mar 2023)
"1855 June 17th. No. 1189, Thomas, parents: John & Elizabeth, surname: Gotham, abode: Fenton, father's occupation: Potter, ceremony performed by: W. Sollis"
Gender Male Census2 Apr 1871 54, Russell Street, Dresden, Staffordshire, England Died Sep Q 1912 Stoke on Trent Reg Dist, Staffordshire, England - GRO ref: GOTHAM, Thomas aged 58 q3 1912 Stoke T RD 6b 226
Buried 17 Aug 1912 Fenton Cemetery, Fenton, Staffordshire, England - From transcribed data from the burial register (on FreeReg, viewed 13 Aug 2019)
Shows Thomas, aged 58, abode 61 Edward St
Siblings5 brothers and 4 sisters 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) 
Ellen READ, b. Abt 1793, d. Dec Q 1858, Stoke on Trent Reg Dist, Staffordshire, England (Age ~ 65 years) (Grandmother) Person ID I301285 All | All in the Goatham / Gotham One-Name Study , All subjects of the Goatham / Gotham One-Name Study Last Modified 23 Mar 2023
Father John GOTHAM, b. Abt 1818, Stoke on Trent, Staffordshire, England , d. Mar Q 1858, Stoke on Trent Reg Dist, Staffordshire, England (Age ~ 40 years) Mother Elizabeth SIMCOCK, b. Abt 1819, Stoke on Trent, Staffordshire, England , d. Jun Q 1882, Stoke on Trent Reg Dist, Staffordshire, England (Age ~ 63 years) Married 1838 St. Mary the Virgin Church, Bucknall, Staffordshire, England - This marriage seems to be missing from the GRO index (not found by searching for John as Gotham or Gothan, nor by searching for Elizabeth Simcock) but it is in the index to the local registers on the Staffordshire BMD website.
This shows (in the index for 1838):
GOTHAN [sic], John married SIMCOCK, Elizabeth at Bucknall, St Mary's Church, registers at Stoke-On-Trent, ref. 2/01/055
Other trees claim 12 Nov 1839 or 12 Nov 1838 in Bucknall Parish Church, Stoke-on-Trent. Looking at images of the PR on FMP I can't find this marriage, but the register is strange - the old style register was being used still, and whilst there were many registers in 1837, hardly any in 1838 or 1839, so it looks like another register may also have been in use.
Family ID F300409 Family Group Page | Family Chart
Family Ann KELLEY, b. 19 Jan 1860, Willenhall, Staffordshire, England , d. Dec Q 1925, Stoke on Trent Reg Dist, Staffordshire, England (Age 64 years) Married 14 Nov 1878 St. Peter Ad Vincula Church, Stoke on Trent, Staffordshire, England - The 1911 census showed that Thomas and Ann had been married for 32 years
GRO ref: GOTHAM, Thomas to Kelley, Ann q4 1878 Stoke T. RD 6b 320
Venue from UKBMD website, date from PR entry (image on FMP)
The 1911 also census shows that Thomas and Ann had had 7 children but only 4 were still living (and only two were with them on census night). Only 4 were found with them on any censuses, 1881 to 1911, so the others must have died as quite young children.
These can be identified from baptism and burial records; the abode of George Street, which is shown as Thomas and Ann's home at the time of the 1881, 1891 and 1901 censuses shows that they were children of this Thomas.
Also with Thomas and Ann at the time of the 1911 census were orphaned nephew William (son of Thomas's brother Matthew), a grandson Walter (aged 2) and a border, 48 year old widower Thomas Rowcroft.
Children7 children Last Modified 23 Mar 2023 Family ID F300487 Family Group Page | Family Chart
- From the 1871 census where shown as aged 15