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Elizabeth ASTON
1847 - 1919 (~ 72 years)
Has 2 ancestors and 241 descendants in this family tree.
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Name Elizabeth ASTON Relationship 
with Teresa Ann GOATHAM Born Dec Q 1847 Dudley, Worcestershire, England 
- From age at marriage given as 19; place from 1871 census
Father's name from marriage PR entryGRO ref: ASTON, Elizabeth q4 1847 Dudley RD 18 249; GRO online index shows mother's maiden name as Hubbard
Gender Female Census30 Mar 1851 Shavers End, Dudley, Worcestershire, England Move Between 1857 and 1861 From Dudley to Stoke on Trent - Sister Mary born in Dudley, but the family were in Stoke on Trent by the time of the 1861 census.
Occupation 1861 Potter Census7 Apr 1861 Daisy Bank, Longton, Staffordshire, England Census2 Apr 1871 54, Russell Street, Dresden, Staffordshire, England Census3 Apr 1881 11, Adelaide Street, Fenton, Staffordshire, England Census31 Mar 1901 27, Cambridge Street, Fenton, Staffordshire, England Census2 Apr 1911 242, Duke Street, Fenton, Staffordshire, England Will 24 Jan 1918 Written Residence 1919 32, Broade Street, Fenton, Staffordshire, England - Her home at the time of her death (from the probate calendar entry)
Died 13 Mar 1919 70, Victoria Road, Fenton, Staffordshire, England - Date and place from probate calendar entry (announcement in the newspaper shows date as 14th)
GRO ref: Gotham, Elizabeth aged 71 q1 1919 Stoke T. RD 6b 458
"GOTHAM. - On March 14th, at 70, Victoria-road, Fenton, Elizabeth Gotham, widow of the late James Rhead Gotham. Service in St. Michael's Church, at 2 30. Interment at Fenton Cemetery, 3 o'clock Tuesday, March 18th. Relatives and friends please accept this the only intimation.
"At rest." "
(from the Staffordshire Sentinel, 15 Mar 1919, p. 2, col. 1)
Buried 18 Mar 1919 Fenton Cemetery, Fenton, Staffordshire, England - From transcribed data from the burial register (on FreeReg, viewed 13 Aug 2019)
Shows Elizabeth Gotham, widow, aged 71, abode 70 Victoria Rd
Probate 30 Jan 1920 Principal Registry, London, England Calendar entry - "Gotham Elizabeth of 32 Broade-street Fenton Stoke-upon-Trent Staffordshire widow died 13 March 1919 at 70 Victoria-road Fenton Probate London 30 January to Matthew Edward Gotham manager and William Henry Gotham tobaconist. Effects £170 14s. 10d."
Siblings2 brothers and 5 sisters Patriarch & Matriarch 
William ASTON, b. 2 Jan 1825, Dudley, Worcestershire, England, d. Aft 1871 (Age 46 years) (Father) 
Sarah HUBBARD, b. Abt 1827, Dudley, Worcestershire, England, d. Aft 1871 (Age ~ 45 years) (Mother) Person ID I301287 All | All in the Goatham / Gotham One-Name Study , All subjects of the Goatham / Gotham One-Name Study Last Modified 27 Jul 2022
Father William ASTON, b. 2 Jan 1825, Dudley, Worcestershire, England , d. Aft 1871 (Age 46 years) Mother Sarah HUBBARD, b. Abt 1827, Dudley, Worcestershire, England , d. Aft 1871 (Age ~ 45 years) Married Jun Q 1845 Stourbridge Reg Dist, Worcestershire Staffordshire or Shropshire, England - GRO ref: Aston, William to Hubbard, Sarah q2 1845 Stourbridge RD 18 593
Family ID F301448 Family Group Page | Family Chart
Family James Rhead GOTHAM, b. Mar Q 1847, Fenton Sub-District, Stoke on Trent Reg Dist, Staffordshire, England , d. Dec Q 1891, Stoke on Trent Reg Dist, Staffordshire, England (Age ~ 44 years) Married 1 Jul 1866 St. Bartholomew’s Church, Blurton, Staffordshire, England - From PR entry (image on FMP, viewed 26 Nov 2014)
GRO ref: GOTHAM, James to Aston, Elizabeth R q3 1866 Stone RD 6b 37
Although as Elizabeth was then a widow and the information was not required (and so was struck through), the 1911 census shows that James and Elizabeth had had 12 children, 11 of whom were still living.
Children12 children Last Modified 14 Feb 2017 Family ID F300427 Family Group Page | Family Chart
- From age at marriage given as 19; place from 1871 census