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Harry Aston GOTHAM
1881 - 1969 (87 years)
Has 12 ancestors and 81 descendants in this family tree.
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Name Harry Aston GOTHAM Relationship 
with Teresa Ann GOATHAM Born 22 Sep 1881 Fenton, Staffordshire, England 
- Date from baptism register and 1939 register; date in death registration index 26 Sep 1881
GRO ref: GOTHAM, Harry Aston q4 1881 Stoke T. RD 6b 232; GRO online index shows mother's maiden name as Aston
Baptised 13 Nov 1881 Christ Church, Fenton, Staffordshire, England - From PR entry (image on FMP, viewed 26 Nov 2014)
Private baptism - probably at 10 Adelaide Street, where the family lived
Gender Male Census31 Mar 1901 27, Cambridge Street, Fenton, Staffordshire, England Middle name relationship His mother's maiden name Residence 1921 29, Rhea Street, Woolwich, London, England - With his second wife and seven children (6 sons and a daughter)
Residence 1939 138, Woodman Street, Woolwich, London, England - With his wife and daughter Florence
(Ref: RG101/0645I/004/15 Letter Code: AZBM)
Died Jun Q 1969 Barnet Reg Dist, Greater London Hertfordshire or Middlesex, England - GRO ref: GOTHAM, Harry Aston q2 1969 dob: 26 Se 1881 Barnet RD 5a 219
Siblings10 brothers and 1 sister Patriarch & Matriarch 
Humphrey GOTHAM, bap. 5 Jan 1665, St. Bartholomew’s Church, East Ogwell, Devon, England, d. Yes, date unknown (Age ~ 63 years) (4 x Great Grandfather) 
Elizabeth ASTON, b. Dec Q 1847, Dudley, Worcestershire, England, d. 13 Mar 1919, 70, Victoria Road, Fenton, Staffordshire, England (Age ~ 72 years) (Mother) Person ID I301293 All | All in the Goatham / Gotham One-Name Study , All subjects of the Goatham / Gotham One-Name Study Last Modified 28 Aug 2023
Father 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) Mother Elizabeth ASTON, b. Dec Q 1847, Dudley, Worcestershire, England , d. 13 Mar 1919, 70, Victoria Road, Fenton, Staffordshire, England (Age ~ 72 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.
Family ID F300427 Family Group Page | Family Chart
Family 1 Florence Helena STANWAY, b. Dec Q 1883, Congleton Reg Dist, Cheshire, England , d. Sep Q 1914, Woolwich Reg Dist, Kent or London, England (Age ~ 31 years) Married Dec Q 1902 Register Office, Stoke on Trent, Staffordshire, England - GRO ref: GOTHAM, Harry Aston to Stanway, Florence Helena
q4 1902 Stoke T. RD 6b 456
Venue from UKBMD website (viewed 9 Apr 2015)
The 1911 census shows that Harry and Florence had had 6 children of whom 4 were still living.
Five Gotham babies had been born and died in the Midlands (all Stoke on Trent Reg Dist) between Harry and Florence marrying and the 1911 census, 2 of which were presumably theirs.
I think these must have been one of Vera Helen (birth reg q4 1902) and Florence Cissy (birth reg q1 1903)
and one of Ernest Aston (birth reg q2 1908) and Edgar William (birth reg q3 1908)
The 1911 census shows that Harry's brother Alfred had also lost a child by 1911; as he only married in 1907 I think one of the two born in 1908 was his.
The fifth child to be born and die within this period was James Edward William, but his burial is on FreeReg and shows he was the son of a William Henry.
Children8 children Last Modified 17 Nov 2020 Family ID F300437 Family Group Page | Family Chart
Family 2 Beatrice Maud STANWAY, b. 14 Oct 1891, Stoke on Trent Reg Dist, Staffordshire, England , d. Mar Q 1982, Warrington Reg Dist, Cheshire or Lancashire, England (Age 90 years) Married Sep Q 1915 Woolwich Reg Dist, Kent or London, England - GRO ref: Gotham, Harry A to Stanway, Beatrice M q3 1915 Woolwich RD 1d 3377
Harry was marrying his first wife's sister. It was a valid marriage (and so the children were legitimate), as the Deceased Wife's Sister's Marriage Act had been passed in 1907.
Children5 children Last Modified 17 Nov 2020 Family ID F300438 Family Group Page | Family Chart
- Date from baptism register and 1939 register; date in death registration index 26 Sep 1881
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Born - 22 Sep 1881 - Fenton, Staffordshire, England 
Baptised - 13 Nov 1881 - Christ Church, Fenton, Staffordshire, England 
Child - Florence Cissy GOTHAM - Mar Q 1903 - Stoke on Trent Reg Dist, Staffordshire, England 
Child - John GOTHAM - 30 Jan 1904 - Hanley, Staffordshire, England Child - Harry GOTHAM - 4 May 1905 - Hanley, Staffordshire, England Child - Douglas GOTHAM - 4 Dec 1906 - Hanley, Staffordshire, England Child - Ernest Aston GOTHAM - Jun Q 1908 - Stoke on Trent Reg Dist, Staffordshire, England Child - Beatrice GOTHAM - 7 May 1909 - Hanley, Staffordshire, England 
Married - Sep Q 1915 - Woolwich Reg Dist, Kent or London, England Child - Alfred Ernest GOTHAM - 10 Dec 1918 - Woolwich Reg Dist, Kent or London, England Child - Phyllis Winifred GOTHAM - Jun Q 1928 - Woolwich Reg Dist, Kent or London, England = Link to Google Earth (if installed; see link below to install) Pin Legend 
