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Gertrude GOTHAM
Set As Default Person -
Name Gertrude GOTHAM Relationship 
with Teresa Ann GOATHAM Born Dec Q 1877 Stoke on Trent, Staffordshire, England
- From 1881 census where shown as aged 3
GRO ref: GOTHAM, Gertrude q4 1877 Stoke T RD 6b 237; GRO online index shows mother's maiden name as Wood
Baptism and other records show that the Gertrude Elizabeth, surname recorded as GOTHAN, reistered in q1 1878, was a different Gertrude
Gender Female Died 13 Apr 1898 Trenton, Mercer Co., New Jersey, USA
- From database index to the New Jersey State Archives (Death Records, June 1878 - December 1900 database)
Shown as Gertrude A. Gotham, aged 20y
This is in line with both the 1900 and 1910 census entries for her mother, who is shown as having 4 children living; 4 other children of Mary Ann were clearly still living in 1900.
Siblings3 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) (6 x Great Grandfather) 
Mary STANTON, b. Abt 1818, Sligo, Ireland
, d. Aft 1871 (Age ~ 54 years) (Grandmother) 
Notes - No other sign of Gertrude beyond birth, on FreeBMD (it was not this Gertrude Gotham who married in Birmingham in 1924).
I suspect like her brother Thomas she may have emigrated (no evidnce of this from a quick look at US data on FMP, 19 July 2017)
Person ID I301311 All | All in the Goatham / Gotham One-Name Study , All subjects of the Goatham / Gotham One-Name Study Last Modified 2 Jan 2015
Father William Henry GOTHAM, b. Sep Q 1847, Stoke on Trent, Staffordshire, England
, d. Mar Q 1900, Wolstanton Reg Dist, Staffordshire, England
(Age ~ 53 years) Mother Mary Ann WOOD, b. 14 Jul 1851, Tipton, Staffordshire, England
, d. Aft 1941, USA
(Age 90 years)
Other Partners: William H. MILBURN m. Between 1910 and 1920Married 19 Jan 1871 The RC Church of Our Lady of Angels and St. Peter, Cliffe Bank, Stoke on Trent, Staffordshire, England
- GRO ref: Gotham, William to Wood, Mary Ann q1 1871 Stoke T RD 6b 288
Venue from UKBMD website
The family seem to have emigrated to the USA in about 1886 or 1887 (1888 according to 1900 census, 1886 according to 1910 - entries for Mary Ann, but their first child to be born in the USA was born 1887 so it has to be by then).
I am assuming they all went although William Henry died back in England in 1900.
Mary Ann was also inconsistent with the number of children she had mothered, the 1900 census showing 5, while the 1910 census shows 10! (Her age means she cannot have had 5 between 1900 and 1910). Both show she had 4 living. Did she think the question referred to the number who had emigrated to the US? i.e. did William and Mary Ann have 3 more after arriving? I think this is possible, though the number of living suggests that if they did all died young (they would have been born between 1888 and 1900, but all dead by 1900)
Family ID F300436 Family Group Page | Family Chart
- From 1881 census where shown as aged 3

