People search
(married name will be ignored if broad check is ticked;
a broad check includes a search for nicknames, married names and other alternative names)Where were they from?
Search for places, see all people in the tree with events in that place, and (where added) see places marked on a map with photos, links and other information about the location.
Florence Elizabeth GOTHAM
1883 - 1950 (66 years)
Has 23 ancestors and one descendant in this family tree.
Set As Default Person 
-
Name Florence Elizabeth GOTHAM Relationship 
with Teresa Ann GOATHAM Born 8 Aug 1883 Fenton, Staffordshire, England 
- From the 1901 census where shown as aged 17
GRO ref: GOTHAM, Florence Elizabeth q3 1883 Stoke T. RD 6b 246; GRO online index shows mother's maiden name as Kelly
Actual date from baptism entry
Baptised 5 Dec 1883 Christ Church, Fenton, Staffordshire, England - From PR entry (image on FMP, viewed 12 Nov 2016)
Shows Florence Elizabeth, parents Thomas and Annie, abode York Street, father a potter
(Archive reference D5882/1/1/1, page 2)
Gender Female Residence From 1917 to 1921 121, Queens Road, Nuneaton, Warwickshire, England - Shown as the address of Walter, Florence and their son when Walter joined the army in 1917. Still their address at the time of the 1921 census.
Residence 1939 38, High Street, Nuneaton, Warwickshire, England - Florence had with her Sally and Sallly's family in the 1939 register.
(Ref: RG101/5683A/020/26 Letter Code: QECL)
Died Mar Q 1950 Nuneaton Reg Dist, Warwickshire or Leicestershire, England - Probably the death of this Florence E Robinson:
GRO ref: Robinson, Florence E q1 1950 aged 66 Nuneaton RD 9c 979; GRO online index confirms middle name as Elizabeth
Looking at death registrations of Florence E Robinsons on FreeBMD (as at 13 Feb 2017, i.e. complete up to 1973) from 1939, age suggesting or dob showing born between 1878-1888, the middle name is correct, this is clearly the best fit on place AND and the age is exactly right for this Florence.
Siblings6 brothers 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) 
Bridget DOWNEY, b. Abt 1833, Co. Roscommon, Ireland (Grandmother) Person ID I301464 All | All in the Goatham / Gotham One-Name Study , All subjects of the Goatham / Gotham One-Name Study Last Modified 27 Aug 2023
Father Thomas GOTHAM, b. Jun Q 1855, Fenton, Staffordshire, England , d. Sep Q 1912, Stoke on Trent Reg Dist, Staffordshire, England (Age ~ 57 years) Mother 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.
Family ID F300487 Family Group Page | Family Chart
Family Walter James ROBINSON, b. Mar Q 1884, Stafford, Staffordshire, England , d. Aft 1939 (Age ~ 56 years) Married 7 Jun 1906 Christ Church, Fenton, Staffordshire, England - GRO ref: Gotham, Florence Elizabeth to Robinson, Walter James ROBINSON, q2 1906 Stoke T. RD 6b 285
(which of the 2 men on the register page from WW1 service record)
Local reg. ref: GOTHAM, Florence E to ROBINSON, Walter J, church: Fenton, Christ Church; registers at: Stoke-On-Trent, ref: 10/08/096.(From Staffordshire BMD website)
Actual date from Walter's WW1 papers.
If I have correctly identified Florence in the 1911 census then this shows that she and Walter only had one child (who was still living). Walter's 1911 service record agrees they had only one child.
Children 1. Walter Thomas ROBINSON, b. 29 Jan 1909, Hednesford, Staffordshire, England , d. 12 Mar 1982, Leicester Central Reg Dist, Leicestershire, England (Age 73 years)▻ Phyllis May SAUNDERS m. Jun Q 1938Last Modified 14 Feb 2017 Family ID F300507 Family Group Page | Family Chart
- From the 1901 census where shown as aged 17