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Dora (“Topsy”) GOTHAM
1914 - 2002 (87 years)
Has 10 ancestors and one descendant in this family tree.
Set As Default Person 
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Name Dora (“Topsy”) GOTHAM Relationship 
with Teresa Ann GOATHAM Born 11 Jun 1914 Stoke on Trent Reg Dist, Staffordshire, England 
- GRO ref: GOTHAM, Dora q3 1914 mother's maiden name: Langley, Stoke T. RD 6b 623
Actual date from 1939 register
Gender Female Residence 1939 79, Trent Terrace, Bucknall, Staffordshire, England - In the 1939 register with her husband, followed by one closed entry (as at 28 Jan 2017), presumably their child.
(Ref: RG101/5293H/013/40 Letter Code: ONFG)
Died Jan 2002 Stoke on Trent Reg Dist, Staffordshire, England - GRO ref: Kirkham, Dora reg Jan 2002 dob 11 Jun 1914 Stoke On Trent RD Register Number: B73F, District and Subdistrict: 7371B, Entry Number: 283
Siblings1 brother Patriarch & Matriarch 
Samuel / William GOTHAM, [Did he exist?], b. Est 1832, d. Between 1870 and 1881 (Age ~ 38 years) (Great Grandfather)
Mary Jane HILL, b. Abt 1861, Ipstones, Staffordshire, England, d. Mar Q 1929, Stoke on Trent Reg Dist, Staffordshire, England (Age ~ 68 years) (Grandmother) Notes - Called herself 'Topsy' in 'in memoriam' entry for her mother in 1935.
Person ID I302279 All | All in the Goatham / Gotham One-Name Study , All subjects of the Goatham / Gotham One-Name Study Last Modified 29 Aug 2023
Father William Henry GOTHAM, b. 5 Mar 1885, Hanley, Staffordshire, England , d. 19 Sep 1981, Stoke on Trent Reg Dist, Staffordshire, England (Age 96 years) Mother Dora LANGLEY, b. Dec Q 1887, Stoke on Trent Reg Dist, Staffordshire, England , d. 30 Jun 1934, 42, Warrington Road, Bucknall, Staffordshire, England (Age ~ 47 years) Married Sep Q 1911 St. Mary the Virgin Church, Bucknall, Staffordshire, England - This marriage was probably of this William Henry. The only other one which looks likely is a William Henry whose birth was registered in Stone RD in 1883, but as a William Henry also married in Stone RD in 1907 that marriage was probably that William Henry (especially as this one was with his parents, single, in the 1911 census). That William Henry had a wife Mary Jane still living at the time of the 1911 census and no sign of her dying later that year, so it is extremely unlikely the 1911 marriage was that Wm Henry remarrying.
Hence this other marriage was most probably this William Henry.
GRO Ref: Gotham, William H to Langley, Dora q3 1911 Stoke T. RD 6b 307
Local reg. ref: GOTHAM, William H to LANGLEY, Dora 1911 Church: Bucknall, St Mary; registers at: Stoke-On-Trent, ref: 2/06/001.
Family ID F300506 Family Group Page | Family Chart
Family Ernest Harold KIRKHAM, b. 18 Oct 1916, Stoke on Trent Reg Dist, Staffordshire, England , d. Mar Q 1961, Stoke on Trent Reg Dist, Staffordshire, England (Age 44 years) Married Dec Q 1936 St. Mary the Virgin Church, Bucknall, Staffordshire, England - GRO ref: Gotham, Dora to Kirkham, Ernest H q4 1936 Stoke RD 6b 289
Actual church from Staffordshire BMD website.
Children 1. Living Last Modified 14 Feb 2017 Family ID F300734 Family Group Page | Family Chart
- GRO ref: GOTHAM, Dora q3 1914 mother's maiden name: Langley, Stoke T. RD 6b 623