John KEELING

1852 - 1853  (~ 1 years)

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• Name	John KEELING
  Relationship	with Teresa Ann GOATHAM
  Born	Dec Q 1852	Shelton sub-district, Stoke on Trent Reg Dist, Staffordshire, England
  	There were two Keeling / Gotham couples having children at the time John was born. The birth of a Thomas was registered in q1 1853 - close to the registration of the birth of John, making it almost certain they were not children of the same couple. Thomas was with the other couple (James and Elizabeth) in the 1861 census, suggesting John was the son of George and Ann. The death registration confirms this - it names his father as George, and the death was registered by Ann, present at the death. GRO ref: Keeling, John q4 1852 Stoke upon Trent RD 6b 118; GRO online index shows mother's maiden name as Gotham Local BMD (Staffs index for 1852): KEELING, John sub-district: Shelton, registers at: Stoke-On-Trent, mother's maiden name: GOTHAM, ref: SHE/016/057
  Gender	Male
  Died	2 Jan 1853	Cliff Bank Square, Stoke on Trent, Staffordshire, England
  	Cause: Unknown
  	Not with mother at time of the 1861 census, suggesting had probably died. GRO ref: Keeling, John q1 1853 Stoke RD 6b 117; GRO online index showed age at death as 3 (early on showed many ages of infants in months), now as 0. Details from death registration (image of GRO register entry)
  Siblings	2 sisters
  1. John KEELING,   b. Dec Q 1852, Shelton sub-district, Stoke on Trent Reg Dist, Staffordshire, England ,   d. 2 Jan 1853, Cliff Bank Square, Stoke on Trent, Staffordshire, England  (Age ~ 1 years)   2. Hannah KEELING,   b. Dec Q 1856, Stoke Sub-District, Stoke on Trent Reg Dist, Staffordshire, England ,   d. Yes, date unknown   3. Mary Ann KEELING,   b. Jun Q 1860, Stoke Sub-District, Stoke on Trent Reg Dist, Staffordshire, England ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Half-siblings	1 half brother and 1 half sister (family of James DUTTON and Ann GOTHAM)
  1. John DUTTON,   b. 3 May 1866, Stoke on Trent Reg Dist, Staffordshire, England ,   d. Yes, date unknown ▻ Ann Jane SUTTON,  m. Mar Q 1891   2. Frances (‘Fanny’) DUTTON,   b. Jun Q 1868, Stoke on Trent Reg Dist, Staffordshire, England ,   d. Aft 1901  (Age ~ 34 years)
  Origins
  Patriarch & Matriarch	George KEELING,   b. Abt 1829, Stoke on Trent, Staffordshire, England ,   d. Mar Q 1860, Stoke on Trent Reg Dist, Staffordshire, England  (Age ~ 31 years)  (Father)  Hannah TILL,   b. Est 1803,   d. Bef 1835  (Age ~ 31 years)  (Grandmother)
  Person ID	I302349	All | All in the Goatham / Gotham One-Name Study
  Last Modified	29 Aug 2024

  
  

  Father	George KEELING,   b. Abt 1829, Stoke on Trent, Staffordshire, England ,   d. Mar Q 1860, Stoke on Trent Reg Dist, Staffordshire, England  (Age ~ 31 years)
  Mother	Ann GOTHAM,   b. Abt 1826,   d. Jun Q 1899, Stone Reg Dist, Staffordshire, England  (Age ~ 73 years) Other Partners: James DUTTON  m. 3 Apr 1864
  Married	14 Jun 1852	St. Mark’s Church, Shelton, Staffordshire, England
  	When Ann married James Dutton she was a widow with the surname Keeling, but there are no marriages of an Ann Gotham to a Keeling. Of course she could have been married more than once before she married James Dutton, but I can find no marriages of an Ann(e) Gotham/Gothan that could be her. She probably married for the first time between 1851 and 1861, as not found as a Gotham in the 1861 census - certainly not with her parents. The following appears to be the first marriage of Ann, although she is recorded as 'Bothen' rather than 'Gotham': GRO ref: Bothen, Ann to Keeling, George q2 1852 Stoke upon Trent RD 6b 216 Also recorded as Bothen in local BMD index and in PR entry. Staffs BMD (index for 1852): KEELING, George to BOTHEN, Ann, church: Shelton, St Mark; registers at: Stoke-On-Trent, ref: 27/02/195 Details from PR entry (image on FMP, viewed 4 Mar 2017)(these three records would only represent one error - once the Parish Register record was made, the GRO and local RO copies were made from it) Reason for thinking this is Ann's marriage, despite the surname discrepancy: 1. Bothen is clearly an error. This is the only 'Bothen' event in Staffordshire on FreeBMD (as at 4 Mar 2017, when indexing is nearly complete for 1837-1983). There are only 5 Bothen events on FreeBMD anywhere, so this is clearly not a stray event, but a misrecording of a surname. Clearly Bothen is similar to Gotham, although there are more similar surnames such as Botham. 2. The name Gotham was recorded as the mother's maiden name when the births of the children of this couple were registered. 3. The absence of an entry for the marriage of this Ann Gotham, either in the BMD registration index or index of PR entries, although any marriage of hers must have happened after registration started, and at a date when most marriages were in churches and most Staffordshire Church marriages are on FMP, which suggests a mis-transcription or recording (although there are other possibilities such as living as though married when no ceremony had taken place). 4. The match of the data other than surname with this Ann in the PR entry. Her age is right, father's Christian name is right, and most significant is the address and occupation of her father. In 1851, the year before the marriage, Ann's father had been a ag labourer, living in Liverpool Road, Stoke on Trent, not very similar to the PR entry but by 1861 he was living in Shelton Lock House, recorded then simply as a labourer, but shown in 1871 as a lock keeper. While there were many ag or general labourers, the unusual occupation of lock keeper and the exact match of address of Shelton Lock almost certainly points to this being this John and his daughter Ann, showing that John must have moved in the year between the census and Ann's marriage. (Clara, shown as the daughter of George and Ann, may have been the daughter of James Keeling and Elizabeth née Gotham)
  Family ID	F301291	Family Group Page  |  Family Chart

  
  

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