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Mary FITZSIMMONS
Abt 1833 - 1912 (~ 79 years)
Has 2 ancestors and 6 descendants in this family tree.
Set As Default Person 
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Name Mary FITZSIMMONS Relationship 
with Teresa Ann GOATHAM Born Abt 1833 Stockton-on-Tees, Co. Durham, England 
- From the 1871 census, where shown as aged 37
Baptised 14 Apr 1833 St. Thomas’ Church, Stockton-on-Tees, Co. Durham, England - From FamilySearch (transcribed data from FHL film 1,894,160.(PRs).
Shows Mary Fitzsimons, parents Thomas and Mary.
Gender Female Also known as Fitz SIMMONS Residence From 1841 to 1851 11, Housewife Lane, Stockton-on-Tees, Co. Durham, England Residence 1881 5, Shakespear Street, Stockton-on-Tees, Co. Durham, England Residence 1911 50, Portrack Lane, Stockton-on-Tees, Co. Durham, England Died Mar Q 1912 Stockton Reg Dist, Co. Durham or Yorkshire, England - GRO ref: Hepton, Mary q1 1912 aged 78 Stockton RD 10a 74
Siblings4 brothers and 3 sisters Patriarch & Matriarch 
Thomas FITZSIMMONS, b. Abt 1795, Downpatrick, Co. Down, Ireland, d. Jun Q 1868, Stockton Reg Dist, Co. Durham or Yorkshire, England (Age ~ 73 years) (Father) 
Mary BRANSON, b. Abt 1808, Bishop Auckland, Co. Durham, England, d. Dec Q 1883, Stockton Reg Dist, Co. Durham or Yorkshire, England (Age ~ 75 years) (Mother) Person ID I304962 All | All in the Goatham / Gotham One-Name Study , All subjects of the Goatham / Gotham One-Name Study Last Modified 24 Mar 2023
Father Thomas FITZSIMMONS, b. Abt 1795, Downpatrick, Co. Down, Ireland , d. Jun Q 1868, Stockton Reg Dist, Co. Durham or Yorkshire, England (Age ~ 73 years) Mother Mary BRANSON, b. Abt 1808, Bishop Auckland, Co. Durham, England , d. Dec Q 1883, Stockton Reg Dist, Co. Durham or Yorkshire, England (Age ~ 75 years) Married 22 Feb 1829 St. Michael“s Church, Bishopwearmouth, Co. Durham, England - From NDFHS transcribed data
Shows Thomas Fitzimmonds married Mary Branson
Family ID F301887 Family Group Page | Family Chart
Family 1 Anthony GOTHAN, b. Abt 1825, Ireland , d. Bef 1861 (Age ~ 35 years) Married 12 Jul 1853 St. Mary’s RC Church, Stockton-on-Tees, Co. Durham, England - GRO ref: GOWHAM, Anthony to FITZSIMONS, Mary q3 1853 Stockton RD 10a 107
Middlesbrough is just across the Tees from Stockton and it seems reasonable to suppose that the Anthony Gaughan living there (or at least, a visitor there) in 1851 was the same person as the Anthony Gowham who married in Stockton in 1853, and whose family were then recorded with the name Gothan (or Gotham or Gothen, etc.)
Children2 children Last Modified 23 Mar 2023 Family ID F301571 Family Group Page | Family Chart
Family 2 [ - ? - ], d. Yes, date unknown Married Between 1860 and 1863 - Mary had two illegitimate daughters, one must have been conceived in 1860, the other in 1862. I am assuming that the first, Mary Jane, was illegitimate despite not knowing when Mary's husband, Anthony, died, as like her sister no father was named on her birth registration. (No mother's maiden name either, this was often omitted on the birth certificates for children of widows, despite the child and their mother's surname being different from their mother's maiden name).
The two daughters although shown here under one 'unknown' father may have had different fathers. She was not living with anyone at the time of the 1861 census, when she must have been pregnant.
Mary is shown in the 1911 census as having had 5 children, not 6, but both birth registrations name the mother as Mary, and I think it is the same one although it is just possible another Mary briefly had her surname recorded as Gothan.
That said, the no. of children given in 1911 should refer to those born to Mary's current marriage. There appears only to have been 2, so I am guessing she (or the workhouse in which she was living) mistakenly gave the total no. of children; this field was probably misunderstood and so contains the wrong info. more than any other. It could be, though, that Mary did have 3 others born to her second marriage, but who died soon after birth and whose births weren't registered, or she may have even counted stillbirths or mis-carriages.
Married? Not married or evidence to suggest they didn't marry Children2 children Last Modified 24 Mar 2023 Family ID F301886 Family Group Page | Family Chart
Family 3 Thomas HEPTON, b. Abt 1841, Market Weighton, Yorkshire, England , d. Mar Q 1917, Sunderland Reg Dist, Co. Durham, England (Age ~ 76 years) Married Dec Q 1866 St. Thomas’ Church, Stockton-on-Tees, Co. Durham, England - GRO ref: Hepton, Thomas to GOTHEN, Mary q4 1866 Stockton RD 10a 107
Church from index to local records on the Stockton-on-Tess Council website
Children2 children Last Modified 23 Mar 2023 Family ID F301885 Family Group Page | Family Chart