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Mary Jane GOTHAN
1861 - Yes, date unknown
Has 4 ancestors but no descendants in this family tree.
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Name Mary Jane GOTHAN Relationship 
with Teresa Ann GOATHAM Born 19 Mar 1861 Smithfield, Stockton-on-Tees, Co. Durham, England 
- GRO ref: Gothan, Mary Jane q2 1861 Stockton RD 10a 62; GRO online index does not show a mother's maiden name
Birth registration of Mary Jane GOTHAN
GRO register entryGender Female Emigrated London, England From - Travelled on board the 'Northumberland'
Emigrated 6 May 1880 Hobart, Tasmania, Australia To - The arrivals record shows the ship was sailing to
"Melbourne & Sth Cross to H Town".
Since Mary was in the list of passenger arrivals in Tasmania I think it safe to assume she disembarked in Hobart (which was originally called Hobart Town or Hobarton).
Occupation Aft 6 May 1880 Domestic servant - The arrivals record shows that Mary was a domestic servant, and the "name of person on whose application sent out" was Jane Mulligan, so I guess she was going to work for her on her arrival.
Died Yes, date unknown Siblings1 sister Half-siblings2 half brothers (family of Anthony GOTHAN and Mary FITZSIMMONS) Half-siblings2 half brothers (family of Thomas HEPTON and Mary FITZSIMMONS) Patriarch & Matriarch 
[ - ? - ], d. Yes, date unknown (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) (Grandmother) Notes - (Research):With her Fitzsimmons grandmother at the time of the 1871 census, recorded as Mary Jane Gathorn or Guthorn (the writer's 'a's and 'u's are indistinguishable). The name ending 'orn' may represent a misreading of an 'am' by the ennumerator, rather than someone thinking the name sounded like it ended 'orn' rather than 'am'.
What became of Mary after 1880?
Not (yet) found what happened to her after she arrived in Tasmania.
Person ID I304964 All | All in the Goatham / Gotham One-Name Study , All subjects of the Goatham / Gotham One-Name Study Last Modified 24 Mar 2023
Father [ - ? - ], d. Yes, date unknown Mother Mary FITZSIMMONS, b. Abt 1833, Stockton-on-Tees, Co. Durham, England , d. Mar Q 1912, Stockton Reg Dist, Co. Durham or Yorkshire, England (Age ~ 79 years)
Other Partners: Anthony GOTHAN m. 12 Jul 1853; Thomas HEPTON m. Dec Q 1866Married 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 Family ID F301886 Family Group Page | Family Chart
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Emigrated - From - - London, England 
Emigrated - To - 6 May 1880 - Hobart, Tasmania, Australia = Link to Google Earth (if installed; see link below to install) Pin Legend 
