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Matthew GOTHAM
1899 - 1977 (78 years)
Has 24 ancestors and 20 descendants in this family tree.
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Name Matthew GOTHAM Relationship 
with Teresa Ann GOATHAM Born 27 Jan 1899 Liverpool, Lancashire, England 
- The 1901 census where shown as aged 3, implying born 1897 or 8, but the birth registration and date given at death registration suggest a little later.
GRO ref: Gotham, Matthew q1 1899 W. Derby RD 8b 339; GRO online index shows mother's maiden name as Matthews
Actual date from death registration index and from 1939 register
Gender Male Military Service WW1 Residence 1977 36, Renfrew Street, Liverpool, Lancashire, England - His home address at the time of his death
Died 16 Nov 1977 Liverpool Reg Dist, Lancashire, England - Actual date from probate calendar entry
GRO ref: Gotham, Matthew dob: 27 Ja 1899 q1 1978 Liverpool RD 36 0247
Probate 29 Mar 1978 Liverpool, Lancashire, England Calendar entry - Gotham, Matthew of 36 Renfrew St Liverpool died 16 November 1977 Probate Liverpool 29 March £1288 781602873J
Siblings3 brothers and 3 sisters 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) 
Jane HAZLEHURST, b. Abt 1833, Liverpool, Lancashire, England, d. Dec Q 1902, West Derby Reg Dist, Liverpool, Lancashire, England (Age ~ 69 years) (Grandmother) Notes - (Research):I think these two marriages / families must belong to the same Matthew but it would be good to have some evidence to confirm this, e.g. ages from marriage certs, or marital status at the time of the second marriage.
Person ID I301142 All | All in the Goatham / Gotham One-Name Study , All subjects of the Goatham / Gotham One-Name Study Last Modified 3 Feb 2022
Father Matthew GOTHAM, b. 7 Sep 1868, West Derby Reg Dist, Liverpool, Lancashire, England , d. Dec Q 1948, Liverpool North Reg Dist, Lancashire, England (Age 79 years) Mother Mary Elizabeth MATTHEWS, b. 13 Jul 1870, Liverpool, Lancashire, England , d. Dec Q 1946, Liverpool North Reg Dist, Lancashire, England (Age 75 years) Married 31 Jul 1895 St. Peter’s Church, Everton, Walton on the Hill, Lancashire, England - GRO ref: Gotham, Matthew to Matthews, Mary Elizabeth q3 1895 W. Derby RD 8b 677
Local (Lancashire) BMD registration index: GOTHAM, Matthew to MATTHEWS, Mary E 1895 Church: Everton, St. Peter; Registers at: Liverpool; Ref: 2085WD/9/83
Details from PR entry (image on Ancestry, viewed 5 Dec 2014)
The 1911 census shows that Matthew and Mary had had 7 children but only 3 remained alive; May, Matthew and Frederick
I believe the other 4 were as shown.
Esther (Hester) was alive and with them at the time of the 1901 census but not one of the surviving 3 with them in 1911. The other 3 appear to be the only 3 Gothams to be born and die in West Derby RD between 1895 and 1911.
There was also a Charles who was born and died in Liverpool Reg District, but as that would make one too many and all the other children births and deaths were in West Derby RD I think Charles was not the son of Matthew and Mary.
Family ID F300355 Family Group Page | Family Chart
Family 1 Jessie JONES, b. 18 Jan 1900, Liverpool Reg Dist, Lancashire, England , d. Dec Q 1984, Liverpool Reg Dist, Lancashire, England (Age 83 years) Married 19 Apr 1924 St. Clement’s Church, Toxteth Park, Liverpool, Lancashire, England - GRO ref: Gotham, Matthew to Jones, Jessie q2 1924 Liverpool RD 8b 151
Local (Lancashire) BMD registration index: GOTHAM, Matthew to JONES, Jessie 1924 Church: Toxteth Park, St. Clement; Registers at: Liverpool; Ref: 2064TP/6/470
Details from PR entry (image on FMP, viewed 23 Mar 2019)
Divorced May 1943 - A notice appeared in the Liverpool Evening Express on 21 May 1943 (p.1, col. 4):
"On the ground of desertion by his wife, Jessie Gotham, a decree nisi was granted in the Divorce Court, today, to Matthew Gotham, of Pugin-street, Kirkdale, Liverpool, thre being no defence to the suit.
The couple were married in April, 1924, at Toxteth Park, Liverpool. The husband's case was that they spent the first week at the house of his wife's brother in Sutler-street, Liverpool, but not liking that arrangement he discussed with his wife their having a home of their own. She said she preferred to stay where she was and the husband went back to his parents to give her time to think it over.
On two occasions he provided accommodation for himself and his wife but each time she refused to leave the brother's home."
(I suspect Sutler-street should be Butler Street, where Jessie was living at the time of the 1939 register, although no brother was then present) - Decree nisi granted
Children + 1. Irene GOTHAM, b. 17 Jun 1924, Liverpool Reg Dist, Lancashire, England , d. Jun Q 1973, Liverpool Reg Dist, Lancashire, England (Age 48 years)▻ Douglas George SIBBALD m. Jun Q 1946Last Modified 14 Feb 2017 Family ID F300390 Family Group Page | Family Chart
Family 2 Olive Agnes FAIRCLOUGH, b. 26 Oct 1911, West Derby Reg Dist, Liverpool, Lancashire, England , d. 22 Mar 1981, Liverpool Reg Dist, Lancashire, England (Age 69 years) Married Mar Q 1944 Liverpool North Reg Dist, Lancashire, England - GRO ref: GOTHAM, Matthew to FAIRCLOUGH, Olive A q1 1944 Liverpool N. RD 8b 712
Children3 children Last Modified 14 Feb 2017 Family ID F300392 Family Group Page | Family Chart
- The 1901 census where shown as aged 3, implying born 1897 or 8, but the birth registration and date given at death registration suggest a little later.
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Born - 27 Jan 1899 - Liverpool, Lancashire, England 
Child - Irene GOTHAM - 17 Jun 1924 - Liverpool Reg Dist, Lancashire, England 
Married - Mar Q 1944 - Liverpool North Reg Dist, Lancashire, England Child - Matthew Harold GOTHAM - 10 Mar 1944 - Liverpool North Reg Dist, Lancashire, England Child - Peter GOTHAM - 30 Jan 1948 - Liverpool North Reg Dist, Lancashire, England 
Residence - 1977 - 36, Renfrew Street, Liverpool, Lancashire, England Died - 16 Nov 1977 - Liverpool Reg Dist, Lancashire, England Probate - Calendar entry - 29 Mar 1978 - Liverpool, Lancashire, England = Link to Google Earth (if installed; see link below to install) Pin Legend 
