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Frederick James GOTHAM
1860 - 1920 (~ 60 years)
Has 28 ancestors and 89 descendants in this family tree.
Set As Default Person 
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Name Frederick James GOTHAM Relationship 
with Teresa Ann GOATHAM Born Jun Q 1860 Shaldon, Devon, England 
- GRO ref: Gotham, Frederick J, q2 1860 Newton A RD 5b 109; GRO online index shows mother's maiden name as Williams
Actual place from 1911 census
Gender Male Occupation 1881 labourer - when married (and later when daus Gladys and Ann Hannah were baptised)
Residence From 1882 to 1906 Pomphlett, Plymstock, Devon, England - 1882, 1883, 1889, 1891, 1892, 1893, 1894, 1896, 1900, 1901, 1906 (when children were bapt)
Occupation From 1882 to 1883 Plymstock, Devon, England Quarry man - When daughters Ann Anna (the first) and Lilian were baptised
Residence 1886 5, Parr Street, Sutton-on-Plym, Plymouth, Devon, England - When son Reginald and daughter Olivia were baptised, and when Reginald died.
Occupation From 1886 to 1911 Gas Works, Plymouth, Devon, England Stoker - When his children Reginald, Olivia, Gertrude, Frederick, Caroline, Eliza and Jessie were baptised.
Shown more specifically as "gas stoker" in his son Reginald's death registration, and also in the 1891, 1901 and 1911 censuses, and in 1894 as "stoker in gas works".
His son Frederick was also working as a stoker at the gas works at the time of the 1911 census.
Residence 1891 Chelson Meadow, Plymstock, Devon, England - Back in Plymstock, with his wife and their 2 surviving children of the 6 born to date.
Occupation From 1896 to 1906 labourer - as when married, when daughters Gladys and Ann Hannah were baptised Frederick's occupation was shown simply as labourer
Residence 1901 Pomphlett, Plymstock, Devon, England Residence 1903 Residence 1911 2, Cavendish Road, Plymouth, Devon, England - Living in 4 rooms with his wife and 6 children (Frederick, Jessie, Walter, Gladys, Ann and Violet). Two surviving children were not present: the two oldest daughters, Olivia and Caroline.
Died Dec Q 1920 Plymouth Reg Dist, Devon, England - GRO ref: Gotham, Frederick J, aged 61 q4 1920 Plymouth RD 5b 299; GRO online index shows Christian names as Frederick James
Siblings4 brothers and 2 sisters Patriarch & Matriarch 
GOTHAM, d. Bef 1613 (6 x Great Grandfather)
Grace PROUT, b. Abt 1796, Ugborough, Devon, England, d. Dec Q 1869, Plymouth Reg Dist, Devon, England (Age ~ 73 years) (Grandmother) Person ID I300028 All | All in the Goatham / Gotham One-Name Study , All subjects of the Goatham / Gotham One-Name Study Last Modified 20 Dec 2023
Father William George GOTHAM, b. Abt 1818, West Teignmouth, Devon, England , d. Mar Q 1901, Plymouth Reg Dist, Devon, England (Age ~ 83 years) Mother Eliza WILLIAMS, b. Abt 1831, d. Dec Q 1910, Plymouth Reg Dist, Devon, England (Age ~ 79 years) Married 16 Feb 1858 St. Nicholas’ Church, Shaldon and Ringmore, Devon, England - From PR entry (image on FMP, viewed 15 Nov 2014)
"William George Gotham, of full age, Bachelor, Gardener, residence at time of marriage St Nicholas [Shaldon], father: Thomas Gotham, Fisherman
[married]
Eliza Williams, of full age, Spinster, Servant, residence at time of marriage St Nicholas [Shaldon], father: Henry Williams, Miller"
GRO ref: Gotham, William George, to Williams, Eliza q1 1858 Newton Abbott RD 5b 216
Surnames used as 2nd (or occasionally 1st) Christian names were by no means always the mother's maiden name, but the majority were probably the maiden name of the mother of paternal grandmother.
I don't know where Pearn came from that William and Eliza gave to a son. Their PR marriage entry (i.e. certificate data) shows that Eliza was a spinster when she married, and William's parents marriage entry also shows Charlotte was a spinster (a Prowse) when they married. Eliza William's mother was Grace PROUT, probably a Prout by birth as a sister of Eliza's was named Grace Prout WILLIAMS.
Although such names were nearly always family names in the broadest sense, they could be from in-laws etc. e.g. a sister's husband (possibly used when he was a Godfather) or a step-father.
I wonder if it's possible that William married Eliza accepting that she was pregnant by another man - their first son, the only one given a surname as a Christian name, was born somewhere between 6 weeks and 4½ months after the marriage.
There is probably some significance in the name Pearn being given with the Christian names 'Henry John'. A Henry John Pearn was baptised in Dawlish, not far from Teignmouth, in 1840. Maybe he was Godfather to Henry John Pearn GOTHAM. His parents were John and Joanna, they appear to be the couple who married in Exeter in 1836, Joanna being a Cox at the time of marriage; the PR entry does not show whether she was a spinster at the time.
Family ID F300021 Family Group Page | Family Chart
Family Caroline Mary Ann (“Kate”) BEER, b. Mar Q 1859, Plymstock, Devon, England , d. Jun Q 1934, Plymouth Reg Dist, Devon, England (Age ~ 75 years) Married 8 May 1881 Christ Church, Plymouth, Devon, England - Seen PR entry (image on FMP)
The 1911 census shows that Frederick and Caroline had had 14 children, of whom 8 were still living.
GRO ref: Gotham, Frederick to BEER, Kate q2 1881 Plymouth RD 5b 418
Children14 children Last Modified 8 Oct 2022 Family ID F300007 Family Group Page | Family Chart
- GRO ref: Gotham, Frederick J, q2 1860 Newton A RD 5b 109; GRO online index shows mother's maiden name as Williams