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Albert Thomas GOTHAM
1864 - 1941 (76 years)
Has 28 ancestors and 35 descendants in this family tree.
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Name Albert Thomas GOTHAM Relationship 
with Teresa Ann GOATHAM Born 18 Jun 1864 Compton, Plymouth, Devon, England 
- GRO ref: Gortham [sic], Albert Thomas q3 1864 Plympton RD 5b 219; GRO online index shows the surname as Gotham and the mother's maiden name as Williams
(It looks like the person typing up the paper index accidentally inserted an 'r' in Gotham and as there are four entries with surnames starting 'Gor' between those starting 'Gos' and 'Got'.
Place from the 1871 census.
Date sources: age recorded as 26 when he married, suggesting born 1862 or 3 but 76 at death, suggesting born 1864 or 5.
The latter would fit better with the gap between siblings.
The 1911 census also suggests born 1862-3; maybe he was increasing his age to match that of his wife.
Place from 1911 census.
Date recorded as 18 Jun 1864 in the 1939 registration.
Gender Male Residence 1890 8, Holborn Street, Sutton on Plym, Devon, England - when dau Elsie was bapt
Occupation From 1890 to 1911 Sutton on Plym, Devon, England mason - When his children Elsie, Albert and Victoria where baptised and at the time of the 1911 census.
The 1911 census whos that he was at that time a mason at the chemical works.
Residence 1891 13, Armada Terrace, Plymouth, Devon, England - With his wife and daughter Elsie.
Another family were living at the same address - Albert's sister Mary Grace and her family (husband and their two young children); each family occupied 2 rooms.
Miscellaneous 1898 Maintenance of parents - In 1898 was found responsible for paying 1 shilling and 6 pence a week for the maintenance of his parents.
From images on FMP (viewed 26 Oct 2017)
Residence 1901 20, St. Jude’s Place, Plymouth, Devon, England - With his wife, three daughters and a son. (Albert and Eva had had 7 children by this time, but 3 had died in infancy).
One of 5 households at this address, comprising of a total of 29 people living in 11 rooms. Albert and family had 3 of the rooms.
Court 17 Feb 1905 Magistrates' Court, Plymouth, Devon, England Convicted of neglecting his daughter's education - The Plymouth Education Committee brought a complaint against Albert for neglecting the instruction of his daughter, Alice.
An order was made that she attend Holy Trinity School.
(source: in the summary of convictions in the the Plymouth Magistrates' Court Register, held in the PWDRO, ref. 1542/1/1)
Residence From 1908 to 1939 78, Laira Bridge Road, Sutton on Plym, Devon, England - Shown as his home when his daughter Elsie married, in the 1911 census Albert was living there with his wife and 5 children (all surviving except Elsie, the oldest, who was by now married) in a two roomed house.
(Albert at first described the house as having four rooms, probably due to including 2 of those not to be counted)
The 1927 electoral roll shows 6 voters at the address: Albert and Eva, their 2 sons Edward James and Frederick Charles, and their daughter Elsie Elizabeth and her husband Walter Charles FINCH.
Still at the same address at the time of the 1939 registartion, with his wife, son Edward, daughter Victoria and Victoria's husband and son
Residence Jan 1908 1, Cavendish Road, Plymouth, Devon, England - When his son Fred was admitted to the Cattedown School (I am assuming Fred was living with his parents).
Emigration 1913 Liverpool, Lancashire, England From / Departure - A passenger list shows an Albert T Gotham, aged 49, last permanent residence England travelled from Liverpool to Halifax, Canada intending to settle in Canada in 1913.
Whether the plan was that the family would follow if all went well or that he would send money home I don't know, but clearly Albert did not settle permanently in Canada, although his war service shows he was there for a while.
(passenger list image on FMP, viewed 13 Mar 2017, from class BT 27 at the National Archives)
Emigration 1913 Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada To / Arrival Military Service From 23 Sep 1914 to 14 Apr 1919 WW1 - Canadian Railway Supply Detachment - Albert's full service record - from attestation to discharge and request for medals to be sent - can be downloaded from the Library and Archives Canada website
Occupation 1930 Road transport Registration 1939 Died 3 May 1941 Liskeard Reg Dist, Cornwall, England - GRO ref: Gotham, Albert T q2 1941 aged 76 Liskeard RD 5c 179; GRO online index shows Christian names as Albert Thomas
Buried 7 May 1941 Efford Cemetery and Crematorium, Efford Road, Plymouth, Devon, England 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) Notes - (Research):Went to Canada in 1913, joined the Canadian army to fight in WW1
Person ID I300038 All | All in the Goatham / Gotham One-Name Study , All subjects of the Goatham / Gotham One-Name Study Last Modified 3 Feb 2024
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 Eva Jane BILLING, b. 10 Aug 1862, Dawlish, Devon, England , d. Dec Q 1945, Plymouth Reg Dist, Devon, England (Age 82 years) Married 21 Mar 1889 Holy Trinity Church, Southside Street, Plymouth, Devon, England - GRO ref: Gotham, Albert Thomas to Billing, Eva Jane q1 1889 Plymouth RD 5b 421
Details from PR entry (image on FMP)
Witnesses J and M J Gotham. M J would fit his sister-in-law, wife of his brother Henry John. J was probably Henry John, as he mostly seems to have used the name John.
Children9 children Last Modified 31 Dec 2020 Family ID F300011 Family Group Page | Family Chart
- GRO ref: Gortham [sic], Albert Thomas q3 1864 Plympton RD 5b 219; GRO online index shows the surname as Gotham and the mother's maiden name as Williams