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Ann GOTHAM
1801 - 1880 (78 years)
Has 23 ancestors and 46 descendants in this family tree.
Set As Default Person 
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Name Ann GOTHAM Relationship 
with Teresa Ann GOATHAM Born 6 Dec 1801 Devon, England 
- Shown as aged 40 in the 1841 census - rounded down age, implying born -1796-1801.
Actual date from baptism register.
Baptised 25 Dec 1801 St. Michael the Archangel’s Church, East Teignmouth, Devon, England - From PR entry (image on FMP, viewed 15 Dec 2018)
"[Born] Dec the 6th Ann the Daughter of William & Fanny Gotham [Baptized] [Dec] the 25th"
Gender Female Residence 1841 West Cliff, West Teignmouth, Devon, England - With her husband, 5 sons (William, James, Joseph, John and George; while no relationships shown the gaps between them suggest they were all theirs) and a '70' year old James Potter - maybe father-in-law, shown as a paper maker.
Residence 1861 Mulberry Street, West Teignmouth, Devon, England - Ann was living with her husband and daughter Mary Ann
Died 1 Jun 1880 Albion Place, Teign Street, West Teignmouth, Devon, England Cause: Senile decay - In the census with her husband and daughter Mary Ann
I cannot find any of them in 1881 or later censuses; this is probably Ann's death:
GRO ref: POTTER, Ann q2 1880 aged 83 Newton A. RD 5b 87
Details from death register entry (GRO copy) where shown as the widow of William Potter, General Labourer.
The informant was Anna Craze, present at the death, who was resident in Albion Place. She was also the informant for the death of Ann's husband a few months before. Was she a neighbour or was she a nurse taking care of Ann and William? The year after the deaths in the census Anna Craze was living with her husband and son in Albion Place. While Willian and Ann could have been lodging with the Crazes I suspect they were neighbours and Anna was (officially i.e. paid or unofficially) helping out.
Although the age is not right, it is similar to a discrepancy in the 1871 census, in which Ann is shown as aged 73. It is just possible that William had been widowed and remarried to another, older Ann, but this seems unlikely; I can find no death registration to fit, plus the age was almost correct in the 1861 census (60, though should have been 59) and the Ann(s) were described as 'nurse' in both censuses. I think it was the same Ann in each.
Siblings2 brothers and 4 sisters Patriarch & Matriarch 
GOTHAM, d. Bef 1613 (5 x Great Grandfather)
Frances STABB, bap. 23 Oct 1751, St. George and St. Mary’s Church, Cockington, Devon, England, bur. 25 Jul 1792, St. George’s Church, Dittisham, Devon, England (Age ~ 40 years) (Grandmother) Person ID I300043 All | All in the Goatham / Gotham One-Name Study , All subjects of the Goatham / Gotham One-Name Study Last Modified 30 Apr 2023
Father William GOTHAM, bap. 9 Jun 1776, All Saints’ Church, Combeinteignhead, Devon, England , d. Between 1821 and 1827 (Age ~ 44 years) Mother Fanny PERRING, b. Abt 1777, d. 1 May 1855, The Union Workhouse, Newton Abbot, Devon, England (Age ~ 78 years) Marriage License 4 Dec 1801 Exeter, Devon, England Allegation - Entry in the Devon Archive Catalogue, marriage bonds and allegations, for the marriage of William Gotham of West Teignmouth, mariner and Fanny Perring of East Teignmouth, spinster
(ref. no. DEX/7/b/1/1801/492; cat. viewed 8 Sep 2016; bond / allegation seen 18 Oct 2017)
Married 5 Dec 1801 St. Michael the Archangel’s Church, East Teignmouth, Devon, England - From PR entry (image on FMP, viewed 14 Nov 2014)
"William Gotham of the Parish of W Teignmouth
and Fanny Perring of this
Parish were
Married in this Chapel by Licence
this fifth Day of December in the Year One Thousand eight Hundred
and one by me W Short [Curate]
This Marriage was The mark V of William Gotham
solemnized between Us The mark ++ of Fanny Perring
In the Mary Finch
Presence of William Gotham Benjamin Bulley"
I guess they may have got a licence to marry as quickly as they could, as the birth of their first child seemed imminent; she was born the day after the wedding!
Family ID F300006 Family Group Page | Family Chart
Family William POTTER, b. Abt 1800, Moretonhampstead, Devon, England , d. 12 Feb 1880, Albion Place, Teign Street, West Teignmouth, Devon, England (Age ~ 80 years) Married 23 Feb 1824 St. James’ Church, West Teignmouth, Devon, England - DFHS transcript (on FMP)
At present I am guessing James is a child of this marriage based on his middle name and date and place of birth.
Children8 children Last Modified 14 Feb 2017 Family ID F300014 Family Group Page | Family Chart
- Shown as aged 40 in the 1841 census - rounded down age, implying born -1796-1801.
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Born - 6 Dec 1801 - Devon, England 
Baptised - 25 Dec 1801 - St. Michael the Archangel’s Church, East Teignmouth, Devon, England 
Married - 23 Feb 1824 - St. James’ Church, West Teignmouth, Devon, England 
Child - James Gotham POTTER, [G-D(AD)] - Abt 1834 - Teignmouth, Devon, England Child - Joseph Goatham POTTER, [G-D(AD)] - Abt 1836 - Devon, England 
Child - John Thomas POTTER - Sep Q 1838 - Newton Abbot Reg Dist, Devon, England Child - George POTTER - Abt Jan 1841 - Newton Abbot Reg Dist, Devon, England Child - Mary Ann Perring POTTER - Sep Q 1843 - Newton Abbot Reg Dist, Devon, England Child - Frances Gotham POTTER, [G-D(AD)] - Mar Q 1846 - Newton Abbot Reg Dist, Devon, England = Link to Google Earth (if installed; see link below to install) Pin Legend 
