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Frederick Richard Beer GOTHAM
1891 - 1948 (57 years)
Has 34 ancestors and 35 descendants in this family tree.
Set As Default Person 
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Name Frederick Richard Beer GOTHAM Relationship 
with Teresa Ann GOATHAM Born 6 Jan 1891 Plymstock, Devon, England 
- Actual date from baptism register; actual place from 1911 census
GRO ref: Gotham, Frederick Richard B q1 1891 Plympton RD 5b 205; GRO online index shows mother's maiden name as Beer
Baptised 1 Feb 1891 St. Mary and All Saints’ Church, Plymstock, Devon, England - Seen PR entry (image on FMP)
Gender Male Occupation 1911 Gas Works, Plymouth, Devon, England Stoker - Like his father, a stoker at the gas works
Residence From 1927 to 1939 1, Cavendish Road, Plymouth, Devon, England - The 1927 electoral roll shows that as well as Frederick and Ellen GOTHAM, the electoral roll shows that also in the same house were Horace Frederick and Amy Alberta COATES - this (couple?) could have been in separate rooms.
The final voter listed as living there was Herbert Charles WOODMAN.
The 4 voters at no. 2 included Frederick's mother and his sister Jessie and her husband.
The 1939 register shows 5 people in the house, Fred and Ellen Gotham, their daughter Betty and 2 others, entries closed at 7 Jan 2017. Listed one before and one after Betty they are probably her two brothers.
Jessie and her husband were still at no. 2.
(1939 register Ref: RG101/6790F/018/35 Letter Code: WEKQ)
Residence 1948 21, Wordsworth Crescent, Swilly, Plymouth, Devon, England - His home at the time of his death
Died 8 Oct 1948 21, Wordsworth Crescent, Swilly, Plymouth, Devon, England - GRO ref: Gotham, Frederick R B, q4 1948 aged 57 Plymouth RD 7a 641; GRO online index (viewed 11 Nov 2016) shows Christian names as Frederick Richard Beer
Actual date and place from probate calendar entry
Buried 13 Oct 1948 Weston Mill Cemetery and Crematorium, Ferndale Road, Plymouth, Devon, England Administration 20 Dec 1948 Bodmin, Cornwall, England Calendar entry - "Gotham Frederick Richard Beer of 21 Wordsworth-crescent Swilly Plymouth died 8 October 1948 Administration Bodmin 20 December to Betty Doreen Gotham spinster.
Effects £413 18s. 3d."
Middle name relationship Beer: his mother's maiden name, his two middle names being his grandfather's name (RIchard BEER) Military Service WW1 Siblings2 brothers and 11 sisters Patriarch & Matriarch 
GOTHAM, d. Bef 1613 (7 x Great Grandfather)
Ann COLLIER, b. Abt 1805, Plymstock, Devon, England, bur. 6 May 1860, St. Mary and All Saints’ Church, Plymstock, Devon, England (Age ~ 55 years) (Great Grandmother) Person ID I300051 All | All in the Goatham / Gotham One-Name Study , All subjects of the Goatham / Gotham One-Name Study Last Modified 24 Nov 2023
Father Frederick James GOTHAM, b. Jun Q 1860, Shaldon, Devon, England , d. Dec Q 1920, Plymouth Reg Dist, Devon, England (Age ~ 60 years) Mother 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
Family ID F300007 Family Group Page | Family Chart
Family Ellen Rhoda WOODMAN, b. 9 Sep 1893, Plymouth, Devon, England , d. Sep Q 1958, Plymouth Reg Dist, Devon, England (Age 64 years) Married Dec Q 1914 Plymouth Reg Dist, Devon, England - GRO ref: Gotham, Frederick R B to Woodman, Ellen R q4 1914 Plymouth RD 5b 616
(index not clear - looks more like Frederick R B but could just be Frederick H B)
Children4 children Last Modified 14 Feb 2017 Family ID F300023 Family Group Page | Family Chart
- Actual date from baptism register; actual place from 1911 census