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Jessie Louise GOTHAM
1861 - 1944 (82 years)
Has 28 ancestors and 19 descendants in this family tree.
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Name Jessie Louise GOTHAM Relationship 
with Teresa Ann GOATHAM Born 6 Dec 1861 Shaldon, Devon, England 
- Age given as 27 when she married in 1889
GRO ref: Gotham, Jesse Louise, q1 1862 Newton A RD 5b 113; GRO online index shows 1st name as Jessy and mother's maiden name as Williams
Actual date from 1939 register
Baptised 2 Feb 1862 St. Nicholas’ Church, Shaldon and Ringmore, Devon, England - From PR entry (image on FMP, viewed 15 Nov 2014)
Gender Female Occupation 1881 Pennycomequick, Stoke Damerel, Devon, England General Servant - One of two servants in the home of George Marshall, master ironmonger, and his family - wife and young daughter.
Residence 1891 1, York Place, Plymouth, Devon, England - Living with her husband and young son in 1 room in the same house as her parents at the time of the 1891 census (her parents with one brother had 2 rooms, a widow Sarah Evans and her son Ernest, not known to be related to the Gothams, had 3 rooms)
Occupation 1891 charwoman Died Dec Q 1944 Plymouth Reg Dist, Devon, England - I think this is probably Jessie's death:
GRO ref: Curtis, Jessie q4 1944 aged 83 Plymouth RD 5b 375 (no middle name given in original or online GRO index)
(no death or remarriage of a Jessie L Curtis that is likely to be this one anywhere in England or Wales; this is the most likely Jessie (without middle initial) in Devon. No remarriage in Devon without a middle initial that could be this Jessie)
Siblings5 brothers and 1 sister 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 I300072 All | All in the Goatham / Gotham One-Name Study , All subjects of the Goatham / Gotham One-Name Study Last Modified 24 Aug 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 1 Albert John HENNINGS, b. Dec Q 1864, Devonport, Devon, England , d. Dec Q 1892, Plymouth Reg Dist, Devon, England (Age ~ 28 years) Married 23 Jun 1889 Holy Trinity Church, Southside Street, Plymouth, Devon, England - GRO ref: Gotham, Jessie to Henning, Albert John q2 1889 Plymouth RD 5b 482
Details from PR entry (image on FMP)
Witnesses were Mary G Mallhew, Albert T Gotham and Eva Jane Gotham (all signed, as did Albert Hennings, but Jessie made her mark although the 1911 census has her name as signatory, and whole is in same neat hand-writing)
Children3 children Last Modified 14 Feb 2017 Family ID F300012 Family Group Page | Family Chart
Family 2 William Henry Silas CURTIS, b. Mar Q 1857, Plymouth, Devon, England , d. Jun Q 1910, Plymouth Reg Dist, Devon, England (Age ~ 53 years) Married 4 Oct 1897 St. Jude’s Church, Plymouth, Devon, England - GRO ref: Hemmings, Jessie Louisa to Curtis, William Henry q4 1897 Plymouth RD 5b 481
Details from DFHS transcribed data
(shows Jessie Louisa Hemmings married William Henry Curtis, no other info about the couple included)
Like so many, Jessie filled in the 1911 census incorrectly where years of marriage and number of children were concerned. As a widow she should have left these fields blank, but her entries are readable although crossed out. She shows the number of years since she first married (22) and the total children and children living and died also appear to apply to both marriages, the figures being 6, 5 and 1.
With her in 1911 were her 2 sons from her first marriage and 3 children from her second. A child from her first marriage had died in infancy. The GRO online index (with mother's maiden name) seems to agree these figures.
Children3 children Last Modified 14 Feb 2017 Family ID F300836 Family Group Page | Family Chart
- Age given as 27 when she married in 1889
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Born - 6 Dec 1861 - Shaldon, Devon, England 
Baptised - 2 Feb 1862 - St. Nicholas’ Church, Shaldon and Ringmore, Devon, England 
Child - Albert George HENNINGS - Abt 1889 - Plymouth, Devon, England 
Married - 23 Jun 1889 - Holy Trinity Church, Southside Street, Plymouth, Devon, England Child - Frederick Thomas HENNINGS - Sep Q 1891 - Plymouth, Devon, England 
Child - Henry John Pearn HENNINGS - Sep Q 1893 - Plymouth Reg Dist, Devon, England 
Married - 4 Oct 1897 - St. Jude’s Church, Plymouth, Devon, England Child - Violet Louise CURTIS - Sep Q 1898 - Plymouth, Devon, England Child - Lilian Florence CURTIS - 30 Jun 1901 - Plymouth, Devon, England Child - Winifred Amelia CURTIS - 19 Mar 1904 - Plymouth, Devon, England Died - Dec Q 1944 - Plymouth Reg Dist, Devon, England = Link to Google Earth (if installed; see link below to install) Pin Legend 
