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Jane SPRING
Abt 1808 - 1877 (~ 69 years)
Has no ancestors but 2 descendants in this family tree.
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Name Jane SPRING Relationship 
with Teresa Ann GOATHAM Born Abt 1808 Dublin, Ireland 
- Date from age at death, place from death record.
Surname SPRING from index to marriages when she married John GUNN. However, given that she was aged about 30 Jane may well have been married before and so Spring no her maiden name.
Gender Female Died 11 Nov 1877 Richmond, Victoria, Australia - From Australian Death Index (1787-1985) -
Jane Goatham, died Victoria, aged 69, 1877, dth registered Victoria, reg. no. 12143, mother's name Dublin (transcription on Ancestry) - I think there is probably an error here, and Dublin should be birthplace not mother's maiden name. The Victoria Government index shows no parents' names.
Her death was reported in The Argus (published Melbourne, Victoria) on 12 November with burial details on the following day:
Deaths
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Goatham - On 11th inst., at Richmond, Mrs. Jane Gunn Goatham, relict of the late Robert Gunn Goatham, native of Dublin, and for many years native of Stawell.
Funeral Notices.
The Friends of the late Mrs. Goatham are respectfully invited to follow her remains to the place of interment, the Melbourne General Cemetery.
The funeral will leave her late residence, Pleasant Creek Villa, Lennox-street, Richmond, at half-past 2 o'clock on Tuesday, November 13.
T. Bell, undertaker, Lennox-street, Richmond.
Also in the Illustrated Australian News (published Melbourne, Victoria) of Wednesday 28 November 1877:
"Goatham '97 At Richmond, on the 11th November, Mrs. Jane Gunn Goatham, relict ot the late Robert Gunn Goatham, native of Dublin, and for many years resident of Stawell."
(on Trove website)
And in the Australian (published Melbourne, Victoria) of Saturday 17 November 1877:
"Goatham.'97On the 11th Inst, at Richmond, Mrs. Jane
Gunn Goatham, relict of the late Robert Gunn
Goatham, native of Dublin, and for many years re-
sident of Stawell."
(on Trove website)
Probate 6 Dec 1877 Victoria, Australia Calendar entry Buried Melbourne General Cemetery, Carlton, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia Person ID I300098 All | All in the Goatham / Gotham One-Name Study , All subjects of the Goatham / Gotham One-Name Study Last Modified 11 Dec 2021
Family 1 John GUNN, b. Abt 1795, Scotland , d. 9 Nov 1854, Australia (Age ~ 59 years) Married 27 May 1839 Campbellfield, Victoria, Australia - From Victoria marriage index.
The entry shows that it was a Prebyterian marriage, in the Port Phillip District of Melbourne.
It seems that John and Jane had a number of children but as births were only registered from 1853 it is not easy to identify them, with the exception of John who was buried with Jane and her second husband.
Children + 1. John GUNN, b. Abt 1841, d. 14 Apr 1895, Richmond, Victoria, Australia (Age ~ 54 years)Last Modified 14 Feb 2017 Family ID F301696 Family Group Page | Family Chart
Family 2 Robert Narramore GOTHAM, b. 7 May 1811, d. 3 Sep 1870, Victoria, Australia (Age 59 years) Married 1857 or 1868 Victoria, Australia - A listing of Victoria (Australia) marriages, to 1942 appears to have 2 entries for Robert GOATHAM and Jane GUNN; one in 1857 and the other in 1868.
The latter shows the places Deptford against Robert and Dublin against Jane. It is not clear but I think these must be birthplaces and it appears to confirm that it was this Robert who married Jane GUNN.
When Jane died a granddaughter, spinster Elizabeth Jane Gunn, who was living in the same place, possibly with her grandmother, testified as to the date of Jane's death (in the probate records). Therefore it seems probable that Jane was a widow when Robert married her. This could have been the reason for two marriage dates - perhaps she was still married in 1857.
Last Modified 14 Feb 2017 Family ID F300241 Family Group Page | Family Chart
- Date from age at death, place from death record.
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Born - Abt 1808 - Dublin, Ireland 
Married - 1857 or 1868 - Victoria, Australia Probate - Calendar entry - 6 Dec 1877 - Victoria, Australia = Link to Google Earth (if installed; see link below to install) Pin Legend 
