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Thomas GOTHAM
Abt 1834 - 1917 (~ 83 years)
Has 16 ancestors but no descendants in this family tree.
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Name Thomas GOTHAM Relationship 
with Teresa Ann GOATHAM Born Abt 1834 Lancashire, England 
- From the 1841 census where shown as aged 7
Baptised 6 Apr 1834 St. Paul’s Church, Liverpool, Lancashire, England - From PR entry (image on Ancestry, viewed 5 Dec 2014)
Gender Male Residence 1845 19, Standish Street, Liverpool, Lancashire, England - From school admission register
Occupation 1845 Roper - According to school admission register entries - 'works in a rope walk' in entry showing admission in May 1845, 'roper' in the Oct 1845 admission entry.
Education From 19 May 1845 to 9 Sep 1845 North Corporation Evening School, Liverpool, Lancashire, England - From school admission register (image on FMP, viewed 13 May 2019)
Education From 7 Oct 1845 to 2 Feb 1846 North Corporation Evening School, Liverpool, Lancashire, England - From school admission register (image on FMP, viewed 13 May 2019)
Apprenticeship 28 Jun 1848 Liverpool, Lancashire, England Merchant Seaman - Entry in Apprentices' Indentures register, under heading 'June 1848':
Number of Register Ticket: 418,400
Name of Apprentice: Gotham, Thomas
Age when Bound: 14
Date of Indenture: 28 [June]
Date of Enrolment of Indenture: 29 [June]
Term for which Bound: 6
Indenture Expires: 28 [June] 1854
Name and Residences of Parties to whom Bound: Wm Prouse
Vessel in which Apprentice is to serve: Elena [Lpool] 311
Last Report: 135 48
Remarks: [Liverpool]
Occupation From 29 Jun 1848 Seaman - First ticketed as an apprentice when a boy of 14. No voyages shown until 1851, something written on the register before the voyage details - looks something like Andrew Jardin Sail?.
Died 23 May 1917 22, Cromwell Street, Collingwood, Victoria, Australia - Place and year from index of Victoria BMD certs on FMP (viewed 10 Nov 2014)
Shows him as the son of Thomas Gotham and Susannah CarrAlso from Australia newspaper vital notices collection on Ancestry (image viewed 27 Aug 2018)
"Gotham - On the 23rd May, at the residence
of his niece, Mrs. H. A. Emmerson, 22 Cromwell-
street, Collingwood, Thomas Gotham, in his 85th
year."
(from The Age, published Melbourne, May 24 1917)
Siblings3 brothers and 3 sisters Patriarch & Matriarch 
Andrew GOTHAM, b. Est 1585, (probably), Abbotskerswell, Devon, England, bur. 10 Mar 1673/74, St. Mary the Virgin Church, Wolborough, Devon, England (Age ~ 89 years) (4 x Great Grandfather) 
Susanna, d. Yes, date unknown (Grandmother)Notes - Who was niece Mrs H. A. Emmerson?
(in his home he died)
It seems his 'niece' was really his wife's niece, the daughter of his wife's brother Archibald, Mary Cousland, otherwise Mrs Harry Alfred Emmerson.
For a few years Thomas' sister Ann lived in Victoria, and her children were born there, but they returned to England between 1874 and 1881. With Thomas marriage being a short one, his wife dying after no more than 7 years of marriage, and his sister returning to England, it is good to know he had some family in Australia in the form of his wife's niece and her children.
Mary had at least 4 children living, in the year of Thomas' death they were aged 13 to 25, so the oldest may have left home. - (Research):Not with his mother and siblings in 1851 (when he would have been aged about 17), may have been at sea - or already living in Australia.
Person ID I301062 All | All in the Goatham / Gotham One-Name Study , All subjects of the Goatham / Gotham One-Name Study Last Modified 3 Feb 2024
Father Thomas GOTHAM, bap. 31 Oct 1790, St. Andrew’s Church, Ipplepen, Devon, England , d. 13 Feb 1850, 13, Maghull Street, Liverpool, Lancashire, England (Age ~ 59 years) Mother Susannah CARR, b. Abt 1803, Ireland , d. 24 Dec 1861, 44, Prussia Street, Liverpool, Lancashire, England (Age ~ 58 years) Married 14 Sep 1826 St. Peter’s Church, Liverpool, Lancashire, England - From PR entry (image on Ancestry, viewed 27 Aug 2018)
Both of Liverpool, Thomas a mariner, Susannah a spinster, by banns.
Thomas signed, Susannah made her mark, witnesses William Codling and William Maybrick
Family ID F300056 Family Group Page | Family Chart
Family Mary Reid COUSLAND, b. Abt 1839, Scotland , d. 8 Feb 1866, Lower Huntly, Sandhurst, Victoria, Australia (Age ~ 27 years) Married 1859 Victoria, Australia - From the Australia Marriage Index, 1788-1950 (Thomas Gotham to Mary Reid Cowsland )
Described as 'of Liverpool' when his wife died, and this Thomas died like Mary in Victoria (parent's names at death registration show this), hence I am confident the marriage was this Thomas. (Also, no further records for him in England)
Last Modified 14 Feb 2017 Family ID F300423 Family Group Page | Family Chart
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Born - Abt 1834 - Lancashire, England 
Apprenticeship - Merchant Seaman - 28 Jun 1848 - Liverpool, Lancashire, England 
Married - 1859 - Victoria, Australia 
Died - 23 May 1917 - 22, Cromwell Street, Collingwood, Victoria, Australia = Link to Google Earth (if installed; see link below to install) Pin Legend 
