Matthew Thomas George GOTHAM

1862 - 1884  (22 years)

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• Name	Matthew Thomas George GOTHAM
  Relationship	with Teresa Ann GOATHAM
  Born	17 Nov 1862	59, Rokeby Street, Everton, Liverpool, Lancashire, England
  	GRO ref: GOTHAM, Matthew Thomas George q4 1862 W Derby RD 8b 373; GRO online index shows mother's maiden name as Simcock Actual date and place from newspaper announcement: 'Gotham - Nov. 17, the wife of Mr. M. Gotham, 59, Rokeby-street, Everton, of a son.' (under heading 'Births') - in the Liverpool Mercury and Lancashire, Cheshire and General Advertiser Sat 22 Nov 1862 (p.8, col. 6)
  Baptised	7 Dec 1862	St. Paul’s Church, Liverpool, Lancashire, England
  	From PR entry (image on Ancestry, viewed 5 Dec 2014)
  Gender	Male
  Education	1871
  	Scholar
  Education	From 18 Jan 1875 to Dec 1876	Liverpool Institute, Liverpool, Lancashire, England
  	Shown as at the school until 'Xmas 1876' From admission register (image on FMP, viewed 3 Nov 2021)
  Occupation	1881
  	Clerk
  Residence	1884	222, West Derby Road, Liverpool, Lancashire, England
  	Abode at the time of his death in November, it was also given as his father's abode when he died the following month. (from burial register)
  Occupation	1884
  	Book Keeper
  	Recorded on his death certificate.
  Died	23 Nov 1884	222, West Derby Road, Liverpool, Lancashire, England
  	Cause: Phthisis
  	GRO ref: Gotham, Matthew Thomas G q4 1884 aged 22 W. Derby RD 8b 463; GRO online index shows Christian names as Matthew Thomas George Actual date from gravestone, date and place from death certificate. With father and son dying just a nine days apart I thought it would be the same cause, but it seems an unluck co-incidence. Phthisis usually meant TB, while his father died of bronchitis and pneumonia.
  Buried	27 Nov 1884	Toxteth Park Cemetery, 124, Smithdown Road, Lancashire, England
  	Buried with his Gotham grandmother and a baby brother and infant sister, commemorated with them and his grandfather on a gravestone. Burial register entry: Gotham, Matthew Thomas George, date: 27 November 1884, age: 22 years, abode: 222 West Derby Road, folio: 2959, entry no.: 59173, section: N, grave no.: 353 (in consecrated part of cemetery) (Burial register info. from this website)
  Siblings	1 brother and 2 sisters
  1. Thomas William James GOTHAM,   b. Sep Q 1861, Liverpool Reg Dist, Lancashire, England ,   d. 16 Feb 1862, West Derby Reg Dist, Liverpool, Lancashire, England  (Age ~ 1 years)   2. Matthew Thomas George GOTHAM,   b. 17 Nov 1862, 59, Rokeby Street, Everton, Liverpool, Lancashire, England ,   d. 23 Nov 1884, 222, West Derby Road, Liverpool, Lancashire, England  (Age 22 years)   3. Ellen Susannah GOTHAM,   b. 4 Sep 1864, 11, Cobden Street, Liverpool, Lancashire, England ,   d. 9 Jun 1867, 11, Cobden Street, Liverpool, Lancashire, England  (Age 2 years) + 4. Eliza Ellen Susannah GOTHAM,   b. 20 Jul 1867, 11, Cobden Street, Liverpool, Lancashire, England ,   d. 22 Jun 1933, 11, Lister Crescent, Lister Road, Fairfield, Liverpool, Lancashire, England  (Age 65 years) ▻ James William HAIGH,  m. 3 Aug 1891
  Origins
  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)  (5 x Great Grandfather)  Ellen READ,   b. Abt 1793,   d. Dec Q 1858, Stoke on Trent Reg Dist, Staffordshire, England  (Age ~ 65 years)  (Grandmother)
  Person ID	I301077	All | All in the Goatham / Gotham One-Name Study , All subjects of the Goatham / Gotham One-Name Study
  Last Modified	3 Feb 2024

  
  

  Father	Matthew GOTHAM,   b. Abt 1836, Liverpool, Lancashire, England ,   d. 2 Dec 1884, 222, West Derby Road, Liverpool, Lancashire, England  (Age ~ 48 years)
  Mother	Eliza SIMCOCK,   b. Abt 1833, Shelton, Staffordshire, England ,   d. Mar Q 1906, Barton upon Irwell Reg Dist, Lancashire, England  (Age ~ 73 years)
  Married	13 Aug 1860	Christ Church, Fenton, Staffordshire, England
  	GRO ref: Gotham, Matthew to Simcock, Eliza q3 1860 Stoke T RD 6b 214 Actual date and place from PR entry (image on FMP, viewed 26 Nov 2014) Also from notices in newspapesr: 'On Monday, August 13, at Fenton Church, by the Rev. W. Sollis incumbent, Mr. Mathew Gotham, compositor, of Liverpool, to Miss Eliza Simcock, of Fenton.' (in the Staffordshire Sentine 18 Aug 1860, p.5 col. 6) Very similar in The Albion (pub. Liverpool, Mon 20 Aug 1860) It is interesting that Matthew married a Simcock; John, who I believe was his older 1st cousin, had married a Simcock in 1838. These 2 Simcocks, Eliza and Elizabeth, appear to have been sisters. Especially given how far Matthew lived from his cousin and where Eliza was from, about 50 miles away, it is impossible to believe this was due to chance and points to the two brothers and their families, i.e. that of William in the Stoke-on-Trent area and Thomas in Liverpool, kept in touch.
  Family ID	F300351	Family Group Page  |  Family Chart

  
  

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  		Born - 17 Nov 1862 - 59, Rokeby Street, Everton, Liverpool, Lancashire, England  Residence - 1884 - 222, West Derby Road, Liverpool, Lancashire, England  Died - Cause: Phthisis - 23 Nov 1884 - 222, West Derby Road, Liverpool, Lancashire, England  Buried - 27 Nov 1884 - Toxteth Park Cemetery, 124, Smithdown Road, Lancashire, England   = Link to Google Earth (if installed; see link below to install)
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