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Matthew GOTHAM
1868 - 1948 (79 years)
Has 20 ancestors and 31 descendants in this family tree.
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Name Matthew GOTHAM Relationship 
with Teresa Ann GOATHAM Born 7 Sep 1868 West Derby Reg Dist, Liverpool, Lancashire, England 
- GRO ref: GOTHAM, Matthew q1 1899 W Derby RD 8b 338; GRO online index shows mother's maiden name as Maddox
Date shown as 9 Sep in the 1939 register
Education 1871 Garston, Lancashire, England Scholar - The census enumerator seems to have been over keen on the ditto symbol, and used it where needed, but also showed Matthew's 8 month old baby brother as a scholar, as well as a 2 month old baby on the same page. That means it is not clear whether Matthew, aged 3, was really at school or not.
Education From 3 Apr 1876 to 29 Jun 1876 St. Lawrence’s Church of England School, Croylands Street, Kirkdale, Liverpool, Lancashire, England - From school admission register (image on FMP, viewed 13 May 2019)
Baptised 7 Dec 1887 All Saints’ Church, Liverpool, Lancashire, England - From PR entry (image on Ancestry)
Gender Male Residence 1901 74, Paley Street, Everton, Liverpool, Lancashire, England - With his wife and three children, May, Mathew and baby Esther
Residence 1904 25, Torr Street, Everton, Liverpool, Lancashire, England - When his baby Lilian died (her place of death and given as his wife's abode, when she was the informant for the death)
Occupation 1904 Dock porter - When his daughter Lilian died (from her death certificate)
Residence From 1911 to 1939 68, Pugin Street, Liverpool, Lancashire, England - In 1911 with his 3 surviving children, May, Matthew and Frederick (the only 3 of their 7 who would go on to reach adulthood).
In 1939 with his wife and his son Matthew was back with them, clearly having separated from his wife, who was living separately with their daughter nearby.
(Ref: RG101/4409G/011/44 Letter Code: NIJG)
Died Dec Q 1948 Liverpool North Reg Dist, Lancashire, England - GRO ref: Gotham, Matthew aged 80 q4 1948 Liverpool N. RD 10d 321
Buried 13 Nov 1948 Liverpool (Kirkdale) Cemetery, Lancashire, England - From burial register (image on Ancestry, viewed 4 Aug 2021)
Shows Division Cons[ecrated], date of burial [November] 13, Matthew Gotham, age 80 yrs, Sailmaker, abode 68, Pugin Street, Parish or District: Liverpool 4, Mode of burial: Private Grave, Section 22, Grave No. 1104, ceremony performed by: J. W. Hartshorne
Siblings4 brothers and 4 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) (5 x Great Grandfather) 
Elizabeth WALKER, b. Abt 1805, Hale, Lancashire, England, d. Aft 1861 (Age ~ 57 years) (Grandmother) Person ID I301082 All | All in the Goatham / Gotham One-Name Study , All subjects of the Goatham / Gotham One-Name Study Last Modified 24 Nov 2023
Father William James GOTHAM, b. 30 Jan 1828, Liverpool, Lancashire, England , d. Mar Q 1881, Liverpool Reg Dist, Lancashire, England (Age 52 years) Mother Sarah MADDOCK, b. Abt 1831, Hale, Lancashire, England , d. Mar Q 1906, The Union Workhouse, Liverpool, Lancashire, England (Age ~ 75 years) Married 25 May 1851 St. Philip’s Church, Liverpool, Lancashire, England - GRO ref: Gotham, William James to Maddock, Sarah q2 1851 Liverpool RD 20 348
Details from PR entry (image on Ancestry, viewed 5 Dec 2014) The marriage was reported in the 'Marriages, Births, and Deaths.' column of the Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser, 3 June 1851 and in the Liverpool Mail of 31 May 1851 (p.7, col. 6)
Family ID F300350 Family Group Page | Family Chart
Family Mary Elizabeth MATTHEWS, b. 13 Jul 1870, Liverpool, Lancashire, England , d. Dec Q 1946, Liverpool North Reg Dist, Lancashire, England (Age 75 years) Married 31 Jul 1895 St. Peter’s Church, Everton, Walton on the Hill, Lancashire, England - GRO ref: Gotham, Matthew to Matthews, Mary Elizabeth q3 1895 W. Derby RD 8b 677
Local (Lancashire) BMD registration index: GOTHAM, Matthew to MATTHEWS, Mary E 1895 Church: Everton, St. Peter; Registers at: Liverpool; Ref: 2085WD/9/83
Details from PR entry (image on Ancestry, viewed 5 Dec 2014)
The 1911 census shows that Matthew and Mary had had 7 children but only 3 remained alive; May, Matthew and Frederick
I believe the other 4 were as shown.
Esther (Hester) was alive and with them at the time of the 1901 census but not one of the surviving 3 with them in 1911. The other 3 appear to be the only 3 Gothams to be born and die in West Derby RD between 1895 and 1911.
There was also a Charles who was born and died in Liverpool Reg District, but as that would make one too many and all the other children births and deaths were in West Derby RD I think Charles was not the son of Matthew and Mary.
Children7 children Last Modified 27 Aug 2022 Family ID F300355 Family Group Page | Family Chart
- GRO ref: GOTHAM, Matthew q1 1899 W Derby RD 8b 338; GRO online index shows mother's maiden name as Maddox