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Francis Ernest GOTHAM
1898 - 1974 (76 years)
Has 10 ancestors and one descendant in this family tree.
Set As Default Person 
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Name Francis Ernest GOTHAM Relationship 
with Teresa Ann GOATHAM Born 16 May 1898 Darwen, Lancashire, England 
- GRO ref: Gotham, Francis Ernest q2 1898 Blackburn RD 8e 483; GRO online index shows mother's maiden name as Ainsworth
Local reg ref: GOTHAM, Francis Ernest 1898 sub-dist: Darwen, registers at: Blackburn, mother's maiden name: Ainsworth, ref: D/118/50 (from Lancashire BMD website, viewed 9 Apr 2015)
Actual date from death registration index.
Also in the baptism register and the 1939 register.
Baptised 19 Jun 1898 St. Barnabas’s Church, Over Darwen, Lancashire, England - From PR entries (images on FMP, viewed 9 Aug 2018 and 7 Sep 2018)
(there are two register entries. A Parish Register is by definition a register for baptisms in a particular parish, not a particular church. However, mostly baptisms will have been in the church, the only church, in the parish if not privately at home - and most of the latter may have been noted as such. However if there was another church or chapel a baptism might be there. In this case there was such a church, St. Barnabas Church in St. John's Parish, and the baptism was recorded both in a register of baptisms specifically for St. Barnabas Church and one for the whole parish).
Gender Male Military Service Between 1914 and 1919 WW1 Occupation From 1921 to 1928 Motor driver - Clearly a motor driver in 1921 and still in 1939, so presumably the whole time inbetween, he need not have been working for the same company the whole time - though it seems likely he did.
Simply shown as a motor driver at the time of his marriage and in the 1939 register, except the latter showed him as dealing with heavy goods and thus doing 'heavy work', with the more detailed detail of being a lorry driver for wireworks on his son's death registration (1928) and as working for Rylands Bros. Wire Works in 1921 which described him as 'Motor Driver Vehicle'. Did the place of work in 1921 indicate he was moving goods around the works rather than moving raw materials into the works or wire out to where it was needed? It might, but I think it unsafe to assume this.
Residence 1928 “Lynwood”, Algernon Street, Stockton Heath, Cheshire, England - At the time his son died (and no doubt was born)
Residence From 1939 to 1974 100, St Mary Street, Warrington, Cheshire, England - When the 1939 register was compiled and at the time of his death. Recorded with his wife in 1939.
(1939 register ref: Ref: RG101/4661F/003/17 Letter Code: NRBM)
Will 6 Nov 1969 Written Died 27 May 1974 Warrington Reg Dist, Cheshire or Lancashire, England - GRO ref: Gotham, Francis Ernest, dob: 16 May 1898 q2 1974 Warrington RD 35 0991
Actual date from probate calendar entry
Probate 19 Jul 1974 Liverpool, Lancashire, England Calendar entry - Gotham, Francis Ernest of 100 St Mary St Warrington died 27 May 1974 Probate Liiverpool 19 July £5192 741607016E
Siblings2 sisters Patriarch & Matriarch 
[ - ? - ], d. Yes, date unknown (Great Grandfather)
Maria OSTICK, b. Abt 1836, Elksley, Nottinghamshire, England, d. Mar Q 1906, Blackburn Reg Dist, Lancashire, England (Age ~ 70 years) (Grandmother) Person ID I301129 All | All in the Goatham / Gotham One-Name Study , All subjects of the Goatham / Gotham One-Name Study Last Modified 28 Jun 2024
Father Francis Davis GOTHAM, b. 23 May 1866, Wilmslow, Cheshire, England , d. Mar Q 1945, Runcorn Reg Dist, Cheshire, England (Age 78 years) Mother Annie AINSWORTH, b. Sep Q 1865, Darwen, Lancashire, England , d. Sep Q 1919, Runcorn Reg Dist, Cheshire, England (Age ~ 54 years) Married 26 Mar 1891 St. John’s Church, Over Darwen, Lancashire, England - GRO ref: Gotham, Francis Davis to Ainsworth, Annie q1 1891 Blackburn RD 8e 629
Local (Lancashire) BMD registration index: GOTHAM, Francis Davis to AINSWORTH, Annie 1891 Church: Darwen, St John; Registers at: Blackburn; Ref: CE139/3/14
Details from PR entry (image on FMP, viewed 10 Aug 2018)
The 1911 census confirms that Francis and Annie had just had the three children, all of whom were still living.
Family ID F300371 Family Group Page | Family Chart
Family Phoebe White BARLOW, b. 11 Oct 1899, Warrington, Lancashire, England , d. 11 Jan 1975, Warrington Reg Dist, Cheshire or Lancashire, England (Age 75 years) Married 6 Jan 1927 St. Barnabas’ Church, Warrington, Cheshire, England - GRO ref: Gotham, Francis E to BARLOW, Phoebe W q1 1927 Warrington RD 8c 235
Actual church from Cheshire BMD website.Details from PR entry (image on FMP, viewed 3 Dec 2019)
Children 1. Kenneth GOTHAM, b. 30 Mar 1928, Warrington Reg Dist, Cheshire or Lancashire, England , d. 3 Apr 1928, “Old Warps Home”, Victoria Park, Latchford, Cheshire, England (Age 0 years)Last Modified 28 Aug 2023 Family ID F300374 Family Group Page | Family Chart
- GRO ref: Gotham, Francis Ernest q2 1898 Blackburn RD 8e 483; GRO online index shows mother's maiden name as Ainsworth