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Thomas George GOTHAM
1891 - 1911 (~ 20 years)
Has 24 ancestors but no descendants in this family tree.
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Name Thomas George GOTHAM Relationship 
with Teresa Ann GOATHAM Born Sep Q 1891 Liverpool, Lancashire, England 
- from the 1901 census where shown as aged 9
GRO ref: Gotham, Thomas George q3 1891 W.Derby RD 8b 375; GRO online index shows mother's maiden name as Barber
Local reg ref: GOTHAM, Thomas G 1891 sub-dist: Kirkdale, registers at: Liverpool, ref: KIRK/75/80 (from Lancashire BMD website, viewed 9 Apr 2015)
Gender Male Poor Law From 31 Dec 1907 to 18 Jan 1908 The Union Workhouse, Liverpool, Lancashire, England Resident in the workhouse Residence to 31 Dec 1907 The Streets, Liverpool, Lancashire, England Homeless - Shown as admitted from 'Streets', which suggests he was homeless.
His sister was shown as the named relation, with her address given as 30 Bostock Street. In later admissions his aunt Susanna Brayton (née Gotham) was more often named, so maybe Thomas had fallen out with Sarah (or her husband) - or they were afraid that they or their children would catch TB from him; when Thomas's brother William was admitted less than three weeks after Thomas his address was given as Sarah's, so she seems to have been happy to have given William a home.
Occupation From 1908 to 1911 News vendor - Recorded a number of times in registers on admission to the workhouse. One register records him as a cycle maker, but I think this is probably an error. He was recorded as a news vendor when admitted to the workhouse on 12 June 1908; on 10 July that year he was transferred to a different location within the workhouse system and it was then his occupation was recorded as cycle maker - but he had not left the workhouse for it to change!
Also recorded on his death certificate.
Poor Law From 12 Jun 1908 to 10 Jul 1908 The Union Workhouse, Liverpool, Lancashire, England Resident in the workhouse - From the admissions register and the religious creed register.
(The latter also shows he was discharged on 12 Sep 1909; however, he had several more admissions before then so it looks as though this date may have been written against the wrong entry).
Poor Law From 10 Jul 1908 The Union Workhouse, Liverpool, Lancashire, England Resident in the workhouse - From the admissions register and the religious creed register.
(The latter also shows he was discharged on 12 Sep 1909; however, he had several more admissions before then so it looks as though this date may have been written against the wrong entry).
Poor Law From 12 Jul 1909 The Union Workhouse, Liverpool, Lancashire, England Resident in the workhouse Poor Law From 3 Aug 1909 The Union Workhouse, Liverpool, Lancashire, England Resident in the workhouse Poor Law From 14 Aug 1909 to 20 Sep 1909 The Union Workhouse, Liverpool, Lancashire, England Resident in the workhouse Residence to 14 Aug 1909 52, Duke Street, Liverpool, Lancashire, England - before admission to the workhouse
Hospital From 20 Sep 1909 Heswall Sanitorium, Liverpool, Lancashire, England - (from admission to the workhouse on leaving the sanitorium)
I don't know if he remained there until 28 Jun 1910, when admitted from the sanitorium to the workhouse, or if these were different stays in the sanitorium. It seems likely that the two mentions do refer to one stay.
Heswall Sanitorium(later to become Cleaver Hospital) was set up in 1901-2 through a combined initiative by Liverpool, West Derby Poor Law Union and Toxteth Park Township. It was a sanitorium for the treatment of tuberculosis in children. (Heswall was the first sanitorium on its own site within the Poor Law system outside of London.)
Treatment / stays in hospital for TB could often be lengthy.
(information from the FamilySearch wiki)
Hospital to 28 Jun 1910 Heswall Sanitorium, Liverpool, Lancashire, England - (from admission to the workhouse on leaving the sanitorium)
Poor Law From 28 Jun 1910 The Union Workhouse, Liverpool, Lancashire, England Resident in the workhouse Poor Law From 1 Nov 1910 to 21 Jul 1911 The Union Workhouse, Liverpool, Lancashire, England Resident in the workhouse Residence to 1 Nov 1910 52, Duke Street, Liverpool, Lancashire, England - before admission to the workhouse
Poor Law From 26 Jul 1911 to 1 Aug 1911 The Union Workhouse, Liverpool, Lancashire, England Resident in the workhouse Residence to 26 Jul 1911 13, Upper Parliament Street, Liverpool, Lancashire, England Poor Law From 4 Aug 1911 to 8 Dec 1911 The Union Workhouse, Liverpool, Lancashire, England Resident in the workhouse - His last admission, as he died before leaving.
Residence to 4 Aug 1911 131, Richmond Row, Liverpool, Lancashire, England - Given as his home address as he died, though he died in hospital.
Died 8 Dec 1911 The Infirmary, The Union Workhouse, Liverpool, Lancashire, England Cause: Pulmonary tuberculosis - GRO ref: GOTHAM, Thomas aged 21 q4 1911 Liverpool RD 8b 190 (neither original nor online GRO index show a middle name) Actual date from workhouse religious creed register; date also and cause and place from his death registration (GRO register entry).
Thomas seems to have suffered recurring ill health, the cause of his frequent admissions to the workhouse, and was in the Heswall Sanitorium in 1909-10, a sanitorium specifically for TB sufferers so TB seems to have plagued most of his short life.
Buried 11 Dec 1911 Parochial Cemetery, Rice Lane, Walton on the Hill, Lancashire, England - From PR entry (image on Ancestry, viewed 5 Dec 2014)
Shown as Thomas Gotham, abode Liverpool Workhouse, buried Decr. 11th., aged 21 yrs. Ceremony performed by Charles Wright, Curate of Walton.
Thomas had been in the Workhouse Infirmary at the time of the 1911 census, so it is quite likely he died there because he was ill, not due simply to poverty.
Siblings2 brothers and 2 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) (6 x Great Grandfather) 
Harriet Ann Lunn BLADES, b. Jun Q 1839, Liverpool, Lancashire, England, d. Jun Q 1875, Liverpool Reg Dist, Lancashire, England (Age ~ 36 years) (Grandmother) Person ID I301173 All | All in the Goatham / Gotham One-Name Study , All subjects of the Goatham / Gotham One-Name Study Last Modified 12 Aug 2023
Father Thomas GOTHAM, b. Jun Q 1853, Birkenhead, Cheshire, England , d. Mar Q 1907, Liverpool Reg Dist, Lancashire, England (Age ~ 54 years) Mother Martha Ann Marshall BARBER, b. Sep Q 1863, Liverpool, Lancashire, England , d. Mar Q 1901, Liverpool Reg Dist, Lancashire, England (Age ~ 38 years) Married 25 Dec 1882 St. Mary’s Church, Kirkdale, Liverpool, Lancashire, England - GRO ref: GOTHAM, Thomas to BARBER, Martha Ann q4 1882 W.Derby RD 8b 800
Local (Lancashire) BMD registration index: GOTHAM, Thomas to BARBER, Martha A 1882 Church: Kirkdale, St. Mary; Registers at: Liverpool; Ref: 2013WD/8/232
Actual date and place from PR entry (image on FamilySearch, viewed 23 May 2019)
Care of Children 1899 Neglected - due to alcohol addiction? - In 1899 both Thomas and Martha were charged with neglecting their three children, and ended up in prison, while the children went into the workhouse.
The conviction was reported in the Liverpool Mercury of 5 Apr 1899 (p.4, col. 8)
"Cruel Parents. - John and Jane Pierpoint, Prince Edwin-lane, were charged with having neglected their four children. It was stated that the prisoners were of drunked habits, that their home was filthy, and that their children were neglected. Prioners were each sent to hard labour for three months. - Thomas and Martha Gotham were for a similar offence sent to prison, the former for six weeks and the latter for a month. Mr. A. J. Cleaver prosecuted on behalf of the Liverpool Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children." - under heading 'Liverpool and District Police Courts' and sub-headings, 'Tuesday, April 4' and 'Liverpool', with item beginning, 'Before Mr. W. J. Stewart, City Stipendiary.'
A similar report appeared in the Liverpool Weekly Courier of 8 April 1899:
"Protecting the Children
At Liverpool, on Tuesday, John and Jane Pierpoint, 8, Prince Edwin-lane, were charged with neglecting their four children. The parents drank to excess, the house was empty of furniture, and the children badly neglected. One of them had since died from tuberculosis. Prisoners were sent to gaol for three months each. Thomas and Martha Gotham, 11, Bostock street, were sent to gaol, the man for six weeks and the woman for three months, for a similar offence. Mrs. A. J. Cleaver prosecuted on behalf of the Liverpool S.P.C.C."
(images on FMP, © The British Library, 13 May 2019)
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- from the 1901 census where shown as aged 9
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