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Thomas William GOTHAM
1872 - 1941 (69 years)
Has 23 ancestors and 8 descendants in this family tree.
Set As Default Person 
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Name Thomas William GOTHAM Relationship 
with Teresa Ann GOATHAM Born 26 Jan 1872 Stoke on Trent, Staffordshire, England 
- From 1881 census where shown as aged 9
GRO ref: GOTHAM, Thomas William q1 1872 Stoke T. RD 6b 250; GRO online index shows mother's maiden name as Wood
His birthday (26 Jan) is consistent but the year moves progressively forward: 1874 in the 1900 census; 1877 on his WW1 draft card; 1882 in the California death record index.
Gender Male Education 1881 Scholar Occupation Between 1900 and 1908 Model Maker - In an East Liverpool directory, where listed with his first wife
Residence 1920 327, West 45th Street, Los Angeles, Los Angeles Co., California, USA - Thomas and his wife Mary were one of 6 couples living at no. 327.
Occupation 1920 Ceramic Engineer in Factory - According to the census
Occupation 1930 San Francisco, San Mateo Co., California, USA Engineer in Pottery Industry Obituary 22 Dec 1941 “Former S.M. [San Mateo] Resident Dies in San Jose” Also known as Thomas Barry William GOTHAM Residence Eny[?] Street, San Francisco, San Mateo Co., California, USA Died 22 Dec 1941 San Jose, Santa Clara Co., California, USA - Santa Clara from California death record index, San Jose from his obit.
Buried 24 Dec 1941 St. John’s Cemetery. San Meteo, California, USA Siblings2 brothers and 5 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) 
Mary STANTON, b. Abt 1818, Sligo, Ireland, d. Aft 1871 (Age ~ 54 years) (Grandmother) Notes - Shown as 41 in the 1920 census, perhaps to lessen the difference between him and his 31 year old wife. Also shown as having emigrated to the US in 1896, although his mother gave the date as 1886 or 1888 (he could have emigrated later but I doubt it). Perhaps his wife supplied the information and wasn't too sure of the details.
Person ID I301310 All | All in the Goatham / Gotham One-Name Study , All subjects of the Goatham / Gotham One-Name Study Last Modified 3 Jan 2022
Father William Henry GOTHAM, b. Sep Q 1847, Stoke on Trent, Staffordshire, England , d. Mar Q 1900, Wolstanton Reg Dist, Staffordshire, England (Age ~ 53 years) Mother Mary Ann WOOD, b. 14 Jul 1851, Tipton, Staffordshire, England , d. Aft 1941, USA (Age 90 years)
Other Partners: William H. MILBURN m. Between 1910 and 1920Married 19 Jan 1871 The RC Church of Our Lady of Angels and St. Peter, Cliffe Bank, Stoke on Trent, Staffordshire, England - GRO ref: Gotham, William to Wood, Mary Ann q1 1871 Stoke T RD 6b 288
Venue from UKBMD website
The family seem to have emigrated to the USA in about 1886 or 1887 (1888 according to 1900 census, 1886 according to 1910 - entries for Mary Ann, but their first child to be born in the USA was born 1887 so it has to be by then).
I am assuming they all went although William Henry died back in England in 1900.
Mary Ann was also inconsistent with the number of children she had mothered, the 1900 census showing 5, while the 1910 census shows 10! (Her age means she cannot have had 5 between 1900 and 1910). Both show she had 4 living. Did she think the question referred to the number who had emigrated to the US? i.e. did William and Mary Ann have 3 more after arriving? I think this is possible, though the number of living suggests that if they did all died young (they would have been born between 1888 and 1900, but all dead by 1900)
Family ID F300436 Family Group Page | Family Chart
Family 1 Anna DePutron LINN, b. 2 Jul 1882, Pennsylvania, USA , d. 31 Jan 1913, Allegheny General Hospital, Pittsburgh, Allegheny Co., Pennsylvania, USA (Age 30 years)
Other Partners: George G. SIMSON m. Abt 1907Married 11 Oct 1900 , Sewickley, Allegheny Co., Pennsylvania, USA - From a register (not the original)
Shows Thomas B Gotham, resident East Liverpool O married Anna D. Linn, resident Sewickley, no ages or parents names recorded, married by Robert A. Burton, Rector, witnesses Miss Linn (a sister of the bride) and Miss J. M. Beaton.
Children3 children Last Modified 1 Dec 2020 Family ID F301393 Family Group Page | Family Chart
Family 2 Mary Constance WATTERSON, b. Abt 1888, California, USA Married 1 Feb 1916 Los Angeles Co., California, USA - The 1920 census shows that Mary was by then married to Thomas and was then aged 31, and the 1930 census shows that her age at first marriage was 27.
Thomas and Mary appear to have separated by 1930, as Mary was then living with a sister and Thomas was not recorded as living at the address, but Mary was recorded as 'married'.
Details on FamilySearch
Shows Thomas Barry William GOTHAM, aged 34, son of John Thomas William and Mary Ann GOTHAM married
Mary Constance WATTERSON, aged 26, daughter of William WATTERSON and Eliza QUALE.
on 1 Feb 1916 in Los Angeles, California, United States
Last Modified 30 Jun 2020 Family ID F301479 Family Group Page | Family Chart
Family 3 Mary A., b. Abt 1860, England , d. Yes, date unknown
Other Partners: [ - ? - ] m. Abt 1879Married Between 1920 and 1930 - They appear together in the 1930 census, Thomas as head of the household and Mary as wife but was this an error? Mary was 21 years old than Thomas, obviously unusual.
Thomas is shown as aged 48 when he was actually 58. If Mary was also shown as 10 years younger than she was she would fit quite well as his mother. The age, forename, age at first marriage, place of birth of herself and her parents would all be right. However, Thomas' mother was recorded with his sister Emily, and had remarried after their father's death and so her surname should have been Wood.
Last Modified 30 Jun 2020 Family ID F302005 Family Group Page | Family Chart
- From 1881 census where shown as aged 9