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Ernest Raymond GOTHAM
1923 - 1991 (67 years)
Has 28 ancestors and 5 descendants in this family tree.
Set As Default Person 
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Name Ernest Raymond GOTHAM Relationship 
with Teresa Ann GOATHAM Born 13 Jun 1923 Stoke on Trent Reg Dist, Staffordshire, England 
- GRO ref: Gotham, Ernest R; mother's maiden name: Merry q3 1923 Stoke T. RD 6b 452
Actual date from death registration. Same date in 1939 registration (image on FMP, viewed 28 Jan 2017).
Gender Male Military Service Warrant Officer in the RAF in WW2 Military Service Between 1939 and 1945 Prisoner of War - TheGenealogist Website shows that an 'E R Gotham' was a Flight Sergeant during WW2, Service Number 1583724 and was held as a prisoner of war.
(It gives no proper source or repository for this information)
Ernest appears to have been the only E R Gotham that this could be referring to.
A newspaper item when he married referred to him and his best man, Flight Sergeant George Kelly, being two of the survivors of a crew of eight, with three dying, when their Halifax bomber was shot down over the Rhine in Dec. 1944.
Died Jun Q 1991 Stoke on Trent Reg Dist, Staffordshire, England - GRO ref: Gotham, Ernest Raymond q2 1991 dob 13Jun1923 Stoke on Trent RD 30 1441
Patriarch & Matriarch 
GOTTAM, b. Est 1628, d. Yes, date unknown (7 x Great Grandfather)
Amelia AULT, b. 28 Dec 1864, Fenton, Staffordshire, England, d. Jun Q 1936, Stoke on Trent Reg Dist, Staffordshire, England (Age 71 years) (Grandmother) Person ID I301431 All | All in the Goatham / Gotham One-Name Study , All subjects of the Goatham / Gotham One-Name Study Last Modified 10 May 2022
Father Ernest Victor GOTHAM, b. 3 Jun 1897, Lightwood, Staffordshire, England , d. Mar Q 1955, Stoke on Trent Reg Dist, Staffordshire, England (Age 57 years) Mother Amelia Annie MERRY, b. 4 Jul 1897, Stoke on Trent Reg Dist, Staffordshire, England , d. Jun Q 1980, Stoke on Trent Reg Dist, Staffordshire, England (Age 82 years) Married Sep Q 1921 St. James’ Church, Longton, Staffordshire, England - GRO ref: Gotham, Ernest V to Merry, Amelia A. q3 1921 Stoke T RD 6b 436
church from Staffordshire BMD website.
Family ID F300481 Family Group Page | Family Chart
Family Sylvia HALL, b. 15 Jun 1924, Stoke on Trent Reg Dist, Staffordshire, England , d. 21 May 2011, Four Seasons Residential Home, Meir, Staffordshire, England (Age 86 years) Married 2 Feb 1946 Mount Zion Methodist Chapel, Lightwood Road, Longton, Staffordshire, England - GRO ref: Gotham, Ernest R to Hall, Sylvia q1 1946 Stoke RD 6b 587
Actual church from Staffordshire BMD website.Date from newspaper brief report and photo (Staffordshire Sentinel, 4 Feb 1946, p.4, cols. 3-4)
Children + 1. Living Last Modified 14 Feb 2017 Family ID F300482 Family Group Page | Family Chart
- GRO ref: Gotham, Ernest R; mother's maiden name: Merry q3 1923 Stoke T. RD 6b 452
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Born - 13 Jun 1923 - Stoke on Trent Reg Dist, Staffordshire, England 
Married - 2 Feb 1946 - Mount Zion Methodist Chapel, Lightwood Road, Longton, Staffordshire, England Died - Jun Q 1991 - Stoke on Trent Reg Dist, Staffordshire, England = Link to Google Earth (if installed; see link below to install) Pin Legend 
