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William George GOTHAM
Abt 1866 - 1866 (~ 0 years)
Has 28 ancestors but no descendants in this family tree.
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Name William George GOTHAM Relationship 
with Teresa Ann GOATHAM Born Abt 24 Oct 1866 Plympton Reg Dist, Devon, England 
- GRO ref: Gotham, William G q4 1866 Plympton RD 5b 231; GRO online index shows middle name as George and mother's maiden name as Williams
Approximate date based on age in death registration, given as 6 weeks
Gender Male Died 5 Dec 1866 14, Essex Street, Plymouth, Devon, England Cause: Infantile convulsions (7 days) - GRO ref: Gotham, William G aged 0 q4 1866 Plymouth RD 5b 205; GRO online index (viewed 6 Nov 2016) shows Christian names as William George and age as 0
Details from death registration (GRO copy of register entry)
Buried 9 Dec 1866 Ford Park Cemetery, Plymouth, Devon, England Siblings4 brothers and 2 sisters Patriarch & Matriarch 
GOTHAM, d. Bef 1613 (6 x Great Grandfather)
Grace PROUT, b. Abt 1796, Ugborough, Devon, England, d. Dec Q 1869, Plymouth Reg Dist, Devon, England (Age ~ 73 years) (Grandmother) Notes - (Research):Born and died between censuses, and not found baptism or burial record, but there were no other Gotham families having children in Devon at this time so I believe Wiliam was the son of William and Eliza (none of their children was old enough to have a child in 1866); probably like his father his middle name was George.
In addition, his birth and death were in Plymouth to which city William senior had moved. Most Gotham lines from Devon had died or daughtered out or moved away by 1866. William seniors sister was still alive, but not only still in the Teign estuary area, but also too old to have a child.
Person ID I301643 All | All in the Goatham / Gotham One-Name Study , All subjects of the Goatham / Gotham One-Name Study Last Modified 29 Sep 2023
Father William George GOTHAM, b. Abt 1818, West Teignmouth, Devon, England , d. Mar Q 1901, Plymouth Reg Dist, Devon, England (Age ~ 83 years) Mother Eliza WILLIAMS, b. Abt 1831, d. Dec Q 1910, Plymouth Reg Dist, Devon, England (Age ~ 79 years) Married 16 Feb 1858 St. Nicholas’ Church, Shaldon and Ringmore, Devon, England - From PR entry (image on FMP, viewed 15 Nov 2014)
"William George Gotham, of full age, Bachelor, Gardener, residence at time of marriage St Nicholas [Shaldon], father: Thomas Gotham, Fisherman
[married]
Eliza Williams, of full age, Spinster, Servant, residence at time of marriage St Nicholas [Shaldon], father: Henry Williams, Miller"
GRO ref: Gotham, William George, to Williams, Eliza q1 1858 Newton Abbott RD 5b 216
Surnames used as 2nd (or occasionally 1st) Christian names were by no means always the mother's maiden name, but the majority were probably the maiden name of the mother of paternal grandmother.
I don't know where Pearn came from that William and Eliza gave to a son. Their PR marriage entry (i.e. certificate data) shows that Eliza was a spinster when she married, and William's parents marriage entry also shows Charlotte was a spinster (a Prowse) when they married. Eliza William's mother was Grace PROUT, probably a Prout by birth as a sister of Eliza's was named Grace Prout WILLIAMS.
Although such names were nearly always family names in the broadest sense, they could be from in-laws etc. e.g. a sister's husband (possibly used when he was a Godfather) or a step-father.
I wonder if it's possible that William married Eliza accepting that she was pregnant by another man - their first son, the only one given a surname as a Christian name, was born somewhere between 6 weeks and 4½ months after the marriage.
There is probably some significance in the name Pearn being given with the Christian names 'Henry John'. A Henry John Pearn was baptised in Dawlish, not far from Teignmouth, in 1840. Maybe he was Godfather to Henry John Pearn GOTHAM. His parents were John and Joanna, they appear to be the couple who married in Exeter in 1836, Joanna being a Cox at the time of marriage; the PR entry does not show whether she was a spinster at the time.
Family ID F300021 Family Group Page | Family Chart
- GRO ref: Gotham, William G q4 1866 Plympton RD 5b 231; GRO online index shows middle name as George and mother's maiden name as Williams
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Born - Abt 24 Oct 1866 - Plympton Reg Dist, Devon, England 
Buried - 9 Dec 1866 - Ford Park Cemetery, Plymouth, Devon, England = Link to Google Earth (if installed; see link below to install) Pin Legend 
