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Vivian GOTHAM
1894 - 1970 (75 years)
Has 24 ancestors and 23 descendants in this family tree.
Set As Default Person 
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Name Vivian GOTHAM Relationship 
with Teresa Ann GOATHAM Born 5 Nov 1894 Stoke on Trent, Staffordshire, England 
- About 1894 from the 1911 census where shown as aged 16
GRO ref: GOTHAN, Vivian q4 1894 Stoke T. RD 6b 293; GRO online index shows mother's maiden name as Bell
Date shown as 4 Nov in baptism register, but shown as 5 Nov in both death registration index and 1939 registration
Baptised 5 Jan 1898 St. Thomas the Apostle’s Church, Penkhull, Staffordshire, England - From PR entry (image on FMP, viewed 26 Nov 2014)
"Alleged Date of Birth: Nov 4 1894, When baptised: 5 January 1898 No. 123, Vyvian, parents: Thomas Albert & [blank] Gotham, abode: 4 Penkhull Square, occupation: Labourer, ceremony performed by: Inglis C. R. Scott" - under heading 'Baptism ... Penkhull ... One thousand eight hundred and ninety seven and ninety eight'
Gender Male Military Service WW1 Residence 1921 47, Vine Street, Stoke on Trent, Staffordshire, England - Vivian and his wife were living with her parents, her sister 'May' and May's husband Dennis and five siblings. Strangely, not only is Vivian and Elizabeth's daughter Violet (born a few months before the census) but neither is either of May and Dennis's two children, Colin and Vera, born 1918 and 1920, though neither seem to have died, with clear evidence that Violet and Vera were alive at a later date.
Had it just been one I might have thought they were in hospital or similar, but it seems unlikely all three were; searching for them in the census I can't find them elsewhere so wonder if their grandfather or whoever filled the form in for him (he made his mark) simply forgot to include them.
Occupation 1921 Bricklayer’s Labourer - Employer and place of work not given in census
Died Mar Q 1970 Stoke on Trent Reg Dist, Staffordshire, England - GRO ref: GOTHAM, Vivian dob 5No1894 reg q1 1970 Stoke/T RD 9b 1704
Siblings7 brothers and 5 sisters Patriarch & Matriarch 
GOTTAM, b. Est 1628, d. Yes, date unknown (6 x Great Grandfather)
Hannah CHURTON, b. Abt 1821, Stoke upon Tern, Shropshire, England, d. Jun Q 1892, Primrose Hill, Hanford, Staffordshire, England (Age ~ 71 years) (Grandmother) Person ID I301808 All | All in the Goatham / Gotham One-Name Study , All subjects of the Goatham / Gotham One-Name Study Last Modified 28 Mar 2023
Father Thomas Albert GOTHAM, b. Jun Q 1863, Stoke on Trent Reg Dist, Staffordshire, England , d. Dec Q 1916, Stoke on Trent Reg Dist, Staffordshire, England (Age ~ 53 years) Mother Louisa BELL, b. Jun Q 1864, Stoke on Trent, Staffordshire, England , d. Mar Q 1934, Manchester South Reg Dist, Lancashire, England (Age ~ 70 years) Married 15 Jul 1886 St. John the Evangelist’s Church, Trent Vale, Stoke on Trent, Staffordshire, England - GRO ref: Gotham, Thomas Albert to Bell, Louisa q3 1886 Stoke T RD 6b 271
Venue from UKBMD website, date from PR entry image on FMP
The 1911 census where shown as married for 25 years.
In that time the census shows they had had 13 children but only 6 were still living - 5 currently missing from this tree, probably all born and died between censuses.
Family ID F300588 Family Group Page | Family Chart
Family Elizabeth HARRISON, b. 10 Apr 1895, Kidsgrove, Staffordshire, England , d. Jun Q 1956, Stoke on Trent Reg Dist, Staffordshire, England (Age 60 years) Married Sep Q 1920 St. Peter Ad Vincula Church, Stoke on Trent, Staffordshire, England - GRO ref: Gotham, Vivian to Harrison, Elizabeth q3 1920 Stoke T. RD 6b 631
Local BMD (Staffs index for 1920): GOTHAM, Vivian to HARRISON, Elizabeth; Church: Stoke, St Peter; Registers at: Stoke-On-Trent; Ref: 31/30/019.
Children2 children Last Modified 14 Feb 2017 Family ID F300595 Family Group Page | Family Chart
- About 1894 from the 1911 census where shown as aged 16