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Mary Elizabeth GOTHAM
1882 - 1979 (97 years)
Has 23 ancestors and one descendant in this family tree.
Set As Default Person 
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Name Mary Elizabeth GOTHAM Relationship 
with Teresa Ann GOATHAM Born 2 Jan 1882 Stoke on Trent Reg Dist, Staffordshire, England 
- GRO ref: Gotham, Mary Elizabeth q1 1882 Stoke T. RD 6b 232; GRO online index shows mother's maiden name as Wood
Local ref (on UKBMD website) shows mother's maiden name as Wood
Gender Female Residence 1900 302, Perry Street, Trenton, Mercer Co., New Jersey, USA - A boarder with the Morgan family
Occupation 1900 Sales Lady Occupation 1910 Oracle, Pinal Co., Arizona, USA Nurse Occupation Bef 1915 Nurse - Described in a 'New Jersey Note' in the The Philadelphia Inquirer, p. 3, 27 Sep 1915 as "a graduate nurse of St. Joseph's Hospital, Philadelphia."
Residence Sep 1918 Hillsboro, Hill Co., Texas, USA - When her husband registered for the draft in WW1.
Occupation From 1920 to 1941 Mission Hotel, 22, Pecan Street, Putnam, Callahan Co., Texas, USA Hotel Owner and Manager - The detailed address is from the 1930 census, which shows the 'township or other division of county' as Justier Precinct 8. This is the same as in the 1920 census, but there is no more detail there; whilst the incorporated place in 1930 is given as Putnam none is given in 1920. It seems likely that Mary was managing the same hotel in the same place, but that Putnam had not been incorporated by 1920. That she was in Putnam is made more likely by her husband being shown as 'of Putnam' in Jan 1919, although he was not there at the time of the 1920 census (possibly having moved due to them divorcing).
Although the 1940 census also does not name the hotel, Mary's nephew Louis Doucet named her on his WW2 draft registration, dated 1941, which shows she was still at the Mission Hotel.
Wikipedia only shows populations for Putnam from 1930. Whilst in 2010 there were just 94 people, in 1930 there had been 601.
In 1930 census there were 6 boarders and one lodger staying at the hotel, all men, ranging in age from 28 to 70. Of these five had occupations connected with an oil field - 2 drillers, a drilling contractor and 2 stationary engineers working on the oil pipe lines. The other 2 staying were a carpenter (general practice) and a lineman (electrics work).
Residence 1941 Putnam, Callahan Co., Texas, USA - At the time her brother Thomas died.
Died 6 Mar 1979 Long Beach, Los Angeles, California, USA - Survived her brother Thomas (d. 1941)
Social Security and California death indexes suggests she died in 1979 (date of birth given fits with birth registration, place issued, Texas, fits with where the censuses show she lived for much of her life)
Siblings3 brothers and 4 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) Person ID I302475 All | All in the Goatham / Gotham One-Name Study , All subjects of the Goatham / Gotham One-Name Study Last Modified 14 Aug 2024
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 Dr. John Vertner GUYTON, b. 19 Jul 1881, Frankfort, Alabama, USA , d. 12 Jul 1944, Wallace Sanitarium, Memphis, Shelby Co., Tennessee, USA (Age 62 years)
Other Partners: Johnnie REEVES m. Bef 1925; Selma HENSLEY m. 10 Sep 1941Married 17 Apr 1912 Walnut Springs, Bosque Co., Texas, USA - "GUYTON GOTHAM
Miss Mary Elizabeth Gotham, daughter of Mrs. Mary A Gotham Dolton Block, became the bride April 17 of Dr J V Guyton of Multnomah, Ore. The ceremony was performed at Walnut Springs, Texas, by the Rev. Father Noonan. Miss Gotham formerly resided In Trenton"
(from Trenton Evening Times, pub. Trenton, New Jersey, 13 May 1912, p. 5, co;, 5)
Divorced Between 1918 and 1920 - Mary shown as divorced in the 1920 and 1930 censuses, although shown as a widow in 1940. She was named as John's nearest relative when he joined the WW1 draft in Sep 1918.
Children 1. Mary Jane GUYTON, b. 26 Dec 1914, Plainview, Hale Co., Texas, USA , d. 27 Dec 1988 (Age 74 years)▻ William G. DURNIN m. 22 Dec 1934Last Modified 14 Aug 2024 Family ID F301978 Family Group Page | Family Chart
- GRO ref: Gotham, Mary Elizabeth q1 1882 Stoke T. RD 6b 232; GRO online index shows mother's maiden name as Wood
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Born - 2 Jan 1882 - Stoke on Trent Reg Dist, Staffordshire, England 
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