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Jane HODGKISS
1849 - 1932 (~ 83 years)
Has 2 ancestors and 9 descendants in this family tree.
Set As Default Person 
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Name Jane HODGKISS Relationship 
with Teresa Ann GOATHAM Born Dec Q 1849 Hodnet, Shropshire, England 
- Age at marriage given as 26, suggesting 1852 or 1853 but all the censuses suggest a little earlier; in particular she was in the 1851 census, aged 1! Censuses, both before and after marriage show her birthplace as Hodnet, which was in Market Drayton RD. The only birth their fits the spelling used for most records of her family (Hodgkiss, rather than the other version common in the area, Hotchkiss) and agrees with her age in the earliest censuses.
GRO ref: HODGKISS, Jane q4 1849 Mt Drayton RD 18 108; GRO online index shows mother's maiden name as Massey
Gender Female Also known as Jane HOTCHKISS Died Mar Q 1932 Wellington Shropshire Reg Dist, Shropshire, England - GRO ref: Cottam, Jane q1 1932 aged 82 Wellington Sh. RD 6a 1065
Patriarch & Matriarch 
Thomas HODGKISS, b. Abt 1803, Hodnet, Shropshire, England, d. 1 May 1885, Marchamley, Shropshire, England (Age ~ 82 years) (Father) 
Sarah MASSEY, b. Abt 1804, Stanton, Shropshire, England, d. Mar Q 1886, Market Drayton Reg Dist, Shropshire Cheshire or Staffordshire, England (Age ~ 82 years) (Mother) Person ID I303423 All | All in the Goatham / Gotham One-Name Study , All subjects of the Goatham / Gotham One-Name Study Last Modified 10 Nov 2023
Father Thomas HODGKISS, b. Abt 1803, Hodnet, Shropshire, England , d. 1 May 1885, Marchamley, Shropshire, England (Age ~ 82 years) Mother Sarah MASSEY, b. Abt 1804, Stanton, Shropshire, England , d. Mar Q 1886, Market Drayton Reg Dist, Shropshire Cheshire or Staffordshire, England (Age ~ 82 years) Family ID F302177 Family Group Page | Family Chart
Family Edward GOTTAM, b. Dec Q 1852, Wellington, Shropshire, England , d. Mar Q 1928, Wellington Shropshire Reg Dist, Shropshire, England (Age ~ 76 years) Married 30 Sep 1879 St. George’s Church, Rodington, Shropshire, England - GRO ref: Cottom, Edward to Hodgkiss, Jane q3 1879 Wellington Sal RD 6a 1233
Details from PR entry (image on FMP, viewed 14 Dec 2016)
(Archive reference P230/A/3/3, p. 47)
Edward made his mark, as did witness Elizabeth Cottom, probably his sister. Their apparent illiteracy (bride Jane signed) will doubtless have aided the transition from Gottam to Cottom, if it was not deliberate.
The 1911 census shows Edward and Jane had 7 children, 3 of whom had by then died.
Children7 children Last Modified 27 Oct 2023 Family ID F301051 Family Group Page | Family Chart
- Age at marriage given as 26, suggesting 1852 or 1853 but all the censuses suggest a little earlier; in particular she was in the 1851 census, aged 1! Censuses, both before and after marriage show her birthplace as Hodnet, which was in Market Drayton RD. The only birth their fits the spelling used for most records of her family (Hodgkiss, rather than the other version common in the area, Hotchkiss) and agrees with her age in the earliest censuses.