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Rachel GOTTAM
Abt 1820 - 1866 (~ 46 years)
Has 6 ancestors and 12 descendants in this family tree.
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Name Rachel GOTTAM Relationship 
with Teresa Ann GOATHAM Born Abt 1820 Ellenhall, Staffordshire, England 
- Between 1816 and 1821 in Staffordshire according to the 1841 census, where her rounded down aged was given as 20; about 1820 from the 1851 census which records her age as 30, and the 1861 which gives 39. Death registration and burial both give 43 - but she wasn't around to correct!
Shown as born Eccleshall in 1861, but place shown as Ellenhall in 1851. The family were living in Eccleshall parish so many would have been born there; most likely the ennumerator in 1861 was a little careless and misread the similar name as the one he expected.
Baptised 18 Jun 1820 St. Mary’s Church, Ellenhall, Staffordshire, England - From PR entry (image on FMP, viewed 31 Jul 2019)
Gender Female Also known as Rachel COTTAM Also known as Rachel COTTON Residence 1841 Ox Leasows, Chebsey, Staffordshire, England - A female servant on the farm of farmer William Hall. As well as his wife and daughters present on census night were one other female servant and 4 young ag. labs. It is quite likely one (or more) of these fathered Rachel's daughters.
Oxleasows is just 2 miles from Eccleshall so Rachel would have been able to visit her daughters there when she had free time.
Residence 1843 Yarnfield, Staffordshire, England - When her daughter Mary was born
Residence 1851 Three Farms, Eccleshall, Staffordshire, England Residence 1866 52, Loun Street, Hulme, Lancashire, England - Her abode at the time of her death (from burial register)
Died 22 May 1866 Chorlton Reg Dist, Lancashire, England Cause: Bronchitis - Date and cause given in burial register
GRO ref: Summerfield, Rachel q2 1866 aged 43 Chorlton RD 8c 483
Buried 25 May 1866 St. George’s Church, Hulme, Lancashire, England - From PR entry (image on Ancestry, viewed 1 Aug 2019)
Recorded as Rachel Summerfield, aged 43
Siblings3 brothers and 1 sister Patriarch & Matriarch 
George COTTAM, b. Est 1754, d. Yes, date unknown (Grandfather)
Rachel PATRICK, bap. 30 Apr 1758, St. Michael and All Angels’ Church, Childs Ercall, Shropshire, England, bur. 11 Mar 1798, All Saints’ Church, Chebsey, Staffordshire, England (Age ~ 39 years) (Grandmother) Notes - Why part of the Go(a)tham ONS?
Although Rachel's surname was recorded as Cottam when she was baptised and as Cotton when she married, the records I have for her 4 illegitimate children show them were recorded as Gottom or Gottam at baptism or birth, and as Gotten or Gotham at death and / or burial, with one exception. The exception is a death registration for John, which gives the name as Goffin, but as he was buried as John Gotten I think this an error.
In addition, at the registration of the birth of her first child after her marriage to David Summerfield her maiden name was given as Gottam, although it was Cotton or Cottam for their other 4 children for whom a birth registration has been found.
Person ID I306203 All | All in the Goatham / Gotham One-Name Study , All subjects of the Goatham / Gotham One-Name Study Last Modified 15 Aug 2024
Father John GOTHAM, bap. 24 Sep 1780, St. Mary’s Church, Ellenhall, Staffordshire, England , bur. 31 Aug 1828, St. Mary’s Church, Ellenhall, Staffordshire, England (Age ~ 47 years) Mother Ann WHISTON, b. Abt 1787, bur. 29 May 1828, St. Mary’s Church, Ellenhall, Staffordshire, England (Age ~ 41 years) Married 18 Apr 1808 All Saints’ Church, Chebsey, Staffordshire, England - From PR entry (image on FMP, viewed 6 Nov 2014)
Family ID F301895 Family Group Page | Family Chart
Children4 children Last Modified 14 Feb 2017 Family ID F301884 Family Group Page | Family Chart
Family 2 David SUMMERFIELD, b. Abt 1814, Brocton, Staffordshire, England , d. Dec Q 1877, Chorlton Reg Dist, Lancashire, England (Age ~ 63 years) Married 28 Apr 1845 St. Michael and St. Wulfad’s Church, Stone, Staffordshire, England - From PR entry (image on FMP, viewed 31 Jul 2019)GRO ref: Summerfield or Sumerfield, David q2 1845 Stone RD 17 217
Children8 children Last Modified 17 Dec 2022 Family ID F301893 Family Group Page | Family Chart
- Between 1816 and 1821 in Staffordshire according to the 1841 census, where her rounded down aged was given as 20; about 1820 from the 1851 census which records her age as 30, and the 1861 which gives 39. Death registration and burial both give 43 - but she wasn't around to correct!
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Baptised - 18 Jun 1820 - St. Mary’s Church, Ellenhall, Staffordshire, England 
Child - John GOTTOM - 17 Dec 1837 - St. Mary’s Church, Ellenhall, Staffordshire, England 
Married - 28 Apr 1845 - St. Michael and St. Wulfad’s Church, Stone, Staffordshire, England 
Child - James SUMMERFIELD - 13 Jul 1851 - Holy Trinity Church, Eccleshall, Staffordshire, England 
Child - Ann SUMMERFIELD - Sep Q 1861 - Manchester, Lancashire, England = Link to Google Earth (if installed; see link below to install) Pin Legend 
