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Gotts Surname Family History

John 209 of Bacton

John 209 was born about 1786 and is first recorded in his marriage to Ann 172 Marshall in Bacton in 1809. Her name Marshall has been used as the first name for a number of their descendents.

The Question is: where is John from and when was he baptised?

James 278

James 278 married Susannah 652 Walker in 1834 in Bacton. Their family include:

• Robert Atkins 176 Gotts, b 1839 in Bacton, who married Eliza 1290 Livock in 1869 in Wicklewood. Their children were:
• Florence Annie 1287 b 1867
• Ernest Alfred 1288 b 1871  
• Henry Frederick 1289 b 1875
• James George 177, b 1841 in Bacton, who moved to Beckenham and married Louisa 1172 Isaac in 1877 St Saviour. Their son Frederick William 1292 was born in Blackheath in 1874

Ernest Alfred 1288 & Frederick Henry 1289- in charge of workhouses

Ernest Alfred 1288 b 1871 married Grace Eliza/Emily 3651 Howard in Prescot, Liverpool in 1904. In 1891 he was the clerk to his uncle Edward Livock the Superintendent of Chase Farms Schools belonging to Edmonton Union, Ridgeway Road, Enfield. In 1901 aged 30 he was the Master of West Derby Union workhouse in Liverpool, where he stayed. He clearly followed his uncle. He was a Freemason in 1904-1910. In 1914 they were put in charge of Alder Hey hospital and Grace was awarded the Royal Red Cross Medal for Nursing.

Henry Frederick 1289

Henry Frederick 1289 was a brewer’s clerk in 1891, but in 1901 aged 27 he was Master of the Wayland Workhouse at Rockland All Saints, Attleborough where he was also found in 1911.

He was a Freemason in 1920.

Their children, all born in Bacton, are:

• Elizabeth 173, b 1809 - in 1851 census as a dressmaker
• James 278, b 1810
• Marianne 279, b 1812 d 1833
• John Marshall 280, b 1814
• Hannah 691, b 1817 d 1835
• Ann 692, b 1819 d 1835

• Christiana 693, b 1821 married John Alcock in 1845
• William Marshall 188 b 1823 Bacton
• Harriet 694 b 1825 Bacton
• George 174 b 1827 Bacton
• Marshall 175 b 1831 Bacton
• Robert 656 b 1835  Bacton d 1841