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This section contains anecdotes and articles about Gottses, to put some flesh on the bones.

Some stories are on separate Stories pages, some are within a tree or a section such as WW2. Just click on the links at the right to take you to the right place.

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Rex Alfred Gotts in WW2 How his death brought two families together but took 70 years to solve the riddle	40	WW2
Gresham children in 1870s school book Read about school life and the sad story of the children of Alfred 277 and Maria Howlett	9	Tree 9
John 556 Gotts Excise Officer Starting in Norfolk, he moved Aldermaston, and various parts of Hertfordshire, had 3 wives and built a piano	71	Tree 71
Charles Harris 3385 Gotts British champion weightlifter, but was he an Olympic weightlifter?	40	Tree 40
Samuel 168 in the American Civil War He served in the New York 17th Light Artillery	34	Stories 5
Robert George Charles 217 Gotts Died in the bombing of Gt Yarmouth docks in WW2	40	WW2
James Atkinson 373 Gotts sunk on HMS Electra in WW2 He fought at many major naval battles	40	WW2
John Thomas 1708 Gotts RN Fought on HMS Cattistock, Gunnery Radar, at Normandy 1944	77	WW2
Sydney 600 Gotts in Home Guard Sydney was in the Ryton Home Guard for a while	22	WW2
Gotts migration from Norfolk in 1860's-1880's How loss of jobs on the land changed one family	40	Tree 40

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Stories index-2 Stories index-1 2 Emigration to Canada and USA 3 Dorthea Gotts emigration 4 Boaz & Mary Ann Gotts 5 Samuel in American Civil War 6 Japanese POW and monkeys in Gt Yarmouth 7 Gotts Reunion in Bad Axe Michigan 8 Edwardian Life in London- Frank Alfred Gotts 9 Gt Yarmouth bridge disaster 10 Samuel 466 - transported to Australia 11 Richard Gotts vicar of S Lynn 1530s 12 Richard Gotts - showman 13 Cabinet makers & coaches in the North East 14 William Gotts hanged 1738 in Norwich 15 BT telephone books and Percy William 3453 16 Jim Gotts at Lynemouth Chapel and Burston school riots 17 Gravestones at Thorpe Market 18 Attack on Gottses during the wars 19 Eric William's name on the Antingham memorial 20 Jim Gotts footballer 21 Emma Sarah Gotts companion

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Family Tree Database link London Gottses Northumberland & Durham Gottses Yorkshire Gottses Essex Gottses Suffolk Gottses USA and Canada Gottses Australia & New Zealand Gottses Known Families Index Merged Gotts trees-index of numbers 009-Samuel 235 born 1760 Gresham 017-William 309 Gotts and Matilda Parsons 022-Matthew 303 Gotts of Ingworth 024-John 192 of Gt Yarmouth & Norwich 028-Anthony 358 and Elizabeth Lessingham 034-John 209 Gotts of Bacton 036-Richards of Gt Ryborough & Cambridge 038-Thomas 3800 and Sarah Wegg Gresham 040-William 193 of Stratton Strawless 052-George 2396 of Little Chart, Kent 053-Hull Gotts families 071-John 556 of Cawston and Aldermaston 077-Samuel 1496 Gotts/Bramble of Oulton 079-Gotts of Bulphan 083-Samuel 2397 Bethnal Green 091-Thomas 1266 of Lakenham 092-John 574 Gotts of Ranworth 097-Robert 2116 of Swaffham 098-George 1944 of Methwold 108-George 2537 Reepham 109-Jonathan 1031 of Upminster 112-George 1719 and Mary Newman 114-Nathaniel 2963 of Ingworth 121-Samuel 3424 of Castleacre 124-George 4240 and Sarah Barnes in Norwich

Emigration to Canada (2) Dorothea Gotts sent to Canada by Barnados (3) Mary Ann Sunday school teacher Happisburgh obit (4) Happisburgh verses re loss of families (4) Samuel 168 fighting in the American Civil War (5) Arthur W Japanese POW (6) Monkeys in Gt Yarmouth (6) A formal wedding in tree 071_ help needed (6) Robert & Susan Padgett family reunion (7) John 556 Excise officer in tree 071 (7) John Dixon 757 carpenter (8) Hear Frank Alfred tree 083 (8) Gt Yarmouth Bridge disaster 1845 (9) Samuel 466 transported to Tasmania tree 022 (10) Richard Gotts Prior of South Acre 1535 (11) Richard David 3037 Travelling Showman in Wales (12) John Dixon 757 carpenter Mary Ann's son cabinetmaker (13) Bond Buses family in Durham (13) William Gotts hanged at Norwich 1738- but who is he? (14) BT telephone directories & Cecil W (15) Lynemouth Chapel closing, Jim 414 Gotts tree 040 (15) Burston Riots Henry Joseph 1313 1911 (16) Thorpe Market church graves Stephen Henry 470 tree 020 (17) Attacks on Gottses during World Wars (18) Eric Wm 2281 Dieppe raid & Antingham Memorial tree 022 (19) Jim 373 Gotts Footballer 040 (20) Emma 2255 Sarah's bible Norwich tree 017 (21)