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Gotts Surname Family History

William 124 & Mary Anne 125 Brackenbury
of East Ruston & Yarmouth

William 124 bp 20 May 1811, was the illegitimate son of Elizabeth 108, daughter of George 101 & Anne 102 Howard. Elizabeth married George Davis in 1823. William married Mary Anne 125 Brackenbury in 1833 and raised nine children including:

• Samuel 1202 b 1838 East Ruston
• Amelia 1204 b 1840, m Charles Cooper
• Alfred Isaiah 1207 b 1846 Gt Yarmouth
• Ambrosine Elvira 1209 b 1853 m James Howe in 1874 Gt Yarmouth

Samuel 1202

Samuel 1202 m Eliza 1203 Jackman in 1862 in Gt Yarmouth, had a number of children there before moving to the Gateshead and Newcastle-upon-Tyne area. Children include:

• Mary Ann Ambrozine 1373 b 1863 Gt Yarmouth m John Atkinson Harrison 1881
• Caroline Eliza 1353 b 1866 Gt Yarmouth
• Samuel 752 b 1868 Gt Yarmouth
• Alfred 754 b 1873 Gateshead
• Arthur 755 b 1882 Gateshead

Arthur 755

Arthur 755 m Ada 756 Dixon in 1904 in Newcastle and had children

• John Dixon 757 Gotts b 1908 who married Alice 3001 Reddy nee Surley
• Arthur 758 b 1914

Their families grew up in Gateshead and Newcastle-upon-Tyne. Descendants include Chris Gotts and Craig Spencer.

See Stories page 13 for details of John Dixon Gotts's involvement with Durham cathedral.

Alfred 754

Alfred 754 married Mary Jane Brown in Newcastle in 1896. They had three children:

• Amelia Edith 1542 b 1896 in Byker
• Samuel 1543 b 1898 Gateshead, who died at Ypres in October 1917
• Hilda 3652 b 1902 Newcastle