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Gotts Surname Family History

Robert 2116 and Susan Padgett/Gowers

Robert 2116 was born in 1814 in Castleacre, and his father is thought to be 'Houlding' or Holding' Gotts. He married Susan Gowers in 1839, whose father was William Padgett. Their children born in Swaffham include:

Robert 1814 and Hannah in Michigan

Robert married Hannah L 1757 Davidson in Huron County in Michigan in 1866. She was born in 1848 in Canada. (Many families emigrated to USA via Canada.) Robert had title to 160 acres in Huron County in 1872. Their children born in Huron County (probably Caseville) include:

• Morton Marshall 1810 b 1868
• Horatio William 1794 b 1870
• Horace Sumner 1795 b 1872
• Wesley J 1829 b 1874
• Susan Almeda 1826 b 1876 m Nelson Broderick
• Edward Robert 1779 b 1878 m Mary ??

• Sarah Alice 1824 b 1881 m Charles Dondineau in 1901
• Laura Jeannette 1802 b 1884 m Robert Stewert in 1903
• Wilfred/Wilford L 1832 b 1886
• Russell C 1821 b 1889 m Nellie M 1847 McIllmurray
• Charlotte Mary 1768 b 1867 m James Elijah McBride in 1885

Most of the family moved to the Loftus and Guisborough area, where they lived and died. There were no male descendants in this area.

Question: We have not found birth details of 'Houlding' Gotts; who was he, who were his parents?

• Robert 1814 b 1839
• Mary Ann 2125 b 1841, d 1845
• Harriett 2118 b 1843 m John Hudson in 1867
• Ruth 2119 b 1844, d 1865
• Marshall G 2120 b 1846 d 1911 (does not seem to have married)
• Mary Ann 2128 b 1848
• Elizabeth Lettice Tabitha 2122 b 1852
• Lois Jane 2123 b 1859 m George Thomas Gilbert
• Alice Emma 2124 b 1863 m George Robert Patton in 1884 in Guisborough, then David Horton in 1886. She possibly emigrated to USA as well.

Harriett 2118 Gotts

Thanks to Anna Park