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Gotts Surname Family History

George 134 and Ann Waterson continued

Samuel 168 (1844-?) Samuel is at Ridgeway in 1855 but by the time of the 1892 press report covering his brother’s suicide he is said to be of Whitehall, Michigan. Samuel married Emily 2126 (Gotts?) and they had Edith 2127 b 1865 and Fred A 2128 b 1879 both born in Michigan

Thomas 148 (1846-1917) Thomas married Harriet 1109 Rands (1853-1934), daughter of a Sea Palling fisherman, in 1871. By trade he was a quarryman and mason. Their family born in Orleans County include:

• Lillie May 1110 b 1870 m William Bickle
• Amanda A 1111 b 1872
• William George 1114 b 1876 m Sarah 2074 Newman. Their children were:
• Melvin 2087 b 1904
• Maude 1088 b 1906
• Marvin 1075 b 1908
• Jennie E 1115 b 1879
• Rose E 1116 b 1881

Accompanying this family were George’s brother Thomas, two sisters Frances and Mary Ann and their spouses:

Thomas 136 and Sarah Wilson

Thomas 136 (1812-?) He married Sarah 335 Wilson (1829-?) at East Ruston in 1851. Although the couple were at Ridgeway in 1855, by 1870 they had moved west to Huron County, Michigan, where Thomas was a farmer enjoying real property worth $5200 and personal property worth $1200 – a considerable amount of wealth at that time. Their children were:

• Irvin/Arvin 1746 b 1854 Orleans County, m Winnie 2199 Leonard in 1879. They had:
• Frederick 3142 m Bertha 314 Gay
• William T 3143 b 1880
• William James 1747 b 1855, m Harriet Miria 3126 Hoover: their children include:
• John Edward 3127 b 1887 in Washtenaw County, m Lydia 3133 Simmons
• Phoebe Maud 3128 b 1890, m Ralph Wesley Kimmell
• Minnie Mabel 3129 b 1893 m Hazen Pingree Newton
• William Jay 3130 b 1895, m Emma 3150 and Elsie 3149 Blough
• Glenn Royal 3131 b 1898, m May Smith 3155 Brown and Allison W 3156 Davis
• Carrie Lovica 3132 b 1900 m Edward William Reynolds
• Edward 1748 b 1858 married three times.

Ridgeway, Orleans County, New York, USA (John 106 family)

Elizabeth Frances 135 and Mary Ann 137

Elizabeth Frances 135 (1814-?) She married William Gray (1818-?) at Worstead in 1836.

Mary Ann 137 (1817-87) She married Martin Pratt (1817-70) at East Ruston in 1851.

(Thanks to Ian Gotts of Kings Lynn and Ernest Gotts for this)

• James J 1117 b 1886 m Grace 2086 Whitney in 1908
• Harry G 1118 b 1888, m Pearl A 2076 Corner
• Mary A 1119 b 1891 m Joseph Capelli
• George 1113 b 1895 m Anna L 2029 Wagoner in 1917
• Amanda Julia 1097 b 1854, m James Waterson