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Family
Marriage: Children:
  1. Florence Gothard: Birth: 1870 in Chesterfield, Derbyshire, England.

  2. John George Gothard: Birth: 1872 in Chesterfield, Derbyshire, England.

  3. Gertrude Gothard: Birth: 1874 in Chesterfield, Derbyshire, England.

  4. Lorenzo Gothard: Birth: 1876 in Chesterfield, Derbyshire, England. Death: 1956

  5. Ethel Gothard: Birth: 1877 in Chesterfield, Derbyshire, England.

  6. Norah Gothard: Birth: 1879 in Chesterfield, Derbyshire, England.

  7. Elizabeth Gothard: Birth: 1883 in Chesterfield, Derbyshire, England.

  8. Wallace Gothard: Birth: 1886 in Chesterfield, Derbyshire, England.


Sources
1. Title:   UK, Poll Books and Electoral Registers, 1538-1893
Source:   S-447536948
Author:   Ancestry.com
Publication:   Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.
2. Title:   1871 England Census
Page:   Class: RG10; Piece: 3610; Folio: 31; Page: 11; GSU roll: 839781
Source:   S-447536989
Author:   Ancestry.com
Publication:   Ancestry.com Operations Inc
3. Title:   1881 England Census
Page:   Class: RG11; Piece: 3431; Folio: 58; Page: 11; GSU roll: 1341820
Source:   S-447536980
Author:   Ancestry.com and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
Publication:   Ancestry.com Operations Inc
4. Title:   England & Wales, FreeBMD Birth Index, 1837-1915
Source:   S-447536985
Author:   FreeBMD
Publication:   Ancestry.com Operations Inc
5. Title:   1891 England Census
Page:   Class: RG12; Piece: 2761; Folio: 39; Page: 8; GSU roll: 6097871
Source:   S-447536981
Author:   Ancestry.com
Publication:   Ancestry.com Operations Inc
6. Title:   England, Select Derbyshire, Church of England Parish Registers, 1538-1910
Source:   S-447536979
Author:   Ancestry.com
Publication:   Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.
7. Title:   England, Select Births and Christenings, 1538-1975
Source:   S-447536987
Author:   Ancestry.com
Publication:   Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.
8. Title:   Ancestry Family Trees
Page:   Ancestry Family Tree
Source:   S-447537027
Publication:   Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members.

Notes
a. Note:   n Gothard and Son´s coal merchants - he has his own story but that will be told in another post. Although the name sounds exotic, the family were from Chesterfield. At the age of 16 years Lorenzo was working as a plumber´s apprentice whilst still living at home with his parents and siblings. In 1868 he married Mary Ann Hoyland and in 1870 they had a daughter named Florence. On the 1871 census Lorenzo is clearly doing well for himself, he lives with his wife and 11 month old Florence at 63 Low Pavement. He has completed his apprenticeship and is now a Master Plumber. The family have the finances to spare to hire a domestic servant named Mary Ann Smith who would help around the house. All is not straight forward however with the affairs of Lorenzo Gothard as in July of 1880 he was brought up at the bankruptcy court; it seems his business was not as secure as we are led to believe through the census returns. That said and by 1881 Lorenzo had not only increased his family, but his shop premises and business had also grown considerably. Lorenzo had obviously bounced back or maybe his father John had helped him out of a difficult situation? Lorenzo and Mary Ann now have the following children; Florence 10 years, John George 8 years, Gertrude 6 years, Lorenzo 5 years, Ethel 3 years and Norah aged 1 year. The family occupied numbers 4&5 Low Pavement and employed a domestic servant named Annie Eyre. The business had now branched out to provide plumbing and glazing services and Lorenzo employed 3 men and 4 boys. Ten years on in 1891 and things have changed again for the Gothard family. There are 2 editions; Elizabeth 8 years and Wallace aged 5 years old. Mary Ann´s mother is now widowed and she is living with them, Sarah Hoyland aged 79 years. The family are living at 3 Brewery Street and Lorenzo is described as a ``traveller´´. I would expect that the phrase ``traveller´´ meant that Lorenzo worked around the country, possibly working as a plumber or maybe selling and dealing? Lorenzo´s father John died of influenza at the age of 85 years old on 19th March 1892. John had lived at Russell House, Gladstone Road, Chesterfield. Probate was granted on 10th May 1892 to Joseph Gothard coal and iron merchant and Henry Gothard coal merchant. He left 'a34066 8s 6d. Life was to take another down turn for Lorenzo as he again found himself being declared bankrupt in June of the same year. At this time he was living on Church Lane in the centre of Chesterfield town, he was trading as a plumber and commission agent. He stated that he had been in business 27 years but had ``failed twice previously´´. What became of Lorenzo after 1891? Mary Ann continued to live in Chesterfield; she is recorded on the 1901 and 1911 census returns. I have not found a death registered for a Lorenzo Gothard, other than one in 1956 for his son Lorenzo born in 1876.
Note:   http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/24863/pages/3956/page.pdf Lorenzo was the son of John and Elizabeth Gothard, born in 1844. John was a prominent member of Chesterfield society who founded Joh


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