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Hello Dale
I have been studying the CHANDLER name for several years. From my records, I can help you
as follows:
Holbeach is not in Leicestershire, it is in Lincolnshire.
However, Noah's mother Mary WAS born in Leicestershire (at Gadsby), but that was in
1813 not 1818.
Their first child John W was also born in Leicestershire, at Melton Mowbray.
The family then moved to Lincolnshire, where the birth of Eliza (not Elizabeth) was
registered at Holbeach in the first quarter of 1841 and a Noah was registered at Holbeach
in the second quarter of 1842.
There is no record of a Jonah birth, anywhere.
The births of Esau (not Essau) and Jacob in second quarter 1848, Charlotte in fourth
quarter 1850 and Charles in fourth quarter 1853, were all registered at Boston,
Lincolnshire.
In the 1851 Census, the family was living in Spilsby Road, Skirbeck, Lincolnshire.
William's trade was Miller and Retailer of Beer. Noah was not present. And here is
the mystery - the only Noah I can find of suitable age in the 1851 Census is spelled Noa,
aged 7, living with his parents James and Elizabeth CHANTLER (not CHANDLER!) and siblings
in Speldhurst, Kent, where it is said that he was born. To add to the mystery, there is a
Jonathan (not Jonah) CHANDLER aged 6 (so born in 1844 as you said Jonah was) also in
Speldhurst but in another residence, living with his parents Jonathan and Frances CHANDLER
and siblings.
Jonathan is 43, James is 46 and William is 40 in 1851, so they could be brothers.
I will be glad to try to help you sort out these puzzles, but at this point, I have to ask
you - what is the source of your information? Also, please let me know in what area you
live (so I know what records you have access to) and what your relationship is to these
CHANDLERs. You can reply to me directly by e-mailing dchandler(a)sunwave.net
Best wishes for now
Dick Chandler in Salmon Arm, British Columbia, Canada