Hello John
No other background. It was a straight transcription from the marriages
records
in the Procincial Archives in Toronto, Canada. Just like transcriptions
taken from
Parish registers. I keep hearing about Vera Kitson's research but am yet to
see it.
I note from the marriage age Mary W Chant was born 1855/6 not 1852
Her parents were William & ?Elizabeth Chant could this be Mary J Chant?
With the name Mary being very common caution is needed here.
What can you tell me about William Chant and Eliza Slade and children
Joseph William, Mary Jane, George William, Hannah and John William?
here is another marriage entry.
William CHANT, 22 yrs, bachelor, boilermaker, born Canada, parents Adam &
May Chant, married Sarah? Revina GIBSON, 18 yrs, spinster, born Canada,
parents Thomas & ?Eliza Gibson;
Marriage 25th April, 1881 at St. Thomas, County of Elgin, Ontario. Both are
Methodist;
Witnesses: Eliza Gibson; Rebecca? Hooper?.
regards
Michael Cheeseman
-------Original Message-------
From: CHANT-L(a)rootsweb.com
Date: Monday, 29 July 2002 05:22:16 AM
To: CHANT-L(a)rootsweb.com
Subject: Re: [CHANT] Chant marriage in Canada
Hello Michael
Here are two lines crossing through Mary's first husband.
What I have is slightly different from your correspondent:
Mary Jane Chant 1852 Middle Chinnock - 1936 Bastard Township, Leeds County,
Ontario, daughter of William Chant c 1831 West Chinnock - 1860 West Chinnock
and Eliza nee Slade c 1828 - 1904 Harlem, Leeds County, Ontario
married
Thomas Watts 1817 West Chinnock - 1880 Bastard Township, Delta, Leeds,
Ontario.
After his death she married Mortimer Emmons.
Despite this name differences I think it must be the same couple.
Mary Jane and her kin I have in the Thomas and Mary Virgin line.
The crossover comes with Thomas Watts. He had first married Rebecca Chant
1816 West Chinnock - 1863 Bastard Township, Delta, Leeds County, Ontario,
daughter of Joseph Chant c 1768 West Chinnock -1844 West Chinnock and Hannah
nee Gard c 1773 Chiselborough -1832 West Chinnock (who married at
Chiselborough 4 11 1809) and that is my line to Robert 1700. He had actually
travelled back to Somerset to get his new bride.
A lot of this information has been given to me by Canadian researcher Vera
Kitson, who, naturally, likes her efforts acknowledged. Vera hasn't joined
the list yet as she is busy with her second book: her first was about her
great grandfather Mark Chant and wife Louisa Pattemore.
Is there any more background which has been supplied by your enquirer? It
would be interesting to know where Mary Jane (or W) and Mortimer (or Morton
Craig) Emmons are buried. Vera likes to do a thorough research job and would
be very keen to see if she could find out what the tombstone states.
Regards,
John
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