Hello Michael
I don't recognise the family of Adam and May Chant as parents of your William
in Canada. I have four Adams listed but none is even a likely contender.
William Chant chr 3 7 1831 West Chinnock died there 12 10 1860
married 10 6 1851 Yeovil, Somerset
Eliza Slade born abt Dec 1828 Somerset and died 9 2 1904, Harlem, Leeds,
Ontario
begat
Joseph William 19 9 1851 West Chinnock. Married Emily Hallett November 1872
Broadway Dorset
Mary Jane details previous posting
George William 1854 West Chinnock died in infancy
Hannah 1857 West Chinnock married Sidney Lawson
John William 2 4 1859 West Chinnock married first Lilias Gilmour and then
Jessie M Gourlay
It might seem strange but evidently all three sons had William as a second
forename.
Joseph and Emily begat
Julia Ann 1873 Bastard Township
Emily
Louisa
Rose Vera
I have no dates for the other daughters. With all daughters you might think
that the Chant name dies out in this line but Julia was one of those ladies
who did not change her name when she married. This was 1891, Athens, Leeds,
Ontario to
John Levi Chant born 26 1 1868 Beaminster, Dorset son of Levi Chant 1828 West
Chinnock to 1874 and Joanna Salway born 1820 West Chinnock (married there 13
11 1862).
Once again most of this is Vera Kitson's research, partly in Canada and
partly from a visit paid to West Chinnock.
Regards,
John