Thanks Sean
I had some of info but seems I miss a bit.
Have added more info located in past postings.
I may still have missed others, not sure.
I am also interested in full addresses in Census details given and details
in census
entries not given. Not currently able to access 1841-1901
census records directly and dont have copies of the census images
because this was not my concern when tracing Sherborne
lines in census images when I last had Census access.
regards
Michael
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From: chant-bounces(a)rootsweb.com [mailto:chant-bounces@rootsweb.com]On
Behalf Of Sean Leyland
Sent: Monday, 14 May 2007 3:16 PM
To: chant(a)rootsweb.com
Subject: Re: [CHANT] Family of Thomas Chant of Bridgewater
Michael,
There were numerous postings on this family during mid 2006.
Regards,
Sean
On 14/05/2007, at 6:18 AM, Michael Cheeseman wrote:
If anyone can add to details for census entries to the following or
more on
this family it would be much aoppreciated.
Joseph Chant of Bridgwater married Maria Criddle ? 1834 at Bridgwater,
Somerset.
1881 census:
Joseph CHANT Head M Male 72 Stoke Sub Ham, Somerset, England
Miller & Corn Merchant Employing 1 Man
Maria CHANT Wife M Female 69 Bridgwater, Somerset, England
George W. KIDNER Son In Law W Male 45 Creech St Michael, Somerset,
England Miller & Corn Dealer
Frederick G. KIDNER G Son Male 16 Bridgwater, Somerset, England
Learning Above Trade (Corndealer & Miller)
William J. KIDNER G Son Male 11 Bridgwater, Somerset, England
Scholar
Grace ELLARD Serv U Female 17 Minehead, Somerset, England Gen
Serv
Dwelling 1 Monmouth Street
Census Place Bridgewater, Somerset, England
By 1901 they all seem to have gone apart from Frederick and William who look
as if they have inherited the mill. William appears to have a son Henry but
I
could not find a wife.
Joseph Chant b c 1809 d age 78 (Mar Qtr 1887 Bridgewater 5c 315)
Maria Chant b c 1811 d age 76 (Dec 1887 Bridgewater 5c 527)
Anyone know of this couple in the 1841-1881 Census entries.
children 1834-1837 unknown at present
1 Earland John Chant b pre 1837 (1836-
Ann Squibbs b. Sep Qtr 1838 Bridgewater, Volume 10, Page 315
Earland John to Ann Squibbs Jun Qtr 1862 Bridgewater 5c 709
1851 Census in Bridgewater:
Page 27
92 Eastover
SQUIBBS Robert 44 Baker Bridgewater, Som.
Amelia 44 Bridgewater, Som.
Ann 12 Bridgewater, Som.
Henry 10 Scholar Bridgewater, Som.
Robert 8 Scholar Bridgewater, Som.
Abraham 6 Scholar Bridgewater, Som.
LANGDON Sarah Wifes Mother Widow/er 78 Bridgewater, Som.
Eliza Niece 22 Bridgewater, Som.
Wills posted by Linda Collie 2002
Erland John Chant of Bridgewater, Som, builder, died 8/4/1869, left L200,
Ex's were Ann his wife (he died in Middsx)
Deaths Mar 1881
Chant Ann 42 Bridgwater 5c 309
Amelia Squibbs died Dec Qtr 1895, aged 90 (Bridgewater, Volume 5c,
page
250).
a) Charles Thomas Chant b Sep Qtr 1867 Bridgewater 5c 414
Charles Thomas Chant to Kate Bessie Palmer Jun Qtr 1889
Bridgewater 5c
595
1881 census 89 Wellington Road, Bridgewater Somerset
Amelia SQUIBBS Head W Female 75 Bridgwater, Somerset, England
Charles F. CHANT G Son Male 13 Scholar Bridgwater, Somerset,
England
Sarah Maria JEFFERY Lodger U Female 43 Somerset, England
1891 census:
Charles Chant, head 23, post office clerk, born Bridgewater
Kate Chant, wife aged 23, born Bridgewater
Edward Chant, son aged 1, born Bridgewater
1901 Census Bridgwater Somerset:
Charles Chant 33 Civil Service Post Office Clerk Bridgwater Somerset
Bessie Chant 33 Bridgwater Somerset
Edward Chant 10 Bridgwater Somerset
Charles Chant 9 Bridgwater Somerset
Mildred Chant 5 Bridgwater Somerset
1920 US census states that Charles settled there during 1911. He was
living at Lake County, Indiana with wife Edna aged 26 born Indiana, and
daughter Edna Ruth aged 1 and a half. She was born in nearby Michigan.
They are again listed on the 1930 US census at Whiting City, Lake,
Indiana. Charles working at an oil refinery. Anyone who knows this part
of the world would know it was and still is the oil refinery capital of
world. Not the most beautiful place going around. My apologies in
advance to anyone who loves the place ! Again the 1930 census states
that Charles settled in the USA during 1911, although I have not been
able to find an exact departure date. He does not show up on Ellis
Island.
It would seem that Edna Ruth was the only child, meaning the name might
well have died out in the States in this line.
2 Charles Chant b pre 1837
Charles Chant to ?Elizabeth Pearce or Jane Warren Sep 1863 5c 710
3 Elizabeth Chant b Dec Qtr 1837 Bridgewater 10 274
George Kidner b Sep Qtr 1839 Bridgewater 10 315
Elizabeth Chant to George W Kidner Jun Qtr 1862 Bridgewater 5c 708
Wills posted by Linda Collie 2002
Elizabeth Kidner nee Chant wife of George Kidner of Bridgewater, died
6/8/1880, left L200.
Possibly other children born /died 1862-1871
a) Frederick George Kidner b. Mar qtr 1865 Bridgewater 5c 500
b) Emily Maria Kidner b. Mar qtr 1865 Bridgewater 5c 500
c) William John Kidner b. Sep Qtr 1869 Bridgewater 5c 419
This William had a son Henry Kidner?
Kidner family would need to be explored here as name abundant at
Bridgewater
4 Henry Chant b Sep 1839 Bridgewater 10 299
Henry Chant to Jane Mogridge or Sarah Sexton ? Dec 1862
Bridgewater 5c 727
On the 1881 census there is the following for Henry and his family:
Henry CHANT Head M Male 41 Bridgwater, Somerset, England Saw
Mill Proprietor Employing 4 Men & 3 Boys
Jane CHANT Wife M Female 41 Nether Stowey, Somerset,
England
Alfred CHANT Son U Male 17 Bridgwater, Somerset,
England Accountant
Ernest CHANT Son Male 12 Bridgwater, Somerset,
England Scholar
Francis CHANT Son Male 8 Bridgwater, Somerset,
England Scholar
Ada WILSHER Serv U Female 16 Bridgwater, Somerset, England General
Servant Domestic
Dwelling 5 Church St
Census Place Bridgwater, Somerset, England
On the 1891 census the family are still at Church Street, Bridgwater
Jane Chant, wife, married aged 51
Ernest Chant, son aged 22, watchmaker
Frances Chant, son aged 18, architect's assistant.
Henry was visiting London at the time of the census:
He is listed at Lawrence Rd, Brixton at the house of Samuel Roddick, a
54 yr old Church Chapel Keeper, born at Radstock, Somerset. There were
some other 5 visitors that night, all born in Somerset. So it would seem
there was a little colony of Somerset in Brixton. Henry Chant is still
listed as a sawmill owner by 1891. He may well have in London on
business.
The eldest son Alfred Chant, is also living on Church Street,
Bridgwater, by now married:
Alfred Chant, Head aged 28, sawyer, born Bridgwater,
Anne Chant, wife aged 31, born Bridgwater
Ernest H Chant, son aged 1, born Bridgwater
Marriages June 1894
Chant Ernest Bridgwater 5c600
Wyatt Kate Margaret Bridgwater 5c600
1901
census there with his family:
Ernest Chant, Head aged 32, watchmaker, born Bridgewater, Somerset
Kate Chant, wife aged 33, born Kings Lynn, Norfolk
Vivian Chant, son aged 5, born Burnham
Gladys Chant, daughter aged 4 born Burnham
Vivian Chant, a Canadian who was KIA during
WW1:
Name:CHANT, VIVIAN
Nationality:Canadian
Rank:Private
Regiment:Canadian Infantry (British Columbia Regt.)
Unit Text:72nd Bn.
Age:21
Date of Death:03/04/1917
Service No:129677
Additional information:Son of Ernest Chant, of 2,512, Main St.,
Vancouver, British Columbia. Native of Burnham-on-Sea, Somerset, England.
Casualty Type:Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference:I. G. 54.
Cemetery:BARLIN COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION
Elllis Island New York arrivals
Francis H Chant from Bridgewater, England in 1923 aged 49
5 Louisa Chant b Dec 1841 Bridgewater 10 330
d Dec 1849 Bridgewater 10 282
6 Thomas Chant b Jun Qtr 1844 Bridgwater 10 341
Thomas Chant married Laura Ormiston Dibben in Sep qtr 1877
Dorking 2a 222.
a) Emeline O Chant born Lowestoft, Suffolk 1879
b) Ethel O Chant born Kingsclere, Hamps 1881
c) Thomas C O Chant b. June Qtr 1882 Hampstead 1a 6321882
1881 Census
208 Adelaide Road, London, Middlesex, England
Thomas CHANT Head M Male 37
Bridgewater, Somerset, England Member R C Surgeons
Laura D.
CHANT Wife M Female
32
Chepstow, Monmouth, England
"Emmelene L. CHANT Daughter U
Female
2 Lowestoft, Suffolk, England
Ethel C. CHANT Daughter U
Female 8
m Kingsclere, Hampshire, England
Emily M. RIDNOR Niece U
Female 16
Bridgewater, Somerset, England Scholar
Sarah COPPINGS Servant U
Female
34 St Pancras, Middlesex, England General Servant
Amelia
BLACK Servant U
Female 19
Carnoustie ?, Forfar, Scotland Nurse Maid
Elllis Island New York arrivals
Larsia Ormiston Chant from London in 1893 aged 44
Emmerline Ormiston Chant from London in 1893 aged 15
Thomas Clement Ormiston Chant born Hampstead, London son of Thomas
Chant of
Bridgewater and wife Laura Ormiston Dibben is listed on the 1901
census aged
19 living at:
Gower Street, Bloomsbury with his parents, Thomas Snr working as a
medical
practitioner and 3 siblings. It is difficult to read what
occupation Thomas
Jnr was involved in as the entry has been crossed out and
corrected, however
it
appears to be either mechanical? Or medical?...perhaps the latter
given his
It is also clear that all the children were given Ormiston as a
middle name.
They must have been an interesting, prosperous family for the
times. The
daughters were art students and the eldest a "singer".
marriage entries for :
Thomas Clement O Chant to Dorothy Gye Dec Qtr 1906 Kensington 1a 238
d) Olive O Chant born Hampstead 1885
7 Robert Chant b Sep Qtr 1846 Bridgewater 10 312
8 Maria Chant b Jun Qtr 1848 Bridgewater 10 371
d Dec Qtr 1849 Bridgewater 10 279
regards
Michael Cheeseman
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