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.
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 John Earland Chant b pre 1837
Ann Squibbs b. Sep Qtr 1838 Bridgewater, Volume 10, Page 315
John Earland 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.
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
Bridgwater
Bessie Chant 33 Bridgwater Somerset
Edward Chant 10 Bridgwater Somerset
Charles Chant 9 Bridgwater Somerset
Mildred Chant 5 Bridgwater Somerset
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
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
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
HYPERLINK
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DE=1881BR_185148_0&frompage=5"Thomas CHANT Head M Male 37
Bridgewater, Somerset, England Member R C Surgeons
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"http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Search/census/individual_record.asp?INDI_CO
DE=1881BR_185148_1&frompage=5"Laura D. CHANT Wife M Female 32
Chepstow, Monmouth, England
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DE=1881BR_185148_2&frompage=5"Emmelene L. CHANT Daughter U Female
2 Lowestoft, Suffolk, England
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DE=1881BR_185148_3&frompage=5"Ethel C. CHANT Daughter U Female 8
m Kingsclere, Hampshire, England
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"http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Search/census/individual_record.asp?INDI_CO
DE=1881BR_185148_4&frompage=5"Emily M. RIDNOR Niece U Female 16
Bridgewater, Somerset, England Scholar
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"http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Search/census/individual_record.asp?INDI_CO
DE=1881BR_185148_5&frompage=5"Sarah COPPINGS Servant U Female
34 St Pancras, Middlesex, England General Servant
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"http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Search/census/individual_record.asp?INDI_CO
DE=1881BR_185148_6&frompage=5"Amelia BLACK Servant U Female 19
Carnoustie ?, Forfar, Scotland Nurse Maid
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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