James Chatten

  General Notes:

link to parents is best guess as no town of birth is shown on any census entry
Sweffling is near Rendham


Marriages Sep qtr 1869
Chatten James Chelsea 1a 414
Leach Sophia Chelsea 1a 414
Shown on 1869 marriage to Sophia as age 49 widower Livery stable keeper so dob is abt 1820
Father given as James Chatten deceased, occ bailiff
see marriage certificate


1881 census 51 Pavilion Rd, Chelsea
James Chatten age 61 Suffolk Head Chelsea London, occ Marine Store
Sophia Chatten age 44 Westr, Middlesex wife Chelsea London
Henry Chatten age 16 Chelsea, Middlesex son Chelsea London
Emma Chatten age 10 Chelsea, Middlesex daughter Chelsea London
William Chatten age 8 Chelsea, Middlesex son Chelsea London
1881 census rg11 85 24 42

MARINE STORE DEALER

A licensed broker (N. England and Scotland) (i) buys and sells used cordage, bunting, rags, timber, metal and other general waste materials; usually sorts waste, when purchased, by kind, grade, etc; repairs and mends sacks, etc., or employs workers for these purposes; (ii) in Scotland, a Ship Candler.


Shown on 1871 census as age 52, cab proprietor / cab driver in Chelsea, address Pavillian Road
James Chatton age 52 Suffolk Head Chelsea London
Sophia Chatton age 37 Westmr wife Chelsea London
Thomas Chatton age 9 Chelsea, Middlesex son Chelsea London
Henry Chatton age 7 Chelsea, Middlesex son Chelsea London
Sophia Chatton age 4m Chelsea, Middlesex daughter Chelsea London
1871 census sheet rg10 87 30 48

not yet found on 1861 census

possible 1851 census entry
James Chatten age 31 Suffolk lodger Westminster St John the Evangelist Middlesex occ cabman
not married
1851 census sheet ho107 1479 89 5

possible 1841 census entry
James Chattin age 20 not born Middlesex Chelsea Middlesex
1841 census sheet HO107/687/4 6 7

Deaths Dec qtr 1886 Chatten James 66 Chelsea 1a 237

summary from James' will dated 7Oct1886

Funds to provide trust fund income for wife and rest to be divided by
'my son James my natural son Henry Leach otherwise Chatten my daur Eliza and my son William'

  Birth Source:

Just Suffolk in 1881 census

  Christening source:

IGI

  Documentary notes:

• Listed on 1881 census: Listed on 1881 census.

• Occupation: Livery stable keeper in 1869, Marine store in Chelsea , London in 1881 census.

• Marriage, 22 Aug 1869, Chelsea, London. ----------click picture to the right to view

• Death, 11 Oct 1886, Chelsea, Pavillion Road. ----------click picture to the right to view

James married Unknown.

James next married Sophia Leach, daughter of James Leach and Unknown, on 22 Aug 1869 in St Luke, Chelsea, London. (Sophia Leach was born about 1837 in Westminster, London.)

  Marriage Source:

Marriage Cert