William Chatten

  General Notes:

Baptism
First name William
Last name Chattan
Baptism date 01 Dec 1828
Parish Woodton
Diocese Norwich
Father's first name William
Mother's first name Mary Ann
Archive Norfolk Record Office
Archive reference PD 57/4
Archive year range 1813-1870
Page 35
Record set Norfolk Baptisms

Think he is shown on the 1841 census in Sandall Magna Yorkshire as below
1841 census ho107 1270-3 12 17
All these listed are in the same dwelling

This is the only family on the 1841 England census where a William & Mary with most of these children appears with the correct ages.
Unfortunately the census only says if born in the county where residing

1841 census
William Chatten age 40 not born Yorkshire Sandall Magna, Yorkshire, occ labourer
Mary Chatten age 40 not born Yorkshire Sandall Magna, Yorkshire
William Chatten age 12 not born Yorkshire Sandall Magna, Yorkshire
John Chatten age 10 not born Yorkshire Sandall Magna, Yorkshire
James Chatten age 7 not born Yorkshire Sandall Magna, Yorkshire
Eliza Chatten age 2 born Yorkshire Sandall Magna, Yorkshire
William Lavitt age 20 not born Yorkshire Sandall Magna, Yorkshire
Hannah Lavitt age 20 not born Yorkshire Sandall Magna, Yorkshire
William Lavitt age 2 born Yorkshire Sandall Magna, Yorkshire
1841 census ho107 1270-3 12 17

Sandall Magna is about 3 miles South of Wakefield and only 9 miles from Dewsbury

marriage Jun qtr 1848 Chatten William // Scholes Sarah Dewsbury 22 20

Shown as bachelor, full age in 1848 on marriage to Sarah.Scholes. Occupation shown as labourer, father shown as William Chatten, brickmaker.

1851 census
William Chatten age 24 Dewsbury, Yorkshire Lodger Dewsbury, Yorkshire, widower, occ quarry man
1851 census ho107 2324 349 20
Think that as he is a lodger his age and birthplace are not so accurate !
Think he is just widowed and his daughter Mary Ann is with sister Jane now Jane Hardcastle

marriage Jun qtr 1854 Dewsbury Chatten William // Sutcliffe Mary Jane 9b 552

William Chatten & Mary Jane Sutcliffe

1861 census Kiln? Road
William Chatten age 32 Norfolk Head Dewsbury, Yorkshire , occ stone quarryman
Mary J Chatten age 24 Dewsbury, Yorkshire wife Dewsbury, Yorkshire
Mary A Chatten age 9 Morley, Yorkshire daughter Dewsbury, Yorkshire
Louisa Chatten age 6 Dewsbury, Yorkshire daughter Dewsbury, Yorkshire
Amelia J Chatten age 4 Dewsbury, Yorkshire daughter Dewsbury, Yorkshire
Samuel Chatten age 1 Dewsbury, Yorkshire son Dewsbury, Yorkshire
1861 census rg9 3411 71 11

1871 census
William Chatten age 42 Wooton, Norfolk Head Dewsbury, Yorkshire , occ quarryman
Mary J Chatten age 34 Dewsbury, Yorkshire wife Dewsbury, Yorkshire
Louisa Chatten age 16 Dewsbury, Yorkshire daughter Dewsbury, Yorkshire , occ woollen weaver
Amelia Chatten age 14 Dewsbury, Yorkshire daughter Dewsbury, Yorkshire , occ woollen weaver
William Chatten age 6 Dewsbury, Yorkshire son Dewsbury, Yorkshire
Robert B Chatten age 1 Dewsbury, Yorkshire son Dewsbury, Yorkshire
1871 census rg10 4603 40 20
birthplace is probably Woodton, Norfolk

Shown as widower age 24 on marriage to Mary Jane Sutcliffe.
Occupation labourer. Father shown as William Chatten , brickmaker.

1881 census Springfield St, Dewsbury
William Chatten age 52 ...Ton, Norfolk Head Dewsbury Yorkshire , occ quarryman
Mary J Chatten age 45 Yorkshire wife Dewsbury Yorkshire
Amelia J Chatten age 23 Yorkshire daughter Dewsbury Yorkshire
William Chatten age 16 Yorkshire son Dewsbury Yorkshire
Robert B Chatten age 10 Yorkshire son Dewsbury Yorkshire
Albert Chatten age 7 Dewsbury, Yorkshire son Dewsbury Yorkshire
Elizabeth Chatten age 5 Dewsbury, Yorkshire daughter Dewsbury Yorkshire
1881 census rg11 4562 151 62

1891 census entry 34 Asman Square, Dewsbury
William Chatten age 62 Watton, Norfolk Head Dewsbury Yorkshire, widower, occ delver
Alfred Chatten age 18 Dewsbury, Yorkshire son Dewsbury Yorkshire, occ labourer
Elizabeth Chatten age 15 Dewsbury, Yorkshire daughter Dewsbury Yorkshire, occ housekeeper
Mary J Chatten age 4 South Shields, Durham granddaughter Dewsbury Yorkshire
1891 census rg12 3731 99 18
occ delver - Ditch digger - also a worker in a stone quarry

Deaths Jun qtr 1891 Chatten William 62 Dewsbury 9b 656

  Documentary notes:

1. Occupation: Labourer in 1848, Quarryman in 1881.

2. Marriage, 11 Jun 1848, Dewsbury, Yorkshire. ----------click picture to the right to view

3. Marriage, 11 Jun 1854, Dewsbury, Yorkshire. ----------click picture to the right to view

William married Sarah Scholes, daughter of William Scholes and Unknown, on 4 Jun 1854 in Dewsbury, Yorkshire. (Sarah Scholes was born about 1829 and died in 1850.)

William next married Mary Jane Sutcliffe on 4 Jun 1854 in Dewsbury, Yorkshire. (Mary Jane Sutcliffe was born about 1836 in Dewsbury, Yorkshire and died in 1890 in Dewsbury, Yorkshire.)