John Thomas Chatten

  General Notes:

Births Mar qtr 1885 Chatten John Thomas Norwich 4b 173

First name John Thomas
Last name Chatten
Birth date 03 Jan 1885
Baptism date 22 Nov 1885
Parish Norwich, St Peter Mancroft
Diocese Norwich
Father's first name John Thomas
Mother's first name Eliza
County Norfolk
Archive Norfolk Record Office

1891 census 21 Hudson Bdgs
John Chattan age 36 Norwich, Norfolk Head St Peter Mancroft Norfolk, occ shoemaker
Eliza Chattan age 32 Eton, Norfolk wife St Peter Mancroft Norfolk, occ charwoman
Eliza Chattan age 13 Norwich, Norfolk daughter St Peter Mancroft Norfolk
Alice Chattan age 11 Norwich, Norfolk daughter St Peter Mancroft Norfolk
Beatrice Chattan age 9 Norwich, Norfolk daughter St Peter Mancroft Norfolk
John Chattan age 7 Norwich, Norfolk son St Peter Mancroft Norfolk
Sandall Chattan age 4 Norwich, Norfolk son St Peter Mancroft Norfolk
Nellie Chattan age 2 Norwich, Norfolk daughter St Peter Mancroft Norfolk
1891 census rg12 1527 110 17

1901 census Hudson Buildings
John Chatten age 46 Norwich, Norfolk Head Norwich Norfolk, widower, occ gardeners labourer
Beatrice Chatten age 19 Norwich, Norfolk daughter Norwich Norfolk, unmarried, occ chemists assistant
John Chatten age 16 Norwich, Norfolk son Norwich Norfolk, occ grocers porter
Sandell Chatten age 14 Norwich, Norfolk son Norwich Norfolk
Ellen Chatten age 12 Norwich, Norfolk daughter Norwich Norfolk
Henry Chatten age 8 Norwich, Norfolk son Norwich Norfolk
Walter Chatten age 5 Norwich, Norfolk son Norwich Norfolk
Ernest Chatten age 3 Norwich, Norfolk son Norwich Norfolk
Lilly Chatten age 1 Norwich, Norfolk daughter Norwich Norfolk
1901 census rg13 1848 63 32


Shown on 1911 census in the army in Farnborough as
John Chatten single rank private Norfolk Regiment born Norfolk Norwich

Reference RG14 PN6263 RD109 SD2 ED13 SN9999
Address: Marlborough Lines Aldershot

marriages Dec qtr 1916 Chatten John T // Felstead Ellen Forehoe 4b 399

1921 Census Silfield, Wymondham, Wymondham, Norfolk
First name Last name Relationship to head Sex Age Birth place Occupation Employer
John Thomas Chatten Head Male 36 Norwich, Norfolk Wireman Post Office Telegraph Sectional Engineer P Office Norwich
Ellen Chatten Wife Female 36 Wymondham, Norfolk Household Duties -
Alfred Jones Palmer Felstead Step-son Male 10 Wymondham, Norfolk - -
Elsie Ellen May Chatten Daughter Female 4 Wymondham, Norfolk - -
John Thomas Chatten Son Male 1 Wymondham, Norfolk - -


1939 register Household 5 People 6 Buxton Villas , North Walsham U.D. DOB wrong
First name Last name DOB Sex Occupation Marital status
John Thomas Chatten 04 Jan 1884 Male Foreman G P O Engineer Dept Married
Ellen Chatten 28 Dec 1883 Female Unpaid Domestic Duties Married
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Served in the Norfolk Regiment in the Great War. Promoted to Sergeant.
Worked for GPO Telecommunications for most of his working life after the war.
Introduced his son Cyril to the GPO as an apprenctice.
Date of death taken from grave in North Walsham Cemetery

deaths Sep qtr 1960 Chatten John T 75 Norwich Outer 4b 575

  Documentary notes:

1. Listed on 1901 census: Listed on 1901 census.

2. Birth, 4 Jan 1885, Heigham, Norfolk. ----------click picture to the right to view

John married Ellen Elizabeth Felstead in 1916 in Forehoe district, Norfolk. (Ellen Elizabeth Felstead was born in 1884 in Wymondham, Norfolk, died in 1959 in North Walsham , Norfolk and was buried in North Walsham , Norfolk.)