William Harry Chatten (Chatten-Berry)

  General Notes:

births Dec qtr 1909 Chatten William Harry Plomesgate 4a 1036 ?

born 9Oct1909 Snape Suffolk , mother Lily Ada Elfreda Chatten

shown on 1911 census age 1 grandson of George Chatten & Alice Olding

1911 Census completed by head of family
Name Relationship Status Years Married age Occupation Birthplace
George Chatten Junr Husband Married age 47 Malsters Labourer Snape Suffolk
Alice Chatten Wife Married 26 age 47 Benhall Suffolk
Edith Maud Chatten Daughter age 13 At School Snape Suffolk
Philis Gladys Chatten Daughter age 10 At School Snape Suffolk
Frederic George Chatten Son age 8 At School Snape Suffolk
Herbert Henry Charles Chatten Son age 4 Snape Suffolk
William Harry Chatten Grand Son age 1 Snape Suffolk

Shown as having 9 children born alive 8 still living
Address No 2 Church Road Snape Saxmundham Suffolk
Rooms 5 rooms
Signature George Chatten Junior

1921 Census Wingfield Chantry, Saxmundham, Suffolk
First name Last name Relationship to head Sex Age Birth place Occupation Employer
William H G Berry Head Male 39 Snape, Suffolk Farmers Labourer James Snell, Timber Merchant
Lily A E Berry Wife Female 30 Snape, Suffolk Household Duties -
William H Berry Son Male 11 Snape, Suffolk - -
Robert Emmerden Berry Father Male 66 Snape, Suffolk Malster Benm Rowe, Malster

later becomes
William Harrry Chatten Berry

marriage entry indexed as Berry not Chatten-Berry
marriage Dec qtr 1937 Berry William H C // Flegg Hilda Blyth 4a 2987
Hilda Flegg

26 Dec1937 Yoxford , St Peters
William Harry Chatten Berry age 28 father William Horace Berry
Hilda May Flegg age 23 father William Flegg


After his marriage he hyphenates his surname to Chatten-Berry and their children are Chatten-Berry, children's birth entries give mother's maiden name as Flegg

on the 1939 register as Berry-Chatten with wife Hilda, child & parents

1939 register Household 5 People Wingfield Chantry , Saxmundham U.D.
First name Last name DOB Sex Occupation Marital status
Horace William Geo Berry 08 Aug 1880 Male Road Man Labourer Married
Lily Ada Elfreda Berry 24 Dec 1891 Female Unpaid Domestic Duties Married
William H Berry-Chatten 09 Oct 1909 Male Roadman Labourer Married
Hilda May Berry-Chatten 21 Oct 1914 Female Unpaid Domestic Duties Married
closed record

First name William Harry
Last name Berry-Chatten
Attestation year 1940
Service number 1715817
Former service number -
Record set Royal Artillery Attestations 1883-1942

death Mar qtr 1976 Chatten-berry William Harry 9Oct1909 Ipswich 10 3263
death Dec qtr 1979 Chatten-berry Hilda May 21Oct1914 Ipswich 10 2452

Note William Harry Chatten-berry's dob in his death entry is the same as William Harry Chatten's birth

  Documentary notes:

1. Birth, 9 Oct 1909, Snape, Suffolk.

2. Marriage, 28 Dec 1937, Yoxford, Suffolk.

William married Hilda May Flegg in 1937 in Yoxford, Suffolk. (Hilda May Flegg was born in 1914 in Blything District, Suffolk and died in 1979 in Ipswich, Suffolk.)