James Chatten

  General Notes:

There is no James Chatten registered on births 1879-81 in Borough Bridge wich is part of Great Ouseburn registration district


is this baptism connected?

First name James
Last name Bailey
Baptism date 07 Mar 1880
Baptism place Kirby on the Moor ,which is just outside Borough Bridge
Denomination Anglican
Father's first name James
Mother's first name Jane
County Yorkshire (North Riding)
Archive North Yorkshire County Record Office
Archive reference PR/KM 1/9
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1891 census in Newton Upon Rawcliffe, Yorkshire age 11
Bridget Chatten age 42 married Newton Upon Rawcliffe, Yorkshire Head
James Chatten age 11 Borough Bridge, Yorkshire son
Maria Chatten age 9 Borough Bridge, Yorkshire daughter
Sarah J Chatten age 4 Castleford, Yorkshire daughter
Ellen T Chatten age 3 Nuneaton, Warwickshire daughter
1891 census rg12 3989 125 5

not yet found on birth indexes 1879-1881 as James Chatten

although he is shown on the census as James Chatten he is born before James Chatten snr's marriage to Bridget Watson, so who are his parents

is this him as no James Chatten born abt 1881 Bradford is known
1901 census The Barracks, Christ Church East, Hampshire
Name Relation to Head Age Gender Birth Place
James Chatten Soldier 20 Male Bradford, Yorkshire

Marriages Mar 1909 Chatten James // Jones Harriet Ann Rotherham 9c 758

shown on marriage as age 23 bachelor occ Grocer father James Chatten deceased

so these details gives dob as abt 1886 but think he is the same James as in the 1891 census

Published: Tuesday 20 April 1909
Newspaper: Sheffield Daily Telegraph

ROTHERHAM GIRL'S MARRIAGE The Brunette and Her Rival. At Sleaford, yesterday, James Chatten, grocer, summoned his wife, Harriet Ann Chatten, for desertion. Mr. Piper, Sleaford, appeared for complainant, and Mr. Gane, Boston, for defendant.

no later marriage or death entry found

James married Harriet Ann Jones, daughter of John Jones and Unknown, on 12 Jan 1909 in Eastwood, St Stephens, Rotherham, Yorkshire. (Harriet Ann Jones was born circa 1886 in Rotherham, Yorkshire.)