James Chatten

  General Notes:

This is probably the same person as James Chatten b 1852 Brompton , son of James Chatten & Georgiana Tipper

no entry found on birth indexes 1851-1852 Suffolk
Yoxford was in Blything, Suffolk registration district

1891 census 52 Milton Road, Millbrook, Fitzhugh, Southampton
James Chatten age 39 Yoxford, Suffolk Head Millbrook Hampshire, occ Printers assistant Ordance survey
Jane Chatten age 34 Broadchalke, Wiltshire wife Millbrook Hampshire
1891 census rg12 927 31 13

James Chatten born abt 1852 in Yoxford not yet found on other census, but does show on army records

from army records
shown on army records as enlisting in army 22 Sep 1869 age 18 in Westminster
birthplace shown as Yoxford, near Ipswich, Suffolk
1st Royal East Middlesex Militia
next of kin shown as
father James Chatten - crossed through
wife Jane Chatten added
married 16 June 1877 Portsea registry office
service from 22 Sep 1869 - 20 Aug 1889 total 19 years 320 days
service in England , India , England, Ashantee, England , Malta , England

from army service record this James is out of the country for 1871 and 1881 census

on brother Henry's army record it states in 1883 ?
"One brother (older) James in Army Hospital Corps"
Army Hospital Corps = A H C on marriage

so the marriage shown in army records is
Marriages Jun qtr 1877 Chatten James Harry // Blanchard Jane Portsea 2b 840

from marriage details
16 Jun1877 Portsea register office
James Harry Chatten age 27 bachelor, Sergeant A H C, residence Station Hospital, Portsea
father shown as James Chatten , Cab Proprietor
Jane Blanchard age 21 spinster Elphinstone Road, father John Blanchard, deceased, occupation labourer

1901 census 7 Bevois Hill , Portswood Road, Portswood, Southampton
Emily Simmonds age 54 Frome, Somerset Head Portswood, Hampshire, wid
Jetty Simmonds age 24 Southampton, Hampshire Daughter Portswood, Hampshire
Florence Simmonds age 12 Southampton, Hampshire granddaughter Portswood, Hampshire
James Chatten age 49 Brompton, London Boarder Portswood, Hampshire, married, occ hotel valuer
William Munday age 25 Basingstoke, Hampshire Boarder Portswood, Hampshire
1901 census rg13 1068 134 24

shown as married but no spouse present

First name JAMES W J
Last name CHATTEN
Death Dec qtr 1910
Age 59
District Southampton
Volume 2C
Page 28

from death certificate
21 Dec 1910 Royal South Hant & Southampton Hospital
James William John Chatten age 59
An army pensioner late of 24 Palmerstone Road, Southampton
no family member name on certificate

  Documentary notes:

1. Marriage, 16 Jun 1877, Portsea, Hampshire. ----------click picture to the right to view

2. Army discharge record: page 1. ----------click picture to the right to view

3. Army discharge record: page 7. ----------click picture to the right to view

4. Army discharge record: page 9. ----------click picture to the right to view

5. Army discharge record: page 11. ----------click picture to the right to view

James married Jane Blanchard on 16 Jun 1877 in Portsea, Hampshire, Registry Office. (Jane Blanchard was born circa 1857 in Broadchalke, Wiltshire.)