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Somerset / Re: Village of Keinton Mandeville, Somerset
« on: Friday 21 October 05 00:35 BST (UK) »
The commercial ventures of Elijah Chalker may confirm a family history that I heard , probably third hand, many years ago.
My great grandmother was Charlotte Chalker, born 12 March 1842 and the youngest of the family, I believe. The story is that she was the daughter of the village postmaster and eloped with her husband to be by means of a horse and cart (what else?). She married Frederick Seward, also Keinton born, on Christmas Day 1868 when she would have been 26 years old. They then moved to Frome, where they raised a family of six girls and two boys.
One of her daughters, Margaret, was given the second name Chalker.
Charlotte died in Frome 6 May 1913.
I would be interested in learning anything about the Seward family in Keinton and in particular the origin of Joseph Seward, father of Frederick.
My great grandmother was Charlotte Chalker, born 12 March 1842 and the youngest of the family, I believe. The story is that she was the daughter of the village postmaster and eloped with her husband to be by means of a horse and cart (what else?). She married Frederick Seward, also Keinton born, on Christmas Day 1868 when she would have been 26 years old. They then moved to Frome, where they raised a family of six girls and two boys.
One of her daughters, Margaret, was given the second name Chalker.
Charlotte died in Frome 6 May 1913.
I would be interested in learning anything about the Seward family in Keinton and in particular the origin of Joseph Seward, father of Frederick.