Chislehurst Parish Baptism Lookup

[fishweb]

Hi, I am hoping someone might be able to lookup a baptism for me.

These are the details I have found on the Familysearch web site.

Walter George Chandler baptised 12th Oct 1851 Mother Ann , at Chislehurst Kent .

Many Thanks

[CaroleW]

As he was illegitimate, the original record will tell you very little else apart from possibly an address for Ann at the time of baptism and possible reference to her single status

[fishweb]

Hi CaroleW,

Thanks for the reply.

This person is my brickwall. I have searched for the last couple of years to find a birth registration for him.

On censuses his birth was down as Middlesex and Swindon, born c1851-1852.

His parents married in 1849 in Paddington but travelled and were never together on a census.

I still haven't found his Mother in 1851 another brickwall Ann Chandler born 1833 in Cirencester.

Best Regards

Cathy

[Chris Doran]

As CaroleW guessed, the only additional information in the baptismal register is confirmation that Ann was a Singlewoman and her address: Kemnal, Chislehurst. Kemnal is between Chislehurst and Sidcup. Baptised on the same day was Edmund, son of Adolphus Frederick and Charlotte Amelia Slade of Kemnal Manor (Ancestry has them as Adolphine and Charolotte). I had hoped to find Ann somewhere in or nearby their huge household at HO107; Piece: 1606; Folio: 505; Page: 57, but I can't see her. Maybe at the time of the birth Ann was staying with a relative whose name Cathy will recognise, but that's a long shot.

[fishweb]

Hi Chris,

Many thanks for providing this information for me. It has eliminated this Ann from my research and the quest carrys on.

I have been trailing the records again since CaroleW replied to my request and have found a Ann Challenger (could this have sounded as such with her accent) in 1851 born around the correct time , born Gloucestershire and  living at St George Hanover Square H0107 Piece 1476 Folio 213 Page 6. Although she is shown as single her husband was in Windsor Barracks and was also shown as single, suggesting maybe he hadn't had permission to marry?

I have also found on FreeBMD a registration for a Walter George Callender March Qtr 1851 in Marylebone and wonder if this might be my Walter.


So back to the drawing board.

Best Regards

Cathy