Birth: April-June Bramshott, Hampshire, UK
Father: William Chalcraft1814-1884
Mother: Ann Hoar 1815-1897
Christening: 10 June 1842 Bramshott, Hampshire, UK
Marriage: 30 September 1863 Bramshott, Hampshire, UK
Husband: George Haw (Hair, Hale) Seward 1835-1909
Death: April-June 1885 Wandsworth, Surrey, UK
George Ernest Seward 1865-a1881
Edith Mary Seward [Hatch] 1866-1957
Flora Mildred Seward [Jepson] 1868-1909
Helena Annie Seward 1870-1885
Douglas Leslie Seward 1881-a1901
Birth of Ann Chalcraft in FreeBMD in April-June 1842 in Farnham (4 140) which included Bramshott until 1847.
Christening of Ann Chalcraft in the IGI on 10 June 1842 in Bramshot, Hampshire, parents William and Ann Chalcraft.
There is similar information in the Ancestral File adding her mother's maiden name as Hoar.
In the 1851 census as Ann Chalcraft aged 9, born in Bramshott, Hampshire, and living with her parents (William and Ann), three sisters (Elizabeth, Emma and Maria), brother (William H), a nurse (Ellen Curtis aged 21 and born in Bramshott), three house servants (Ann Denyer aged 24 and born in Lynch, Sussex, Harriet Ellis aged 22 and born in Hascomb, Surrey and Mary Smith aged 15 and born in Headley, Hampshire), two farm labourers (Edward Gosden aged 30 and born in Trotton, Sussex and John Bramble aged 24 and born in Headley, Hampshire) and a farmers boy (Matthew Cole aged 18 and born in Bramshott) at Bramshott House, Bramshott, Hampshire. Was this Hewshott House?
In the 1861 census as Ann Chalcraft aged 18, born in Bramshott, Hampshire, no stated employment, and living with her parents (William and Ann), two brothers (John Arthur and Willm Henry), sister (Jesse J), three house servants (Emma Heather aged 31 and born in Chiddingfold, Surrey, Levinia Eyles aged 19 and born in St Marylebourne, Hampshire, Esther Shrub aged 22 and born in Headley, Hampshire, all single) and two servants (Edward Gosdon aged 38 and born in Trotton, Sussex, and William West aged 18 and born in Bramshott, marriage status not given for either) in Bramshott House, Bramshott, Hampshire.
Marriage of Annie Chalcraft and George Hale Seward in FreeBMD in July-September 1863 in Farnbro (2a 121) which included Bramshott 1847-1869.
Marriage of George Hair Seward and Annie Chalcraft in the IGI on 30 September 1863 in Bramshot, Hampshire.
In the 1871 census as Ann Lenard (sic - in the index, Seward on the original, spelling correct in the index for the children) aged 28, born in Bramshott, Hampshire, and living with her husband (George Han Lenard - sic, in the index, Seward on the original, spelling correct in the index for the children), son (George Ernest), three daughters (Edith Mary, Flora Mildred and Helena Annie), brother (William Henry Chalcraft) and six servants (Robert Bishop aged 26, born in Garlington, Somerset and a groom, Jane Coles aged 25, born in Froxfield, Hampshire and a cook, Mary Smith aged 22 and born in Alton, Hampshire, Harriet Conrt (Court) aged 22 and born in Petersfield, Hampshire, Betsy Prior aged 14 and born in Harting, Sussex, all housemaids, and Kenny Brightwell aged 11, born in Stedham, Sussex and a gardener, all single) at Manor Farm, Harting, Sussex.
In the 1881 census as Ann Seweard (sic - on the original) aged 36 (sic - could be 56 on the original), born in Btramshott, Hampshire, and living with her husband (George H), three daughters (Edith M, Flora M and Helena A), and two servants (Annie Croice aged 22 and born in Liss, and Jane Coleis aged 16 and born in Petersfield, Hampshire, both single) at Hill Brow, Liss, Hampshire.
Death of Anne Seward in FreeBMD in April-June 1885 aged 42 in Wandsworth (1d 345).
Ann Chalcraft was my sixth cousin twice removed.
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