Birth: 27 October 1814 Bramshott, Hampshire, UK
Father: Edward Chalcraft c1791-1840
Mother: Elizabeth Cover 1792-1872
Christening: 26 November 1814 Bramshott, Hampshire, UK
Marriage: 24 June 1841 Dunsfold, Surrey, UK
Wife: Ann Hoar 1815-1897
Death: 24 January 1884 Bramshott, Hampshire, UK
Ann (Anne, Annie) Chalcraft [Seward] 1842-1885
William Henry Chalcraft 1844-1921
Elizabeth Chalcraft 1846-1928
Emma Chalcraft [Gibbins] 1848-1927
Maria Chalcraft 1850-1925
John Arthur Chalcraft 1853-1921
Jessey Chalcraft 1855-1929
Christening of William Chalcraft in the IGI on 26 November 1814 in Bramshot, Hampshire, parents Edward and Elizabeth Chalcraft.
Christening of William Chalcraft in the Ancestral File on 27 October 1814 (I assume this was his birth) in Bramshott, Hampshire, parents Edward Chalcraft and Elizabeth Cover, his marriage to Ann Hoar on 24 June 1841 in Dunsford, Surrey, his 7 children and his death in Bramshott on 24 January 1884.
His brothers and sisters were all christened in Bramshott between 1816 and 1831. His father died in Bramshott in 1840.
There is an entry in the 1841 census for William Chalerad aged 25 (rounded down to a multiple of 5) born in Hampshire, a farmer and living with Jane of the same age at Bramshott House, Bramshott, Hampshire. Five agricultural labourers were living at the same adress. This entry in very faint and it is not stated what the relationship between William and Jane is, but I guess she was his sister.
Marriage of William Chalcraft and Ann Hoar in FreeBMD in April-June 1841 in Hambledon (4 167).
Marriage of William Chalcraft and Ann Hoar in the IGI on 24 June 1841 in Dunsfold, Surrey.
All his children were born in Bramshott from Ann in 1842.
In the 1851 census as William Chalcraft aged 39, born in Bramshott, Hampshire, a farmer of 1000 acres employing 30 labourers and living with his wife (Ann), son (William H), four daughters (Ann, Elizabeth, Emma and Maria), 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 William Chalcraft aged 46, born in Bramshott, Hampshire, a farmer of 1470 acres employing 52 labourers and 17 boys, and living with his wife (Ann), two sons (John Arthur and Willm Henry), two daughters (Ann and 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.
In the 1871 census as William Chalcraft aged 56, born in Bramshott, Hampshire, a farmer and land owner, and living with his wife (Ann), son (John A), three daughters (Elizabeth, Emma and Maria), a groom (James Kandell aged 22 and born in Bramshott), four domestic servants (Emma Heather aged 42 and born in Chiddingfold, Surrey, Ether Bridle aged 21 and born in Steep, Hampshire, Emily May aged 22 and born in Kirdford, Sussex, and Mary Carpenter aged 15 and born in Rogate, Sussex) and two agricultural labourers (Edward Gosden aged 51 and born in Trotton, Sussex, and James Thoss aged 19 and born in Bramshott) at Hewshott House, Bramshott, Hampshire.
In the 1881 census as William Chalcroft (sic - in the index, Chalcraft on the original) aged 66, born in Bramshott, Hampshire, a famer of 800 acres and landowner employing 20 men and 4 boys, and living with his wife (Ann), two sons (John A and William Henry), three sisters (Elizabeth, J and Maria), five domestic servants (James Tibber aged 19 and born in Northington, Hampshire, H. Wheeler aged 30 and born in Bramshott, R. Carpenter aged 19 and born in Liphook, Hampshire, E. Heather aged 49 and born in Chiddingfold, Surrey, and E. Carpenter aged 27 and born in Alton, Hampshire, all single) and a stable boy (S. Denman aged 18 and born in Lower Beeding, Sussex) at Hewshot House, Bramshott, Hampshire.
Death of William Chalcraft in FreeBMD in January-March 1884 in Petersfield (2c 88).
William Chalcraft was my fifth cousin three times removed.
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