Birth: April-May 1844 Bramshott, Hampshire, UK
Father: William Chalcraft1814-1884
Mother: Ann Hoar 1815-1897
Christening: 30 May 1844 Bramshott, Hampshire, UK
Marriage: Believed not married
Death: July-September 1921 Axbridge, Somerset, UK
Believed none
Birth of William Henry Chalcraft in FreeBMD in April-June 1844 in Farnham (4 150) which included Bramshott until 1847.
Birth of William Henry Chalcraft in 1844 in the Ancestral File and his christening on 30 May 1844 in Bramshot, Hampshire, parents William Chalcraft and Ann Hoar.
Christening of William Henry Chalcraft in the Pedigree Resource File on 30 May 1844 in Bramshot, Hampshire, parents William and Ann Chalcraft. The same information is in Ancestry England, Select Births and Christenings, 1538-1975.
In the 1851 census as William H Chalcraft aged 6, born in Bramshott, Hampshire, and living with his parents (William and Ann), four sisters (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 Willm Henry Chalcraft aged 16, born in Bramshott, Hampshire, a farmers son, and living with his parents (William and Ann), brother (John Arthur), two sisters (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 Henry Chalcraft aged 26, born in Bramshott, Hampshire, single, a farmer, and living with his brother-in-law and sister (George Han and Ann Lenard - sic, in the index, Seward on the original, spelling correct in the index for the children), his nephew (George Ernest), three neices (Edith Mary, Flora Mildred and Helena Annie), 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 William Henry Chalcroft (sic - in the index, Chalcraft on the original) aged 36, born in Bramshott, Hampshire, single, a farmer of 300 acres employing 19 men & 4 boys, and living with his parents (William and Ann), brother (John A), 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.
His father died in 1884.
There are entries in Ancestry U.K., City and County Directories, 1600s-1900s for William Henry Chalcraft of Hewshott , Bramshott, Liphook SO in the 1885 and 1889 Kelly's Directory.
In the 1891 census as William Henry Chalcraft aged 46, born in Bramshott, Hamshire, single and living on his own means but also an employer with his widowed mother (Ann), brother (John Arthur), three sisters (Elizabeth, Jessee and Maria), and six servants (Charlotte Faggotter aged 41, born in Pembridge, Surrey and a cook, Lilliace Bull aged 21, born in Cuckfield, Sussex and a palourmaid Sarah Smith aged 18, born in Salesbury, Wiltshire and a housemaid Annie Walker aged 16, born in Selbourne, Hampshire and a kitchenmaid, Ernest Soffe aged 17, born in Hallybourne, Hampshire and a groom, and Frederick Ashlin aged 15, born in and a page, all single) at Hewshot House, Bramshott, Hampshire.
There are two entry in Ancestry U.K., City and County Directories, 1600s-1900s for William Henry Chalcraft of Hewshott, Bramshott, Liphook in the 1889 and 1890 Kelly's Directory.
His mother died in 1897.
In the 1901 census as William Chalcraft aged 55, born in Bramshott, Hampshire, single, and living on his own means with his brother (John A), and four servants (Mary Jane Langrish aged 46, born in Bramshott and a palourmaid, Elizabeth Mary Brooker aged 31, born in Carshalton, Surrey and a cook, Emma Money aged 18, born in East Liss, Hampshire and a housemaid, and Mercy Boxall aged 16, born in Chidingfold, Surrey, and a kitchenmaid, all single) at Hewshott House, Bramshott, Hampshire.
I cannot locate him in the 1911 census.
Death of William H Chalcraft in FreeBMD in July-September 1921 aged 77 in Axbridge (5c 485).
There are thirteen entries in Ancestry Public Member Trees for William Henry Chalcraft.
William Henry Chalcraft was my sixth cousin twice removed.
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