Peter Ferreira
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Wilts, Dorset, Berks and Somerset ancestry
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Hi Folks,
Greetings from Toronto, Canada.
I would dearly like to contact, and share family history notes with, any descendant or researcher of the family of my cousin, John CHISMAN (1811 - 1875), who married Louisa KNIGHT (1811 - 1886).
John CHISMAN was baptized in East Knoyle, Wilts, 1811. In 1837, in St. Denys, Warminster, John married Louisa KNIGHT. John and Louisa farmed in Stockton and, from the late 1840s, in Codford St. Peter, Wilts. John, aged 64, was buried in Codford St. Peter on June 11th.,. 1875; Louisa died, aged 75, in Q2 of 1886, in Warminster district. John and Louisa had issue, including:
a) James CHISMAN, born in Stockton 1838. In the 1871 census, James 32, unmarried, was a farmer of 950 acres in Fifield Bavant; in the 1881 census he was 42, head, unmarried, a retired farmer living on Fifield Farm in Fifield Bavant, Wilts; in the 1891 census, James was 52, single, lodging in Portsmouth. In 1895, in Hamstead, London, James married Isabel REDERMACHER. James, Isabel and two children were enumerated in the 1901 census in Portsmouth. James and Isabel had issue.
b) Thomas CHISMAN, born in Stockton about 1840. In 1870, in Stourton, he married Eliza HARDING. In the 1871 census, Thomas 31 was a farmer of 640 acres in Codford St. Mary, living with Eliza 29, but no children; in the 1881 census, Thomas was 41, head, a retired farmer, living in Codford St. Mary, with Eliza 40, but no children; in the 1891 census, they had cousin James CHISMAN living with them, still no children; in the 1901 census, Thomas was a retired farmer 61, living with Eliza 59 in Codford St. Peter. Thomas 72 died in Warminster district in Q3 of 1912. No known issue.
c) Louisa CHISMAN, born in Stockton 1846. About 1876 / 77, Louisa married Joseph DEAN, farmer, who was born in Imber about 1844. In the 1881 census, Louisa was head, married, 35, farmer’s wife of 1250 acres in Chitterne All Saints, living at The Lodge on High Street, husband not present - Joseph Dean, married, 37, farmer, born in Imber, was a visitor in Wiveliscombe, Som.; in the 1891 census, Joseph 48 was farming in Chitterne, living with Louisa 47 and 3 sons; in the 1901 census, Joseph 58 and sons Edgar 22 and George 21 were living on the farm in Chitterne - Louisa DEAN 54 was staying (visiting?) in Kew with ?Maria K. DEAN 60, who was born about 1840 in Imber, Wilts. Joseph and Louisa had issue.
e) Elizabeth Ann Knight CHISMAN, bapt. in Codford St. Peter, 1850. In 1874, in Marylebone, Elizabeth Anne K. CHISMAN married John STEVENS, who had been born in East Knoyle, 1837. John farmed in Chalke Pitt Farm, in Broadchalke, Wilts, from about 1864; for years, he was churchwarden in Broadchalke church; for the 1871 census, John 33, unmarried, was a farmer there of 1300 acres; John 43 and Bessie 30 with John junior 6 and Ethel 4, were there for the census of 1881, where John was described as a farmer of 2,200 acres, employing 36 men and 6 boys; in the 1891 census John 53 was a farmer in Chalk Pitt Farm House, living with Bessie 40 and Ethel 14; at the 1901 census, John 63 was a farmer in Chalk Pit Farm, living with Bessie 50 and Ethel 24. John senior was buried in Broadchalke on Oct. 30th., 1922; Elizabeth was buried there on January 11th., 1915. John and Elizabeth had issue.
Best wishes.
Peter Ferreira.
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ROPER of Chideock, Powerstock & Winterborne Whitchurch, Dorset
LAWRENCE of Wilts, and Berks
MAYO of Poxwell, Friar Waddon (Portesham) & Frome St. Quintin, Dorset
STONE of Piddlehinton, Dorset
CHISMAN of Castle Eaton & East Knoyle, Wilts
RUMSEY of West Knoyle & Mere, Wilts
HULL of Sutton Benger, Wilts & East Woodhay, Hants
FOWLER of Winterborne Whitchurch & Abbotsbury, Dorset, and of Cudworth, Som.
GAPPER of Winsham, Som.
PHELPS of Shepton Beauchamp, Som.
SYMONDS of Somerset & Dorset
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