Lt. John Rouse Merriott Chard

[Silka]

Hi I am trying to find out how I am related to John Rouse Merriott Chard, my mother was a chard before she married my father ,she  was a daughter of Agnes and Richard Chard and was born in Tredegar,  I think Richard chard was born around 1899 .I know John Chard had two brothers and four sisters and I know he himself did not marry , his elder brother was Colonel William Wheaton Chard and served with the 7th Royal fusilers and his younger brother Charles Edward Chard I think was a reverend but am not sure about this . any information would be great ,thank you

[chempat]

Welcome to rootschat, Silka.

Have you found your Richard Chard in the 1901 or 1911 censuses?

Why do you think they are related to John R M Chard?

[chempat]

Is this your Mother's parents' marriage?

Marriages September quarter 1917
Richard Chard                    Bedwellty    11a   198    
 Agnes M   Hutchings    Bedwellty    11a   198

If correct marriage and he born around 1899, he would have been about 18 when he married?

Buy the marriage certificate for information about his Father?

[chempat]

John Chard was born near Plymouth...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Chard

http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=11681&ref=acom

[chempat]

If this is your Mother's Father in 1901, then his Father was from Somerset:
1901
Living at Sirkowy     Monmouthshire   
Bedwellty    Tredegar
Rich Hy Chard   42  North Petterton, Somerset  Assurance Agent
Mary J Chard   41  Brecon
George O Chard   18   Glamorgan
Fred W Chard   16
Eliz A Chard   15
John Hy Chard   12
Martha Chard   11
Joseph Chard   9
Alfred Chard   7
xxxxRichard Chard   2
Harriet Chard   10 Months
RG13    Piece 4939   Folio 99   Page 19

[chempat]

Richard Chard born in North Petherton is in a tree on Ancestry.  Do you have access to it?

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This is the John R M Chard family, with 5 children showing in 1851
Living at Devon  Plympton St Mary  Yealmpton
William W Chard   32  Othery, Somerset,  Landed Proprietor
Jane Chard   36  Stoke Climsland,
Charlotte M H Chard   10  Somerset Othery
William W Chard   9  Devon  Weston Peverell, Devon
Mary J Chard   6   Weston Peverell, Devon
John R M Chard   3   Weston Peverell, Devon
Jane B Chard   1   St Budeaux, Devon,
Sarah Maddock   26  servant
Jane Clements   24
Ruth Maddock   19
Lydia Lee   18
Susanna Medland   12
William Solway   33
John Nichols   27

and 1861
William W Chard   42
Jane Chard   46
John R M Chard   13
Jane B Chard   11
Florence Chard   6
Charls E Chard   4
Margeret E Chard   2
Sarah Truscott   21  servant
Hanah Brown   20
Elizabeth Ryall   21
Anne Bonney   17
Joseph Bartlet   30

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John R M Chard's parents and sister in 1841
Living in Stoke Climsland   Cornwall      Launceston    Northill
John Brimacombe   50  sawyer
Mary Brimacombe   50
William Brimacombe   25  Attorney at law
xxxxWilliam Chard   20   Independant  not local
Jane Chard   20
xxxCharlotte Chard   11 Mo  not local
John Marcombe   35  servant
Elizabeth Parsons   15
Elizabeth Duance   20
Elizabeth Searle   13
William Rabjohn   30
Sarah Shepperd   15

and his marriage:
Marriages December quarter  1839   
Jane Brimacombe                Launceston    9   197   
William Wheaton Chard        Launceston    9   197

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This is the baptism for William, so you are trying to connect your Richard to him?

From freereg
   Othery  St Michael Tr Church  Somerset
Register Number   158
William Wheaton Chard  Born  22 Oct 1818  baptised  25 Dec 1818
Father   William Chard
Mother Forename   Charlotte Maria Herring
Father   Occupation      Esqr.
FileNumber   15798