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Chetham Family Tree

SAMUEL b. 1815 Manchester, fellmonger and boat builder, Batts Ford and Midland Road. d. 1884 Bedford
m. Anne b. 1816 Manchester, d. 1886 Bedford
Issue
Frances H. b. 1837 Manchester, d. 1908 Bedford
m. 1856 Joseph Crawley, ironmonger
SAMUEL b. 1842 Manchester, boatbuilder, Commercial Road, d. 1909 Bedford
m. 1866 Ellen b. 1842 Hampshire, d. 1898 Bedford *
ROBERT H. b. 1846 Yorkshire, boatbuilder, Commercial Road, Holme Street and Old Ford, d. 1906 Bedford
m. 1868 Elizabeth b. 1847 St Neots, d. 1930 Bedford **
Elizabeth Anne b. 1849 Halifax, d. 1930 Hammersmith
m. 1870 William Henry Biffen b. 1847 Hammersmith, boatbuilder, The Embankment ***

* Issue
Samuel and Ellen
Mary Ellen b. 1868, m. 1894 (Robinson)
Kate b. 1870
WILLIAM Humphrey (Will) b. 1872 Bedford, Boatbuilder, Rothsay Place, m. 1900 Mary
Fanny b. 1876

** Issue
Robert H. and Elizabeth
Ann b. 1869
Elizabeth b. 1874, m. 1897 (Biffen)
Alice b. 1875
Mary b. 1879
ROBERT(Bob) b. 1882 Bedford, boatbuilder and cinema owner, d. 1954
m. 1908 DAISY Chappel b. 1883 Brixton, cinema proprietor, d. 1949 Bedford
Issue Barbara E. b. 1910 and JOHN B. b. 1914 cinema owner

*** Issue
Elizabeth A. and William H. Biffen
Frances Ann b.1870 Hammersmith, m. 1913 (Schilling)
William Samuel b. 1874 Bedford, d. 1952 Middlesex

Information from Gerry Allen 2013

For more about the Chethams see Cinema in Bedford and the Chetham and Blake Families


Page last updated: 25th February 2014