Fourteenth Generation

4861. Richard Thomas Chatfield was born on 9 August 1865 in Hastings, Sussex East, England. He was christened on 22 December 1865 in St Clement, Hastings, Sussex East, England. He appeared in the census in 1871 in Lawrence House, Rock-a-Nore. Hastings, Sussex East, England. Richard died in 1945 at the age of 80 in Greenwich, London, England. He was buried on 20 April 1945 in Greenwich Cmtry., Greenwich, London, England. Birth GRO 3rd qtr 1865
CHATFIELD, Richard Thomas Hastings 2b 17
Death GRO 2nd qtr 1945
Chatfield, Richard T 80 Greenwich 1d 483
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Births and Christenings, Richard Thomas Chatfield, 1865
gender: Male
baptism/christening date: 22 Dec 1865
baptism/christening place: St. Clements, Hastings, Sussex, England
father's name: James Chatfield
mother's name: Elizabeth
indexing project (batch) number: C13558-9
system origin: England-EASy
source film number: 1067177
reference number: item 10 p 165
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Find A Grave Memorial# 127404301
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Census 1871, Lawrence Hse, 158 Rock-a-Nore, Hastings with parents. Next door to his Grandmother (87 yr old Lucy Chatfield/Peckham) Richard was 5 yrs old.
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1881 Census. 1095. Richard CHATFIELD - "Farm School For Boys Reformatory" Red Hill, Reigate, Surrey. Inmate Gender: Male Birth: 1865, Hastings, Sussex.
Juvenile Offender Under Detention aged 15.
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Boer War
1st Battalion Royal Sussex Regiment
Cape Colony
Orange Free State.
Confirmed 1901 Jul 30 Springfontein, South Africa Boer War
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Census, 1911
name: Richard Chatfield
gender: Male
age: 39
birthplace: Hastings, Sussex
record type: Household
registration district: Greenwich
sub-district: Greenwich West
parish: Greenwich, London
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1915 @ 4 Coltman St., Greenwich, London.
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1931 @ 4 Coltman St., Greenwich, London.
Richard Thomas C.
Alice Amelia
Charles C.
Elsie C.
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1936 @ 4 Coltman St., Greenwich, London.
Richard Thomas C.
Alice Amelia
James Edward C.
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Date: Sun, 9 Jun 2013
Hi Colin,
Although you won't know it, you have helped me a great deal with my family research through your own.
People like you who let your research be searched by the likes of me are a god send!
My grandmother was Elsie May Chatfield, born 1908 in Lewisham, Greater London England - Her father Richard Thomas Chatfield was born in 1865 In Hastings, Sussex. I have researched this line back to Alexander Chatfield (married to Mary Vennes in 1699) and although I can find generations going back even further, I am a bit dubious about adding any of them to my tree without any evidence to back it up.
But the point of this note is just to add my thanks - I haven't gone through all your Chatfields yet, but I am already certain that I will find lots of valuable information. I have only been researching my family since 2010, so it is still early days for me!
Many thanks
Anne
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I have attached a few bits for you, I had the picture of Richard, but
thanks anyway - do you have the picture of his wife Alice Amelia - I
have attached it just in case, but I should think you already have it.
I got these pictures from Robert Chatfield, son of Arthur Chatfield -
or Uncle Bob, born in 1910. I exchanged a few emails with Robert when
I first started out on this tree, he was a mind of information and
stories, I wonder if you have come across him?

The other attachment is the military campaign log, I would like to find
out more about his war. I believe that this is our Richard, but I
haven't found anything else that would verify it. I don't have access
to military records at the moment - but I do intend to get access at a
future date - I am making a list of all military members of my family

The last attachment is a descendant chart, which would bring you more
or less up to date with my line. Obviously many on this list are still
with us, so I trust you to be discreet, I am sure you are anyway!! This
includes my personal notes - I was going to remove them, but thought
they may be useful, if there is one or two things you can add to your
own research then I am pleased to help.

I try to be thorough and check all the details I find, and if possible
add records and evidence, but if you notice any errors I be grateful
for any corrections, and talking of which I did notice a small one in
your research, it was Lavender house, 2 Rock a Nore Road Hastings - it
is now a listed building, you can see most of it in Street View.
Unfortunately, a café has spread itself in front of the building, but
at least it is still there, a nice looking building too I will visit
Hastings this summer and go and have some fish and chips in front of
the house where my great Grandfather once lived! I was taken to
Hasting many times while growing up and never knew that it was home to
a large number of my ancestors!

I am Ann Clements b.1966, my mother was Dorothy May Lawrence, daughter
of Elsie May Chatfield. Its all in the chart.

I enjoy researching Richard, he is one of my favourites, a more
colourful ancestor, and I am lucky that so much research already exists
about the Chatfield's, Cyril Henry Lawrence (Husband of Elsie May
Chatfield) also comes from an interesting and well researched family,
so this was fun to do. Now if only the other branches of my family
were as easy to find! And fisherman are a welcome change from
agricultural labourers - which most of my male relatives seem to have
been!

I seem to have been chatting away, but I so rarely have anyone who
actually asks about my tree! When I contacted Robert Chatfield he said
that I was the first person to have contacted him about his tree in the
10 years he had been doing it, and I now believe him, I would be happy
to contact him again on your behalf if this is something that interests
you. It has been a year or so since I contacted him last so it is
about time I did, he is my cousin! What line of the Chatfield tree are
you on? What ancestors, if any do we share?

Thanks for listening!!

Best regards

Anne

Richard Thomas Chatfield and Eliza Catt were married on 31 December 1888 in All Saints, Hastings, Sussex East, England. Marriages 4th qtr 1888
CHATFIELD, Richard Thomas Hastings 2b 42
CATT, Eliza Hastings 2b 42
Eliza Catt, daughter of Spencer Catt, was born in 1864 in Westfield, Sussex East, England. Query
Birth GRO 4th qtr 1864
CATT Eliza Battle 2b 42 [Includes Westfield]
Births 4th qtr. 1867
Catt, Elizabeth Hastings 2b 27
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Possible Census, 1881
England and Wales Census, 1881
Name: Eliza Catt
Age (Original): 16
Gender: Female
Birth Year: 1865
Birthplace: Westfield, Sussex, England
Relationship to Head of Household: Daughter
Marital Status: Single
Address: Bluemans
Event Place: Westfield, Sussex, England
Record Type: Household
Affiliate Publication Number: RG11
Piece/Folio: 1032 / 54
Page Number: 3
Household Role Gender Age Birthplace
Spencer Catt Head M 63 Westfield, Sussex, England
Samuel Catt Son M 27 Westfield, Sussex, England
Sarah Catt Daughter F 23 Westfield, Sussex, England
Eliza Catt Daughter F 16 Westfield, Sussex, England
Spencer Catt Son M 11 Westfield, Sussex, England
GS Film number: 1341245
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name: Eliza Catt
age: 16
gender: Female
birth year: 1865
birthplace: M?, Sussex, England
relationship to head of household: Servant to John De Gruchy and family.
marital condition: Single
profession/occupation: Servant Domestic
address: 33 Gensing Road
census place: St Mary Magdalen, Hastings, Sussex, England

Richard Thomas Chatfield and Alice Amelia Cooper were married on 14 April 1913 in Greenwich, London, England. Marriages GRO 2nd qtr 1913
Chatfield, Richard T Cooper Greenwich 1d 1570
Cooper, Alice A Chatfield Greenwich 1d 1570
Alice Amelia Cooper, daughter of George Cooper and Mary Ann Jupp, was born in 1881 in Hastings, Sussex East, England. She died in 1937 at the age of 56 in Greenwich, London, England. Birth GRO 4th qtr 1881
COOPER, Alice Amelia Hackney 1b 602
Death GRO 4th qtr 1937
Chatfield, Alice A 55 Greenwich 1d 962

Richard Thomas Chatfield and Alice Amelia Cooper had the following children: