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Thanks Joonie. Thats my next step I think.


I think Id set my heart on it being the other chap but not to be but just thought I'd clarify that first.

Now into the Canadians next. I sent a few messages on facebk to a few Chants from Victoria BC. Had a couple of replies but no luck as yet.

Thanks for your help - I shall now pursue that avenue. Will keep you posted.

Regards
Cassie :-D

Have you considered contacting the present-day Chants in Victoria I mentiond?

http://www.canada411.ca/search/?stype=si&what=chant&where=Victoria%2C+BC

also there are only 15 Chants listed in the province

http://www.canada411.ca/search/?stype=si&what=chant&where=BC

UPDATE
Photos have now been viewed and we can confirm that Clifford Chant b1921 in Somerset is NOT the chap in my Dads photos.

So back to the drawing board. I now believe that the significance of the Canadian address on the back probably confirms he was either Canadian or at least lived there (unlikley born in uk as there are no relevant births)

Cassie :-S

I think we should be a little more circumspect about personal details here, since this is not your family, Cas.

Daughter J really need not be named or her birth or marriage info put here.

And out-of-wedlock births in previous generations of the families of people who don't know they're being talked about here, ditto.

I think I wouldn't want total strangers digging around in my closet and posting details like that on the internet without my knowledge.

A little editing of those posts maybe please?

You should use FreeBMD, it is on there and you don't have to pay for the info !

I will send details by pm as it is too recent to post on here.

Dea x

Hi Dea
I'm not able to find the marriage of Cliffs daughter in 1977 you mentioned. It's not on Genes Reunited which is what I use. Please could you tell me who she married and where?

Thanks ever so Mitchell
Cassie

Thanks Choccy - that is the one at the funeral !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! - He was born in 1902 so not the one we are after. :-D

Dea x

Dea, Ive looked at the newspaper article and wonder if this is a different family?

Regards the parents of CLIFFORD CHANT I do believe they were Frank and Rhoda.
They married in 1922 and was registered in name Rhoda Hillier and Rhoda Marsh.


As they say the thick plottens!! Ha ha!


:-S :-S

Thanks Dea. Ill take a look at that marriage and see if I can find an address. X

Marriages Jun 1901

CHANT Richard John Yeovil 5c 816
MARSH Annie Eliza Yeovil 5c 816


CHANT, CLIFFORD JOHN MARSH
GRO Reference: 1902 S Quarter in YEOVIL Volume 05C Page 362


Marriages Jun 1922

CHANT Frank Hillier Yeovil 5c 875
CHANT Frank Marsh Yeovil 5c 875
HILLIER Rhoda Chant Yeovil 5c 875
MARSH Rhoda Chant Yeovil 5c 875


Births Mar 1922

Chant Clifford Marsh Yeovil 5c SeeS33

There is a marriage in 1977 which could well be your 'J' and it would match the London area mentioned.

Dea x

Ha ha! Not heard back yet but when I mentioned Clifford had siblings and named them the young lady confirmed that 2 of then Ernest (her great uncle) and Joyce are still living. She also mentioned Clifford married a Muriel and had one daughter. I found the marriage to Dorothy M Barrett (assume this is Muriel) and a daughter b1950 but theyre not sure where she lives but think London. I cant find a marriage for her.

So I have a bit to go on for now. Hopefully when the lady shows the photo to 'Uncle Ernie' he can confirm if its MY Cliff or not.

Sadly Clifford Chant b1922 died a couple of years ago as did his wife.

Dea - please dont go maaaadddd!! Ha ha

Tegards
Cassie :-D

Cassie - If nothing else, at least the siblings of that 1922 Clifford will be able to tell who who their parents were !

I do hope this connects as it is driving me quite mad. ;-) :-S

Dea x

This may well be yet another 'red herring' as I have been working on it all day and have found all the other people mentioned on there, all their marriages and extended families etc but I cannot connect them to Clifford Chant and yet there was a Clifford Chant at the funeral !!!!

It seems strange that I had previously connected him to a Frank Chant who married a Rhoda Marsh ( which may or may not be correct) :-(

I am now totally confused. - Perhaps someone else might take a look at the article below which is from 04 April 1935 - Western Daily Press - Bristol, Bristol, England


http://www.genesreunited.co.uk/keepsafe/asset/details/48717095

I am going to have much needed cup of tea and come back to it later............

Thanks,

Dea x

Clever you Jude ;-) - I tried all sorts of things but it just kept going all blurry !!!

Thanks again,

Dea x

Dea :-)

I downloaded the whole page and then cropped it in Microsoft picture editor saving it as a jpeg

Jude

Update. The Clifford Chant Dea mentioned was in the navy but didn't emigrate. However may have spent time in Victoria BC.

I've made contact with his great neice and have emailed some photos for her to show Cliffs brother to see if it's the correct chap.

If it is the correct Clifford it seems the address in Canada may have been a red herring........

I,ll keep you all posted

Regards
Cassie

:-D

Not me, CC!

I have not found a single trace of a CC to fit in Canada, unfortunately.

I don't think that any of those mentioned fit the specs.

And well rats, not Dea's CC either.

Unless ... maybe he was really just temporarily in Victoria BC, perhaps passing through with a naval ship and spent the Christmas holiday, when he sent that photo?

Little update. I have traced a family member of the Clifford CHANT b1922 Somerset and am sending her a copy of the photo to confirm if it's her uncle. Two of his siblings are still living.

He was in the Navy but didn't emigrate. Hopefully soon I will know if it's the correct chap

Fingers crossed
Cassie :-D

Good evening everyone. Really sorry for not replying earlier but I didnt realise the thread had 2 pages!

Thankyou all for all the help.

Joonie - I shall take a look at the CC you have provided in Canada.

Dea the chap you have noted looks a real possible. Born in the uk a couple of years older than Dad which looks about right so he possibly moved to Canada maybe lodged for a while at the address on the back of the photo? With the info youve given me Im going to pursue that family. Im sure I'll find someone related to Clifford and hopefully someone can confirn if 'uncle Clifford' moved to Canada.

I'll keep you posted if I have any success.

Thsnkyou all so so much
Cassie :-D