Person:Elizabeth Churcher (2)

Elizabeth Eliza Churcher was baptised on 26th December 1831 at Alverstoke in Hampshire, daughter of a waterman named Benjamin Churcher and his wife Mary. Elizabeth appears in the 1841 census living at Hardway in the parish of Alverstoke with her parents and siblings. By the time of the 1851 census, Elizabeth was working as a house servant for a miller named John Kiln at Sidlesham in Sussex.

On 20th September 1851, aged 19, Elizabeth married a man named George Chaffer (who sometimes used his stepfather's surname, Grant). George was a miller from Sidlesham, and therefore quite likely worked for Elizabeth's employer John Kiln. George was 35 years old when they married. Elizabeth and George appear in the 1861 census living at Sidlesham with their four children. By the 1871 census they had moved a few miles away to Aldingbourne, where George was working as a carter, and they had had a fifth child. Some time in the early 1870s they appear to have had a sixth child born at South Bersted.

George died in 1876, aged 60. At the time of his death he was living at North Bersted, but he was buried back at his native Sidlesham.

The 1881 census finds Elizabeth living in the town of Bognor with three of her children. She was working as a nurse. On that census they all used the surname Grant with Chaffer as a middle name. She has yet to be traced after the 1881 census.

1. ↑ England. Births and Christenings, 1538-1975. (FamilySearch, Ancestry.com, Findmypast).

   ch. 26 Dec 1831, Alverstoke, Hampshire: Elizabeth Eliza daughter of Benj[ami]n & Mary Churcher

   Needs to be confirmed at Hampshire Archives.

2. ↑ England. 1841 Census Schedules for England and Wales, Isle of Man and the Channel Islands. (
   Kew, Richmond, Greater London TW9 4DU, United Kingdom:
   The National Archives (abbreviated TNA), formerly the UK General Register Office.)
   Class HO107; Piece 388; Book 5; Folio 21; Page 16, 6 Jun 1841.

   Address: Hardway, Alverstoke, Hampshire
   Benj[ami]n Churcher, male, 55 [1781-6], Waterman, born in county
   Mary Churcher, female, 40 [1796-1801], born in county
   Jane Churcher, female, 14 [1826/7], born in county
   Caroline Churcher, female, 12 [1828/9], born in county
   Eliza Churcher, female, 10 [1830/1], born in county
   Ellen Churcher, female, 8 [1832/3], born in county
   Daniel Churcher, male, 3 [1837/8], born in county

3. ↑ England. 1851 Census Returns for England and Wales. (
   Kew, Richmond, Greater London TW9 4DU, United Kingdom:
   The National Archives (abbreviated TNA), formerly the UK General Register Office.)
   Class HO107; Piece 1652; Folio 85; Page 12, 30 Mar 1851.

   Address: Mill House, Sidlesham, Sussex
   John Kiln, head, married, male, 27 [1823/4], Miller employing 11 men, b. Fareham, Hampshire
   Fanny Kiln, wife, married, female, 29 [1821/2], Miller's wife, b. Fareham, Hampshire
   Augusta Kiln, visitor, unmarried, female, 20 [1830/1], Brewer's daughter, b. Fareham, Hampshire
   Elizabeth Churcher, servant, unmarried, female, 21 [1829/30], House servant, b. Alverstoke, Hampshire

4. ↑ England. 1861 Census Schedules for England and Wales, Isle of Man and the Channel Islands. (
   Kew, Richmond, Greater London TW9 4DU, United Kingdom:
   The National Archives (abbreviated TNA), formerly the UK General Register Office.)
   Class RG9; Piece 617; Folio 66; Page 6, 7 Apr 1861.

   Address: Mill, Sidlesham, Sussex
   George Chaffer, head, married, male, 41 [1819/20], Miller, b. Sidlesham, Sussex
   Elizabeth Chaffer, wife, married, female, 31 [1829/30], b. Portsmouth, Hampshire
   Ellen Chaffer, daughter, female, 9 [1851/2], Scholar, b. Sidlesham, Sussex
   Henry Chaffer, son, male, 6 [1854/5], Scholar, b. Sidlesham, Sussex
   Caroline Chaffer, daughter, female, 3 [1857/8], b. Sidlesham, Sussex
   Jane Chaffer, daughter, female, 3m [1860/1], b. Sidlesham, Sussex

5. ↑ England. England and Wales. 1871 Census Schedules. (
   Kew, Richmond, Greater London TW9 4DU, United Kingdom:
   The National Archives (abbreviated TNA), formerly the UK General Register Office.)
   Class RG10; Piece 1115; Folio 7; Page 8, 2 Apr 1871.

   Address: Aldingbourne, Sussex
   George Grant, head, married, male, 50 [1820/1], Carter, b. Sidlesham, Sussex
   Eliza Eliz[abe]th Grant, wife, married, female, 38 [1832/3], b. Hardway, Hampshire
   Henry Grant, son, single, male, 15 [1855/6], b. Sidlesham, Sussex
   Caroline E. Grant, daughter, single, female, 12 [1858/9], b. Sidlesham, Sussex
   Emma Jane Grant, daughter, single, female, 12 [1858/9], b. Sidlesham, Sussex
   Fanny Grant, daughter, single, female, 8 [1862/3], b. Sidlesham, Sussex

6. ↑ England. 1881 Census Schedules for England and Wales, Isle of Man and the Channel Islands: . (
   Kew, Richmond, Greater London TW9 4DU, United Kingdom:
   The National Archives (abbreviated TNA), formerly the UK General Register Office.)
   Class RG11; Piece 1124; Folio 82; Page 4, 3 Apr 1881.

   Address: Chichester Road, Bognor, South Bersted, Sussex
   Eliza E.C. Grant, head, widow, female, 46 [1834/5], General Nurse, b. Hardway, Portsmouth, Hampshire
   Henry Chaffer Grant, son, unmarried, male, 26 [1854/5], Bricklayer, b. Siddlesham, Sussex
   Fanny Chaffer Grant, daughter, unmarried, female, 18 [1862/3], Domestic Serv[ant], b. Siddlesham, Sussex
   George R.C. Grant, son, male, 7 [1873/4], Scholar, b. South Bersted, Sussex