Person:George Chaffer (3)

George Hubert Chaffer was baptised on 12th April 1874 at Sidlesham in Sussex, son of Elizabeth Eliza Chaffer, formerly Churcher, and her husband George Chaffer, a miller and carter, who sometimes used his stepfather's surname, Grant. George senior died in 1876, when young George was only two years old.

The 1881 census finds George living with his widowed mother and siblings at Bognor. He has yet to be researched after 1881.

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

   ch. 12 Apr 1874, Sidlesham, Sussex: George Hubert, son of George & Elizabeth Chaffer

   Needs to be confirmed at West Sussex Archives.

2. ↑ 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