CHRISTOPHER•ALLEN•SMITH•WINTON Family Tree - Person Sheet
CHRISTOPHER•ALLEN•SMITH•WINTON Family Tree - Person Sheet
NameAbraham John CHOWN [841], [910], [937], [1297]
Birth Date15 Apr 1861 [841], [910], [462], [930], [1297]
Birth PlaceKingsthorpe, Northamptonshire, England
MemoBirths Sep Qtr 1861; CHOWN, Abraham John, Northampton District, vol.3b, p.87
Census Date2 Apr 1871 [4867] Age: 9
Census PlaceKingsthorpe, Northamptonshire, England
Census Date3 Apr 1881 [841] Age: 19
Census PlaceKingsthorpe, Northamptonshire, England
MemoHigh Street
Census Date31 Mar 1901 [930] Age: 39
Census PlaceKingsthorpe, Northamptonshire, England
Memo63 Edinburgh Road
Census Date2 Apr 1911 [1297] Age: 49
Census PlaceKingsthorpe, Northamptonshire, England
Memo“Ivydene,” 63 Edinburgh Road, Queens Park
Death Date8 Nov 1939 [2192], [4077] Age: 78
Death PlaceNorthampton, Northamptonshire, England
MemoBMD Deaths: Dec. Qtr 1939, Northampton Registration District, Vol. 3b, p.139
OccupationPlasterer [841]
OccupationBuilder & Contractor [930], [1297]
OccupationMayor of Northampton, 1917 [120], [4074]
OccupationCouncillor [4073]
FatherHenry CHOWN (1831-1898)
MotherElizabeth FITZHUGH (ca1838->1891)
Misc. Notes
Was the informant for his father’s death certificate. [937]

Sailed from Liverpool, arriving in Quebec, 17-JUN-1911, aboard the S.S. Laurentic, with a final destination of Toronto. Passenger list described him as a builder and a Baptist. [133] Unable to locate any record of his return to England.

The probate calendar describes him as “CHOWN, Abraham John of Fairhaven Overstone Northamptonshire. [4077]
Research
Research Notes:
Have not been able to locate him in the 1891 census.
Spouses
Birth Dateca 1863 [930], [1297]
Birth PlaceNorthampton, Northamptonshire, England
Census Date31 Mar 1901 [930]
Census PlaceKingsthorpe, Northamptonshire, England
Memo63 Edinburgh Road
Census Date2 Apr 1911 [1297]
Census PlaceKingsthorpe, Northamptonshire, England
Memo“Ivydene,” 63 Edinburgh Road, Queens Park
Death Date1916 [462]
Death PlaceNorthampton, Northamptonshire, England
MemoBMD Deaths Dec Qtr. 1916; Chown, Annie, age 53, Northampton District, vol.3b, p.106
Father(male) WATKIN (~1820-<1901)
MotherMary A. [WATKIN] (ca1823-)
Marr Date1886 [1297], [462]
Marr PlaceNorthamptonshire, England
Marr MemoMarriages Sep Qtr 1886; CHOWN, Abraham John, Northampton District, vol.3b, p.146.
ChildrenHenry J. (ca1888-)
 Arthur Laurence (ca1889-)
 Herbert Watkin (1890-1976)
 William Charles (ca1893-)
 Frank Abbott (ca1895-)
 Cyril Abraham (1896-)
 Sydney Philip (ca1899-)
 Constance Mary (ca1903-)
 Annie Muriel (ca1905-)
 Irene Marion (ca1909-)
Last Modified 3 Apr 2016Created 8 Nov 2024 using Reunion for Macintosh
First Published 22 Sep 2013. Revised 8 Nov 2024
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