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    Chinn Family

    becki you are right, Robert and alice had 14 children and managed to keep all of them alive. I am descended from Robert born 1878. Alice is definitely the alice ann born 1856, her birth certificate came today, she was born 1 January 1856 to jane and joseph, jane was formerly kilvert. Edward...
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    chinn of darwin street

    both alice and Edwards birth certificates came today. Edward was registered as just Edward, father joseph, a labourer, mother jane chin formerly kilvert, 18 potter street. Edward born 21 june 1854. alice was registered as alice ann, father joseph, walking stick manufacturer, mother jane chin...
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    chinn of darwin street

    haha its certainly not a simple family to put together. I don't think they agreed with the usual marriage and baptism 'rules'. I think I am right though. there are too many coincidences. I guess I need to purchase both Edward kilvest and alice kilvest chins birth certificates to be 100%...
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    chinn of darwin street

    and finally. ;) joseph chin marriage to sarah hencliffe, 19 june 1848. witness mary slack (nee burton later chin????) abode Lichfield street. 1851 census court, Lichfield street. josh chime (should be jos then a little 'h' indicating joseph) born 1824 walking stick maker. born norwich sarah...
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    chinn of darwin street

    that's ok. :) levina/levinia was the daughter of Alfred and mary slack, nee burton. baptised the same day as alice and Edward kilvest chinn. Edward chinn (senior/1818) married mary slack 21 august 1857 at duddeston, Birmingham. the other couple on the 1851 st luke, Middlesex census were james...
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    chinn of darwin street

    Yes I know she's on 1871 census with Jane. But there is no 1871 census for either Alice kilvert, or Alice chinn born 1856 that quite fits with my Alice. My Alice then marries Rob Turner in 1873 aged just 17. At stupid o clock last night I found a Joseph chinn died 1860 after 3 years in the...
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    chinn of darwin street

    can I run this past you. ;) there is a jane kilvert marries henry Richards 7 aug 1859. bishops ryder. 1861 census (25 brickiln lane) henry Richard age 42 brass caster jane Richard age 34 born Shropshire a daughter alice, mistranscribed as age 1, really age 5 and a son William age 6m do you...
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    chinn of darwin street

    Janice I cant find a Edward and mary in Nottingham. in 1851 ive got them in st luke, London. along with Edwards sister alice archer nee chinn and I think their mother ann.
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    chinn of darwin street

    Hi Janice. Yes sorry I should have said Edwin as that is what the census says. And probably not an error as such, perhaps that what was they told the enumerator that year.
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    chinn of darwin street

    ha, I already looked at Edwards marriage to henrietta. he says his fathers name is Edward- cane and fishing rod maker. but in 1861 he is living with Edward as a nephew, (in bishops ryder) although in 1871 he is named as son to Edward seniors wife mary. witnesses to the marriage were john and...
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    chinn of darwin street

    hi, im trying to research my 3rd great grandma alice CHINN. possibly alice ann, and possibly baptised as alice kilvest/kilvert chinn. on her possible baptism her parents are joseph and jane. and marriage to robert turner 1873 father is joseph (deceased) fish rod manufacturer. my problem is that...
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    Chinn Family

    hi i realise this is an old post. i too am stuck on alice chinn and wonder whether the OP ever found the answer to her parentage? i do have a photo of alice that im willing to share.
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