Hi Patricia Your William and Christina Chandler are probably the ones aged 72 and 64 respectively who appear in Lot (i.e. township) 48 (in Bedford Parish), Queens County, PEI in the 1901 Census of Canada. Wm was born 10 March 1828 and Christina 5 March 1836. Living with them were daughter Mary J Chandler born 23 August 1876, son Westaway Chandler born 23 Feb 1877 and grandson John S McRae born 28 March 1901 (shown as 1891 in the database I found them in, but as he is only 3 days old that must be an error). In the 1881 Census of Canada, 1828 William's family (household 145) was in the same area as before - Lot 48 PEI. William, a Farmer, is 52, born in England. Christina, of Scottish origin but born PEI (as were all the children), is 45. As to their children, Wiiliam A, a Carpenter, is 25: Flora is 23: Donald (I think this must be a transcription error for your Daniel) is a Tanner aged 21: Albert is a Farmer of 19: the rest are Margaret (14), James H (12), George S (10), John A (8), Charles A (6), Mary J (5)and Roger W (3). Their religion is recorded as Presbyterian. In the 1841 Census of PEI there is a Farmer William Chandler at Lot 48 who could be the father of Farmer William above. There are 9 people in the household - 2 are males aged under 16 (one of whom could be 1828 William), 2 are males aged 16 to 45 (one of whom must be William Senior), 3 are females under 16 and 2 are females aged 16 to 45. Six were from England and three born at PEI. The ones from England paid their own passage (they did not borrow money from a Proprietor to pay for their passage - in those days, townships were owned by Proprietors - in 1863 the owners of Lot 48 were Col. P. Stewart, Capt. Bryne, and others). The CHANDLERs held 100 acres of second best quality on a 999 year lease of which 7 years had expired (this and the three PEI births may give a clue when they left England - about 1834?) at a rent of one pound sterling per year. 30 acres were arable, and in 1840 they produced 45 bushels of wheat, 150 of oats, 30 of barley and 500 of potatoes, and supported 2 horses, 8 cattle, 15 sheep and 6 pigs. In the 1881 Census, the older William is still in lot 48 (district 2 sub-district P page 43 household 131), a Widower Farmer aged 84 living alone (Household 130). In an adjacent household (no 131) is James Chandler (56), another Farmer born in England, probably another of the older William's sons. His wife Jane is 55, born PEI as are their children Eliza A (32), Charles A (23) also a Farmer, Barbara (18), Sarah J (12), George (7), Emma L (4)and Ira (female - 2). The only William Chandler I can find in Hutchinson's 1864 Directory of PEI is a Seaman in Charlottetown with a house at Fitzroy near Weymouth. At lot 48 (Southport), there is an Edward Chandler, Blacksmith. The only relevant Farmers I can find are John and Thomas CHANOLER (note spelling) at Lot 24 (Wheatley River). In Lovell's 1871 PEI Directory, Edward Chandler is shown as "livery, blacksmith, farmer". Thomas Chandler is still at Wheatley River. John Chandler is at Winslow Road, a village in lot 33, 8 miles from Charlottetown. I don't know if any of this paragraph is relevant, but I record it for future reference just in case. I hope this helps you. I would love to have details of the later Chandler descendants to help me with the One-Name Study I am doing, if you would share them with me in confidence - my direct e-mail address is dchandler@sunwave.net If you are curious, the explanation of a One-Name Study can be found at http://www.one-name.org/ Best wishes for now Dick Chandler in Salmon Arm, British Columbia, Canada, researching the CHANDLER and HADATH surnames ----- Original Message ----- From: "Patrica Wright" <maya@stgelais.com> To: <CHANDLER-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, July 17, 2004 7:16 AM Subject: [CHANDLER] Daniel (David) Martin Chandler > Hi; > > I have a Daniel Martin Chandler s/o William & Christina Chandler born October 2, 1859 PEI, Canada who married Jane/Jennie Harrison d/o John A. & Agnes Harrison born December 10, 1871 Rexton, Kent, NB Canada. After the birth of their daughter Beulah Grace b. 1891 they moved to Newton, MA where they had Edward Bertram b. 1893, William Ralph b. 1894 and Lillian Ruth 1897. > > If anyone has this family I would appreciate hearing from you. > > Thanks, > Patricia > maya@stgelais.com > > > Searching For > Ellenwood/Ellinwood/Ellingwood USA-Can > Harrison Canada-MA > Gould MA > Scott Can-Sct > St. Gelais New England > Http://www.stgelais.com/genealogy > > > ==== CHANDLER Mailing List ==== > For list information, subscribing, unsubscribing and archives visit: > http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/surname/c/chandler.html > > ============================== > Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration > Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237 > --- Outgoing mail is checked by AVG anti-virus software. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). 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