First Generation
1. William CHAMBERS. Born abt 1818 in Doddington, Northamptonshire, England. William died in Leicester, England, on 10 May 1887; he was 69. Occupation: Carpenter / Joiner / Builder.
- 1845 "England and Wales, Marriage Index, 1800-1920"
Name: William Chambers
Event Type: Marriage
Event Date: 1845
Event Place: Leicester, Leicestershire, England
County: Leicestershire
Page: 128
Volume: 15
Affiliate Line Number: 97
Registration Quarter: 1
One of these people is probably the spouse:
Name: Charles John Robert Bennett
Name: James Failing
Name: Harriet Heighton
Name: Eliza Matthews
Name: Phebe Oakhill
Name: William Pole
Name: Catherine Pollard
- 1851 England Census
Name: William Chambers
Age: 32
Estimated birth year: abt 1819
Relation: Head
Spouse's Name: Pheobe Chambers
Gender: Male
Where born: Southamton
Civil Parish: Ashford
Town: Ashford
County/Island: Kent
Country: England
Street address: Back Lane
Registration district: West Ashford
Sub-registration district: Calehill
ED, institution, or vessel: 4d
Household schedule number: 99
Piece: 1621
Folio: 370
Page Number: 31
Household Members:
Name Age
William Chambers 32 - head,32, carpenter, Southamton
Pheobe Chambers 35 - wife, 35, Leicester
Elizth Chambers 5 - dau'r, 5, Kent Ashford
Sarah Chambers 2 - dau'r, 2,Kent, Deal
Thomas Barton 30 - Svt, u, 30, carpenter, Moorvom? Quri? [indexed as Moervom, Qun]
- 1861 England Census
Name: William Chambers
Age: 43
Estimated birth year: 1818
Relation: Head
Spouse's Name: Phoebe Chambers
Gender: Male
Where born: Thoode, Northamptonshire, England [perhaps Raunds town? OR Roade, South Northhamptonshire]
Civil Parish: Leicester St Mary
Ecclesiastical parish: St Mary
Town: Leicester
County/Island: Leicestershire
Country: England
Street address: 51 Great Stahmist or Holwick?
Registration district: Leicester
Sub-registration district: West Leicester
ED, institution, or vessel: 24
Household schedule number: 26
Piece: 2295
Folio: 109
Page Number: 5
Household Members:
Name Age
William Chambers 43 - head, mar, 43, carpenter & joiner,R?_oade? Northamptonshire
Phoebe Chambers 48 - wife, mar, 48, Leicester
Charlotte Chambers 15 - daur, un, 15, silk winder, Ashford Kent
Sarah Chambers 12 - daur, un, 12, scholar, Ashford Kent
William Chambers 7 - son, un, 7, scholar, Ashford Kent
Mary Ann Chambers 8 - daur, un, 8, scholar, Ashford Kent
- 1871 England Census
Name: William Chambers
Age: 53
Estimated birth year: abt 1818
Relation: Head
Spouse's Name: Phebe Chambers
Gender: Male
Where born: Doddington, Northamptonshire, England
Civil Parish: Leicester St Mary
Ecclesiastical parish: St Paul
Town: Leicester
County/Island: Leicestershire
Country: England
Street Address: Great Holme Street No 153
Registration district: Leicester
Sub-registration district: West Leicester
ED, institution, or vessel: 30
Household schedule number: 207
Piece: 3286
Folio: 90
Page Number: 42
Household Members:
Name Age
William Chambers 53 - head, mar, 53, carpenter, Northampton'sh Doddington
Phebe Chambers 59 - wife, mar, 59, Leicester
next page
William Chambers 17 - son, un, 17, carpenter, Kent Ashford
Mary A Chambers 18 - daur, -, silk winder, Kent Ashford
[Great Doddington Northampton is on the south outskirts of Wellingborough, NE of Northampton]
- 1881 Census: 159 Great Holme Street, Leicester St Mary, Leicester, England, FHL Film 1341758, RG11, Piece/Folio 3176/80, Page 16:
William Chambers, Head, Married, M, 63, Paddington, Joiner
Phoebe Chambers, Wife, Married, F, 65, Leicester, England, -
Williams Chambers, Son, Unmar, M, 26, Ashford, Kent, England, Joiner
Mary A Chambers, Daur, Unmar, F, 29, Ashford, Kent, England, -
Joe J. Thomas, Grandson, -, M, 10, Cardiff, Scholar [believe this to be Ivor John - handwriting looks like Iva I]
William Thomas, Grandson, -, M, 8, Leicester, England, Scholar [this would be Robert William]
- 1885 England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations), 1858-1966
Name: William Chambers
Probate Date: 23 May 1885
Death Date: 25 Apr 1885
Death Place: Northamptonshire, England
Registry: Northampton
Transcription of probate summary: "CHAMBERS William. Personal Estate £1900. 23 May [1885]. The Will with two Codicils of William Chambers late of 4 Cyril street in the Town of Northampton in the County of Northampton who died 25 Apr 1885 at 4 Cyril Street was proved at Northampton by Phebe Chambers of 4 Cyril street widow the relict and Mathew Henry Holding of 10 Cyril Street Architect the Executors."
RESEARCH NOTES
- Doddington civil parish is listed in South Northhamptonshire (wikipedia) - not listed in IGI index
- Great Doddington civil parish is in Wellingorough Northhamptonshire (wikipedia) - batch I006388 (some Chambers but no William)
- Duddington with Fineshade is in East Northamptonshire [wikipedia] - east of Peterborough, south of Stamford, IGI batch I006393, C026862 - no luck
- Roade - IGI batchs I007481, C092031 - no luck
- Raunds - IGI batch I007474, I043302 - no luck
- from another researcher:
1818-1887 William Chambers
First name: William
Middle name:
Surname: Chambers
Occupation: Carpenter/Builder
Date of birth:
Year of birth: 1818 Date of baptism:
Gender: Male Year of death: 1887
Date of death: 10/05/1887
Place of birth: Doddington, Northamptonshire
Place of baptism:
Place of death: Leicester
Spouse name: Phoebe Oakhill
Place of marriage: Archdeacon Lane Leicester (Bapt)
Date of marriage: 28/02/1845
Divorced: No
Is this her in the 1841 census? Can’t view others in household; age may be rounded down:
- 1841"England and Wales Census, 1841"
Name: Phebe Oakhill
Event Type: Census
Event Date: 1841
Gender: Female
Age: 25
Birthplace: Leicestershire
Schedule Type: Household
Registration District: Leicester
Sub-District: Leicester, East
Parish: St Margaret
County: Leicestershire
FreeBMD: There is no matching entry for his death registration in 1887 (too early for his birth to be registered) - none of the ages match. The closest death in Leicester for William Chambers is: Dec 1888, age 59 [b 1829] Leicester 7a 141 - looking at the film the age looks more like 69 to me (although the blurry 5’s often can have a closed loop on the bottom so it’s hard to tell the 2 apart). If 69, this would be a match, although a year off from other source - perhaps a late registration?.
Possible locations of "Doddington" (google):
- Great Doddington, Northamptonshire is located 3 miles from Wellingborough and some 12 miles from Northampton
- Doddington village and civil parish in borough of Swale, Kent, England
- Doddington civil parish in unitary authoritiy of Cheshire East
- Doddington village in Cambridgeshire [NE of Huntingdon, north of Cambridge and NE of Northampton]
- Doddington Hall, Lincolnshire
- 1845 "England and Wales, Marriage Index, 1800-1920"
Name: William Chambers
Event Type: Marriage
Event Date: 1845
Event Place: Leicester, Leicestershire, England
County: Leicestershire
Page: 128
Volume: 15
Affiliate Line Number: 97
Registration Quarter: 1
One of these people is probably the spouse:
Name: Charles John Robert Bennett
Name: James Failing
Name: Harriet Heighton
Name: Eliza Matthews
Name: Phebe Oakhill
Name: William Pole
Name: Catherine Pollard
- 1851 England Census
Name: William Chambers
Age: 32
Estimated birth year: abt 1819
Relation: Head
Spouse's Name: Pheobe Chambers
Gender: Male
Where born: Southamton
Civil Parish: Ashford
Town: Ashford
County/Island: Kent
Country: England
Street address: Back Lane
Registration district: West Ashford
Sub-registration district: Calehill
ED, institution, or vessel: 4d
Household schedule number: 99
Piece: 1621
Folio: 370
Page Number: 31
Household Members:
Name Age
William Chambers 32 - head,32, carpenter, Southamton
Pheobe Chambers 35 - wife, 35, Leicester
Elizth Chambers 5 - dau'r, 5, Kent Ashford
Sarah Chambers 2 - dau'r, 2,Kent, Deal
Thomas Barton 30 - Svt, u, 30, carpenter, Moorvom? Quri? [indexed as Moervom, Qun]
- 1861 England Census
Name: William Chambers
Age: 43
Estimated birth year: 1818
Relation: Head
Spouse's Name: Phoebe Chambers
Gender: Male
Where born: Thoode, Northamptonshire, England [perhaps Raunds town? OR Roade, South Northhamptonshire]
Civil Parish: Leicester St Mary
Ecclesiastical parish: St Mary
Town: Leicester
County/Island: Leicestershire
Country: England
Street address: 51 Great Stahmist or Holwick?
Registration district: Leicester
Sub-registration district: West Leicester
ED, institution, or vessel: 24
Household schedule number: 26
Piece: 2295
Folio: 109
Page Number: 5
Household Members:
Name Age
William Chambers 43 - head, mar, 43, carpenter & joiner,R?_oade? Northamptonshire
Phoebe Chambers 48 - wife, mar, 48, Leicester
Charlotte Chambers 15 - daur, un, 15, silk winder, Ashford Kent
Sarah Chambers 12 - daur, un, 12, scholar, Ashford Kent
William Chambers 7 - son, un, 7, scholar, Ashford Kent
Mary Ann Chambers 8 - daur, un, 8, scholar, Ashford Kent
- 1871 England Census
Name: William Chambers
Age: 53
Estimated birth year: abt 1818
Relation: Head
Spouse's Name: Phebe Chambers
Gender: Male
Where born: Doddington, Northamptonshire, England
Civil Parish: Leicester St Mary
Ecclesiastical parish: St Paul
Town: Leicester
County/Island: Leicestershire
Country: England
Street Address: Great Holme Street No 153
Registration district: Leicester
Sub-registration district: West Leicester
ED, institution, or vessel: 30
Household schedule number: 207
Piece: 3286
Folio: 90
Page Number: 42
Household Members:
Name Age
William Chambers 53 - head, mar, 53, carpenter, Northampton'sh Doddington
Phebe Chambers 59 - wife, mar, 59, Leicester
next page
William Chambers 17 - son, un, 17, carpenter, Kent Ashford
Mary A Chambers 18 - daur, -, silk winder, Kent Ashford
[Great Doddington Northampton is on the south outskirts of Wellingborough, NE of Northampton]
- 1881 Census: 159 Great Holme Street, Leicester St Mary, Leicester, England, FHL Film 1341758, RG11, Piece/Folio 3176/80, Page 16:
William Chambers, Head, Married, M, 63, Paddington, Joiner
Phoebe Chambers, Wife, Married, F, 65, Leicester, England, -
Williams Chambers, Son, Unmar, M, 26, Ashford, Kent, England, Joiner
Mary A Chambers, Daur, Unmar, F, 29, Ashford, Kent, England, -
Joe J. Thomas, Grandson, -, M, 10, Cardiff, Scholar [believe this to be Ivor John - handwriting looks like Iva I]
William Thomas, Grandson, -, M, 8, Leicester, England, Scholar [this would be Robert William]
- 1885 England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations), 1858-1966
Name: William Chambers
Probate Date: 23 May 1885
Death Date: 25 Apr 1885
Death Place: Northamptonshire, England
Registry: Northampton
Transcription of probate summary: "CHAMBERS William. Personal Estate £1900. 23 May [1885]. The Will with two Codicils of William Chambers late of 4 Cyril street in the Town of Northampton in the County of Northampton who died 25 Apr 1885 at 4 Cyril Street was proved at Northampton by Phebe Chambers of 4 Cyril street widow the relict and Mathew Henry Holding of 10 Cyril Street Architect the Executors."
RESEARCH NOTES
- Doddington civil parish is listed in South Northhamptonshire (wikipedia) - not listed in IGI index
- Great Doddington civil parish is in Wellingorough Northhamptonshire (wikipedia) - batch I006388 (some Chambers but no William)
- Duddington with Fineshade is in East Northamptonshire [wikipedia] - east of Peterborough, south of Stamford, IGI batch I006393, C026862 - no luck
- Roade - IGI batchs I007481, C092031 - no luck
- Raunds - IGI batch I007474, I043302 - no luck
- from another researcher:
1818-1887 William Chambers
First name: William
Middle name:
Surname: Chambers
Occupation: Carpenter/Builder
Date of birth:
Year of birth: 1818 Date of baptism:
Gender: Male Year of death: 1887
Date of death: 10/05/1887
Place of birth: Doddington, Northamptonshire
Place of baptism:
Place of death: Leicester
Spouse name: Phoebe Oakhill
Place of marriage: Archdeacon Lane Leicester (Bapt)
Date of marriage: 28/02/1845
Divorced: No
Is this her in the 1841 census? Can’t view others in household; age may be rounded down:
- 1841"England and Wales Census, 1841"
Name: Phebe Oakhill
Event Type: Census
Event Date: 1841
Gender: Female
Age: 25
Birthplace: Leicestershire
Schedule Type: Household
Registration District: Leicester
Sub-District: Leicester, East
Parish: St Margaret
County: Leicestershire
FreeBMD: There is no matching entry for his death registration in 1887 (too early for his birth to be registered) - none of the ages match. The closest death in Leicester for William Chambers is: Dec 1888, age 59 [b 1829] Leicester 7a 141 - looking at the film the age looks more like 69 to me (although the blurry 5’s often can have a closed loop on the bottom so it’s hard to tell the 2 apart). If 69, this would be a match, although a year off from other source - perhaps a late registration?.
Possible locations of "Doddington" (google):
- Great Doddington, Northamptonshire is located 3 miles from Wellingborough and some 12 miles from Northampton
- Doddington village and civil parish in borough of Swale, Kent, England
- Doddington civil parish in unitary authoritiy of Cheshire East
- Doddington village in Cambridgeshire [NE of Huntingdon, north of Cambridge and NE of Northampton]
- Doddington Hall, Lincolnshire
On 27 Feb 1845 when William was 27, he married Phebe OAKHILL 
, daughter of John OAKHILL & Henrietta WARD, in Archdeacon Lane, Baptist, Leicester, England. Born in 1812 in Leicester, England. Phebe died in Leicester, England, on 3 Apr 1886; she was 74.
- 1823: a framed embroidery sampler was hand made by "Phebe Oakhil Aged 11 . 1823" - so she was born about 1812.
- 1824: she made another emproidery sampler:
“LORD make thy day our dear delight
To think and speak and act aright
For thou alone art GOD most high
That teachest us to edify”
“Phebe Oakhil Aged 12 1824”
- 1841 England Census about Phebe Oakhill
Name: Phebe Oakhill
Age: 25
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1816
Gender: Female
Where born: Leicestershire, England
Civil Parish: St Margaret With Bishops Fee
Hundred: Leicester Borough
County/Island: Leicestershire
Country: England
Street Address: Charlotte Street
Registration district: Leicester
Sub-registration district: East Leicester
Piece: 604
Book: 13
Folio: 41
Page Number: 25
Household Members:
Name Age
John Oakhill 50 - 50, M, smith & fitter, not born in county
Henerietta Oakhill 50 - 50, F, born in county
John Oakhill 20 - 20, M, smith & fitter, born in county
James Oakhill 15 - 15, M, born in county
Phebe Oakhill 25 - 25, F, born in county
Susanna Oakhill 18 - 18, F, born in county?
Charlotte Oakhill 13 - 13, F, born in county
Sarah Oakhill 9 - 9, F, born in county
- 1845 freeBMD Marriages Mar 1845
BENNETT Charles John Robert Leicester 15 128
CHAMBERS William Leicester 15 128 - line 17
FAILING James Leicester 15 128
HEIGHTON Harriet Leicester 15 128
MATTHEWS Eliza Leicester 15 128
Oakhill Phebe Leicester 15 128
POLE William Leicester 15 128
POLLARD Catherine Leicester 15 128
- 1886 freeBMD Deaths Jun 1886
Chambers Phoebe 74 Leicester 7a 143
ALSO
"England and Wales, Death Registration Index 1837-1920"
Name: Phoebe Chambers
Event Type: Death
Registration Quarter: Apr-May-Jun
Registration Year: 1886
Registration District: Leicester
County: Leicestershire
Event Place: Leicester, Leicestershire, England
Age (available after 1866): 74
Birth Year (Estimated): 1812
Volume: 7A
Page: 143
Line Number: 67
RESEARCH NOTES
From other researchers:
- Phoebe Oakhill
First name: Phoebe
Middle name: Occupation:
Surname: Oakhill Date of birth:
Year of birth: 1811
Date of baptism:
Gender: Female
Year of death: 1886
Date of death: 03/04/1886 Source of data:
Place of birth: LEICESTER Leicestershire England
Place of baptism:
Place of death: Leicester
Spouse name: William Chambers
Place of marriage: Archdeacon Lane Leicester (Bapt)
Date of marriage: 28/02/1845
Divorced: No
- “Phebe's sampler [#2 date 1824] is framed. A long time ago my mother decided it needed a wash and soaked it in Persil. Luckily it survived.”
, daughter of John OAKHILL & Henrietta WARD, in Archdeacon Lane, Baptist, Leicester, England. Born in 1812 in Leicester, England. Phebe died in Leicester, England, on 3 Apr 1886; she was 74.- 1823: a framed embroidery sampler was hand made by "Phebe Oakhil Aged 11 . 1823" - so she was born about 1812.
- 1824: she made another emproidery sampler:
“LORD make thy day our dear delight
To think and speak and act aright
For thou alone art GOD most high
That teachest us to edify”
“Phebe Oakhil Aged 12 1824”
- 1841 England Census about Phebe Oakhill
Name: Phebe Oakhill
Age: 25
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1816
Gender: Female
Where born: Leicestershire, England
Civil Parish: St Margaret With Bishops Fee
Hundred: Leicester Borough
County/Island: Leicestershire
Country: England
Street Address: Charlotte Street
Registration district: Leicester
Sub-registration district: East Leicester
Piece: 604
Book: 13
Folio: 41
Page Number: 25
Household Members:
Name Age
John Oakhill 50 - 50, M, smith & fitter, not born in county
Henerietta Oakhill 50 - 50, F, born in county
John Oakhill 20 - 20, M, smith & fitter, born in county
James Oakhill 15 - 15, M, born in county
Phebe Oakhill 25 - 25, F, born in county
Susanna Oakhill 18 - 18, F, born in county?
Charlotte Oakhill 13 - 13, F, born in county
Sarah Oakhill 9 - 9, F, born in county
- 1845 freeBMD Marriages Mar 1845
BENNETT Charles John Robert Leicester 15 128
CHAMBERS William Leicester 15 128 - line 17
FAILING James Leicester 15 128
HEIGHTON Harriet Leicester 15 128
MATTHEWS Eliza Leicester 15 128
Oakhill Phebe Leicester 15 128
POLE William Leicester 15 128
POLLARD Catherine Leicester 15 128
- 1886 freeBMD Deaths Jun 1886
Chambers Phoebe 74 Leicester 7a 143
ALSO
"England and Wales, Death Registration Index 1837-1920"
Name: Phoebe Chambers
Event Type: Death
Registration Quarter: Apr-May-Jun
Registration Year: 1886
Registration District: Leicester
County: Leicestershire
Event Place: Leicester, Leicestershire, England
Age (available after 1866): 74
Birth Year (Estimated): 1812
Volume: 7A
Page: 143
Line Number: 67
RESEARCH NOTES
From other researchers:
- Phoebe Oakhill
First name: Phoebe
Middle name: Occupation:
Surname: Oakhill Date of birth:
Year of birth: 1811
Date of baptism:
Gender: Female
Year of death: 1886
Date of death: 03/04/1886 Source of data:
Place of birth: LEICESTER Leicestershire England
Place of baptism:
Place of death: Leicester
Spouse name: William Chambers
Place of marriage: Archdeacon Lane Leicester (Bapt)
Date of marriage: 28/02/1845
Divorced: No
- “Phebe's sampler [#2 date 1824] is framed. A long time ago my mother decided it needed a wash and soaked it in Persil. Luckily it survived.”
They had the following children:
2i.
Charlotte CHAMBERS (1845-1876)
3ii.
Sarah CHAMBERS (1848-1936)
4iii.
Mary Ann CHAMBERS (1852-1883)
5iv.
William CHAMBERS (1853-1938)