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Person: PEXTON, Chatham  (1849-1918)

Biographical summary of this person
Full name
William Chatham PEXTON
Gender
male
Relevance of this person
proprietor of lantern and slide supply business
Main period of activity
1870s-1910s
Relationships to other people

related by marriage to GREEN, John  (c.1840-1926)

uncle of GREEN, John  (1868-1937)

Chronology
Date
Age
Event/activity
22 October 1849
born at
30 March 1851
1
census record
1851 Census of England and Wales, HO107/1485.205.73
25 September 1875
25
marriage
England and Wales index of marriages
– occupation “Artist in Glass”; marriage to Grace Marion Fryer at St Thomas's Camden Town, London
3 April 1881
31
census record
1881 Census of England and Wales, RG11/226.10.14
– occupation “Artist on Glass”
1880s-1910s
~35
owner
5 April 1891
41
census record
1891 Census of England and Wales, RG12/1059.24.39
– occupation “Artist on Glass”
31 March 1901
51
census record
1901 Census of England and Wales, RG13/1238.43.31
– occupation “Lantern Slide Manufacturer”
2 April 1911
61
census record
1911 Census of England and Wales, RG14/7201.388
– occupation “Manufacturer of Lantern Slides”
7 May 1918
68
died at
Notes

Chatham Pexton was brother-in-law to John Green (senior); Green married Pexton's sister Catharine (1838-1901) in q3 of 1867.

Lucerna ID  6002207

Record created by Richard Crangle. Last updated 28 February 2021

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