The Descendants of John Chesterman.

General Notes: Josiah arrived in South Australia aboard the "Apolline", as an apprentice to Mr. H.W.Phillips.

Josiah married Louisa WHITE [9139] on Aug 23, 1854 in Trinity Church Adelaide [Colony of] South Australia.

20 i. Alice Sophia CHESTERMAN [9600] was born on Jan 27, 1856 in Unley [Colony of] South Australia.

22 iii. Bertha CHESTERMAN [9601] was born on Mar 27, 1860 in Adelaide Colony of South Australia.

General Notes: In an eMail, dated November 01, 2006, Martin Caiger-Smith said:
The Smith Family Notes have been lost; and it's Needle in a Haystack Stuff looking for a John or Thomas or James Smith in London. However the Family were in business and started, Circa 1833 the well known and still extant Business in New Oxford Street, selling Unbrellas etc., James J Smith and Sons. Details are available on the Web. James Smith Junior emigrated to Tasmania later in the 19^th Century with some of his wider Family.

29 iv. Thomas WARD-SMITH [3743] was born on Mar 4, 1861 in London England and died on Apr 15, 1947 at age 86.

General Notes: Lived initially at Queen's Club Gardens in Kensington, then at Streatham Common; and finally at Looe in Cornwall.
He was educated at Heidelburg and Paris; and was a well read and charming Man.
J.A.L.Currie. August 1987.

Tom Ward-Smith maintained a continuous correspondence with his Nephew "Jack" [Arthur John Ulph] Smith in Brisbane.
All remaining letters are filed in display book of letters.
Howard U. Smith. Feb. 13, 1988.

Thomas married Eleanor Jane WARD [3737], daughter of William WARD [3735] and Harriett CHESTERMAN [3736], on Jun 10, 1890. Eleanor was born on Mar 29, 1861 in Nottingham Nottinghamshire England and died on Apr 10, 1938 at age 77. Another name for Eleanor was Nellie.

General Notes: Strongest influence in Margaret Currie's life. She and Tom brought Margaret up after her mother died. She had disapproved of her sister Edith's marriage to Arthur Ulph Smith.
J.A.L.Currie. August 1987.

11. Anne Greaves CHESTERMAN [8487] (James⁵, John¹) was born on Apr 28, 1822 and died on Mar 4, 1876 in 15 Sydenham Terrace Bath Somerset England at age 53. The cause of her death was Phthsis [Tuberculosis].

Anne married Ezekiel Bickham CHESTERMAN [8488], son of William CHESTERMAN [9455] and Elizabeth BICKHAM [9456], on Jun 10, 1848 in Townhead Baptist Chapel Sheffield Yorkshire England. Ezekiel was born on Nov 9, 1823 in London England, died on Jan 19, 1891 in 11 St Lukes Road Bath Somerset England at age 67, and was buried on Jan 24, 1891 in Locksbrook Cemetery.

General Notes: In an attachment to an email, dated June 28, 2003, Harold Chesterman states:-

Ezekiel Bickham Chesterman (9 Nov 1823 - 19 Jan 1891)
Born at 35 Bowling Green Lane, Clerkenwell, London. (Source: copy of birth certificate). Apprenticed to "Henry Major of No. 23 (illegible) of Clerkenwell" in 1838 to learn "his Art of Wire Working". (Source: Original Apprentiship Agreement). Partner (Manager) in James Chesterman & Co. Ltd., Bow Works, Sheffield. Lived at 56 Coalpit Lane (marriage certificate) and also Parklane Broomhall Park. 1880 treasurer of the Ecclesall Co-operative Society. 1881 retired to Bath. (Source: page 70 of 'The First 200 Years. A short history of Rabone Chesterman Ltd'). [This appears to contradict Philip George Chesterman's notes which say: "Sept 1875 - All moved to Bath, 15 Sydenham Terrace." See also the date and address on the memorial card for his first wife].

Undated notes left by Judson Tyndale Chesterman include: "My grandfather Ezekiel Bickham Chesterman born 1823 was a 'righteous' hence difficult man. He did not get on with William [ie James Chesterman's son] and left the firm in about 1870 and went to Bath for the sake of his wife's health. In 1863 the dam burst near the works and the factory was destroyed. He did a great deal to build the whole business up again in Pomona Street where it is today. He was a founder member of the Sheffield and Ecclesall Co-op and its first treasurer (Hon) as he was keen on helping his workmen. I think it is the second Co-op in the country. One of his workmen never took a holiday for 63 years, never was late, never walked on a crack in the pavement and always wore the old fashioned top hat with a bowler type crown to it such as Churchill used! These 'little Mesters' as they were called were a really tough and loyal lot.

My Father was born in 1856 and one of his early recollections was the flood which destroyed the works when the night watchman came running in shouting 'Mr. Ezekiel, Mr. Ezekiel the end of the world has come' and the photo of the devastation was one of the first prints to be published in a newspaper in this country."

EBC married twice. His first wife (marriage date 10 June 1848 at Townhead Street Baptist Chapel Sheffield) was his second cousin Ann Greaves Chesterman, daughter of James Chesterman. She died at 15 Sydenham Terrace, Bath on 4 March 1876(Memorial Card). During 1877 he married Eliza Tupman.

EBC died at 11 St. Lukes Rd., Bath. His will indicates that he also owned 7&8 Westmoreland Villas, Oldfield Park, Bath and 30,31,32&33 Dorset Street, Tibet, near Bath. Interred 24 Jan at Locksbrook Cemetery.

In an Attachment to an email received June 19, 2003, Shelagh and Scott Chesterman included the following 1881 Census information:-

Name Relation Marital Status Gender Age Birthplace Occupation Disability
Ezekiel B. CHESTERMAN Head M Male 57 London, London, Middlesex, England Retired Engineer
Eliza CHESTERMAN Wife M Female 52 Exmouth Retired Engineer Wife
Mary J. CHESTERMAN Daur U Female 19 Sheffield
Elizabeth CHESTERMAN Daur In Law M Female 28 High Bickington, Somerset, England
Anna PAYNE Visitor U Female 25 High Bickington Dressmaker
M.Maria ELLIOTT Serv U Female 18 Froome, Somerset, England General Serv Domestic

Source Information:
Dwelling 14 Elm Place Wells Road
Census Place Lyncombe & Widcombe, Somerset, England
Family History Library Film 1341586
Public Records Office Reference RG11
Piece / Folio 2435 / 32
Page Number 5

• Registration: Dr. Williamson's Library Redcross St Cripplegate London England.

• Residence: 15 St Johns Wood Lower Bristol Road, 1876, Bath Somerset England.

34 ii. William Edward CHESTERMAN [17251] was born in Oct 1852 and died on Jan 12, 1854 at age 1.

+ 35 iii. George Jesse CHESTERMAN [9128] was born on Mar 27, 1854 in Sheffield Yorkshire England, was baptised on May 1, 1870 in Baptist Church, and died in 1941 at age 87.

+ 36 iv. William Thomas CHESTERMAN [9129] was born on Jan 13, 1856 in Sheffield Yorkshire England, was baptised in Aug 1870, and died on Jan 16, 1923 at age 67.

37 v. Sarah Anne CHESTERMAN [17257] was born in Apr 1857 and died on Mar 4, 1859 at age 1.

38 vi. Mary J CHESTERMAN [9131] was born on May 4, 1861 in Catherine Street Sheffield Yorkshire England and was baptised about 1874.

Mary married John Cochrane KEIR [17258], son of Peter KEIR [17259] and Elizabeth COCHRANE [17260], on Sep 7, 1886. John was born on Aug 1, 1852 in Musselburgh Midlothian Scotland, was baptised in Aug 1852 in West Bush Musselburgh Midlothian Scotland, and died on Jul 4, 1907 at age 54.

14. Harriett CHESTERMAN [3736] (James⁵, John¹) was born on Feb 5, 1833 in Sheffield Yorkshire England and died about 1900 aged about 67.

Harriett married William WARD [3735], son of Thomas WARD [3749] and Martha JOHNSON [3750], on May 4, 1858. William was born on Dec 30, 1830 in Sheffield Yorkshire England and died on Jul 20, 1913 at age 82.

General Notes: SEARCH NOTES: Betty Spender has checked 1881 Census for the District of Sherwood in Nottingham. William Ward and Family, as follows, were then living at 115 Waterloo Crescent. (See her letter dated 26/5/88) William Ward, Bank Mgr.& Fire Agent, Age 50, Born Sheffield. Harriet Ward, his Wife, Born Sheffield, Age 48. Eleanor, Unmarried, Born Nottingham, Age 20. The following Children were all shown Born Nottingham: William A, Age 16; Edith M, Age 15; Arthur S, Age 14; Harriet E, Age 13; Alfred H, Age 6. The following Entries were found in various P.O. Directories: 1860, William Ward, Clerk, Bilbie St. Nott'm (could be ours). 1862, at Rowena Terr., Portland Rd., Nott'm. (He was not at this address in 1860, so the William Ward in Bilbie St. was probably the same Person. 1864 and 1865, lived at Hampden St., Nott'm. 1874, lived at Elm Terrace, Mansfield St., Nott'm. 1881, lived at 115 Waterloo Cres., Nott'm. Also recorded at Cavendish Cres. North, The Park, Nott'm. in the same year. He was shown in this Directory as being Bank Manager to Samuel Smith & Co., Bankers, 13-17 South Pde., Nott'm. He was also shown as Agent to the County Fire Officer, whatever this means. ... He apparently moved during 1881. 1885, 1886 and 1891, all show him still living at Cavendish Crescent. The 1893 Directory does not list him at all. He probably moved to Godling between 1891 and 1893. The Birth Cert. of William's Daughter, Edith, born June 1865 shows that William was a Banker's Clerk at that time; and her Marriage Cert., show him to be a Bank Manager when she was Married in 1890.
^ NEXT STEP:
1. Await outcome of Searches and obtaining Certs. for Edith ULPH-SMITH, nee WARD.
2. Meanwhile search 1841, 51, 61, 71 & 81 Census Records for Sheffield (Broomhall Place); and for Hampden and/or Cavendish Streets in Nottingham.
H.U.Smith/Betty Spender Apr.22/Jun.3, 1988.

41 i. Eleanor Jane WARD [3737] was born on Mar 29, 1861 in Nottingham Nottinghamshire England and died on Apr 10, 1938 at age 77. Another name for Eleanor was Nellie.

Eleanor married Thomas WARD-SMITH [3743], son of Thomas SMITH [4000] and Emily CHESTERMAN [43461], on Jun 10, 1890. Thomas was born on Mar 4, 1861 in London England and died on Apr 15, 1947 at age 86.

42 ii. Henry Chesterman WARD [43664] was born on Sep 15, 1862 in Nottingham Nottinghamshire England, died on Apr 7, 1877 in Colwick Weir River Trent Nottinghamshire England at age 14, and was buried on Apr 30, 1877 in Church Cemetery Nottingham Nottinghamshire England. The cause of his death was Drowning.

43 iii. William Albert WARD [3738] was born on Apr 14, 1864 in Nottingham Nottinghamshire England.

William married Anne HARDAKER [43665] in Sep 189 in Southport Lancashire England.

+ 44 iv. Edith Mary WARD [3525] was born on Jun 8, 1865 in Nottingham Nottinghamshire England, died on Nov 22, 1899 at home in Nottingham at age 34, and was buried about 1899 in Beeston Cemetery Nottingham Nottinghamshire England.

45 v. Arthur James WARD [3739] was born on Dec 6, 1866 in Nottingham Nottinghamshire England and died on Feb 10, 1952 at age 85.

General Notes: Good Cricketer & Footballer, Sheffield. Acted as a Father to "Jack" Arthur John Ulph-Smith after his Mother's early Death. He retired from Business at an early age to live at Sidmouth, Devon, in a Cotage called "Fulwood". He enjoyed his Pipe and the odd Scotch.
J.A.L.Currie. August 1987.

Arthur married Hilda Emily WILMOTT [3744], daughter of ?????? WILMOTT [4371]. Hilda died on Feb 22, 1958 in "Fulwood", Winslade Road, Sidmouth, Essex, England and was buried about Feb 1958 in Torquay Crematorium Torquay Devon England. The cause of her death was Cancer of the Lung.

Medical Notes: A Letter from Hilda's Brother, Bernard to Arthur John Ulph Smith mentioned that Hilda had Breast Cancer about 5-6 Years before her Death; and that the Doctors at that time said it may later spread to her Lungs.

+ 46 vi. Harriett Elizabeth WARD [3740] was born on Feb 29, 1868 in Nottingham Nottinghamshire England and died in Feb 1946 at age 78.

47 vii. Alfred Herbert WARD [3741] was born on Dec 10, 1874 in Nottingham Nottinghamshire England and died about 1895 aged about 21. Another name for Alfred was Harry.

General Notes: Harry was drowned in a Boating Accident on the River Trent, Nottinghamshire at 15 Years of age.
H.U.Smith/ Betty Spender. July 1987.
See 1881 Census for Date of Harry's Birth.

48 viii. Bertram WARD [3742] was born in Nottingham Nottinghamshire England and died about 1902.

General Notes: Edith Ward's youngest brother. Delicate and with poor eyesight. His father set him up with a tobacconist's shop in Sheffield, but it was not successful. On his father's death, he bought a bungalow and poultry farm in Unstone, Derbyshire. The farm, too, was unsuccessful, and his last job was as a billiard marker at the Forum Club in London, where his sister Hattie was a member. He found that he was going blind, and shot himself.
J.A.L.Currie. August 1987.

16. William CHESTERMAN [3805] (James⁵, John¹) was born on Dec 22, 1837 in Sheffield Yorkshire England and died on Jan 6, 1930 in Howard Street Independent, Sheffield, Yorkshire UK at age 92.

General Notes: William was twice Master Cutler of SHEFFIELD. He built and lived in Eastwood Grange, at Ashover in DERBYSHIRE. He also owned a house (Belmayne) in Clarkehouse Road, SHEFFIELD. ... H.U.Smith. July 1987.
He was an excellent golfer. J.A.L.Currie. August 1987.

NEXT STEP:
1. Search Census Records for Clarkehouse Road, SHEFFIELD; and Ashover, DERBYSHIRE.2. Copies of I.G.I. records for Chesterman in Sheffield, ordered. Await receipt before further investigation; and possible further letter to Betty Spender. H.U.Smith, May 3, 88. Checked IGI, [LDS FamilySearch Website] Printout shows Bapt. Date. HUS. 11/3/00.

In an Attachment to an email received June 19, 2003, Scott Chesterman included the following 1881 Census information:-

Name Relation Marital Status Gender Age Birthplace Occupation Disability
William CHESTERMAN Head M Male 43 Sheffield, York, England Master Of The Cutler Company Merchant Measure Maker Master Employing 85 Men 22 W
Emma CHESTERMAN Wife M Female 34 Bury St Edmonds, Suffolk, England
Gerald W. CHESTERMAN Son Male 8 Sheffield, York, England Scholar
Mabel CHESTERMAN Daur Female 7 Sheffield, York, England Scholar
Maud M. CHESTERMAN Daur Female 5 Sheffield, York, England Scholar
Winifred E. CHESTERMAN Daur Female 2 Sheffield, York, England Scholar
Ida M. CHESTERMAN Daur Female 11 m Sheffield, York, England
Harriet CHESTERMAN Mother W Female 80 Sheffield, York, England
Mary LAW Serv U Female 25 Charlton, Wiltshire, England Nursemaid Serv
Annie E.N. HAIGH Serv U Female 25 Sheffield, York, England Cook Serv
Mary BARKER Serv U Female 35 Ridgeway, Derby, England Housemaid Serv
Mary A. ATKIN Serv U Female 23 Kiveton Park, York, England Housemaid Serv
Amelia F. ELLIS Serv U Female 16 Handsworth Woodhouse, York, England Housemaid Serv
Martha A. MURLEY Serv U Female 22 Sheffield, York, England Governess (Teacher)

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Source Information:
Dwelling 27 & 29 Broomgrove Rd
Census Place Ecclesall Bierlow, York, England
Family History Library Film 1342119
Public Records Office Reference RG11
Piece / Folio 4634 / 13
Page Number 20

In an email received from Harold Chesterman, on July 9th, 2003, was the following Obituary:-

Obituary from a Sheffield paper, provided by Ann Verney.

William Chesterman

AN EX-MASTER CUTLER
_________

Death of Oldest Survivor
Of the Office.
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40 YEARS A MAGISTRATE.
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The oldest surviving ex-Master Cutler, Mr. William Chesterman, J.P., died suddenly yesterday at his residence, “Belmayne”, Clarkehouse Road, Sheffield, following a heart seizure in the morning. Although he was 92 years of age, Mr. Chesterman was at his place of business only a few days ago.
Mr Chesterman attained his 92nd birthday just over a fortnight ago. He held the office of Master Cutler as far back as 1880. He had outlived not only his predecessors, but also many of his successors, and, now that he has gone, the senior ex-Master is Mr. James Dixon, who presided over the Company seven years after Mr. Chesterman. The deceased gentleman was a member of the Company about thirty-four years, having been elected seven years before he held the Mastership, and retained his membership until 1907, when he retired. In 1919 he gave a generous benefaction of ¤2,000, which was invested and used for the carrying on of the Company's work. Mr Chesterman was a Church Burgess about twenty years. He was elected in 1901, at the same time as Mr. W.B. Esam when vacancies were caused by the deaths of Mr. Walter Brown and Alderman William Smith. With Mr. S.G. Richardson, Mr. Chesterman had the distinction of being the oldest city magistrate. He and Mr. Richardson were appointed to the Commission of the Peace for the city in 1890.

A Vigorous Work

In the early years of this century Mr. Chesterman was one of the most active members of the Sheffield Ratepayers' Association - a body which was formed to combat extravagant municipal expenditure, and which, among its other work, strongly opposed the Works Construction Department of the City Council and kept a watchful eye on increases in salary. For several years the Association carried on a vigorous work, which extended to the running of candidates for municipal honours, but, like most bodies of this kind, it eventually died a natural death. Mr. Chesterman was its president for some years, and took an energetic share in its work.
Mr. Chesterman was the principal partner in the firm of James Chesterman and Co., Ltd., manufacturers of measuring instruments, Bow Works, Pomona Street, Sheffield, and having spent the whole of his life in the city he was well known and highly respected in business, public, and social circles. Beyond filling the position of Master Cutler, however, and attending the Magisterial Bench assiduously for some years, he never took much part in public affairs. In fact the needs of an important and progressive business kept him fully occupied.

Old Standing Firm

The name of Chesterman in connection with measuring rules is known in all parts of the world where such instruments are used as standing for high quality and accuracy, and the business has enjoyed a high degree of prosperity for more than half a century. Its foundations were laid by Mr. Chesterman's father, Mr. James Chesterman, who possessed an amount of inventive genius which was rare in his day. He was born in London and served an apprenticeship to the making of powder flasks, and in 1820 he came to Sheffield to work at the Cornish Works of James Dixon and Sons. He started in business as the result of an invention for the automatic winding up of tape measures by means of a spring. It was a time-saving device which quickly "caught on." Having no capital he secured a Mr. Hounsfield as partner and started to manufacture his patent tape. At a later period he was joined by Mr. Samuel Fox, of Deepcar, but their works in Nursery Street were nearly washed away by the Sheffield flood. The firm then moved to Bow Works. The next important invention was the steel tape, which has ever since been recognised as the only accurate article for lineal measurement. The late Mr. James Chesterman was constantly bringing out inventions for use in his factory. He died in 1867, and was succeeded by his son, William, who continued in partnership with Mr. Fox until 1895, and afterwards carried on the business alone. The deceased inherited a good deal of his father's inventive faculty, but he also gave more attention to the commercial side of the business and made a point of obtaining the most modern mechanical appliances. So far as plant is concerned the works are almost self-contained. A big business was developed in the United States.
In 1892 the concern was converted into a private limited company.
In 1903 Mr. Chesterman was one of the Sheffield delegates to the Imperial Commercial Congress at Montreal.
The bereaved family consists of two sons and five daughters.

William married Emma M BEDELLS [3810], daughter of Samuel BEDELLS [95049] and Rebecca JUGG [95051], on Dec 7, 1870 in Presbyterian Church Clapham Surrey England. Emma was born 4Qtr 1845 in Bury-St Edmunds Suffolk England and died 2 Qtr 1908 in Ecclesall-Bierlow Registration District West Yorkshire England.

Marriage Notes: In an e-Mail received from Caspar {who] in September 2011, he included a Copy of a B.M.D. Section of the Bury & Norwich Post, that stated:
On the 7th inst., at the Presbyterian Church, Clapham, by the Rev. J. Baldwin Browne, B.A., Minister of the Congregational Chirch, Brixton, and the Rev. A.J.Beddells, Minister of the Cemetery Road Congregational Church, Sheffield, Brother of the Bride, Emma, eldest Daughter of Mr. Samuel Beddells, Cleveland House, Herne Hill, to William Chesterman, Exq., "Broomgrove", Sheffield. No Cards.

+ 49 i. Samuel Ernest CHESTERMAN [3814] was born 4 Qtr 1871 in Ecclesall-Bierlow Registration District West Yorkshire England and died on Apr 21, 1941 at age 70.

50 ii. Gerald William CHESTERMAN [3811] was born about 1873 in Sheffield Yorkshire England and died on Apr 16, 1974 aged about 101.

52 iv. Maud Mary CHESTERMAN [3812] was born in 1875 in Sheffield Yorkshire England and died on Oct 11, 1951 at age 76. Another name for Maud was Aunt Maria.

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