William Auschar Chauncy was born 5 August 1858 in Leamington, Warwickshire.[1] William, child of Henry Carter Snell Chauncy & Lucy Hannah Chauncy, was baptised on 3 October 1858 in Marston Bigot, Somerset, England.[2]
In the 1861 census William (age 2) was the son of Henry C S Chauncy in Lancaster, Lancashire, England.[3]
Name | Relation | Status | Sex | Age | Occupation | Birth Place |
Henry C S Chauncy | Head | M | 45 | Secretary Lancr Har??? Railway | Kimpton, Hertfordshire, England | |
Lucy H Chauncy | Wife | F | 38 | Trome, Somerset, England | ||
William A Chauncy | Son | M | 2 | Leamington, Warwickshire, England | ||
Susannah Cuddington | Servant | F | 25 | Domestic nurse | Old Shoreham, Sussex, England |
In the 1901 census William (age 42) was the head of household in Northallerton, Yorkshire, England.[4]
Name | Relation | Status | Sex | Age | Occupation | Birth Place |
William Auscher Chauncy | Head | Married | M | 42 | Retired army officer Major York Regt | Leamington, Warwickshire, England |
Francis Mary Chauncy | Wife | Married | F | 40 | Canada | |
W Aufred A Chauncy | Son | M | 8 | Northallerton, Yorkshire, England | ||
Lucy Angel Chauncy | Daughter | F | 6 | Northallerton, Yorkshire, England | ||
Hannah Pybus | Servant | F | 57 | Cook | Easingwold, Yorkshire, England | |
Isabel Watson | Servant | F | 30 | Parlourmaid | Middleton, Yorkshire, England | |
Alice Mary Tyerming | Servant | F | 21 | Nurse housemaid | N Kilvington, Yorkshire, England |
William Chauncy was a Major in the Yorkshire Regiment in 1908. [5] In 1892 he was recorded as Captain.[1]
In the 1911 census Auschar (age 52), Major In The Reserve Of Officers York Rly, was the married head of household in Fairfield Bepton Midhurst, Bepton and Didling, Sussex, England.[6]
Name | Relation | Status | Sex | Age | Occupation | Birth Place |
Auschar Chauncy | Head | Married | M | 52 | Major In The Reserve Of Officers York Rly | Leamington, Warwickshire |
Frances Chauncy | Wife | Married | F | 50 | Halifax N S, Canada | |
Lucy Chauncy | Daughter | Single | F | 16 | Student | North Allerton, Yorkshire |
Hylda Perry | Visitor | Single | F | 51 | Malta | |
Hannah Pybus | Servant | Single | F | 65 | Cook | Easingwold, Yorkshire |
Isabel Watson | Servant | Single | F | 38 | Parlourmaid Private House | Middleton In Teesdale, Durham |
Kate Howard | Servant | Single | F | 20 | Housemaid | Gosport, Hampshire |
William Auschar Chauncy died on 13 June 1928 in Sussex, England. His estate passed probate on 6 July 1928 in London, England. Probate was granted to his widow and her lawyer for an estate valued at over £25,000 on July 6th. [7] William's death (age 69) was registered in the Apr-May-Jun quarter of 1928 in the Midhurst district.[8]
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