Arthur Chaytor (1844 - 1937)

Born 1844 in Croft, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom

Ancestors

Husband of Mary Ellen Gibbard (Burrell) Chaytor — married 1872 in New Zealand

Husband of Mary Evelyn (Allen) Chaytor — married 4 Jun 1903 in Nelson, New Zealand

Died 1 Sep 1937 at about age 93 in Blenheim, Marlborough, New Zealand

Arthur Chaytor migrated from England to New Zealand.

Biography

Arthur was born about 1844.^[1] He was the son of John Chaytor and Lydia Brown.

UK Census Event Date 1851: Living with his parents, five siblings and four servants in Durham, England. Aged 6 and a scholar.

UK Census Event Date 1861: Living with his parents, three siblings, three servants and 24 year old widower Henry Yarker in Croft, Durham, England. Aged 16.

Occupation: Farm Student

Arthur emigrated from England to New Zealand in 1862, travelling on the Wild Duck, arriving into Wellington on 31 December 1862.

He married Mary Ellen Gibbard Burrell in about 1872.^[2]

The children of Arthur and Mary were:

1. Arthur Cuthbert
2. Walter Henry
3. Frances Mary
4. Kathleen
5. Frank Clervaux^[3]

His wife Mary died in 1898.

He next married Mary Evelyn Allen in 1903.^[4][5]

He passed away about 1937 aged 94 years old.^[6]

...The late Mr Chaytor was born in 1843 and was a son of the late Mr John Clervaux Chaytor, of Croft near the boundary of Yorkshire and Durham. In company with his brothers Edward and John, the late Mr Arthur Chaytor decided that New Zealand probably held greater opportunities for them than England, but Mr Arthur Chaytor acting on the advice of his father, settled down to learn farming for a year while his brothers sailed for the Dominion and settled near Kekerangu. where Mr J. D. Tetley, who came from the same part of England, had taken up a large holding. In 1862 the late Mr Chaytor, embarking on the Wild Duck for Wellington, had an uneventful voyage of about four months, but his introduction to the new land was not a happy one for he learned on his arrival that his brother Edward had died at Coverham a few days previously. He joined his remaining brother at Coverham and took over the routine work on the cattle run, among other things building a house for his brother...... In 1872 the late Mr Chaytor severed his connection with Coverham and went to Nelson, where he bought a farm of his own and engaged in general farming pursuits, one branch of his activities being flax dressing. For some time, also, he was engaged in flax dressing in the North Island, and he established a large mill at Maketu near Tauranga. He again left New Zealand for a trip to England in 1888. During his sojourn in Nelson the late Mr Chaytor took an active part in local body affairs, and he was a member of the old Nelson Highways Board, the body responsible, among other things, for the construction of the road over the Rai Saddle and of the road over the Takaka hills. He was a Member of the board when the administration underwent a radical change, various road boards taking over the original body’s work. In 1911 the Iate Mr Chaytor came to reside in Blenheim, where he lived in semi-retirement....A family of three sons and two daughters, by the late Mr Chaytor's first marriage, is left—Mesdames Stafford (Wakefield), and Vaughan Miller (Henderson), and Messsr A. C. Chaytor (Auckland). W. H. Chaytor (Wakefield), and F. C. Chaytor (Waitetuna).^[7]

Sources

1. ↑ "England and Wales Birth Registration Index, 1837-2008," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:26BS-PBK : 1 October 2014), Arthur Chaytor, 1844; from "England & Wales Births, 1837-2006," database, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : 2012); citing Birth Registration, Darlington, Durham, England, citing General Register Office, Southport, England.
2. ↑ "Births, Deaths & Marriages Onlline", [digital index], New Zealand Department of Internal Affairs (www.bdmhistoricalrecords.dia.govt.nz), Marriage Registration of Mary Ellen Gibbard Burrell and Arthur Chaytor ; citing Marriage Certificate 1872/9029
3. ↑ New Zealand Births, Deaths & Marriages Online Births:

   1873/16066 Chaytor Arthur Cuthbert Parents - Mary and Arthur

   1875/8372 Chaytor NR Parents - Mary Ellen Gibbard and Arthur

   1877/195 Chaytor Frances Mary Parents - Mary Ellen Gibbard and Arthur

   1878/15041 Chaytor Kathleen Parents - Mary Ellen Gibbard and Arthur

   1884/8464 Chaytor Frank Clervaux Parents - Mary Ellen Gibbard and Arthur

4. ↑ "Births, Deaths & Marriages Onlline", [digital index], New Zealand Department of Internal Affairs (www.bdmhistoricalrecords.dia.govt.nz), Marriage Registration of Mary Evelyn Allen and Arthur Chaytor ; citing Marriage Certificate 1903/165
5. ↑ Marriage, Colonist, Volume XLVI, Issue 10738, 8 June 1903, Page 2
6. ↑ "Births, Deaths & Marriages Onlline", [digital index], New Zealand Department of Internal Affairs (www.bdmhistoricalrecords.dia.govt.nz), Death Registration of Arthur Chaytor, aged at death 94Y; citing Death Certificate 1937/28130 .
7. ↑ Early Days, Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXXI, 2 September 1937, Page 4

• "New Zealand, Archives New Zealand, Probate Records, 1843-1998," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KDR1-BYT : 28 May 2019), Arthur Chaytor, 1937; citing , Blenheim probate files [first sequence], 1876-1972, record number 1931, Archives New Zealand, Auckland Regional Office; FamilySearch digital folder 004646128.

Census Records

• "England and Wales Census, 1851," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QKVC-S949 : 11 September 2019), Arthur Chaytor in household of John C Chaytor, , Durham, England; citing , Durham, England, p. 3, from "1851 England, Scotland and Wales census," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing PRO HO 107, The National Archives of the UK, Kew, Surrey.

• "England and Wales Census, 1861," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M7HV-SZH : 24 October 2019), Arthur Chaytor in household of John C Chaytor, Durham, England, United Kingdom; from "1861 England, Scotland and Wales census," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing PRO RG 9, The National Archives, Kew, Surrey.