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hi all, im trying to trace my great grandparents familys, i have had a lot of success tracing my great grandfarthers side and now want to start my gran,s, her married name is mary kathleen chowney and she was born 1902 in the surrey area , my grandfarther was woking guildford area so i assume similar, she married henry james chowney born around 1905, any help in this would be great i dont know her maiden name wich is proberly why im struggling to find anything.

Marriage 3rd quarter 1928

Chowney, Henry J. Coleman Guildford 2a 332

(Cross-reference: Coleman, Mary K. Chowney Guildford 2a 332)

lindy lou thank you so much, as soon as read the surname i rememberd , now hopefully i can trace her side and find out more about my family any other info any one may come across would be greatfull.

Couldn't find a 1902 birth on freebmd, this was the only Mary K born Surrey area 1895-1905:

Births Dec 1897 (>99%)
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Coleman Mary Kathleen Lambeth 1d 362

Births Mar 1906 (>99%)
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Chowney Henry James Guildford 2a 69

thanks lindy lou will look into , my great aunt was sure it was 1902, maybe the name as she was also known as kathleen mary so i was never sure wich way round it was , pretty sure it was mary though

Wonder if this could be his father?

1891 England Census
about Henry J Chowney
Name: Henry J Chowney
Age: 10
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1881
Relation: Son
Father's Name: George
Mother's Name: Mary A
Gender: Male
Where born: Stoke Next Guildford, Surrey, England

Civil Parish: Bisley
Ecclesiastical parish: St John
County/Island: Surrey
Country: England

Street address:

Occupation:

Condition as to marriage:

Education:

Employment status: View Image

Registration district: Chertsey
Sub-registration district: Chobham
ED, institution, or vessel: 1
Neighbors: View others on page
Household Members: Name Age
George Chowney 55
Henry J Chowney 10
James Chowney 8
Mary A Chowney 42

yes george is his fathers name and georges father is thomas i think . or james can never remember lol

any trace on mary kathleen coleman , siblings any thing like that?

Ah, ok. In that case, discount the census info above. This could be them in 1901:

1901 England Census
about George Chowney
Name: George Chowney
Age: 30
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1871
Relation: Head
Spouse's Name: Beatrice M
Father's Name: Thomas
Gender: Male
Where born: Woking, Surrey, England

Civil Parish: Woking
Ecclesiastical parish: St John the Baptist
County/Island: Surrey
Country: England

Street address:

Occupation:

Condition as to marriage:

Education:

Employment status: View Image

Registration district: Guildford
Sub-registration district: Woking
ED, institution, or vessel: 11
Neighbors: View others on page
Household schedule number: 67
Household Members: Name Age
Beatrice M Chowney 29
George Chowney 30
Gladys M Chowney 3
Thomas Chowney 72
Winifred L Chowney 1

Living in Saunders Lane. John and his widowed father were market gardeners.


John?? I meant George. Oops.

thats the one lindy lou, i have exactly the same info for henry chowney , thank you so much. my gran is proving a little harder though as my aunt is sure her bday was around 1902 she was older than gramps though so 1897 is a huge possibilty.

Do you have any possible names for her parents? There are too many Colemans!

i will have to ask my aunt about that , i will call her later , but the only info is mary kathleen coleman born surry poss guildford.