Elizabeth Frances Durrant
Sex: F
Individual Information
Birth Date: 25 June 1846 - Chatham, Kent Christening: 26 July 1846 - St Mary's Church, Chatham, Kent Death: 1937 - Rochester, Kent Burial: 15 April 1937 - Rochester St Margaret Cemetery, Kent Cause of Death:Events
• Residence: Bonny's Alley, 1851, Chatham, Kent.
• Residence: High Street, 1871, Rochester, Kent.
• Marriage: to George Stratford, 2 June 1873, St Peter, Rochester, Knet.
• Residence: 13 Princess Street, 1881, Rochester, Kent.
• Residence: 77 Princess Street, 1891, Rochester, Kent.
• Residence: 6 Dunnings Lane, 1901, Rochester, Kent.
Parents
Father: James Matthew Durrant Mother: Anne Elizabeth Jarman
Notes
General:
George Stratford was born in Buckingham, Buckinghamshire in 1846 and died in Chatham, Kent in 1902 aged 56.
Ellen Jane Durrant
Sex: F
Individual Information
Birth Date: 1890 - Rochester, Kent Christening: 12 January 1890 - St Andrews Parish Church, Rochester, Kent Death: 1987 - Kirkcaldy, Fife, Scotland Burial: Cause of Death:Events
• Residence: 8 Catherine Street, 1901, Rochester, Kent.
• Marriage: to George Leith Grainger, 1907, Medway District.
• Residence: Kinghorn, 1911, West Fife, Scotland.
Parents
Father: James Thomas Durrant Mother: Ann Harper
Notes
General:
Ellen Jane Grainger was a witness at her brothers wedding at St Johns Church, Chatham on 25 December 1907.
Ellen and George had 3 children, 1 of whom died:
George Grainger born Kirkcaldy 1910.
Fred Grainger born 1911 Kingham.
George Leith Grainger was born in 1881 in Tynemouth, Northumberland.
Emma Bridget Durrant
Sex: F
Individual Information
Birth Date: 3 May 1885 - Rochester, Kent Christening: 28 June 1885 - St Johns Parish Church, Chatham, Kent Death: May QTR 1937 - Maidstone, Kent Burial: Cause of Death:Events
• Residence: 8 Catherine Street, 1901, Rochester, Kent.
• Marriage: to Frederick Charles Roots, 1906, Chatham Registry Office.
• Residence: 40 John Street, 1911, Rochester, Kent.
Parents
Father: James Thomas Durrant Mother: Ann Harper
Notes
General:
Emma's sister Elizabeth married George Edward Roots who was Frederick Charles Roots brother.
Frederick Charles Roots was living with Emma's sister Elizabeth Blanche Roots at the time of the 1939 register, he died in Chatham, Kent in 1956 aged 75.
Frances Susan Durrant
Sex: F
Individual Information
Birth Date: 1825 - Rochester, Kent Christening: 10 August 1825 - St Mary's Parish Church, Chatham Death: Burial: Cause of Death:Events
• Residence: St Margaret, 1841, Rochester, Kent.
Parents
Father: Thomas Durrant Mother: Elizabeth SmithFrederick William Durrant
Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth Date: 20 May 1892 - Rochester, Kent Christening: 15 June 1893 - St Peter's Parish Chruch, Rochester, Kent Death: June 1951 - Chatham, Kent Burial: Cause of Death:Events
• Residence: 8 Catherine Street, 1901, Rochester, Kent.
• Residence: 15 Wickham Street, 2 April 1911, Rochester, Kent.
• Occupation: Seaman, 1920.
• Marriage: to Ethel Sophie Fuller, 19 December 1920, Emmanuel Church, Camberwell, London.
• Residence: 84 Grove Road, 1939, Rochester, Kent.
• Occupation: Building Labourer Heavy Work, 1939, Rochester, Kent.
Parents
Father: James Thomas Durrant Mother: Ann Harper
Notes
General:
Ethel Sophie Durrant (nee Fuller) was born on 2 January 1902 and died in 1974 in Stood, Kent, she was buried at Medway Crematorium, Chatham, Kent on 4th February 1974.
On the 1939 register with Frederick and his wife Ethel was Frederick Mother Ann Durrant (Harper) and their son Frederick Durrant who was born on 26 January 1922.
James Alfred Durrant
Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth Date: 22 March 1883 - Rochester, Kent Christening: 25 April 1883 - St Johns Parish Church, Chatham, Kent Death: 1925 - Rochester, Kent Burial: 24 December 1925 - Maidstone Road & Palmerston Road Cemetery, Chatham, Kent Cause of Death:Events
• Residence: 85 Princess St, 1891, Rochester, Kent.
• Marriage: to Harriett Eliza Eldridge, 1903, Chatham, Kent.
• Residence: 46 Ordanance Street, 1907, Chatham, Kent.
• Marriage: to Grace Annie Jackson, 25 December 1907, Chatham St John, Kent.
• Residence: 38 Fort Pitt St, 2 April 1911, Chatham, Kent.
• Occupation: Barge Captain, 1911-1925, Chatham, Kent.
• Residence: 16 Fort Pitt St, 1916-1925, Chatham, Kent.
• Army Service: Royal Marine Light Infantry: Chatham Division Short Service, 11 October 1916-25 March 1919.
Parents
Father: James Thomas Durrant Mother: Ann Harper
Notes
General:
James first wife died in August 1906 after a boating accident on the River Medway near Chatham in Kent, she and James Alfred Durrant had one son called James Frederick Durrant who was born on 29 November 1904 and died in 1991, he had survived the boating accident when he was with his parents.
On his second marriage certificate James is listed as Alfred James Durrant and is listed as being bachelor rather than a widower.
On the same day James Alfred Durrant daughter Annie Elizabeth Durrant was baptised at St Paul Church (8 September 1918), his Niece - Vera Grace Mattocks was also baptised.
James Alfred Durrant died on a barge at Rochester, Kent in 1925.
Grace Annie Durrant died at Hill House Hospital, Minster, Thanet, Kent in 1966 aged 79 and was buried at Maidstone Road & Palmerston Road Cemetery, Chatham on 8 December 1966.
James Matthew Durrant
Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth Date: 1823 - Chatham, Kent Christening: 26 January 1823 - St Mary's Church, Chatham, Kent Death: Burial: Cause of Death:Events
• Residence: High Street, 1845, Chatham, Kent.
• Marriage: to Anne Elizabeth Jarman, 16 November 1845, St Mary's Church, Chatham, Kent.
• Residence: Bonny's Alley, 1851, Chatham, Kent.
• Occupation: Fisherman, 1852, Chatham, Kent.
Parents
Father: Thomas Durrant Mother: Elizabeth Smith
Spouses and Children
1. *Anne Elizabeth Jarman Marriage: 16 November 1845 - St Mary's Church, Chatham, Kent Children: 1. Elizabeth Frances Durrant 2. Ann Elizabeth Durrant 3. James Thomas DurrantJames Thomas Durrant
Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth Date: 25 March 1852 - Chatham, Kent Christening: 4 July 1852 - St Mary's Church, Chatham, Kent Death: 1912 - Greenwich, London Burial: Cause of Death:Events
• Occupation: Mariner, 1871, Chatham, Kent.
• Residence: Regent Place, New Road, 1871, Chatham, Kent.
• Marriage: to Ann Harper, 12 March 1871, St Paul's Church, Chatham, Kent.
• Occupation: Bargeman, 1874, Delce Road, Rochester.
• Residence: 158 Front Row, 1881, Chatham, Kent.
• Residence: 43 John Street, 1883, Chatham, Kent.
• Residence: 36 John Street, Ordanace Place, 1885, Chatham, Kent.
• Residence: 33 Richard Street, 1890, Rochester, Kent.
• Residence: 85 Princess St, 1891, Rochester, Kent.
• Occupation: General Labourer, 1891.
• Residence: 35 Princess Street, 1893, Rochester, Kent.
• Occupation: Coalporter, 1900, Kent.
• Residence: 8 Catherine Street, 1901, Rochester, Kent.
• Residence: Coal Whipper, 1907, Chatham, Kent.
• Residence: 15 Wickham Street, 2 April 1911, Rochester, Kent.
Parents
Father: James Matthew Durrant Mother: Anne Elizabeth Jarman
Spouses and Children
1. *Ann Harper Marriage: 12 March 1871 - St Paul's Church, Chatham, Kent Children: 1. Anne Elizabeth Durrant 2. Alice Durrant 3. Mary Ann Emma Durrant 4. Thomas Joseph Henry Durrant 5. Avis Agnes Jessie Minnie Durrant 6. James Alfred Durrant 7. Emma Bridget Durrant 8. Elizabeth Blanche Durrant 9. Ellen Jane Durrant 10. Frederick William Durrant 11. Dorothy Maud Durrant 12. Edith May DurrantJohn William Durrant
Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth Date: 1815 - Ramsgate, Kent Christening: 10 December 1815 - St Laurence, Thanet, Kent Death: 1869 - Chatham, Kent Burial: 11 July 1869 - St Mary's Parish Church, Chatham Cause of Death:Events
• Residence: Banks, 1861, St Margaret, Rochester, Kent.
• Marriage: to Elizabeth Unknown.
Parents
Father: Thomas Durrant Mother: Elizabeth SmithJoseph Durrant
Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth Date: 1777 - Gillingham, Kent Christening: 5 October 1777 - Gillingham, Kent Death: 1858 - Chatham, Kent Burial: 26 June 1858 - Saint Nicholas Cemetery, Rochester, Kent Cause of Death:Events
• Marriage: to Charlotte Walker, 19 June 1820, Frindsbury, Kent.
• Occupation: Brickmaker, 1851, Chatham, Kent.
• Residence: Pauper at Medway Union, 1851, Chatham, Kent.
Parents
Father: Thomas Durrant Mother: Elizabeth BromleyJospeh Durrant
Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth Date: 1774 - Gillingham, Kent Christening: 27 November 1774 - Gillingham, Kent Death: 1777 - Gillingham, Kent Burial: 12 January 1777 - Gillingham, Kent Cause of Death:
Parents
Father: Thomas Durrant Mother: Elizabeth BromleyMary Ann Emma Durrant
Sex: F
Individual Information
Birth Date: 15 February 1876 - 6 Five Bells Lane, Rochester, Kent Christening: 19 April 1876 - Rochester St Peter, Kent Death: 22 June 1919 - 40 New Church Road, Camberwell, London Burial: 30 June 1919 - Camberwell Old Cemetery, Southwark, London Cause of Death: Preliminary TuberculosisEvents
• Residence: 158 Front Row, 1881, Chatham, Kent.
• Residence: 85 Princess St, 1891, Rochester, Kent.
• Occupation: Tailoress, 1891.
• Residence: 180A Liverpool Road, 1901, Islington, London.
• Occupation: Shop Assistant Confectionist, 1901, Islington, London.
• Residence: 18 Catherine Street, 1903, Rochester, Kent.
• Marriage: to George Birchmore, 20 September 1903, Registry Office, Medway, Kent.
• Residence: 1906, Lucklow, India.
• Residence: Oxford Military College, 1911, Cowley, Oxfordshire.
Parents
Father: James Thomas Durrant Mother: Ann Harper
Notes
General:
Mary had a daughter Mary Gladys Durrant who was born in Chatham on 29th December 1901 and baptised at St Johns Church, Chatham on 12th Febraury 1902.
George and Mary Birchmore had 1 child - George Edwin Birchmore who was born on 28 September 1906 in Lucknow, India and was baptised on 17 October 1906 at Lucknow All Saints Church, India. George Edwin Birchmore then joined the merchant navy. After leaving the navy he became a Thames Waterman on 29 August 1922 at Rotherhite, London. He married Alice S Bateman (she was born on 21 June 1903) in 1934 and she died in 1972 in Wandsworth, Surrey and George died in Sutton, Surry in 1984.
Rebecca Durrant
Sex: F
Individual Information
Birth Date: 1779 - Gillingham, Kent Christening: 9 April 1780 - Gillingham, Kent Death: 1789 - Gillingham, Kent Burial: 19 May 1789 - Gillingham, Kent Cause of Death:
Parents
Father: Thomas Durrant Mother: Elizabeth BromleyRichard Durrant
Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth Date: 13 September 1833 - Chatham, Kent Christening: 6 October 1833 - St Mary's Church, Chatham, Kent Death: Burial: Cause of Death:Events
• Residence: St Margaret, 1851, Rochester, Kent.
• Marriage: to Ann Shirres, 26 August 1855, Chatham St John, Kent.
• Residence: Royal Navy, 1861, Port Royal, Jamaica.
• Residence: Seaman on "Acorn" Vessell, 1871, Falmouth Harbour, Cornwall.
Parents
Father: Thomas Durrant Mother: Elizabeth Smith
Notes
General:
Richard Durrant first went to sea in 1842.
Robert Mark Durrant
Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth Date: 1828 - Rochester, Kent Christening: 2 April 1828 - St Mary's Parish Church, Chatham Death: 1874 - Military Road, Chatham, Kent Burial: 10 June 1874 - Maidstone Road & Palmerston Road Cemetery, Chatham, Kent Cause of Death:Events
• Marriage: to Eliza Gable, 25 December 1849, St Mary's Parish Church, Chatham.
• Occupation: Dredgerman, 1851.
• Residence: Chappel Lane, 1851, Rochester, Kent.
• Residence: Banks, 1861, St Margaret, Rochester, Kent.
• Occupation: Fishmonger, 1871, Chatham, Kent.
• Residence: High Street, 1871, Chatham, Kent.
• Marriage: to Ann Unknown.
• Residence: Military Road, 1874, Chatham, Kent.
Parents
Father: Thomas Durrant Mother: Elizabeth Smith
Notes
General:
Robert Durrant's first wife died in late 1851.
Samuel Durrant
Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth Date: 1831 - Chatham, Kent Christening: 22 May 1831 - St Mary's Church, Chatham, Kent Death: 13 January 1844 - Chatham, Kent Burial: 21 January 1844 - St Mary's Church, Chatham, Kent Cause of Death: Drowned
Parents
Father: Thomas Durrant Mother: Elizabeth Smith
Notes
General:
An inquest was held into the death of Samuel Durrant, it was held at the Five Bells in St Margarets Bank by James Lewis Esq the city coroner and the jury returned a verdict that the death was caused "by the sinking of the boat".
Thomas Durrant
Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth Date: 1771 - Gillingham, Kent Christening: 6 October 1771 - Gillingham, Kent Death: 1849 - Chatham, Kent Burial: 3 May 1849 - St Mary's Church, Chatham, Kent Cause of Death:Events
• Marriage: to Catherine Moore, 23 February 1794, Chatham, Kent.
• Marriage: to Elizabeth Smith, 28 May 1812, Rochester St Margaret, Kent.
• Occupation: Fisherman/Dredgeman/Seaman, 1820, Kent.
Parents
Father: Thomas Durrant Mother: Elizabeth Bromley
Spouses and Children
1. *Elizabeth Smith Marriage: 28 May 1812 - Rochester St Margaret, Kent Children: 1. Thomas Richard Durrant 2. John William Durrant 3. William Joseph Durrant 4. William Joseph Durrant 5. James Matthew Durrant 6. Frances Susan Durrant 7. Robert Mark Durrant 8. Samuel Durrant 9. Richard Durrant 10. Benjamin Durrant
Notes
General:
Thomas first wife Catherine died in 1808 and was buried at Chatham St Mary on 28 June 1808.
They had a daughter called Mary Elizabeth Durrant who was christned on 2 April 1797 at Chatham St Mary and a son also called Thomas who was baptized on 27 March 1799 and died also in 1799 being buried at Chatham St Mary on 18th August 1799. They had another son called Thomas who was baptised on 19 Sept 1800 at Chatham St Mary and died in 1810, being buried on 27 June 1810 at Chatham St Mary's,
Thomas Durrant
Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth Date: Christening: Death: Burial: Cause of Death:Events
• Marriage: to Elizabeth Bromley, 28 January 1765, Gillingham, Kent.
Spouses and Children
1. *Elizabeth Bromley Marriage: 28 January 1765 - Gillingham St Mary Magdalene, Kent Children: 1. Elizabeth Durrant 2. William Durrant 3. Thomas Durrant 4. Jospeh Durrant 5. Ann Durrant 6. Joseph Durrant 7. Rebecca DurrantThomas Joseph Henry Durrant
Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth Date: 1878 - Rochester, Kent Christening: 14 April 1878 - St Peter's Church, Rochester, Kent Death: 1948 - West Middlesex Hospital, Isleworth, Middlesex Burial: 4 February 1948 - Maidstone Road & Palmerston Road Cemetery, Chatham, Kent Cause of Death:Events
• Residence: 158 Front Row, 1881, Chatham, Kent.
• Residence: 98 Front Row, 1891, Chatham, Kent.
• Marriage: to Alice Rosina Gest, December Q 1899, Medway District.
• Residence: St Daunces Street, 1901, Chatham, Kent.
• Occupation: Dockyard Labourer, 1911, Chatham, Kent.
• Residence: 23 Oliver St, 2 April 1911, Chatham, Kent.
• Occupation: Skilled Labourer, 1923, Chatham, Kent.
• Residence: 54 Magpie Road, 1923, Chatham, Kent.
Parents
Father: James Thomas Durrant Mother: Ann Harper
Notes
General:
Thomas is living with Emma Osenton (nee Jarman) on the 1891 census, he is shown as her nephew.
Thomas and Alice had one son - Edwin George James Durrant who was born in Chatham, Kent in 1904 and died in 16 Rutland Road, Hayes, Middlesex on 12 January 1949 just a year after his father died. He left effects of £1808 14s to his wife Edith Annie Durrant.
Thomas' wife Alice was born in Chatham, Kent in 1875 and died in 1923 at 54 Magpie Hall Road aged 46, she was buried at Maidstone Road & Palmerston Road Cemetery, Chatham on 31st May 1923.
Thomas Richard Durrant
Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth Date: 1812 - Chatham, Kent Christening: 12 February 1812 - St Mary's Church, Chatham, Kent Death: Burial: Cause of Death:Events
• Residence: St Margaret's, 1841, Rochester, Kent.
• Marriage: to Hannah Unknown.
• Occupation: Fisherman.
Parents
Father: Thomas Durrant Mother: Elizabeth Smith
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