Emma Dixon ^{160,167,170,186}

  General Notes:

A search in the census records turns up (so far at least) only this interesting record taken from the 1881 census of Portsea. This 10 year old would appear to be the Emma who later marries Charles Thomas Chittenden in 1888 and who at that time declared herself to be the daughter of William Dixon. jca (see also the 1891 census in Portsea, with William and Emma Wittcomb living next to the Charles and Emma Chittenden family with addresses of #1 and #3, St. Georges Passage, Portsea)

1881 census, Dwelling: 1 St Georges Passage
Census Place: Portsea, Hampshire, England
Source: FHL Film 1341280 PRO Ref RG11 Piece 1146 Folio 35 Page 21
Marr Age Sex Birthplace

William WITCOME M 39 M Landport, Hampshire, England
Rel: Head Handicap: Blind
Occ: Musician
Emma WITCOME M 44 F Dover, Kent, England
Rel: Wife
Occ: Charwoman
Emma WITCOME 10 F Milton, Kent, England
Rel: Daur
Occ: Scholar
____________________________________________________

A search of the 1871 census records from Milton, Kent turn up this one for an Emma Dixon living with her grandparents with no evidence of a mother. The 3 year year old William could be Emma's half brother?. jca
A search of the 1881 census does not turn up this Emma Dixon, born about 1869 or 1870 in Milton, Gravesend, Kent, which hints that it could be the same person as our Emma Witcome, age 10, on the 1881 census, in Portsea.

Note that although this census is from Milton, Gravesend, a quick check in the LDS IGI files show that the younger generation here were all born in Milton Next Sittingbourne some 16 miles to the East of Gravesend.
For example Hodges Cogger Grigsby, Male Christening: 12 FEB 1832 Milton Next Sittingbourne, Kent, England

page 16, Milton, Gravesend, Kent
No. of schedule: 39

James Grigsby, Head, married, male, age 60, Tallow Chandler, born Kent, Chatham
Elizabeth Grigsby, Wife, married, female, age 58, Tallow Chandler's Wife, born Kent, Milton, Next Sittingbourne
Hodges C Grigsby, son, unmarried, male, age 30, Drapers Assistant, born ", ", "
Francis Grigsby, daur, unmarried, female, age 27, Milliner, born ", ","
William E Grigsby, son, unmarried, male, age 22, Tobacconist Assistant, born ", ","
Albert Grigsby, son, unmarried, male, age 19, Chartmasters? ", born ", "."
Alfred Grigsby, son, unmarried, male, age 17, Oilmans? ", born ", ","
William ---clif?, grandson, male, age 3, Scholar, born Kent, Gravesend
Emma Dixon, granddaughter, female, age 1, born Kent, Milton, Gravesend
Sarah Ann Heath, Servant, female, age 12, Domestic Servant, born Kent, Gravesend

  Research Notes:

The existance of Emma (Dixon) prior to her marriage in 1888 to Charles Thomas Chittenden is still very much in question, as on the birth registration of their son Charles Edward Chittenden, born 26th December 1891 and registered in Portsea Island, her maiden surname was given as Wittcombe.

Further research is continuing on this question... jca. August 22 2005.

  Noted events in her life were:

• Residence: 1 Saint George's Passage, 1881, Portsea, Hampshire, England. ¹⁸⁹

• Occupation: Machinist, 1888, Portsea, Hampshire, England.

• Residence: 13 Saint George's Passage, 1889, Portsea, Hampshire, England. ¹⁸⁶

• Residence: 20 Longs Road, 1901, Portsmouth, Hampshire, England. ¹⁶⁷

• Residence: 43 Brownlow Ave, 1916, Toronto, Ontario. ¹⁷¹

Emma married Charles Thomas Chittenden, son of John Edward Chittenden and Olivia Baker, on 21 May 1888 in Holy Trinity Church, Portsea ¹⁶⁰.^,179 (Charles Thomas Chittenden was born on 6 Mar 1868 in Southsea, Hampshire,^{160,167,169,171,176,182,183,184,185} died on 21 Nov 1946 in Toronto, Ontario ^160,169 and was buried in Mt. Pleasant Cemetery, Toronto, Ontario.)

  Marriage Notes:

August 12, 2005, located and ordered their marriage registration:

Charles Thomas Chittenden and Emma Dixon:

June qtr 1886, Portsea, vol 2b, page 818