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The Holiest of All

February 27, 2010 in books, charlton | No comments

An Exposition of The Epistle to the Hebrews

by The Rev. Andrew Murray

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Special thanks to Tony Tremblett of Vancouver for sending me this wonderful gift and remarkable family artifact.

Tony recently wrote to me:

“I have in my possession a book with a note written and signed by Rev Robert Charlton of Arcola Saskatchewan. He writes about his candidacy for ministry with the Methodist Conference in Regina, Saskatchewan, and about his immigration to Canada from England on September 19, 1906. …The book itself is in poor condition but the note says he bought it in Montreal the day after he arrived in Canada.”

Robert Charlton
Arcola
Sask.
Sept 19th 1906

The above date – is the date when I arrived in Canada from my home in England. 26 Western Hill Durham City.

At the Methodist Conference in Regina the following year – June 1907 I was accepted by the Conference as a Candidate for the Ministry. I was ordained at Moose Jaw in 1912 – and “accepted into full connection” -

The book was purchased in Montreal at the Methodist Book Room the day after I arrived in Canada.

This entry is made in the office of the Church in Shawinigan Falls Que. July 16 195?

Robt. Charlton

Note: The date in the inscription looks like 1957, however Rev. Charlton died in 1956, the year I was born. Could the date be 1951?  -  John

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Bill Charlton & Wendell Phipps

December 5, 2009 in charlton | No comments

Bill Charlton and Wendell Phipps

A rare photo (perhaps the only one) of my mother’s first and second husbands. Bill (left) and Wendell met each other at Palm Plaza in Daytona Beach. Photograph by Della Charlton.

William Browell Charlton

October 18, 2009 in charlton | No comments

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William Charlton was born at Burnt House, Chester le Street, County Durham in 1855. The youngest of two boys listed in the 1861 census, his birth predated his parent’s marriage by 3 years. His mother Eleanor died in 1863, the same year that William went to work at the Edmondsley Pit Coal Mine. He was eight years old at the time.

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William Browell Charlton II

October 18, 2009 in charlton | No comments

Bill Charlton

William Browell Charlton was born on July 20, 1913 in Macklin, Saskatchewan to Rev. Robert Charlton and Helen Lottie Good. He married Della Jean Connell on May 21, 1941 in Alexandria, Ontario.

William and Della had the following children:

  1. Robert Gerald (Bob) Charlton
  2. William James (Jim) Charlton
  3. John Delbert Charlton

Thomas Charlton

October 18, 2009 in charlton | No comments

Thomas Charlton's Signature - July 24, 1858

Transcripts:

1841 Census, Gateshead District
Family Number: 45028.4
1841 Census, Gateshead Township, New Row (HO107/296/12 folio 7)
John Charlton, 55, Labourer, N
Dorothy Charlton, 55, Y
Robert Charlton, 25, Coal Miner, Y
Thomas Charlton, 15, Coal Miner, Y
Dorothy Charlton, 15, Y
Source: Durham Records Online

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Robert Charlton

October 18, 2009 in charlton | No comments

Rev. Robert Charlton

Biography

Robert Charlton was born November 12, 1882 at 143 Front Street, North Brancepeth Colliery, Brandon, County Durham. By age 18, he was an apprentice carpenter living with his parents in the Village of Station Road, Houghton le Spring.

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John Charlton

October 18, 2009 in charlton | No comments

Transcripts:

1841 Census, Gateshead District
Family Number: 45028.4
1841 Census, Gateshead Township, New Row (HO107/296/12 folio 7)
John Charlton, 55, Labourer, N
Dorothy Charlton, 55, Y
Robert Charlton, 25, Coal Miner, Y
Thomas Charlton, 15, Coal Miner, Y
Dorothy Charlton, 15, Y
Source: Durham Records Online

1851 Census, Chester le Street District
Family Number: 15817.5
Waldridge 1851 Census, Waldridge Fell
John Charlton, Head, married, 68, Husbandman, born Lamesley, Durham
Dorothy Charlton, Wife, married, 65, born Northumberland
Robert Charlton, Son, 36, Coal Miner, born Lamesley, Durham
Thomas Charlton, Son, 29, Coal Miner, born Lamesley, Durham
Source: Durham Records Online

Eleanor Charlton (nee Nixon)

October 17, 2009 in charlton, nixon | No comments

Transcripts:

1841 Census, Chester le Street District
Family Number: 12259.4
Plawsworth, Plawsworth Village
Thomas Nixon, 60, Agricultural Labourer
Mary Nixon, 45
Ruth Nixon, 20
Martha Nixon, 11
Ellen Nixon, 9

July 24, 1848 Parish Record of Marriage – Eleanor Nixon and Thomas Charlton
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He, Thomas Charlton, is listed as a 36 year old Bachelor, a coal miner from Waldridge, father John was a farmer. She, Eleanor Nixon, is listed as a 23 year old Spinster from Plawsworth, father Thomas was also a farmer. Eleanor was actually 26 at the time. The error is understandable given everything that was going on that day. They were married on a Thursday in the presence of the Parish clerk and perhaps a relative of the clerk. She was very, very pregnant. In fact, she gave birth that day to twin girls, Mary and Dorothy. These however were not her first children. She already had two boys, Thomas (when she was 16) and my great grandfather William when she was 23). If the boys had been present at the marriage, and with her going into labour, this would have no doubt been a hectic day at the chapel.
Source: Parish Record, St. Mary’s & St. Cuthbert’s Parish, Chester le Street, Durham County, UK.

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Dorothy Charlton (maiden name unkown)

October 17, 2009 in charlton | No comments

Transcripts:

1841 Census, Gateshead District
Family Number: 45028.4
1841 Census, Gateshead Township, New Row (HO107/296/12 folio 7)
John Charlton, 55, Labourer, N
Dorothy Charlton, 55, Y
Robert Charlton, 25, Coal Miner, Y
Thomas Charlton, 15, Coal Miner, Y
Dorothy Charlton, 15, Y
Source: Durham Records Online

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1911 Census of England & Wales

August 22, 2009 in charlton | No comments

The neat thing about the 1911 Census of England & Wales is that it was the first census completed by the heads of each household. So it was that William Browell Charlton recorded by his own hand the presence of his family at 26 Western Hill on the night of April 2nd, 1911.

Interestingly, he did not do a very good job of filling out the form, however his errors only serve to highlight the bonds of family as existed within him. He starts by calling himself “Husband” although the form asks for him to label himself “Head”. This may have been a tip of the hat (or more) to the suffragette sympathies that served as a backdrop to this first self-reporting government survey.

More serious is the inclusion of his only son Robert, age 29, unmarried and living in Canada at Wesley College in Winnipeg, Manitoba at the time. Clearly he did not want to leave Robert out of any account of his family. This was done in spite of instructions to the contrary at the top of the form.

The line devoted to his wife Mary may help to explain his devotion to his son and two daughters and illuminates with cold numerical indifference the cost of the couple’s union. Nine children born alive, three still alive, six dead. That is four more siblings than I had previously been aware of and six more than my Grandfather (Robert in this census report) ever mentioned.

Here is the report:

  • William Browell Charlton – Husband – 55 – Married 35 Years – Occupation: Colliery Enginemen’s Union Agent, Trades Union, Born: Durham, Chester le Street
  • Mary Charlton – Wife – 55 – Married 35 Years – Children Born Alive (9) – Children Still Living (3) – Children who have died (6) – Occupation: Mother – Born: Durham, Low Moorsley
  • Amelia Browell Charlton – Daughter – 24 – Unmarried – Occupation: Assist in Home duties – Born: Durham, Usworth
  • Mary Isabell Charlton – Daughter – 21 – Unmarried – Occupation: Assist in Home duties – Born: Durham, Usworth
  • Robert Charlton – Son – 29 – Unmarried – In Canada. Wesley College Winnipeg Man – Born: Durham, Langley Moor

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