From the Dant website: http://www.john-blenda.co.uk/Blenda:
The Dant family of watermen and boatmen had a ferry across the Cam around 1900, and skippered a steam tug towing freight barges along the rivers Cam and Ouse to King's Lynn in the 19th Century. They lived in St Ives, Cambridgeshire, from 1648 to 1854
The Dant family of watermen and boatmen had a ferry across the Cam around 1900, and skippered a steam tug towing freight barges along the rivers Cam and Ouse to King's Lynn in the 19th Century. They lived in St Ives, Cambridgeshire, from 1648 to 1854
- MAR 1869 - Birth - ; Chesterton, Cambridgeshire, England, see March 1869 index for Chesterton 3b, 498, which also covers 'Charles Harry Dant'
- 29 NOV 1896 - Death - ; Cambridge. For death certificate see Dec 1896 - Cambridge - 3b, 293
- 1887 - Fact -
- 1887 - Fact -
- 1896 - Fact -
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PARENT (M) George Dant | |||
Birth | 2 DEC 1844 | St Ives, Cambridgeshire, England. Christened: St Clement 11 May 1862 | |
Death | 28 NOV 1891 | Chesterton, Cambridgeshire, England. | |
Marriage | to Anna Maria Scales | ||
Father | David Dant | ||
Mother | Catherine Leak | ||
PARENT (F) Anna Maria Scales | |||
Birth | |||
Death | |||
Marriage | to George Dant | ||
Father | Thomas Scales | ||
Mother | ? | ||
CHILDREN | |||
F | Emily Charlotte Dant | ||
Birth | ABT JUN 1874 | Chesterton, Cambridgeshire, England. | |
Death | 14 AUG 1874 | Chesterton, Cambridgeshire, England. | |
F | Emma Jane Dant | ||
Birth | 1868 | St Andrew the Less, Chesterton, Cambridgeshire, England. | |
Death | |||
M | George Albert Dant | ||
Birth | 1872 | Chesterton, Cambridgeshire, England. | |
Death | 20 FEB 1873 | Chesterton, Cambridgeshire, England. | |
F | Anna Elizabeth Dant | ||
Birth | MAR 1869 | Chesterton, Cambridgeshire, England, see March 1869 index for Chesterton 3b, 498, which also covers 'Charles Harry Dant' | |
Death | 29 NOV 1896 | Cambridge. For death certificate see Dec 1896 - Cambridge - 3b, 293 | |
Marriage | 11 DEC 1887 | to Harry Wood at Chesterton, Camridge, Cambridgeshire. |
PARENT (M) Harry Wood | |||
Birth | 22 JAN 1869 | Cambridge, England. | |
Death | |||
Marriage | 11 DEC 1887 | to Anna Elizabeth Dant at Chesterton, Camridge, Cambridgeshire. | |
Father | George Frederick Wood | ||
Mother | Martha Lumb | ||
PARENT (F) Anna Elizabeth Dant | |||
Birth | MAR 1869 | Chesterton, Cambridgeshire, England, see March 1869 index for Chesterton 3b, 498, which also covers 'Charles Harry Dant' | |
Death | 29 NOV 1896 | Cambridge. For death certificate see Dec 1896 - Cambridge - 3b, 293 | |
Marriage | 11 DEC 1887 | to Harry Wood at Chesterton, Camridge, Cambridgeshire. | |
Father | George Dant | ||
Mother | Anna Maria Scales | ||
CHILDREN | |||
F | Winifred Emilie Wood | ||
Birth | 15 APR 1892 | Back 102, Winson Green Road, All Saints, Birmingham, England | |
Death | 30 MAR 1992 | Sherborne, Dorset, England | |
Marriage | 19 AUG 1920 | to Maurice Martineau Welcher at Great St Andrew's Church, Cambridge. Wedding cake sent from Abbey Close, Sherborne, Dorset | |
F | Mabel Wood | ||
Birth | ABT 1890 | England | |
Death | |||
M | Wilfred Wood | ||
Birth | ABT 1891 | England | |
Death |
[S11621] | International Genealogical Index (in FamilySearch by Intellectual Reserve Inc, Salt Lake City) Church of Latter Day Saints (Mormons, LDS) |
[S26630] | http://www.john-blenda.co.uk/Blenda/DantTree/gp525.htm#head1 |
[S10998] | Marriage Certificate obtained from the General Register Office through the Family Records Centre, London |
1 Anna Elizabeth Dant b: MAR 1869 d: 29 NOV 1896
+ Harry Wood b: 22 JAN 1869
2 Winifred Emilie Wood b: 15 APR 1892 d: 30 MAR 1992
+ Maurice Martineau Welcher b: 13 NOV 1893 d: 14 MAY 1981
3 Eileen Mary Welcher b: 26 NOV 1922 d: 10 APR 2015
3 Elizabeth Ethel (Bebet) Welcher b: 29 MAR 1930 d: 1 MAY 2024
+ Alan Ray-Jones b: 17 MAY 1930 d: 20 January 2025
2 Mabel Wood b: ABT 1890
2 Wilfred Wood b: ABT 1891