Charles Arthur Marchant

  General Notes:

Charles was a trained civil engineer, and became Executive Engineer of the Public Works Department, Cuttack. He was said to have designed the MARCHANT Dredger which kept the River Hoogli clear for shipping.
He lived in a large home, Jobra, Cuttack. Later he built "Winifred Lodge" in Cuttack for his retirement.

  Research Notes:

source: & Jessica Woodhouse

  Noted events in his life were:

• Baptism, 25 Mar 1863, St Georges Church, Agra, India.

• connection. The connection between Jessica Woodhouse & myself is as follows:

Jessica Woodhouse . . .
Is linked in some way to . . .
Florian Woodhouse (1922)
His father was Charles Woodhouse (c1900) who married Florence Marchant (1900)
Her father was Charles Marchant (1862)
His father was Thomas Marchant (1812)
His father was Thomas Marchant (1785)
His father was William Marchant (1759)
His father was Thomas Marchant (1731)
His father was William Marchant (1701)
His father was Thomas Marchant (1676)
His father was William Marchant (1648)
His father was Thoms Marchant (1615)
His father was Richard Marchant (1584)
His father was Miles Marchant (1545) & he also had William Marchant (1592)
He had William Marchant (1633)
He had William Marchant (1668)
He had Elizabeth Marchant (1706) who married Robert Saxby (c1704)
They had Robert Saxby (1732)
He had Richard Saxby (1770)
He had Isabella Saxby (1795) who married George Wilson (c1802)
They had Sarah Wilson (c1825) who married Henry Bird
They had George Wilson Bird (1858) who married Monaro Garrett (1862)
Her father was Thomas Garrett (1830)
His father was John Garrett (1805) & he also had Eleanor Garrett (1836) who married John Stafford (1834)
His father was William Stafford (1811) who married Elizabeth Goodall (1814) & they also had William Stafford (1842)
He had Eva Stafford (1874) who married Arthur Clinton (1868)
They had James Clinton (1895) who married Martha Walker (1901)
Her father was Thomas Walker (1854)
His father was William Walker (1820) & he also had Martha Walker (1865) who married John Sutherland (1861)
His father was John Sutherland (1829) who married Margaret Elliot (1835)
They had Elizabeth Sutherland (1863) who married John Nicol (1844)
They had Margaret Nicol (1889) who married G. A. Davies (1994)
He had Colin Davies (1925)
He had me - Robyn Bray (nee Davies) (1950)

Charles married Mary Jane Connell on 15 Aug 1887 in Calcutta, West Bengal India (now called Kolkata). (Mary Jane Connell was born on 16 May 1871 in Nowgong, India and died in Aug 1937 in Cuttack, India.)