Chesterman

Chesterman One-Name Study

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Study details

Study: Chesterman

Variants: Chestermann, Chesterment

Category: 1 - A study where research using core genealogical datasets and transcriptions is in its early stages.

Contact: Miss Vicki Chesterman

About the study

The Chesterman one-name study was informally started in 2001, but became 'official' with the Guild in 2008. I began when I started researching my own family history, and I found references to other Chesterman's. I thought, 'it's such an unusual name, we must be related'. From there I recorded any reference to the name that I could find.

Variant names

The variants I have registered are Chesterment and Chestermann.

Name origin

The exact origin of the surname Chesterman, is unclear. There are various theories including:

- a man from Chester (this theory is unsubstantiated as, I have not found any Chesterman's in Chester until the late 1800's. My group in Reading predates this somewhat (we have been traced back to 1596)

- a guard (as Chesterman is an old occupational name for a guard)

- a corruption from 'jester'

Data

Chesterman birth, marriage and death GRO entries have been recorded from 1837 to 1940's

Contact Details

Miss Vicki Chesterman

General Search Results

Occurrences of the surname Chesterman in the Guild Indexes

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Marriages of the World (public) 11
Modern Newspaper Index 3
Marriage Index 1837-1945* 49
Probate Index* 5
World Wide Marriages Index* 3
BMD Index* 17
Members' Data Stores in which the name Chesterman appears* 7

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