Chattin, James

CHATTIN, James (c1842–1890) was born in London, son of James Chattin, a water gilder, and Mary Ann Linklater/Leatham. He trained as a carriage builder. In July 1861, he married Mary Ann Howse in London shortly before leaving for Queensland where he arrived at Maryborough in 1863. After visiting Gayndah, he moved to Sydney where he worked for 12 months. On returning to Queensland, he worked at Yengarie (near Maryborough) before joining the gold rush to Gympie where he worked as a carpenter. In 1870 after settling at Bundaberg Chattin began business as a builder and carpenter, offering “plans and specifications of buildings in all styles”. His contracts included additions and repairs to the Custom House in 1877. After 1875 he was also an undertaker and storekeeper but concentrated on cabinetmaking and undertaking from 1879. After his wife died in 1886, he married Caroline Christine Thomsen, in 1887 at Bundaberg, where he was running a furniture emporium when he died on 30 August 1890.

Education

-1861

Carriage builder, London

Migration and Travel

1863

?Arr Maryborough

Employed:

Gayndah, Sydney, Yengarie

Self-employed:

1868-

Carpenter, Gympie

1870-

Builder and architect, Bundaberg

1875-

Also as Hunt & Chattin, undertakers (H Hunt & J Chattin)

1875-

Storekeeper, Bundaberg

1879-

Cabinetmaker and undertaker, Bundaberg

-1890

Furniture emporium, Bundaberg.

Genealogy

[F] James Chattin (1807–?) b. 1807, Clerkenwall, Middlesex, Eng; d. ? [gilder]

[S / M] Mary Ann Linklater/Leatheam (1815–1885) b. bef. 3 Dec 1815, London, Middlesex, Eng; d. 10 Sep 1885, Bundaberg, Qld.

[4C/1-3B]James CHATTIN(1842–1890) b. 30 Jan 1842, Bloomsbury, London, Eng; d. 30 Aug 1890, Bundaberg, Qld.
[S1, 28 Jul 1861, London, Eng / M] Mary Ann Howse
[S2, 23 Dec 1887, Qld / M] Caroline Christina Thomsen (1857–1945) b. 1857, Scarva, County Amagh, Northern Ireland; d. 16 Jan 1945, Bundaberg, Qld.
[4C/2-3B] Stephen James Benjamin Chattin (1845–1893) b. 17 Oct 1845, Middlesex, Eng; d. 1 Dec 1893, Paddington, Sydney, NSW [arr Brisbane, 6 Apr 1887]
[4C/G] Caroline Elizabeth Chattin (1871–1948) b. Dec 1871, Marylebone, London, Eng; d. 25 June 1948, Bundaberg, Qld.
[4C/3-3B] Ronald William Chattin (1881–1928) b. Dec 1881, London, Eng.; d. 1928

Other Activities

1889 1 Oct 1889, member of Tyrian Lodge, Bundaberg [an undertaker]

References

Bundaberg and Mount Perry Mail, 15 June 1876, 3; Aldine, 2, Bundaberg biographies; Maryborough Chronicle, 1 Sep 1890, 2.