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| allyhawk Quote | Reply | | A Cham Child posted on: 7/14/2005 2:34:53 PM I have come across one of my ancestors in the 1901 census and living with them is a young boy aged 6 and his relation to the head of the household says Cham Child. Anyone out there know what that means? He hasn't got an occupation listed down so im stumped with it. Anyone got any idea's has to what it could mean? |
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Iceboy53
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A Cham Child
replied on: 7/15/2005 12:51:55 AM according to the internet,and please don't take this as gospel,it means abused child?. ice |
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Azzabuv
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A Cham Child
replied on: 7/15/2005 1:46:28 PM Hi, Allyhawk. Cham is an extension of the abbreviated Ch, which itself means several descriptions, among them child, children, church, chapter, chestnut, champion, chaplain, chapter, Christ, chronicles (Bible), to name a few of the logical ones. It still doesn't clarify the situation much, but does give a clue to the possible meaning of "Cham child". 'Cham', as a full word, means an old form of the name 'Khan' = Autocrat. Azzabuv. |
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allyhawk
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A Cham Child
replied on: 7/16/2005 6:07:10 PM Thanks for those ideas guys. I personally would go for something along the lines of it meaning a child to do with the church but thats only a sheer guess. It still remains a mystery but at least now I have an idea as to what it could stand for. |
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philfred
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A Cham Child
replied on: 7/19/2005 7:31:25 PM I chucked cham into the yahoo search engine. One of the links was to a site dealing with the Roman Catholic faith. Cham has biblical connections (The Book of Genesis)and Cham commited a great act of irreverence. It could be a polite way of indicating that the child may have been born out of wedlock. Possibly being raised by his/her grandparents as their own child. It's an avenue worth exploring especially if the family at the time were of the Roman Catholic faith. regards Phil |
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Azzabuv
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A Cham Child
replied on: 8/2/2005 2:30:13 PM But, as Protestanism ruled the Country to a great extent at that period of time, would a R.C. word description have been applied in this case? But whatever the case, 'Cham' does seem to have churchified leanings? Azzabuv. |
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