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Andrew Chamarette

Andrew Chamarette[1, 2, 3, 4, 5]

Male 1793 - 1848  (~ 55 years)

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  • Name Andrew Chamarette 
    Born Jan 1793  England Find all individuals with events at this location  [6
    Gender Male 
    Occupation Surveyor - Survey of India Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Died 18 Dec 1848  Poonah, Bombay, India Find all individuals with events at this location  [7
    Buried 19 Dec 1848  Poonah, Bombay, India Find all individuals with events at this location  [8
    Person ID I312  Family
    Last Modified 17 Apr 2024 

    Family Catherine Johannes,   b. Abt 1793,   d. 25 Apr 1851, Secunderabad, Hyderabad, India Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 58 years) 
    Married 3 Oct 1820  French Gardens, Secunderabad, Hyderabad, India Find all individuals with events at this location  [9, 10
    Children 
     1. Andrew Chamarette,   b. 13 Aug 1821, Hyderabad, India Find all individuals with events at this location
     2. Mary Anne Catherine Chamarette,   b. 20 Mar 1823, Secunderabad, Hyderabad, India Find all individuals with events at this location
     3. William Chamarette,   b. 5 Mar 1825, Secunderabad, Hyderabad, India Find all individuals with events at this location
     4. Peter Chamarette,   b. 19 Jun 1826, Madras, India Find all individuals with events at this location
     5. Brigadier George Augustus Chamarette,   b. 19 Oct 1827, Secunderabad, Hyderabad, India Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 30 Jul 1869, Hyderabad, India Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 41 years)
     6. John Edward Chamarette,   b. 23 Jul 1828, Secunderabad, Hyderabad, India Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 3 Jan 1918, Bolarum, Hyderabad, India Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 89 years)
     7. Adelaid Chamarette,   b. 5 Mar 1831, Secunderabad, Hyderabad, India Find all individuals with events at this location
     8. Andrew Chamarette,   b. 30 Nov 1832, Secunderabad, Hyderabad, India Find all individuals with events at this location
     9. William Henry Chamarette,   b. 20 May 1834, Secunderabad, Hyderabad, India Find all individuals with events at this location
     10. William Chamarette,   b. 5 Mar 1835, Secunderabad, Hyderabad, India Find all individuals with events at this location
     11. Selina Elizabeth Chamarette,   b. Aug 1836,   d. 17 Apr 1840, Kamptee, Hyderabad, India Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 3 years)
     12. Frederick Henry Chamarette,   b. 14 Oct 1843, Kamptee, Hyderabad, India Find all individuals with events at this location
    Documents
    The Chamarette Family Tree
    The Chamarette Family Tree
    Written tree compiled by Australian descendents
    Last Modified 2 Apr 2021 
    Family ID F38  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Documents
    Phillimore Historical Records Vol 1, Chapter XXI
    Phillimore Historical Records Vol 1, Chapter XXI
    Thomas Turnbull is one of the first surveyors recruited from the Male Asylum
    Phillimore Historical Records Vol 3 Chapter XXVIII
    Phillimore Historical Records Vol 3 Chapter XXVIII
    Phillimore Historical Records Vol 2 Chapter XXIV
    Phillimore Historical Records Vol 2 Chapter XXIV
    Interesting data on pay and equipment. Both Andrew and Thomas Turnbull mentioned.
    Phillimore Historical Records Vol 4 (Chapter not noted)
    Phillimore Historical Records Vol 4 (Chapter not noted)
    Turnbull and Chamarett now seem to be established in their jobs. NB Turnbull's daughter Amelia married Chamarett's son Peter.

    Histories
    The Survey of India.
    The Survey of India.
    From Arthur Mitchell I have a handwritten document. This describes the career of Andrew Sr, with some information about Andrew Jr and Peter. It was found for him by Preetha R. Pulusani of Intergraph, Huntsville, Alabama from Mapping of the Great Arc, Maps & Surveys of India.
    Brief History of Services of Mr Chamarette's Ancestors and Relatives
    Brief History of Services of Mr Chamarette's Ancestors and Relatives
    This is a description by Lancaster Chamarette of his immediate (male) family
    Phillimore Historical Records of the Survey of India
    Phillimore Historical Records of the Survey of India
    There are several volumes about the Survey at the British Library in London

    Marriage
    Marriage Certificate of Andrew Chamarette and Catherine Johannes
    Marriage Certificate of Andrew Chamarette and Catherine Johannes

  • Notes 
    • Update to this - there is a previous Chamarette! See below in Sources - List Of Inscriptions On Tombs Or Monuments. J.D. is likely to have been his father, and was Roman Catholic which would tie up with the rumoured French origin. He was born about 1758, so 35 years old when Andrew was born.
      Andrew was previously the earliest Chamarette found. No Chamarette (or Chamarett or Chamaret) has been found in England prior to that - or in fact at all until they started to return from India in the Twentieth Century. The Chamaret surname does exist in France.

  • Sources 
    1. [S11] Personal Knowledge, Katherine Oates.
      Her son Stephen (who is presumably the Stephen Chamarette mentioned elsewhere as a source) visited Chamaret in the south of France. He was told that there were three brothers - one went to Normandy, one to Canada, and one to Great Britain. She had read of a Huguenot community in Edinburgh and from his name (Andrew) presumed his forbears went there. This is rather a wild guess.

    2. [S11] Personal Knowledge, Stephen Chamarette.
      Family myth that the family were lace makers of Huguenot descent who left Chamaret in France during the persecution .

    3. [S9] Other Researchers - Arthur Mitchell.
      As recorded in the proceedings of the Royal Geographical Society of London Topographical survey of India 1817 to 1845. And in the five volumes of R. H. Phillimore, 'Historical Records of the Survey of India' Andrew and his son Andrew were both on the teamthat surveyed India. Andrew Senior was associated with Sir George Everest and Colonel Andrew Waugh. Andrew Senior was appointed to Madras 19 March 1805. Served on the Madras survey 1807 to 1820 and on the Hyderabad survey from 1820 till his death in 1848.
      Arthur Mitchell says he was F.R.G.S - presumably Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society.


    4. [S46] Phillimore - Survey of India, Vol 11 p 351.
      Apprenticed 1805. Employed - Tanjore 1809-10, Madura 1811-4, Dindigal 1815.

    5. [S115] List Of Inscriptions On Tombs Or Monuments, Compiled By OS Crofton Hyderabad 1941 - The Nizams Govt, 22.
      This is almost certainly his father! Tombstone of J.D, Chamarette in the Roman Catholic Cemetery Narayamguda, died 20th May 1821 aged 63 years.

    6. [S46] Phillimore - Survey of India, Vol 11 p351.
      Gives birth March 1793. Note that from elsewhere we had Jan 1793.

    7. [S9] Other Researchers - Arthur Mitchell.
      See the hand written document describing his career in Histories.

    8. [S7] BMD - British Library, N3 vol 22 p258.
      Age 54, Assistant Surveyor Hyderabad Survey, buried by G L Fenton, officiating chaplain. No church given.

    9. [S25] St Georges Church, Hyderabad Website, Kerry Edwards.

    10. [S9] Other Researchers - Arthur Mitchell.
      Handwritten document - see notes. His salary a year later was Rs 156-10-11 - no idea if this was good or bad.