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SIDNEY CHEDZOY

SIDNEY CHEDZOY 1864 -

Sidney was the 4th child of Emmanuel Chedzoy and Sarah Way, he was born on 28th July 1864 and baptised at Stoke St Gregory on 8th September 1864. Sidney's family were Mason's, and Sidney followed the trade, in 1881 Sidney is 16 and is Apprentice to John House, Builder, at Mere Green. Later Sidney emigrated to Australia, where he became a sheep farmer with 3,000 acres of land. It is possible that Sidney was going to marry his cousin Eliza Elizabeth Smellie. She certainly emigrated to Australia, perhaps with marriage in mind. However she changed her mind and settled in Brisbane. Sidney never married, and died during the 1940's.

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