There is slight confuson with the birth as most of the children of Peter and Mary were baptised some years after birth - as many as 30 in the case of son William. There is a burial entered in the Biddenden Parish Records for a Catherine, the date is 7 February 1835 and the age is stated as 22. This could well be this Catherine who would have been baptised at the age of 9.
The obituary Notice for his father Charles Frederick Day refers to Cecil as a consulting optician of Park Lane W1. [.] The obituary Notice for his father Charles Frederick Day refers to Cecil as a consulting optician of Park Lane W1.
IGI ---- Charles DAY Sex: M Event(s): Birth: 18 Apr 1775 Baptist, Headcorn, Kent, England Parents: Father: Peter DAY Mother: Elizth. LINDRIGE -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------ Source Information: -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------ Batch number: Dates Source Call No. Type Printout Call No. Type C091651 1731-1837 0596912 (RG4 932) Film 6906551 Film Sheet: IGI ---- ELIZABETH HOADLEY -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----- Marriages: Spouse: CHARLES DAY Family Marriage: 25 DEC 1798 Chatham, Kent, England -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------ Source Information: Batch No.: Dates: Source Call No.: Type: Printout Call No.: Type: M166066 1781 - 1812 1469178 Film NONE Pigot's Directory --------------------------- Kent 1823 Maidstone Msicellaneous Day Charles, Broker, High Street Death Certificate -------------------------- Registration district: Maidstone Sub-district: West Maidstone County : Kent When and where died: 4 April 1841 Mill Street Name: Charles Day Sex: Male Age: 66 years Occupation: Broker Cause of Death: Apoplexy Informant: The mark X of Mary Newill present at the death, High Street Maidstone When registered: 9 April 1841 Registrar: Rich. Holmes Newspaper Article from 1957 (exact date and name of journal unknown - date deduced from dates in article) -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------- Chiesmans pay £35,000 for property Owned by Day family for 168 years. "Death duties forced Messrs. William Day and Sons, the Maidstone auctioneers, to sell a property which has been in their family since 1789 at an auction sale yesterday. The property - the right-hand side of the block occupied by Messrs. Chiesmans Ltd., comprising 23 High Street, 1, 3 & 5 Pudding Lane and 26 and 28 edway Street - was sold to the tenants for £35,000. Bidding for the property was brisk, but ceased after Messrs. Chiesmans had offered £35,000. For the auctioneers, the sale had rather a sentimental touch, for the building was the first that the Day family used when they arrived in Maidstone at the end of the 18th century. It was here that Mr. Charles Day first began business as an auctioneer and broker. The property was once before offered for sale - in 1837. The reserve price then was £1190. Two freehold shops in Union Street were also sold by Messrs Day. No. 2 was sold to the tenants Messrs Mills for £2000 and No. 4 to the tenants, Gas Investments Corporation Ltd. for £3000. " The article saiys that Charles Day began business here. However, if this was in 1789, this Charles was only 13 years old. Therefore, either the dates above are incorrect, or the date on which the business commenced was different from the date the property came into the day family. In either case at 13 years old this Charles could not have been the legal owner/proprietor. The article also confirms that the Day family did not originate in Maidstone but arrived there at the end of the end of the 18th century. [.] IGI ---- Charles DAY Sex: M Event(s): Birth: 18 Apr 1775 Baptist, Headcorn, Kent, England Parents: Father: Peter DAY Mother: Elizth. LINDRIGE -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------ Source Information: -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------ Batch number: Dates Source Call No. Type Printout Call No. Type C091651 1731-1837 0596912 (RG4 932) Film 6906551 Film Sheet: IGI ---- ELIZABETH HOADLEY -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----- Marriages: Spouse: CHARLES DAY Family Marriage: 25 DEC 1798 Chatham, Kent, England -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------ Source Information: Batch No.: Dates: Source Call No.: Type: Printout Call No.: Type: M166066 1781 - 1812 1469178 Film NONE Pigot's Directory --------------------------- Kent 1823 Maidstone Msicellaneous Day Charles, Broker, High Street Death Certificate -------------------------- Registration district: Maidstone Sub-district: West Maidstone County : Kent When and where died: 4 April 1841 Mill Street Name: Charles Day Sex: Male Age: 66 years Occupation: Broker Cause of Death: Apoplexy Informant: The mark X of Mary Newill present at the death, High Street Maidstone When registered: 9 April 1841 Registrar: Rich. Holmes Newspaper Article from 1957 (exact date and name of journal unknown - date deduced from dates in article) -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------- Chiesmans pay £35,000 for property Owned by Day family for 168 years. "Death duties forced Messrs. William Day and Sons, the Maidstone auctioneers, to sell a property which has been in their family since 1789 at an auction sale yesterday. The property - the right-hand side of the block occupied by Messrs. Chiesmans Ltd., comprising 23 High Street, 1, 3 & 5 Pudding Lane and 26 and 28 edway Street - was sold to the tenants for £35,000. Bidding for the property was brisk, but ceased after Messrs. Chiesmans had offered £35,000. For the auctioneers, the sale had rather a sentimental touch, for the building was the first that the Day family used when they arrived in Maidstone at the end of the 18th century. It was here that Mr. Charles Day first began business as an auctioneer and broker. The property was once before offered for sale - in 1837. The reserve price then was £1190. Two freehold shops in Union Street were also sold by Messrs Day. No. 2 was sold to the tenants Messrs Mills for £2000 and No. 4 to the tenants, Gas Investments Corporation Ltd. for £3000. " The article saiys that Charles Day began business here. However, if this was in 1789, this Charles was only 13 years old. Therefore, either the dates above are incorrect, or the date on which the business commenced was different from the date the property came into the day family. In either case at 13 years old this Charles could not have been the legal owner/proprietor. The article also confirms that the Day family did not originate in Maidstone but arrived there at the end of the end of the 18th century.