Elizabeth (Libbie) and her brother Robert are both descendants of a Thomas Chute and Mary McCarthy who moved from Ireland to Connecticut in the 1870's ... we're trying to see if the William and son Thomas are the people she's looking for, but if that lineage rings a bell with anyone, let us know.
Leonard Boyd Chute of Minnesota, grandson of Leonard Ralph Chute checked in, which was very much appreciated, as the Chute family records ended with his parents, aunts, uncles, etc. He says he has Chute relatives "from Alaska to Florida and beyond", so we expect to be receiving a lot of worksheets from that branch of the family!
We've heard from the wonderfully industrious Francis Chute (see entry below), whose huge (400+ pages) work on the English Chutes will be completed in 2-3 months. Naturally, when that information arrives, the Chute database will probably double or triple - at the very least - and we'll see if multiple copies can be made of this private issue work ... possibly he's unaware of just how many Chutes are out here, waiting for this! Had he access to the Internet, we would have not been duplicating each other's work (almost word for word and theory for theory) all this time.
For example, my research and theorizing on the Baron Edouard and the Jutes segment
could have been eliminated entirely had I known of just one segment of Francis's research: I also would have not have been so worried about upsetting the familial apple cart, so to speak, with my conclusion
that Baron Edouard LeChute did not, in fact, exist, had I known that Francis came to the exact same conclusion via his
scholarly research in Arundel. Both sides of the Atlantic went to some effort to disprove that the word "Chute" had
originated in the word for "forest" or "forest-dweller", both of us focused on the area of Kent for our earliest ancestors,
both of us began to doubt not the existance of Alexander, but the oral history surrounding him. Hopefully now that we've linked efforts, we won't be doing the same work, on different sides of the Atlantic! More on this to follow. Two individuals from the Dechute family have been added to the database. The first, Ruth
Louise Dechute Menefee was located through a database of California deaths, and the second,
George H. Dechute was a veteran of the Civil War. We have enough people with similar names dropping by that you never
know where we might find a common link. Brian Joseph Chute dropped by, with the correction of the last name "Trembley" to "Tremblay" of his grandmother, who
married Ralph Seymour Chute, and to quickly assure everyone that he hadn't, in fact, died,
which is what our web site said. (Ooops!) Actually, in cases like Brian's, the "last known residence" showed up in some
cases as the "place of death" -- so, if you see a place, but no date, that's what happened. Still, it's a little
disconcerting to people, to be pronounced dead prematurely, so if I miss correcting these conversion errors as I go
along, drop me a line and let me know. Peg Chute was also kind enough to provide the notice of Melvin Lee Chute's recent
passing, along with that of his brother Harold Davis Chute, Jr. within days of each other.
Melvin's notice appeared in a Bridgton, Maine newspaper; Harold's was passed through family members, with the comment
that this "was not a great year for the Chute clan." Thanks, Peg. It appears there is a great deal more historical information on James Henry Chute than
there is genealogical, but he and his family are certainly well known to anyone interested in theater history. Frederick
Steven (Steve) Chute, who provided the information on Anthony and Sir Charles (below) also has been collecting historical
references to the famous theater family in Bristol, James Henry and his sons George Macready Chute and James, Jr., who were
so respected in their profession that no less than George Bernard Shaw was quoted in 1899 as saying, "I told Mr. Macready
Chute, the manager, that he should come to London to learn from our famous stage managers here how to spend ten times as
much money on a pantomime for one-tenth of the artistic return." (That such a compliment would come from such a notoriously
crabby and critical personage as George Bernard Shaw must not be taken lightly!) Should anyone be passing through Bristol
any time soon, the University of Bristol's Theater Collection contains "The Adrian Varcoe Collection", described as having
information on the Chute Family and Prince's Theater, and might be worth looking through! The information Steve has
amassed thus far on this famous Chute family has been included in the notes section. There must also be a relative (John)
listed as an actor in numerous productions, but it isn't clear yet whether this "John Chute" was related to James Henry,
George Macready or James, Jr. Until his exact lineage is proved, we've included the text of the various Playbills which
mention him in the notes for the others. Steve is of the belief that this family is descended from the "Chutes of the Manor of Coombe
St. Martin, near Chard in Somerset." Carole Hooper Chute, wife of Lester Allen Chute up in Campobello, New Brunswick, Canada,
has provided us with the most recent information on her family line - which was particularly helpful as we were missing
one of their children entirely! We seem to missing dates and allied family data on this branch of the family, so it was
terrific to hear from her. Frederick S. (Steven) Chute located a terrific link to the "Old Alresford Place", which provided some more detailed
background on how the Chute "Vyne" ended up in the care of the British Trust. (And the purchase of the estate in Alresford,
Hampshire, pictured in this web site was able to be obtained by the Winchester Parish with Chute funds). The web site
itself can be found by clicking here ... and the basic information it
provided has opened up a new page on The Reverend Anthony and Sir Charles on this web site -
Anthony died as recently as 1958. Now, if we could only piece together the intervening generations - these two gentlemen
were, of course, direct descendants of the Challoner Chute family.
We were delighted to hear from Barbara Chutes Fleming, just beginning to research her family's history; given the obvious similarities in the names, we're quite certain that we came from similar origins somewhere in the past. The history she did have was interesting, and I've created a web page for her family, in the event that someone else with the "Chutes" surname wanders through. Her paternal grandfather, Douglas Chutes, settled in Marietta, Ohio - we have several Chute's who also settled in that area. Barbara believes, based on her brother's research, that her branch of the family originated in Wales. As the Chute's (us) have only found origins in Great Britain, Ireland and a small number in Scotland, the Wales connection was quite interesting.
Trevor Chute, son of Garry Livingstone Chute has checked in from New Brunswick, Canada and hopefully will be updating his branch of the family.
Cynthia Viator, a descendant of George Tupper Chute and his third wife Callie Howell, has
checked in. Many of you already know another descendant of George's through his first wife Sarah Adeline Mayo, the
famous Ray Chute, who has been of such invaluable assistance to so many of us through the message boards.
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