John
Edwin
Chapman
Born in Barton-on-Humber, Lincolnshire, England
Ancestors 
Son of Robert Chapman
and [mother unknown]
[sibling(s) unknown]
Husband of
Julia Ann (Wilson) Chapman
— married
[date unknown] [location unknown]
[children unknown]
Died
at age 84
in Hancock, Iowa, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 12 Apr 2014
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Biography
According to Chappie, his father John was sent at a young age [about 12] to work in a nearby factory town- that would be 1875. He decided that wasn't for him [I believe that cholera might have been going on in England at that time] and instead stowed away aboard a Merchant Marine vessel, and worked as a cabin boy, sailing around the world, until he was of an age to join the Royal Navy, and then sailed around the world again. He retired to Iowa and married Julia Wilson, with whom he had 13 [?] children, 12 of them boys. Chappie was the second-to-youngest son.
Sources
- "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JQ5Z-GMN : 11 February 2018, John Edwin Chapman, 25 Oct 1863); citing , index based upon data collected by the Genealogical Society of Utah, Salt Lake City; FHL microfilm 436,024.
Jennifer Hathaway, memories of my grandfather.
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Rejected matches › John Chapman (abt.1848-) › John George Chapman (1864-) › John Kaufman (abt.1862-)
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