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Walter J Chapman 1851 to 1937
CHA00010
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Context and local history are in purple.
Geographical
context is in green.
1851
Walter J Chapman was born
at Eversholt, Bedfordshire in 1851. He was baptised on 6 April 1851. He was
the son of James Chapman (1820 to 1896) (CHA00003)
and Sophia nee Kingston Chapman (1823 to 1911).
1851 Census
– Brook End, Eversholt, Bedfordshire
James
Chapman, 30, schoolmaster
Sophia
Chapman, 28
Walter
Chapman, 1 month
1861
1861 census
– Church End, Eversholt, Bedfordshire
James
Chapman, 40, school master
Sophia
Chapman 37, schoolmistress
Walter
Chapman, 10
Alice
M Chapman, 8
1871
1871 Census
– 110, George Street, Woburn, Bedfordshire
Walter
Chapman, 20, was an ironmonger shopman
living with the Andrews family.
1881
1881 Census – 92 Tamworth Road, Croydon
Walter
J Chapman, 30, was an ironmonger’s assistant living with the Greenacre family.
Walter,
then an ironmonger, married Annie Maria
Byron (1854 to 1917) on 27 December 1881 in the Church
of St Andrew the Great, Cambridge. Annie was born at Green Lane, Battersea on
30 December 1854.
The
marriage certificate was signed William H Byron, her father.
Annie
Byron was born in Battersea on 30 December 1854 and baptised on 18 February
1855. Her father was William Henry Byron (born about 1825, a domestic servant
in 1850 and a lawyer’s clerk in 1860) and her mother was Margaret Ann nee
Demsey (born in Liverpool in 1823). In the 1861
census for Battersea Annie Byron was 6, living with Harriet Byron, 37 (a
charwoman born in Liverpool) and her brother William H Byron, 9. It seems
Harriet Byron in the 1861 census was the same person as Margaret Ann Byron nee
Dempsey.
Cambridge Independent Press, 31 December 1881:
CHAPMAN-BYRON: Dec 27, at St Andrew’s the Great, Cambridge (by the Rev J
Martin), Walter Chapman, of Croydon, Surrey to Annie Maria Byron, of Earl
Street, Cambridge.
This
may be the wedding of Walter Chapman and Annie Byron. The photograph is
unlabelled from the collection of Anne Farndale (who is no longer alive) and it
seems likely that this is what the photograph depicts.
1882
Margaret
Sophie Chapman (1882 to 1963) (CHA00020) was born on
22 September 1882 in Croydon.
1885
Etheldreda
Annie Chapman (1885 to 1972) (CHA00021)
was born in Croydon on 10 January 1885.
1889
Harold
Byron James Chapman (1889 to 1917) (CHA00022) was born in Croydon in
1889.
1891 Census – 4 Stanton Road, Croydon
Walter Chapman, 40, ironmonger
Annie M Chapman, 36, schoolmistress
(born Battersea)
Margaret S Chapman, 8
Etheldreda A Chapman, 6
Harold B J Chapman, 2
Sophia Chapman, 68
Servant
1893
Reginald Cecil Chapman (1893 to
1966) (CHA00023)
was born in Croydon ion 1893.
1901
1901 Census – Eversholt, Staton Road, Croydon
Walter Chapman, 50, iron founder’s salesman
Annie Chapman, 46, his wife, school teacher
Margaret Chapman, 18, school teacher
Etheldreda Chapman, 16
Harold B J Chapman, 12
Reginald Chapman, 8
Sophia Chapman, mother, widow, 78
1911
1911 Census – Evershot,
West Woburn, Bedfordshire
Walter
Chapman, 60, Chief Salesman iron founder’s warehouse
Annie
Maria Chapman, 56, Head Teacher, Croydon Education Committee
Harold
Byron James Chapman, 22, Clerk in iron founder’s office
Reginald
Cecil Chapman, 18, clerk in estate agent’s office
Sophia
Chapman, 88, Walter’s mother, then a widow
1917
Annie Byron died.
1921 Census – 4 Stanton Road, Croydon, Surrey
Walter
Chapman, 70, Department Manager in Range Stove and Chimney Piece Show Room,
Messrs Dorrall St Evan Co, Iron Grocers, 2 Upper
Thames Road, London
Alice
Mary Baudet, 68, Walter’s sister, a visitor, not occupied for a living
Doris
Harris, a servant, 16
1923
When
his son Reginald married Dorothy Appleby in 1923, Walter was a Departmental
Manager.
1932
Walter
and Annie Chapman
Walter and Annie Chapman (‘Nin
Nin’ and ‘Pardy’) with Anne Buckingham (BUC00002),
their granddaughter in about 1932
1936
Walter and Annie Chapman in Worthing, West
Sussex in 1936
1937
Walter Chapman died
at 20 Marine Parade, Worthing on 26 April 1937.
Probate: CHAPMAN Walter of 20
Marine parade Worthing died 26 April 1937 Probate London 29 May to Reginald
Cecil Chapman estate agent and Robert Norman Bank Manager. Effects £6532 14s 6d.