AIGS/FHC Member's - Family Trees
Bertie Frank CHAPMAN[1]
1892 - 1961 (68 years)-
Name Bertie Frank CHAPMAN Birth 30 May 1892 East London , Cape Province, South Africa 
Gender Male Occupation Clerk (shipping) Death 6 Feb 1961 Johannesburg; Guateng (Transvaal) ; south Africa Person ID I13 FHC023 - Chapman Tree Last Modified 11 Sep 2022
Father James CHAPMAN, b. 25 Feb 1857, St Mary in the Castle; St Leonards; Hastings; sussex , England d. 30 Nov 1917, East London , Cape Province, South Africa (Age 60 years) Mother Louisa Wilhelmina Rosina MAURER, b. Abt 1861, Wiesbaden, Kingwilliamstown, Cape Province d. 24 Jan 1916, East London , Cape Province, South Africa (Age ~ 55 years) Marriage 18 Mar 1879 The Presbyterian Church, KingWilliamstown, Cape Province ; South Africa Family ID F6 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family 1 Evelyn Doris Read (Chapman FORBES), b. 1902, Durban, Natal, South Africa d. 15 Jun 1971, Durban, Natal, South Africa (Age 69 years) Marriage 28 May 1928 Durban, Natal, South Africa [1] Notes - Estimate divorced circa 1938
Children 1. Roy Frank CHAPMAN, b. 6 Jan 1929, Lourenzo Marques ; Mozambique d. 21 Jun 2019, Johannesburg; Guateng (Transvaal) ; south Africa (Age 90 years)Family ID F5 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 8 Sep 2022
Family 2 Olive Grace Baynes (previously Olive Grace HARRIS), b. (uncertain), uncertain d. (uncertain), Johannesburg; Guateng (Transvaal) ; south Africa Marriage Est 1940 Johannesburg; Guateng (Transvaal) ; south Africa Notes - Divorced in Johannesberg 5 Nov 1946 [2]
Family ID F126 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 8 Sep 2022
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Marrigae record Bertie chapman & Doris Read Marriage record Doris Read & Grunter Forbes Bertie Chapman divorce from Olive Grace 1946 record-image_
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Notes - The role/position of Shipping Clerk located in Mozambique appears to have been a fairly serious role, and not just clerical. It has been identified that former Barlow Rand CEO and Chairman Michael Rosholt's father was a 'ships agent' in Beira, Mozambique in the 1920's (per Mike Rosholt obituary in Oct 2018 Volume 40 of Wits Review (Witwatersrand University)
- South African Military - it is probable that Bertie served in the South African Forces during World War I (1914 - 1918). No records have been identified, however grandson Denholme has a strong recollection of having been given at least two war medals to 'play with' sometime after the passing of Bertie (1961). Unfortunately it is likely the medals were lost in the playing sandpits of 200 Surrey Avenue, Randburg, Transvaal in the mid 1960's !
- INHERITANCE FOR GRANDSON
Prior to his death, Bertie purchased a property on the South Coast of Natal (below Durban) for grandson Denholme Brett Chapman.
(Note ; In 1972 Bertie's son Roy, with the permission of grandson Denholme) obtained permission through the courts to seel the property, and with the specified intention being that the funds be used to acquire a farm property for Roy Chapman's family. Ultimately the proceeeds thereof were used to acquire the family farm at Mooinooi; Buffelsport ie approx midway between Hartebeespoort Dam and Rustenburg)
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