AIGS/FHC Member's - Family Trees
James CHAPMAN[1]
1857 - 1917 (60 years)-
Name James CHAPMAN Birth 25 Feb 1857 St Mary in the Castle; St Leonards; Hastings; sussex , England 
[2] - Family history handed down by word of mouth was that James was a Merchant seaman, and who 'jumped ship' at East London, Eastern Cape in the 1870's.
Gender Male Occupation Roads inspector Death 30 Nov 1917 East London , Cape Province, South Africa Person ID I15 FHC023 - Chapman Tree Last Modified 15 Nov 2020
Father James CHAPMAN, b. 10 Dec 1822, Hollington; East Susses; England d. 7 Dec 1860, Island of Rhodes , Greece, Mediterannean (Age 37 years) Mother Barbara Elizabeth FOORD, b. 1826, Ashburnham/Battle , Sussex ; England d. 1900, Bradfield, Berkshire, England (Age 74 years) Marriage 18 May 1856 St Nicholas Church; Brighton; Sussex; England Notes - Appears to have prferred being called 'Elizabeth' [1]
Family ID F7 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family 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 Children 1. Bertie Frank CHAPMAN, b. 30 May 1892, East London , Cape Province, South Africa d. 6 Feb 1961, Johannesburg; Guateng (Transvaal) ; south Africa (Age 68 years)2. James CHAPMAN, b. 16 Dec 1879, East London , Cape Province, South Africa d. 31 Oct 1899, East London , Cape Province, South Africa (Age 19 years)3. Elizabeth CHAPMAN, b. 20 Dec 1880, East London , Cape Province, South Africa d. 1943, uncertain (Age 62 years)4. William HENRY, Chapman, b. 16 Sep 1883, East London , Cape Province, South Africa d. 1942, uncertain (Age 58 years)5. Elsie Ruth CHAPMAN, b. 28 Sep 1896, East London , Cape Province, South Africa d. 1963, uncertain (Age 66 years)6. Louisa CHAPMAN, b. 7 Jan 1899, East London , Cape Province, South Africa d. (uncertain), uncertain 7. Cecil JAMES, Chapman, b. 1884, East London , Cape Province, South Africa d. 1963, uncertain (Age 79 years)8. Rosina CHAPMAN, b. 1886, East London , Cape Province, South Africa d. 1888, East London , Cape Province, South Africa (Age 2 years)9. Albert Edward CHAPMAN, b. 1889, East London , Cape Province, South Africa d. 1952, East London , Cape Province, South Africa (Age 63 years)Family ID F6 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 21 Apr 2021
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Notes - 1861 Census indicates James mother 'Barbara Elizabeth Foord' was a 'widow', thus indicating James father, James died between 1857 and 1861.
Family history handed down by word of mouth was that James was a Merchant seaman, and who 'jumped ship' at East London, Eastern Cape in the 1870's. [3] - 1871 Census has no record of Barbara Foord/chapman or James; BUT Barbara Foord had married Charles Brodrick in 1862 - by 1871 Censes Barbara Brodrick had 3 children BUT James (then 14) was not living with her ... NOR was James recorded anywhere in the 1871 Census. so what happened ?
a) Did James get placed elsewhere with family, workhouse etc after Barbara's marriage to Brodrick ? Presumably not as he's not on the 1871 Census
b) What happened to James and how did he get to the Cape Province South Africa by 1876/77 ie the birth of his and Louisa's first child ?
- 1861 Census indicates James mother 'Barbara Elizabeth Foord' was a 'widow', thus indicating James father, James died between 1857 and 1861.
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