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Any info about Cecelia Fanny Chapman?
« on: Tuesday 29 March 16 13:51 BST (UK) »
I am trying to go backwards on the above;

She married Harry Edwin Blackman in 1918, in Sevenoaks;
I have a very solid birthdate for her - the Ancestry Death Index and the 1939 register agree exactly on 11 Oct 1893.

Going to FreeBMD, I searched for every (!!!) Chapman in the entirety of England for 1893, downloaded the result, and used Unix search (egrep) to look for likely matches, since FreeBMD's wildcarding ain't great.

The only hit that's close at all is super close;

Births  Dec     1893    Chapman Celia Fanny             Sevenoaks       0       2a      623

Looking for a census I only find good results in 1901 (Class: RG13; Piece: 748; Folio: 175; Page: 6);

3 presumed siblings in the SevenOaks workhouse; Louisa (9), Celia(7), Gladys(4)
By 1911, Lousia is a general domestic servant in Sevenoaks, and Gladys has moved to the Workhouse Schools, Ewell, Surrey.

I cannot find a solid hit for Celia in 1911.

Can anyone find Celia in 1911, or (preferably) the origins/parents of this sad little Chapman clan, pre 1901?

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Re: Any info about Cecelia Fanny Chapman?
« Reply #1 on: Tuesday 29 March 16 14:31 BST (UK) »
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I cannot find a solid hit for Celia in 1911.

Try looking for a Cecila Frances Chapman  ;) ;)

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Re: Any info about Cecelia Fanny Chapman?
« Reply #2 on: Tuesday 29 March 16 15:24 BST (UK) »
Best option is to get the birth certificate for her then it would give us at least a mother to look for.

I guess you haven't got her marriage with a fathers name?

Did the other possible sisters marry?
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Re: Any info about Cecelia Fanny Chapman?
« Reply #3 on: Tuesday 29 March 16 15:38 BST (UK) »
There's a family tree with Gladys on but no parents known  :(
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Re: Any info about Cecelia Fanny Chapman?
« Reply #4 on: Tuesday 29 March 16 19:48 BST (UK) »
Best option is to get the birth certificate for her then it would give us at least a mother to look for.

I guess you haven't got her marriage with a fathers name?

Did the other possible sisters marry?

Not that I've found yet; I was faintly hoping someone knew of some on-line Kent workhouse records that I'd missed, that might show the Chapman family turning up "en masse", or possibly local baptism records.

EDIT: "darn";

Online workhouse records

https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1949802
But only accessible per:

These images are viewable:

    To signed-in members of supporting organizations.
    When using the site at a family history center.


I'll have to buy the birth cert, I think, if I want to go further; this is a tree for a friend.

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