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Hampshire & Isle of Wight / Re: Cecil Chapman born Whitchurch
« on: Thursday 14 July 05 01:15 BST (UK) »
Thanks for being a great sleuth, John!
Now I can try for a marriage cert for Bessie and Arthur Dean. That is probably the right Charles Chapman. He apparently drowned - perhaps on purpose.
To the best of anyone in the family's knowledge, Bessie wasn't Elizabeth. Maybe they came from someplace else before the 1881 census. Trouble is my Aunts - Reginald's daughters - are in their 80S and don't remember a lot. Maybe because he only told what he wanted known! He spent most of his childhood away at private school and left home at 15 for Canada, so maybe he didn't know too much either.
I think it wasn't a happy family... his brother he came to Canada with told his 2 children nothing. The son is a bit senile now, but the daughter was amazed at the info I do have - she knew nothing.
Thanks again,
Lorraine
Now I can try for a marriage cert for Bessie and Arthur Dean. That is probably the right Charles Chapman. He apparently drowned - perhaps on purpose.
To the best of anyone in the family's knowledge, Bessie wasn't Elizabeth. Maybe they came from someplace else before the 1881 census. Trouble is my Aunts - Reginald's daughters - are in their 80S and don't remember a lot. Maybe because he only told what he wanted known! He spent most of his childhood away at private school and left home at 15 for Canada, so maybe he didn't know too much either.
I think it wasn't a happy family... his brother he came to Canada with told his 2 children nothing. The son is a bit senile now, but the daughter was amazed at the info I do have - she knew nothing.
Thanks again,
Lorraine