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James Chapman

Date Event Source
21 Jan 1795 Born in St Saviour, Southwark.  Doc from Bob
29 Mar 1875 Baptized in St Saviour, Southwark.  Doc from Bob
29 Oct 1812 Apprenticed to Thomas Wells, Dockhead, Southwark.
18 Nov 1819 Admitted as a Master of the Company. "Apprentices included sons, Francis William Chapman, 14.7.1836, Thomas Campbell Chapman, 14.7.1842, Alfred George Garrard Chapman, 10.6.1847 and James Chapman, Jnr., 12.4.1832. Also William Dean, 27 June 1822." Doc from Bob
16 Apr 1816 Married Sophia Blackton in St Leonard, Shoreditch. Doc from Bob

1817

Son James born on 18 Jan 1817 in the City of London Lying in Hospital. Son of James Chapman and Sophia Blackton.

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16 Apr 1817 Son James Baptized at St Saviour, Southwark. Doc from Bob
1820 Son Frances William born.
1824 Daughter Sophia born in St John Horsleydown, Sussex.
1827 Son Thomas born 
1827 also? Son William George born
1829 Son Alfred George Garrard born
1832 Daughter Mary Elizabeth Jane born in St Magdalene, Bermondsey.
1836 Son George Nobes born in St Mary Magdalene Bermondsey.
1841 Living in Edward Street, London. St Mary Magdalene District, St James, Bermondsey. He is 40, a lighterman, with wife Sophia (40) and children Francis (20, lighterman apprentice), William (15, also an apprentice), Thomas and Alfred (10), Mary (9) and George (5). 1841 Census
1851  Living at 3 Arnold Place with wife Sophia (aged 56, born Deptford Kent). He is 56, lighterman, born St Saviour. With sons Thomas (23), Alfred (22), George (14) and daughter Mary (18, dressmaker). They were all born Surrey Bermondsey. 1851 Census
Wife Sophia dies
1861  Living at Araminta(?) Place, Bermondsey (2 doors down from son Alfred and his family). He is 66, a widower, a lighterman, born Southwark and with him is son William unmarried aged 39 (also a lighterman) 1861 Census
Mar 1867? Died, aged 72. He was a lighterman.(needs checking) Doc from Bob 

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