| 👶 Birth | 12 Aug 1852 | 57 Radnor Street, Folkestone, Kent 📍 ⓘFamily Bible 📎 View 📎 View 🏛️ Irish Potato Famine — mass emigration |
| ⛪ Baptism | 10 Sep 1852 | St Mary & St Eanswythe Parish Church, Church Road, Folkestone, Kent, CT20 1SW 📍 ⓘBaptism Records 📎 View 📎 View |
| 🏠 Lived | 1861 (9) | 57 Radnor Street, Folkestone, Kent 📍 ⓘ1861 Census 📎 View 🏛️ Death of Prince Albert |
| 💼 Occupation | 1861 (9) | Scholar ⓘ1861 Census |
| 🏠 Lived | 1871 (19) | 57 Radnor Street, Folkestone, Kent 📍 📎 View 🏛️ Bank Holidays introduced |
| 💼 Occupation | 1871 (19) | Baker |
| 🏠 Lived | 1881 (29) | 93 Orts Road, Holme Terrace, Reading, Berkshire 📍 ⓘ1881 Census 📎 View |
| 💼 Occupation | 1881 (29) | Confectioner Journeyman ⓘ1881 Census |
| 💒 Marriage | 01 Oct 1882 (30) | Sarah MANSELL St Mark's Church, Myddelton Square, Clerkenwell, London, Middlesex 📍 ⓘMarriage Certificate 📎 View |
| 🏠 Lived | bef 01 Oct 1882 | 104 Pentonville Road, London, Middlesex 📍 |
| 🏠 Lived | 1884 (32) | 131 Queens Road, Reading, Berkshire 📍 with Sarah MANSELL ⓘBaptism Records 🏛️ Third Reform Act — rural workers gain the vote |
| 🏠 Lived | 1885 (33) | 57 Radnor Street, Folkestone, Kent 📍 with Sarah MANSELL ⓘAnnie Stuart |
| 💼 Occupation | abt 1885 | Pastrycook & Confectioner 2 Suffolk Road, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire 📍 |
| 🏠 Lived | 1891 (39) | 30 High Street, Hythe, Kent 📍 with Sarah MANSELL ⓘ1891 Census 📎 View In 1891 other occupants of the dwelling:- Frederick. M. Goddens. Boarder. Single. Age 20. Baker (Journeyman.) Born Hythe, Kent and Annie I. Fensted. Servant. Single. Born Sevenoaks, Kent. William and Sarah's children are not shown because they were with their grandparents Fuller and Frances Chapman in Lyminge on the 1891 census. 🏛️ Free elementary education |
| 💼 Occupation | 1891 (39) | Confectioner ⓘ1891 Census |
| 🏠 Lived | 1901 (49) | 30 High Street, Hythe, Kent 📍 with Sarah MANSELL ⓘ1901 Census 📎 View In 1901 Wilfred T.Hodjson. Boarder. Single. 20. Male. Journeyman Baker Worker. Born Kent Hythe was living with the family. 🏛️ Second Boer War · Death of Queen Victoria — Edward VII accedes |
| 💼 Occupation | 1901 (49) | Confectioner and Pastrycook Shopkeeper ⓘ1901 Census |
| 🏠 Lived | 1902 (50) | 2 Sillwood Place, St. John's Road, Crowborough, Sussex 📍 with Sarah MANSELL |
| 🏠 Lived | 1911 (59) | 2 Sillwood Place, St. John's Road, Crowborough, Sussex 📍 with Sarah MANSELL ⓘ1911 Census 📎 View 🏛️ National Insurance Act |
| 🏠 Lived | 1921 (69) | 2 Sillwood Place, St. John's Road, Crowborough, Sussex 📍 ⓘ1921 Census 📎 View 🏛️ Irish Free State established |
| 💼 Occupation | 1921 (69) | Apartments House Keeper 2 Sillwood Place, St. John's Road, Crowborough, Sussex 📍 ⓘ1921 Census |
| 📝 Will | 24 Apr 1928 (76) | 📎 View 🏛️ Equal voting rights for women |
| 🏠 Lived | 1932 (80) | Flat 1, Ambulance Station, Princes Row, Epsom, Surrey 📍 🏛️ Great Depression |
| ✝️ Death | 05 Jul 1932 (80) | The Banstead Mental Hospital, Hundred Acres, Banstead, Surrey 📍 Cardiovascular Degeneration ⓘDeath Certificate 📎 View Harrie Giles of Flat 1, Ambulance Station, Princes Row, Espom, Surrey was the informant. The hospital was built on the site of what was originally a hundred acre farm. |
| 🪦 Burial | 11 Jul 1932 (80) | Crowborough Burial Ground, Herne Road, Crowborough, Sussex 📍 Grave Number 117 ⓘBurial Records 📎 View 📎 View 📎 View 🔗 View IN LOVING MEMORY OF SARAH CHAPMAN DIED MARCH 23TH. 1923, AGED 69 YEARS. AT REST ALSO OF WILLIAM FULLER CHAPMAN WHO DIED JULY 5TH. 1932 AGED 79 YEARS. William Fuller Chapman died 5th July 1932 aged 79 and was buried 11th July 1932. Address at time was Hundred Acres, Banstead, Surrey. Number in Register of Burials is 1483. Buried in grave 117 which was purchased by William Chapman of Sillwood Place, Crowborough and the date of conveyance was 21st August 1923 |
| ⚖️ Probate | 26 Jul 1932 (80) | London, Middlesex 📍 ⓘProbate Index 📎 View CHAPMAN William Fuller of 1 Flat Ambulance Station Princes-row Buckingham Palace-road Westminster Middlesex died 5 July 1932 at Hundred Acred Banstead Surrey Probate London 26 July to Harrie Mansell Giles (wife of Victor Alexander Giles). Effects £279 0s. 8d. |
Children with Sarah MANSELL
b. 1883, St Giles' Church, Southampton Street, Reading, Berkshire · d. 1972, The Sutherland Hospital, Caringbah, New South Wales, Australia · m. Anna Dorothy BEK
b. 1885, 38 North Street, Folkestone, Kent · d. 1954, Green Lane Public Hospital, Epsom, Auckland, New Zealand
b. 1887, 30 High Street, Hythe, Kent · d. 1970, Promenade Hospital, Southport, Lancashire · m. Victor Alexander GILES
b. 1892, Hythe, Folkestone, Kent · d. 1976, Ellsfolly, 18 Caswell Avenue, Newton, Swansea, Glamorganshire · m. Ivor Arscott AMBROSE
Notes
Notes from Annie Stuart:
As William Chapman and Sarah Mansell both appear in the same census district in 1881 it is very likely that they met in Reading.
After their marriage, William and Sarah Chapman remained in Reading for about two years. Their first born child was Richard Fuller Chapman born 27-10-1883 at St. Giles.
Around 1885 the family moved back to Folkestone where a second child Blanche Winifred Chapman was born on 25-2-1885 at 38 North Street,Folkestone. William gave his address … Show more
As William Chapman and Sarah Mansell both appear in the same census district in 1881 it is very likely that they met in Reading.
After their marriage, William and Sarah Chapman remained in Reading for about two years. Their first born child was Richard Fuller Chapman born 27-10-1883 at St. Giles.
Around 1885 the family moved back to Folkestone where a second child Blanche Winifred Chapman was born on 25-2-1885 at 38 North Street,Folkestone. William gave his address … Show more
Documents & photographs
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📎 PhotoChapman William Fuller Letterhead 188x
📎 PhotoChapman William Fuller Family Photo Blanche Sarah Laura with Ambrose Ivor & Harrie
📎 PhotoChapman William Fuller Family Photo Blanche Sarah Laura Giles Victor with Harrie (right)-Colorized
📎 PhotoChapman William Fuller Family Photo Blanche Sarah Laura Giles Victor with Harrie (right)
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