Josiah Chapman
1856-___
Josiah Chapman, b. 12
February 1856 in Great Sampford, Radwinter, Essex, England
Father:
Josiah Chapman (2), b. in England
Mother:
Elizabeth Perry, b. 1830 in Radwinter, Essex England
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The 1881 census lists
Josiah as
an
"agricultural labourer" which means he was one of thousands who worked
the farms owned by the upper class. By 1901, he had become a
"Carter" in the "Cooperative Store" which can be interpreted as a
person in charge of a horse and wagon or simply a person who moves
things about.
Before their marriage (1871 census), Ellen Parkin, had been working as
a housemaid on a large estate belonging to a banker named Edmund B.
Gibson. The estate farms or 400 acres employed 3 maids and a
nurse plus 13 men and 3 boys. It is possible Josiah was one of
the men.
Elizabeth Perry, Josiah's mother, was recorded in the 1891 census
living in the home of Josiah and Isabella. Elizabeth was unable
to write. Her "mark" is recorded on Josiah's birth certificate. |
First Spouse: Ellen Sophia
Parkin,
b. 1854 in Essex, Saffron Walden, d. December 1881
Married 3 April 1880 in Saffron Walden, England by Alfred
Rollason.
Ellen, age 28, died of unknown
causes in December of 1881 the same year of the birth of her second
child. Two years later, Josiah married Isabella
Naylor.
Father:
William Parkin, b. 1825 in Cambridgeshire, Castle Camps
Mother:
Emily (Parkin), b. 1828 in Essex, Ashdon
Second Spouse: Isabella Clara
Naylor,
b. 1854 in Wenden Ambo, Essex England
Married December 1883 in Linton,
Cambridgshire, England.
Children and grandchildren:
1. Franklin Chapman, b. 1875 in Sawston,
Cambridge, England
2. Esther Eliza Chapman b. 6
February 1881 in Sawston, Cambridge, England
3. Arthur Chapman, b. 1886 in Sawston,
Cambridge, England
4. Hedley Ewart Chapman, b. 11 March 1887 in
Sawston, Cambridge, England
5. Maud Chapman, b. 1890 in Sawston, Cambridge,
England
6. Hilda Chapman, b. 1892 in Sawston,
Cambridge, England