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Henry Samuel Chapman 1803 – 1881 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 21 Jul 1803

Birth Location: Kennington, Surrey, England

Death Date: 27 Dec 1881

Death Location: Dunedin, Otago,New Zealand

Father: Henry Chapman

Mother: Ann Davies

Spouse(s): Catherine Brewer, Selina Carr

Children(s): Henry Chapman, Charles Chapman, Martin Chapman, Ernest Chapman, Frederick Chapman, Catherine Chapman, Walter Chapman, Arthur Chapman, Edward Chapman

Henry Samuel Chapman was born in 1803 in Kennington, Surrey, England, the child of Henry Chapman and Ann Hart Davies. Henry Samuel Chapman later married Catherine (Kate) Delancey Brewer and Selina Frances Carr, and together they raised children including Henry Brewer (Harry) Chapman, Charles William Chapman, Martin Chapman, Ernest Arthur Chapman, Frederick Revans Chapman, Catherine Ann De Lancy Chapman, Walter Chapman, Arthur Chapman and Edward Chapman. In 1881, Henry Samuel Chapman passed away in Dunedin, Otago,New Zealand.

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Parents

Henry Chapman
1770 – 1863
Birth Location: St Mary at Hill, London, England
HC
Ann Davies
1774 – 1832
Birth Location: –
AD

Spouses(s)

Catherine Brewer
1810 – 1866
Birth Location: Cow Lane, Holborn, London, England
CB
Selina Carr
1823 – 1902
Birth Location: –
SC

Children(s)

Henry Chapman
1841 – 1866
Birth Location: Lambeth, Surrey, England
HC
Charles Chapman
1844 – 1929
Birth Location: Karori, Wellington, New Zealand
CC
Martin Chapman
1846 – 1924
Birth Location: Karori, Wellington, New Zealand
MC
Ernest Chapman
1847 – 1933
Birth Location: Homewood, Karori, Wellington, New Zealand
EC
Frederick Chapman
1849 – 1936
Birth Location: Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand
FC
Catherine Chapman
1850 – 1866
Birth Location: Karori, Wellington, New Zealand
CC
Walter Chapman
1852 – 1866
Birth Location: Hobart, Tasmania, Australia
WC
Arthur Chapman
1853 –
Birth Location: Homewood, Karori, Wellington, New Zealand
AC
Edward Chapman
1854 –
Birth Location: Karori, Wellington, New Zealand
EC

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Year: 21 Jul 1803
    Event Place: Kennington, Surrey, England
    Record Source: Australia and New Zealand, Find a Grave® Index, 1800s-Current, Dictionary of National Biography, Volumes 1-22, Geneanet Community Trees Index, New Zealand, Cemetery Records, 1800-2007, London, England: Oxford University Press; Volume: Vol 04; Page: 54, New Zealand Society of Genealogists Incorporated; Auckland, New Zealand; New Zealand Cemetery Records

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Baptism
    Event Year: 20 Aug 1803
    Event Place: Surrey, England
    Record Source: England, Select Births and Christenings, 1538-1975, London, England, Church of England Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, 1538-1812, London Metropolitan Archives; London, England; London Church of England Parish Registers; Reference Number: P85/MRY1/349

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Year: 1868
    Event Place: Victoria, Australia

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Custom Event
    Event Year: 20 Aug 1803
    Event Place: St Marys, Lambeth, London, England

    Genealogy Event 5
    Event Type: Occupation
    Event Year: 1843
    Event Place: Puisne Judge at Wellington from 1843

    Genealogy Event 6
    Event Type: Immigration
    Event Year: 23 Dec 1843
    Event Place: Arrived in Auckland on the Bangalore

    Genealogy Event 7
    Event Type: Occupation
    Event Year: 1852
    Event Place: Colonial Secretary, VDL from 1852. MLA and MLC, Vic. Attorney General in the O'SHANASSY ministry, 1857. Formed a government in 1858

    Genealogy Event 8
    Event Type: Occupation
    Event Place: Chancellor of the University of Otago

    Genealogy Event 9
    Event Type: Occupation
    Event Place: Judge of the Supreme Court of New Zealand

    Genealogy Event 10
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Place: England
    Record Source: England, Select Marriages, 1538-1973

    Genealogy Event 11
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Place: New Zealand
    Record Source: Belfast, Northern Ireland, The Belfast Newsletter, 1738-1925, Linen Hall Library; Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK; Periodicals & Newspapers, Irish & Reference

    Genealogy Event 12
    Event Type: Death
    Event Year: 27 Dec 1881
    Event Place: Dunedin, Otago,New Zealand
    Record Source: Australia and New Zealand, Find a Grave® Index, 1800s-Current, Dictionary of National Biography, Volumes 1-22, Geneanet Community Trees Index, New Zealand, Cemetery Records, 1800-2007, London, England: Oxford University Press; Volume: Vol 04; Page: 54, New Zealand Society of Genealogists Incorporated; Auckland, New Zealand; New Zealand Cemetery Records

    Genealogy Event 13
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Year: 29 Dec 1881
    Event Place: Dunedin, Otago,New Zealand
    Record Source: Australia and New Zealand, Find a Grave® Index, 1800s-Current, New Zealand, Cemetery Records, 1800-2007, New Zealand Society of Genealogists Incorporated; Auckland, New Zealand; New Zealand Cemetery Records

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