John (Jack) Chapman 1885 – 1971 – Genealogical Records

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Genealogy Event 1
Event Type: Birth
Event Year: 9 DEC 1885
Event Place: Westerton, Co. Durham
Record Source: As a child he was said to have been weak and unlikely to live to be 21, but he actually lived to the age of 85

Genealogy Event 2
Event Type: Baptism
Event Year: 19 SEP 1886
Event Place: Coundon, Co. Durham
Record Source: at the same time as his sister Sarah Jane.

Genealogy Event 3
Event Type: Custom Event
Event Year: FEB 1905
Record Source: he joined the Methodist Church at Westerton

Genealogy Event 4
Event Type: Occupation
Event Year: 12 APR 1912

Genealogy Event 5
Event Type: Custom Event
Event Year: ABT 1919
Record Source: John fell out with his sisters because none of them would look after their father following the death of their mother, so he was sent to the Workhouse

Genealogy Event 6
Event Type: Custom Event
Event Year: ABT 1925
Record Source: representing the Labour Party, he stood for election on Auckland Rural District Council as a Councillor for Old Park and Binchester. He defeated the Tory candidate, a Colliery Manager who had been his employer. When the result was announced th

Genealogy Event 7
Event Type: Custom Event
Event Year: 1926
Record Source: during the General Strike he ran a soup kitchen at Binchester, which every day fed on average 90 people at breakfast and 100 at dinner-time on a daily outlay of about £3 ! He also kept the "laying-out board" at Binchester, which people borrowed t

Genealogy Event 8
Event Type: Custom Event
Event Year: 1929
Record Source: according to his daughter he was at some time the Agent for Hugh DALTON, who was the Labour M.P. for Bishop Auckland from 1929 to 1931 and again from 1935 to 1959, and in 1945 was Chancellor of the Exchequer following the defeat of Winston CHURCHIL

Genealogy Event 9
Event Type: Custom Event
Event Year: 31 JUL 1930
Record Source: John was sent a standard (printed) letter by King Edward V thanking everyone who had helped with "the Lord Mayor's Fund for the relief of the distressed mining areas".

Genealogy Event 10
Event Type: Occupation
Event Year: 21 JUN 1941
Record Source: responsible for sweeping and maintaining a length of the highway - on his son's Marriage Certificate he was described as a Durham County Highways Foreman.

Genealogy Event 11
Event Type: Occupation
Event Year: ABT 1942

Genealogy Event 12
Event Type: Custom Event
Event Year: ABT 1 FEB 1946
Record Source: daughter Mildred and her family came to live with them. "Pretoria House" was stone-built and comprised the original four rooms - a living room, sitting room, and two bedrooms. A small kitchenette had been added, and the toilet, which was original

Genealogy Event 13
Event Type: Custom Event
Event Year: ABT OCT 1951
Record Source: at the time of the General Election, Michael GOUNDRY remembers learning this little ditty from his mother:-

Genealogy Event 14
Event Type: Custom Event
Event Year: 1962
Record Source: after Nellie's death, he lived for several years with his daughter and son-in-law at 2 Earl's House Cottages, Hartside, near Durham City. He became unable to walk, possibly due to rheumatism, and eventually moved to a Care Home at Blackie Boy, o

Genealogy Event 15
Event Type: Death
Event Year: 15 NOV 1971
Event Place: Durham City

Genealogy Event 16
Event Type: Burial
Event Year: NOV 1971
Event Place: South Road Cemetery, Durham City