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Hi Out There,
I'm researching my Wife's side of the Family, and have come across one member who seems to 'disappear' after the 1911 Census.
Discussions with the oldest living member of her family indicates that it is possible that he emigrated to Australia although it is not known when.
His full (known) details are:- CHARLES CLIFFORD CHAPMAN. b 09/04/1895 in TIDESWELL, Derbyshire. 1911 Census shows him working as a Printer in the Family business.
I have tried searching All Trees on this site and BMD Records on several other sites but, like I say, He just seems to disappear into the ether.
Can anybody help or suggest any other methods of tracing this person?
Thanks in anticipation,
Ken Coote.

This looks to be his death.......would be worth getting the cert to see who registered it.

Name: Charles Clifford Chapman
Birth Date: 9 Apr 1895
Death Registration Month/Year: 1970
Registration district: Chelmsford
Inferred County: Essex
Volume: 4a
Page: 1688


Mary

Edit: Too many Charles C Chapman marriages to be able to pinpoint the correct one - hopefully the death was registered by his wife or child.

If you are able to check local newspapers for an obituary it may hold clues..ie a funeral notice often gives a list of the attendees..

Many Thanks.
Mary, Your info. seems to throw the Australian theory out of the window somewhat but I certainly will obtain the Cert. if only to discount it from the list.
Mark, If ever I'm in Chelmsford I'll try and remember to call in to the local paper offices and see if I can have access to their archives.
Ken.

there is this tree on ancestry
Chapman Family Tree
Public Member Tree
7 attached records, 7 sources
Preview
Name: Charles Clifford Chapman
Birth: 9 Apr 1895 - Derbyshire, England
Marriage: Oct-Nov-Dec 1917 (Oct 1917) - Bakewell, Derbyshire
Death: Jan-Feb-Mar 1970 (Jan 1970) - Chelmsford, Essex, England

7 attached records, 7 sources
Charles Clifford Chapman Hilda Brownsword
parents - Frederick Chapman Mary Elizabeth Turner
Charles Clifford Chapman
Birth: 9 Apr 1895 - Derbyshire, England
Death: Jan-Feb-Mar 1970 (Jan 1970) - Chelmsford, Essex, England
Marriage: Oct-Nov-Dec 1917 (Oct 1917) - Bakewell, Derbyshire
Spouse: Hilda Brownsword
F: Frederick Chapman

M: Mary Elizabeth Turner

not sure if the right person
maddie

Hi Kenneth

Well, with exactly the same date of birth, and names, he certainly appears to be the right one.

Maybe he went to Australia at some time and came back here?

Mary

his baptism
England & Wales Christening Records, 1530-1906
about Charles Clifford Chapman
Name: Charles Clifford Chapman
Gender: Female
Birth Date: 9 Apr 1895
Christening Date: 19 May 1895
Christening Place: Tideswell, Derbyshire, England
Age at Christening: 0
Father's Name: Frederick Chapman
Mother's Name: Mary Elizabeth

his marraige
England & Wales, Marriage Index: 1916-2005
about Charles C Chapman
Name: Charles C Chapman
Spouse Surname: Brownsword
Date of Registration: Oct-Nov-Dec 1917
Registration district: Bakewell
Registration county (inferred): Derbyshire
Volume Number: 7b
Page Number: 1669
Find Spouse: Find Spouse

Thanks Maddie,
I would say that this is exactly the right person as all the other details re. NOK etc. are right, except His Mother's surname! but, you are not the first to make the mistake and there is a lot a 'history' behind it.(The sort that gets swept under the carpet and forgotten about!!).
It may also be the reason behind the story that He emigrated, who knows!
Ken.

Maddie

That info from the Ancestry tree ties in nicely with the 1911 census:


CHAPMAN, Frederick Head Married M 46 1865 Letterpress Printer Derby Tideswell VIEW
CHAPMAN, Mary Elizabeth Wife Married
23 years F 47 1864 Derby Tideswell VIEW
CHAPMAN, Frederick Lester Son Single M 22 1889 Letterpress Printer Derby Tideswell VIEW
CHAPMAN, Lawrence Campbell Son Single M 19 1892 Letterpress Printer Derby Tideswell VIEW
CHAPMAN, Charles Clifford Son Single M 15 1896 Letterpress Printer Derby Tideswell VIEW
CHAPMAN, Doris Christine Daughter F 10 1901 School Derby Tideswell VIEW
RG number:
RG14 Piece:
21230 Reference:
RG14PN21230 RG78PN1263 RD439 SD3 ED15 SN150

Registration District:
Bakewell Sub District:
Tideswell Enumeration District:
15 Parish:
Tideswell

Address:
Queen Street Tideswell Buxton County:
Derbyshire


Mary

Possibility of him returning to the UK

Name: Mr Charles Chapman
Birth Date: abt 1895
Age: 27
Port of Departure: Sydney, Australia
Arrival Date: 25 Mar 1922
Port of Arrival: London, England
Ports of Voyage: Melbourne
[Adelaide]
[Colombo]
[Bombay]
[Plymouth]
Ship Name: Malwa
Shipping line: Peninsula and Orient Steam Navigation Company Ltd
Official Number: 127543

nothing on fmp re his departure
maddie

Thanks to Everybody who replied to my request. Your help is greatly appreciated and I think I have enough now to finally put that 'TWIG' in the Family Tree to sleep.
Cheers. Ken Coote.