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Adeline

Adeline Report 3 Nov 2012 10:38

Thank you. Walter H Chapman was Dora's brother.

mgnv

mgnv Report 3 Nov 2012 05:00

Magnify 4 clicks, then save image:
http://archive.org/stream/10thcensus0200unit#page/n647/mode/1up
[Lemont is abt 40km from the lake - it's almost in the next county (Will)]

Maybe your guy:
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/list#page=1®ion=UNITED_STATES
groom: Walter H. Chapman
groom's age: 26
groom's estimated birth year: 1875
bride: Mayme I. Or Mary Reidy
bride's age: 20
bride's estimated birth year: 1881
marriage type: Marriage
marriage date: 17 Sep 1901
marriage place: Lemont Cook, Illinois
film number: 1030327
frame number:
digital film number: 4270723
image number: 1264
reference number: 332680
Citing this Record
"Illinois, Cook County Marriages, 1871-1920," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/N749-LJX : accessed 03 Nov 2012), Walter H. Chapman and Mayme I. Or Mary Reidy, 17 Sep 1901.
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Adeline

Adeline Report 2 Nov 2012 13:15

Thank you Margee, I'm very grateful for the information.

I have the history of this family before and after their emigration so this information completes the story.

MargaretM

MargaretM Report 2 Nov 2012 13:13

Canadian Passenger Lists, 1865-1935
about Dora Ada Chapman Name: Dora Ada Chapman
Gender: Female
Age: Infant
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1870
Date of Arrival: 3 May 1870
Vessel: Prussian
Search Ship Database: View the 'Prussian' in the 'Passenger Ships and Images' database
Port of Arrival: Quebec, Quebec
Port of Departure: Liverpool, England; Londonderry, Ireland
Roll: C-4525

She's with Thos. Saxelby Chapman, 26 and Eleanor, 24. he's a mechanic. They're heading to Chicago.

Researching:
Great grandmother Dorothy Bean nee Abbott (1858-1908)

MargaretM

MargaretM Report 2 Nov 2012 13:07

This looks like them in America in 1880:

1880 United States Federal Census
about Dora Chapman Name: Dora Chapman
Age: 11
Birth Year: abt 1869
Birthplace: England
Home in 1880: Lemont, Cook, Illinois
Race: White
Gender: Female
Relation to Head of House: Daughter
Marital Status: Single
Father's Name: Thomas Chapman
Father's Birthplace: England
Mother's name: Eleanor Chapman
Mother's Birthplace: England
Neighbors: View others on page
Occupation: At School
Household Members: Name Age
Thomas Chapman 36
Eleanor Chapman 32
Dora Chapman 11
Walter Chapman 6
Elizabeth Chapman 3

Parents and first child born England, others Illinois.

Researching:
Great grandmother Dorothy Bean nee Abbott (1858-1908)

Adeline

Adeline Report 2 Nov 2012 12:40

Would it be possible for someone to look up the entry c. 1869 for:

Thos (Thomas) Saxelby Chapman

Canadian Passenger Lists, 1865-1935

I know he was married to Eleanor/Ellen Hughes in 1868 so would expect her to be with him and possibly a baby daughter Dora. I believe Dora was born in Lancashire in 1869, rather than Illinois where they ended up, and her birth registered in Chorlton so would like to know the date of emigration.

Dora Ada Chapman
Date of Registration: Apr-May-Jun 1869
Registration district: Chorlton
Inferred County: Lancashire
Volume: 8c
Page: 636

The USA 1880 census lists her as being born in Illinois so the passenger list might give the answer.

Thank you in advance if you can help.