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Member Since: April 2005 Posts: 66 Send Message	Sandra	Report	30 Jul 2005 08:00
Member Since: April 2005 Posts: 66 Send Message	I was searching for my grandfather Joseph Chapman born in Leighton Buzzard. The birth cert, we had said he was born in 1873, but this information was wrong as I found out with the help of some friends in Genes Reunited. I was contacted about Joseph Chapman of Leighton Buzzard being born & also dying in the same year 1873. Since then I have found out other information which proves he was born in 1883 & lived with his aunt & uncle - Frederick & Elizabeth Blumtritt in Leighton Buzzard. After Frederick died in 1903 Elizabeth & Joe (his name, not Joseph) Chapman later came to Australia. I have yet to find out who his mother was - believed to be Hannah Haynes (nee Linney) of Leighton Buzzard, but as yet to prove. I have been unable to locate where she married a Chapman. UPDATE... UPDATE... I have found out my grandfather was Joe Chapman not Joseph, born 1883 - Mother Anna Chapman (Haynes, Linney) & father Joseph Chapman. They married in Leighton Buzzard in 1881, but both must have died before 1891 census as Joe is living with his aunt & uncle. Joseph Chapman's father's name was William. If anyone has any information to fill in the blank spots - PLEASE HELP ME!!! Thanks GR for all your help so far, Sandra