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Please can someone look up George Chapman (b. 1837 - Stanford Dingley) in the 1841 Stanford Dingley Census. He would be 4 so hopefully there will be details of his parents and where they lived etc.
By 1851 census he was working in Reading as a boot maker's apprentice. In 1861 census he had a son William George Chapman (b.1856 - Wallingford) and stepson Henry Hobbs (b. 1847 - Stanford Dingley). Trying to find out who's the mother and continue tracing further back.
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Hi
I think this is them
Stanford Dingley 1841
CHAPMAN
George 43 Blacksmith Y
Hannah 30 N
Thomas 5
George 4
Martha 2
Alfred 11m
+ 1 female servant
John BOLINS? 40 Blacksmith Y
next door
CHAPMAN
Charles 45 Farm Lab
Lucy 45
Ann 11
Hope it helps
Debbie
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Hi,
I don't think that Henry HOBBS was George's stepson more like half brother - from 1851 census:
Stanford Dingley Dist 6
HO107/1691 FOLIO 146 PAGE 3
Joseph HOBBS, Head, 31, Journeyman Tanner
Hannah HOBBS, Wife, 41, , b Pewsey Wilts
Henry HOBBS, Son, 4
Charles HOBBS, Son, 2
Ann HOBBS, Daur, 11m
Thomas CHAPMAN, Stepson, 15, Blacksmith
Marth CHAPMAN, Stepdaur, 12
Albert CHAPMAN, Stepson, 10
Edwin CHAPMAN, Stepson, 8
All born Stanford Dingley except for Hannah.
Living next door are Charles, Lucy and Anne CHAPMAN (as per 1841)
Regards
Harry
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This looks like George CHAPMAN (snr) death:
June 1845
Bradfield
Vol 6, Page 99
Harry
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Thank you so much. I had thought that this was the case but this has just confirmed it for me.
Katie
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Please can someone look up George Chapman (b. 1837 - Stanford Dingley) in the 1841 Stanford Dingley Census. He would be 4 so hopefully there will be details of his parents and where they lived etc.
By 1851 census he was working in Reading as a boot maker's apprentice. In 1861 census he had a son William George Chapman (b.1856 - Wallingford) and stepson Henry Hobbs (b. 1847 - Stanford Dingley). Trying to find out who's the mother and continue tracing further back.
I've just come across this thread (via google) which I see is six years old.
Unfortunately I can't send PM's yet so I thought I would just add here that Henry Hobbs (b.1847) is my great great grandfather and Hannah Hobbs/Chapman (b.1810) is my great great great grandmother.
Did you find that Hannah was in fact an ancestor of yours too Katie?
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Broadwood,
You may not get a reply from the original poster as they haven't logged on for 5 years. They should receive an email informing them of your post, but whether they reply is a different matter.
Harry
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Hi Harry.
That's very true, but I've found more than once that it's always better to try (and fail nine times out of ten), than not to try at all.
Chris.
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Hello Chris ....luck would have it I saw my email and I just had to respond!!
Yes Hannah is my great, great, great, great, great grandmother (I might have added an extra 'great' there but I don't have the details to hand). Either way we are definitely related. I'm obviously on the Chapman side but I know that Hannah remarried to Joseph Hobbs after George Chapman died. It is interesting to see that your great, great grandfather Henry Hobbs lived with my G.G.G.G grandfather and my G.G.G. grandfather in 1861.
Do you still live in or near Reading as I do? Did you ever know of the Chapman connection or do you recall your grandfather knowing any of them? I would be interested to know more about your family tree too.
Katie
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Well Katie......I'm so glad you haven't changed your email address since your last post 5 years ago!
From the censuses I knew about Hannah's 2 marriages and Henry Hobbs living with his half brother George Chapman by 1861 at the age of 14.
By 1871 Henry had moved to Marylebone (London) presumably for work as he was then lodging with the Olds. By 1881 Henry Hobbs was married to Elizabeth (Smith), had had 3 children and had moved to Willesden (NW London). Their eldest child Hypatica (b.1873) still lived in Willesden when she died in 1967. I knew her for the last 10 years of her life. She had married William Beaver about 1895. My grandfather Frederick was their 3rd child born in 1900 and died in 1991. My father Martin (b.1931, d.2003) moved from London to North Staffordshire with his job in 1960, and that is where I still live today. I have a son aged 29 and two grandsons aged 5 and 0.5 who are therefore also distant relatives of yours Katie.
Anyway Katie, you still living local to Stanford Dingley, will probably know far more than I do about Hannah and her life in Berkshire.
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My GGrandfather was Edwin Hobbs-Chapman born in bristol, 1863 father was John Chapman born in Timberscombe (i think) don't know where the "Hobbs" came from... any links ???
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Hi there....I'm not sure if your Ggrandfather is related as the Edwin (Hobbs?-)Chapman in my family tree was born in Stanford Dingley in Berkshire. Here is the info from the 1851 census:
Stanford Dingley Dist 6
HO107/1691 FOLIO 146 PAGE 3
Joseph HOBBS, Head, 31, Journeyman Tanner
Hannah HOBBS, Wife, 41, , b Pewsey Wilts
Henry HOBBS, Son, 4
Charles HOBBS, Son, 2
Ann HOBBS, Daur, 11m
Thomas CHAPMAN, Stepson, 15, Blacksmith
Marth CHAPMAN, Stepdaur, 12
Albert CHAPMAN, Stepson, 10
Edwin CHAPMAN, Stepson, 8
This would make Edwin Chapman's birth year as 1843 and his father was George Chapman. George Chapman died and then Hannah his wife remarried, Joseph Hobbs. They went on to have 3 children together. There is a small chance that Edwin took the Hobbs with Chapman as his own since he is the youngest of the Chapman children however I haven't researched him in later census records to confirm this.
I would suggest you obtain a copy of your Ggrandad's birth certificate as this will confirm the facts either way.
Good luck, regards
Katie