David John “Peter” Chapman
Name: CHAPMAN David John
Date of Birth: January 1890
Birth Location: Hampstead, London.
Baptised: April 1890, Gospel Oak Methodist Church, Camden, Middlesex.
Also Known As: Peter
Age at Burial: 69 years
Date of Death: 25 October 1959
Death Location: Bunbury, Western Australia
Date of Burial: 27 October 1959
Denomination: Anglican B
Row/Grave: Row 10 / Grave 128
Grave Transcription:
In
Loving Memory
Of
MY DEAR HUSBAND
DAVID JOHN
CHAPMAN
DIED 25 TH OCT, 1959.
AGED 69 YEARS
Father: Edward David Chapman born: March 1855, Padstow, Cornwall. Died: October 1926, Wimbledon, Surrey, England.
Mother: Sarah Jones born: 1858, Glamorganshire, Wales. Died: July 1906, Kingston, Surrey.
Grandfather (Father): John Wills Chapman born: 1819 Padstow, Cornwall. Died: June 1896 Swansea, Wales.
Grandmother (Father): Mary Ann Parnell born: 29 December 1819 Padstow, Cornwall. Died: March 1882 Swansea, Wales.
Grandfather (Mother): Thomas Jones born: 1817 Swansea, Wales. Died: July 1891, Glamorganshire, Wales.
Grandmother (Mother): Sarah Rees born: 16 September 1817, Glamorganshire, Wales. Died: April 1891, Glamorganshire, Wales.
Siblings:
Sarah Ann Chapman born: 5 January 1879 Swansea, Wales. Died: January 1964, Surrey, England. Married July 1907 James Edwin Thomton Bromwich.
Mary Jane Chapman born: 1881 Glamorganshire, Wales. Died: January 1933 Croydon, Surrey. Married 24 November 1906 John Tully.
Edward George Chapman born: 1885 Shepherds Bush, England. Died: Unknown.
William Parnell Chapman born: 1888 West Hampstead, London. Died: 1970 Surrey, England. (Military Service Australia WW1 – W3978) Married July 1917 Dorothy Ida Hughes.
George Llewelyn Chapman born: 1893 Wimbledon, London. Died: January 1968 Colchester, Essex. Married 19 August 1916 Susannah Emma Ellis.
Beatrice Elizabeth Chapman born: 6 October 1895 Wimbledon, London. Died: April 1963 Surrey North, England. Married 14 August 1923 Herbert Frederick John Watts.
Spouse: 1. Grace Elizabeth Shiel (nee Roberts) born: 1879 Capel. Died: 23 July 1928 Buried Capel Cemetery.
- Elizabeth Ellen “Sis” Roberts (Formerly Thompson – nee Nelms) born: 1882. Died: 24 February 1984 Perth.
Children: Beatrice Mae “Betty” Chapman born: 4 May 1922 Kalgoorlie. Died: 26 April 1997 Buried Capel Cemetery. Married 1943 Edwin “Keith” Turner.
Occupation: Chauffeur, Miner, Bridge Carpenter, Handyman.
Military Service:
Their Story
Trove Article – Betty’s Engagement.
Christmas 1942.
Beatrice Mae (Betty), daughter of Mr D. J. Chapman, of Capel. to (Gnr) Edwin Keith, son of Mr and Mrs F. H. Turner of Capel.
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