Gordon Kimball Chapman (1895 - 1989)

Born 22 May 1895 in Lakeport, Lake, California, United States

Ancestors

Husband of Katherine May (Denman) Chapman — married 3 May 1921 in Berkeley, Alameda, California, United States

Descendants

Died 30 Jan 1989 at age 93 in San Jose, Santa Clara, California, United States

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Biography

Gordon was born in 1895, the son of Hervey Chapman and Mary Woolsey.

He was a Presbyterian pastor and missionary in Japan.

He married Katherine May Denman on May 3, 1921 in Berkeley. They had the following children:

1. Clarence Wilfred "Bill" Chapman 1922-2020
2. Mary Kay Chapman Wood 1924-1986
3. Gordon Andrews Chapman 1925-2017
4. Theodore Woolsey Chapman 1926-2012
5. Margaret Lois Chapman Jacobson 1932-2018
6. Charles Chapman

During World War II he served as a chaplain in Japanese internment camps in California.

He passed away in 1989. ^[1]

Sources

1. ↑ Personal recollection of events witnessed by Stephen Chapman as remembered 17 Dec 2019.

• FamilySearch ID: LVCF-ZD6 (https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/LVCF-ZD6)

Census records:

• "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M9PS-D69 : accessed 8 January 2020), Gordon K Chapman in household of Mary W Chapman, Peralta Precinct Oakland city Ward 1, Alameda, California, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 338, sheet 12A, family 270, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,240,081.
• "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MV2Z-JX9 : accessed 25 February 2021), Gordon K Chapman in household of Herberg W Chapman, Berkeley, Alameda, California, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 65, sheet 7B, family 134, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 72; FHL microfilm 1,374,085.
• "United States Census, 1920", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MH7V-4F4 : 31 January 2021), Gordon Chapman, 1920.
• "United States Census, 1920", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MH3D-NVG : 31 January 2021), Gordon K Chapman in entry for Harvey W Chapman, 1920.

• "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KZVC-D7T : 23 February 2021), Gordon Kimball Chapman, 1917-1918.
• "United States World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V48J-RX3 : 24 November 2020), Gordon Kimball Chapman, 1942; citing NARA microfilm publication M1936, M1937, M1939, M1951, M1962, M1964, M1986, M2090, and M2097 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).

Immigration/ International travel records:

• "United States Passport Applications, 1795-1925," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVJG-TGQW : 16 March 2018), Gordon Kimball Chapman, 1921; citing Passport Application, California, United States, source certificate #69911, Passport Applications, January 2, 1906 - March 31, 1925, Roll 1702, NARA microfilm publications M1490 and M1372 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
• "California, San Francisco Passenger Lists, 1893-1953," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KX4Y-VR1 : 19 February 2021), Gordon Kinball Chapman, 1927; citing San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States, NARA microfilm publication M1410 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 2,381,010.

• "United States, California, List of United States Citizens Arriving at San Francisco, 1930-1949", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:WY62-DCW2 : 29 August 2020), Gordon K Chapman, 1935.
• "United States, California, List of United States Citizens Arriving at San Francisco, 1930-1949", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:WYBT-6WZM : 29 August 2020), Gordon Kimball Chapman, 1936
• "Washington, Seattle, Passenger Lists, 1890-1957," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KDZX-ZC8 : 7 December 2020), Gordon K Chapman, 1941; citing Seattle, King, Washington, United States, NARA microfilm publication M1383, National Archives and Records Administration, Washington, D.C.; FHL microfilm 2,266,248.

• "United States Social Security Death Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:J5DC-Q6N : 11 January 2021), Gordon K Chapman, Jan 1989; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing).
• "California Death Index, 1940-1997," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VGYS-PM4 : 26 November 2014), Gordon K Chapman, 30 Jan 1989; Department of Public Health Services, Sacramento.
• "BillionGraves Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QV3M-4F62 : 7 October 2015), Gordon K. Chapman, died 1989; citing BillionGraves (http://www.billiongraves.com : 2012), Burial at Oak Hill Memorial Park, San Jose, Santa Clara, California, United States.