Robert Chapman was born in about 1849 in Leeds, Yorkshire.
Robert married Lettice Taylor on 2 Jan 1869 at St Peter's Church in Swinton, Lancashire. Both were 20 years old and living in Swinton, and neither had been married before. Robert was a collier. Their fathers were James Chapman (carter) and Abel Taylor (weaver). The witnesses were Thomas Taylor and Emma Chapman.
Robert married Julia (Taylor) Tinker in the first quarter of 1891, in a registrar-attended ceremony in Prestwich district.
Julia died in 1900 in Salford district, aged 63.
Robert married Alice Gilbody in 1903 at St Paul's Methodist Chapel in Salford.
Sources
↑ "England and Wales Death Registration Index 1837-2007," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:2J64-NKD : 31 December 2014), Lettice Chapman, 1890; from "England & Wales Deaths, 1837-2006," database, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : 2012); citing Death, Salford, Lancashire, England, General Register Office, Southport, England.
"England and Wales Census, 1881," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q27G-GNVK : 13 December 2017), Fred Chapman in household of Robert Chapman, Worsley, Lancashire, England; from "1881 England, Scotland and Wales Census," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing p. 88, Piece/Folio 3876/108, The National Archives, Kew, Surrey; FHL microfilm 101,775,107.
"England and Wales Census, 1891," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:7C96-9ZM : 6 May 2019), Clifford Chapman in household of Robert Chapman, Worsley, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom; from "1891 England, Scotland and Wales census," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing PRO RG 12, Lancashire county, subdistrict, The National Archives of the UK, Kew, Surrey.
"England and Wales Census, 1901," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X9KN-96Z : 21 May 2019), Clifford Chapman in household of Robert Chapman, Swinton, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom; from "1901 England, Scotland and Wales census," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing Worsley subdistrict, PRO RG 13, The National Archives, Kew, Surrey.
"England and Wales Census, 1911," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XWBH-D41 : 17 August 2019), Robert Chapman, Swinton, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom; from "1911 England and Wales census," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing PRO RG 14, The National Archives of the UK, Kew, Surrey.
The civil registration index, and the England and Wales censuses, are Crown Copyright.
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