Emily Ford was born April 19, 1916, to Charles Ford and Julia Sylvester Ford in Birmingham, Alabama.
In 1920 the family was living in Oxmoor, Jefferson, Alabama, United States. For the 1930 US Census, the Ford family was living in Birmingham, Alabama.
On Demember 27, 1937, Emily married Leonard Fielding Chapman, Jr. At the time of the 1940 US Census, the couple was living in San Diego, California, where Leonard Chapman was stationed. Leonard was soon transferred to a post in Honolulu.
Emily died in 1992 and is interred at Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Virginia.[1]
Sources
↑ Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 06 February 2019), memorial page for Emily Donelson Walton Ford Chapman (19 Apr 1916–11 Nov 1992), Find A Grave Memorial no. 483053, citing Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Arlington County, Virginia, USA ; Maintained by Pennsylvania Lady (contributor 39530540) .
"United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MX8S-H3X : accessed 22 April 2018), Emily W Ford in household of Charles W Ford, Oxmoor, Jefferson, Alabama, United States; citing ED 11, sheet 4A, line 5, family 76, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1992), roll 20; FHL microfilm 1,820,020.
"United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:32P1-6MM : accessed 22 April 2018), Emily Ford in household of Charles W Ford, Birmingham, Jefferson, Alabama, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 45, sheet 6A, line 49, family 165, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 26; FHL microfilm 2,339,761.
"Alabama Marriages, 1816-1957," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FQZJ-G3B : 9 February 2018), Leonard Fielding Chapmon Jr and Emily Donaldson Ford, 27 Dec 1937; citing reference p10; FHL microfilm 1,683,911.
"United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K9HC-8RM : accessed 22 April 2018), Emily Chapman in household of Leonard Chapman, Councilmanic District 6, San Diego, San Diego Judicial Township, San Diego, California, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 62-125A, sheet 4B, line 69, family 129, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 450.
"Hawaii, Honolulu Passenger Lists, 1900-1953," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QV9Z-TFNZ : 16 March 2018), Emily Chapman, 1940; citing Ship , NARA microfilm publication A3422 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
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