Emma Chapman

Brief Life History of Emma

When Emma Chapman was born in 1863, in Cedar Grove, Highland Township, Franklin, Indiana, United States, her father, Alexander Chapman, was 36 and her mother, Elizabeth Ann Cameron, was 36. She married George William Heap on 26 December 1881, in Cedar Grove, Highland Township, Franklin, Indiana, United States. She lived in Indiana, United States in 1870. She died on 17 April 1882, in Highland Township, Franklin, Indiana, United States, at the age of 19, and was buried in Cedar Grove, Highland Township, Franklin, Indiana, United States.

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Family Time Line

George William Heap
1850–1914
Emma Chapman
1863–1882
Marriage: 26 December 1881

Sources (10)

  • Emma Chapman in household of Alexander Chapman, "United States Census, 1870"
  • Emma Chapman, "Indiana Marriages, 1811-2007"
  • Emma Heap, "Find A Grave Index"

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World Events (8)

1863

Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.

1863 · The Battle at Gettysburg

The Battle of Gettysburg involved the largest number of casualties of the entire Civil war and is often described as the war's turning point. Between 46,000 and 51,000 soldiers lost their lives during the three-day Battle. To honor the fallen soldiers, President Abraham Lincoln read his historic Gettysburg Address and helped those listening by redefining the purpose of the war.

1870 · The Fifteenth Amendment

Prohibits the federal government and each state from denying a citizen the right to vote based on that citizen's race, color, or previous condition of servitude. It was the last of the Reconstruction Amendments.

Name Meaning

English: occupational name for a merchant or trader, Middle English chap(pe)man, chepman, Old English cēapmann, cēpemann, a compound of cēap ‘barter, bargain, price, property’ + mann ‘man’.

Jewish: adopted probably for a like-sounding or like-meaning name in some other European language; see for example Kaufman .

History: This name was brought independently to North America from England by numerous different bearers from the 17th century onward. John Chapmen (sic) was one of the free planters who assented to the ‘Fundamental Agreement’ of the New Haven Colony on June 4, 1639.

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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