Brief Life History of Benjamin James
When Benjamin James Chapman was born on 11 February 1856, in Fort Lawrence, Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada, his father, Benjamin Martin Chapman, was 28 and his mother, Elizabeth Smith, was 26. He married Mary Scurr about 1878. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 2 daughters. He lived in Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada for about 14 years. He died on 28 January 1919, in Fort Lawrence, Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada, at the age of 62, and was buried in Fort Lawrence, Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada.
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- Benjamin Chapman, "Canada Census, 1871"
- Benjamin James Chapman, "Nova Scotia Marriages, 1864-1918"
- Benjamin Chapman, "Nova Scotia Deaths, 1890-1955"
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1871
British Columbia joins the confederation.
1909 · First Canadian Flight
The Silver Dart was the first recorded flight in Canada. It took off from Baddeck, Nova Scotia, on February 23, 1909, and was piloted by John Alexander Douglas McCurdy.
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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