Brief Life History of Grace Brown
When Grace Brown Chapman was born on 23 December 1870, in Bethel, Oxford, Maine, United States, her father, William Ladd Chapman, was 29 and her mother, Sarah Eleanor Frost, was 24. She married Oliver Cromwell Gould on 23 December 1898, in Bethel, Oxford, Maine, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 1 daughter. She lived in Portland, Cumberland, Maine, United States in 1930 and South Portland, Cumberland, Maine, United States in 1940. She died on 24 November 1963, at the age of 92, and was buried in Riverside Cemetery, Bethel, Oxford, Maine, United States.
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Sources (19)
- Grace C Gould in household of Oliver C Gould, "United States Census, 1940"
- Grace Brown Chapman, "Maine Births and Christenings, 1739-1900"
- Grace B Chapman, "Maine, Marriage Index, 1892-1966, 1977-1996"
Spouse and Children
1870–1953 Male
1870–1963 Female
Children (3)
1899–1988 Female
1900–1977 Male
1903–1990 Male
Parents and Siblings
1841–1932 Male
1846–1908 Female
Siblings (8)
1866–1942 Female
1869–1869 Female
1870–1963 Female
1873–1955 Female
1875–1944 Male
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World Events (8)
1872 · The First National Park
Age 2
1872 · The Amnesty Act
Age 2
1896 · Plessy vs. Ferguson
Age 26
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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