Brief Life History of Susannah
When Susannah Chapman was born in May 1820, in Writtle, Essex, England, United Kingdom, her father, William Chapman, was 21 and her mother, Lucy Day, was 26. She married John Salville on 28 September 1845, in Essex, England, United Kingdom. She lived in Baylham, Suffolk, England, United Kingdom in 1861 and Ridgewell, Essex, England, United Kingdom for about 20 years. She died in 1906, at the age of 86.
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- Susan Smith in household of Samuel Smith, "England and Wales Census, 1851"
- Legacy NFS Source: Susannah Chapman - Church record: Christening record or certificate: birth-name: Susannah Chapman
- Susanna Day, "England, Essex Parish Registers, 1538-1997"
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1823
Rugby Football 'invented' at Rugby School.
1833 · The Factory Act Restricts Child Labor
The Factory Act restricted the hours women and children could work in textile mills. No child under the age of 9 were allowed to work, and children ages 9-13 could not work longer than 9 hours per day. Children up to the age of 13 were required to receive at least two hours of schooling, six days per week.
1843
Dickens A Christmas Carol was first published.
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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