Brief Life History of Hannah Matilda
When Hannah Matilda Chapman was born on 1 April 1834, in Littleport, Cambridgeshire, England, United Kingdom, her father, Henry Chapman, was 36 and her mother, Sarah Chapman, was 35. She married Thomas Taylor on 25 December 1858. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 4 daughters. She lived in Upwell, Norfolk, England, United Kingdom in 1851 and Monmouth Township, Shawnee, Kansas, United States in 1880. She died on 19 July 1889, in Fort Scott, Bourbon, Kansas, United States, at the age of 55, and was buried in Fort Scott, Bourbon, Kansas, United States.
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- Hannah Chapman in household of Henry Chapman, "England and Wales Census, 1841"
- Hannah Matilda Chapman, "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975" (1834)
- Hannah Matilda Chapman Taylor, "Find A Grave Index" (1889)
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1836 · Remember the Alamo
Being a monumental event in the Texas Revolution, The Battle of the Alamo was a thirteen-day battle at the Alamo Mission near San Antonio. In the early morning of the final battle, the Mexican Army advanced on the Alamo. Quickly being overrun, the Texian Soldiers quickly withdrew inside the building. The battle has often been overshadowed by events from the Mexican–American War, But the Alamo gradually became known as a national battle site and later named an official Texas State Shrine.
1843
Dickens A Christmas Carol was first published.
1854 · The Crimean War
The Crimean War was fought between Russia and an alliance of Britain, France, Sardinia and Turkey on the Crimean Peninsula. Russia had put pressure on Turkey which threatened British interests in the Middle East.
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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