Julia Augusta Chapman

Brief Life History of Julia Augusta

When Julia Augusta Chapman was born on 3 June 1844, in Dorchester, Westmorland, New Brunswick, Canada, her father, Robert Barry Chapman, was 44 and her mother, Margaret Weldon, was 40. She married Rufus Cole Ward on 4 November 1865, in Amherst, Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 3 daughters. She lived in Sackville, Westmorland, New Brunswick, Canada for about 10 years and Westmorland, New Brunswick, Canada for about 10 years. She died on 13 January 1918, at the age of 73, and was buried in Rockport, Sackville, Westmorland, New Brunswick, Canada.

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Family Time Line

Rufus Cole Ward
1844–1912
Julia Augusta Chapman
1844–1918
Marriage: 4 November 1865
Margaret Olive Ward
1866–1901
Elsie Nesbit Ward
1869–1908
Rufus Daniel Ward
1871–1958
Weldon Chapman Ward
1874–1874
Frank Leslie Aubrey Ward
1875–1945
Rev. Henry Bedford Ward
1877–1906
John Edmund Bert Ward
1879–1898
Julia Augusta Chapman Ward
1882–1977
Reuben Weldon Ward
1885–1952

Sources (15)

  • Julia A Ward in household of Rufus Ward, "Canada Census, 1871"
  • Legacy NFS Source: Julia Augusta Chapman - Individual or family possessions: birth-name: Julia Augusta Chapman
  • Julia Chapman, "Canada Marriages, 1661-1949"

World Events (3)

1867 · British North America Act

The British North America Act or Constitution Act of 1867 caused three British colonies, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, and Canada to be united as one under the name Canada. Until this point New Brunswick had been the British crown colony.

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1901 · Hartland Covered Bridge

July 4, 1901, the Hartland covered bridge was finished. It spans across the Saint John River, making it the longest covered bridge. Until it was built, the only way across the river was by ferry.

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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