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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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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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.
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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