Brief Life History of Bessie Louise
When Bessie Louise Chapman was born on 3 January 1920, in Paris, Monroe, Missouri, United States, her father, Harry Joseph Chapman, was 37 and her mother, Alpha M Sander, was 20. She died on 26 November 1990, in Columbia, Boone, Missouri, United States, at the age of 70, and was buried in Columbia, Boone, Missouri, United States.
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Family Time Line
Sources (4)
- Bessie L Chapman in household of Harry Chapman, "United States Census, 1930"
- Bessie Louise Allen, "Find A Grave Index"
- Ancestry Family Trees
Parents and Siblings
1882–1960 Male
1900–1938 Female
Siblings (1)
1920–1990 Female
World Events (8)
1923 · The President Dies of a Heart Attack
Age 3
1923 · Amendment of Equal Rights
Age 3
1941
Age 21
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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