Frances Fitzjohn Chapman

Brief Life History of Frances Fitzjohn

When Frances Fitzjohn Chapman was born on 5 September 1818, in Potton, Bedfordshire, England, her father, Samuel Chapman, was 38 and her mother, Martha Fitzjohn, was 26. She married William Jeffries Barnes on 7 February 1841, in Sandy, Bedfordshire, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 5 daughters. She lived in Sandy, Bedfordshire, England, United Kingdom in 1851. She died on 5 September 1876, in Kaysville, Davis, Utah, United States, at the age of 58, and was buried in Kaysville City Cemetery, Kaysville, Davis, Utah, United States.

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Family Time Line

William Jeffries Barnes
1820–1893
Frances Fitzjohn Chapman
1818–1876
Marriage: 7 February 1841
William Chapman Barnes
1841–1841
Ann Barnes
1842–1918
William Barnes
1844–1904
Martha Barnes
1846–1846
Charles Barnes
1848–1926
Lorenzo W Barnes
1850–1923
John James Barnes
1852–1923
Sarah E Barnes
1854–1863
Lucy Barnes
1856–1911
Mary Adelia Barnes
1858–1936
Thomas Moroni Barnes
1861–1940

Sources (41)

  • Frances Barnes in household of William Barnes, "England and Wales Census, 1851"
  • U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900
  • Utah, Death and Military Death Certificates, 1904-1961

World Events (8)

1819 · Panic! of 1819

With the Aftermath of the Napoleonic Wars the global market for trade was down. During this time, America had its first financial crisis and it lasted for only two years. 

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.

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.

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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FRANCES FITZJOHN CHAPMAN 1818-1893

Frances Fitzjohn Chapman was born in England, 1818. She married William Jefferies Barnes, February 7, 1841, in England. They had five children when they came across the Plains with the Appleton H …

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