Albert Claud Chapman

Maleabout 1868–

Brief Life History of Albert Claud

When Albert Claud Chapman was born about 1868, in Wisconsin, United States, his father, Oren G. Chapman, was 25 and his mother, Frances Elliot Price, was 25. He lived in Minnesota, United States in 1870 and Albert Lea, Freeborn, Minnesota, United States in 1885.

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Family Time Line

Oren G. Chapman
1844–1903
Frances Elliot Price
1844–1905
Albert Claud Chapman
about 1868–
Levi William Chapman
1869–1930
Clinton Elliott Chapman
1872–1951
Frank Boyd Chapman
1882–1955

Sources (3)

  • Claud Chapman in household of O D Chapman, "Minnesota State Census, 1885"
  • Albert C Chapman in household of O G Chapman, "United States Census, 1870"
  • Albert C Chapman in household of Arnie Chapman, "United States Census, 1880"

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World Events (8)

1870 · P.T. Barnum's Circus Established in Wisconsin

Age 2

P.T. Barnum's Grand Traveling Museum, Menagerie, Caravan & Hippodrome was established in Delavan, Wisconsin in 1870.

1884 · Iron Mining starts in Minnesota

Age 16

After discovering iron ore in the Vermilion Range in North-East of Minnesota, iron mining companies began to come to the area and caused an economic boom to the area of Duluth and to the state as a whole.

1906 · The End of Capital Punishment

Age 38

Between the state's entry into the Union and 1906, 27 people were executed by hanging in Minnesota. Public opinion soon shifted against the death penalty in the state and was formally abolished in 1911. Since its abolishment, there have been 23 attempts to reinstate the death penalty, but none of these bills passed the state legislature.

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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