Brief Life History of Jeanette
When Jeanette Chapman was born on 2 June 1895, in Finedon, Northamptonshire, England, United Kingdom, her father, Thomas Chapman, was 40 and her mother, Mary Ann Henson, was 37. She married Felix Simmons Harris in 1924, in Wellingborough, Northamptonshire, England, United Kingdom. She died in 1985, in Stockport, Cheshire, England, United Kingdom, at the age of 90.
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- Jeanette Chapman in household of Mary Ann Chapman, "England and Wales Census, 1911"
- England & Wales, Civil Registration Birth Index, 1837-1915
- Jeannette Chapman, "England and Wales Marriage Registration Index, 1837-2005"
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World Events (8)
1904 · The Entente Cordiale
The Entente Cordiale was signed between Britain and France on April 8, 1904, to reconcile imperial interests and pave the way for future diplomatic cooperation. This ended hundreds of years of conflict between the two states.
1908
London, United Kingdom hosts Summer Olympic Games.
1921 · British Unemployment Reaches Post-War High
British unemployment reached a post-war high in July 1921 of 2.5 million people.
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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