Brief Life History of John Walter
When John Walter Chapman Jr. was born on 13 July 1904, in Bloomingdale, Penn Township, Parke, Indiana, United States, his father, John Walter Chapman Jr., was 29 and his mother, Effie Gene Reddish, was 26. He married Norma Evelyn Adkins after 1930. He lived in United States in 1949 and Long Beach, Los Angeles, California, United States in 1950. He died on 13 August 1961, in Marin, California, United States, at the age of 57, and was buried in Marshall, Washington Township, Parke, Indiana, United States.
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- John Chapman, "United States Census, 1930"
- John W Chapman, "California, County Marriages, 1850-1952"
- John W Chapman, "California, World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1940-1945"
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World Events (8)
1906 · Saving Food Labels
The first of many consumer protection laws which ban foreign and interstate traffic in mislabeled food and drugs. It requires that ingredients be placed on the label.
1906 · Gary, Indiana, Is Founded
The town of Gary, Indiana, was founded by the United States Steel Corporation in 1906. The Gary Works steel mill was the largest integrated mill in North America. The city of Gary was named after Elbert Henry Gary who was the founding chairman of the United States Steel Corporation and American lawyer and county judge. Gary partnered with J.P. Morgan, Andrew Carnegie, and Charles M. Schwab to found the United States Steel Corporation.
1920
The Prohibition Era. Sale and manufacture of alcoholic liquors outlawed. A mushrooming of illegal drinking joints, home-produced alcohol and gangsterism.
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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