Brief Life History of Joseph
When Joseph Chapman was born on 28 February 1915, in New York City, New York, United States, his father, John Lundie Chapman, was 30 and his mother, Ellen Connelly, was 31. He lived in Queens Village, Queens, New York City, New York, United States in 1920 and Queens, New York, United States in 1930. He died on 2 May 1979, in New York City, New York, United States, at the age of 64.
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- Joseph Chapman, "United States Census, 1920"
- Joseph Chapman, "United States Social Security Death Index"
- Joseph Chapman in household of Ellen Chapman, "United States Census, 1930"
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World Events (8)
1916 · The First woman elected into the US Congress
Jeannette Pickering Rankin became the first woman to hold a federal office position in the House of Representatives, and remains the only woman elected to Congress by Montana.
1917 · Women Given the Right to Vote in New York
Voters in New York approve a bill giving women the right to vote. This is passed three years prior to the 19th amendment to the U.S. Constitution which allowed women to vote nationwide.
1932
Amelia Earhart completes first solo nonstop transatlantic flight by a woman.
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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