George Edward Chapman

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• Name: G. E. Chapman
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-83002
• Residence: 1861, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Roman Catholic
• Occupation: 1881, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Postmaster & Store Keeper
• Elected Office: 1883, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; councillor of Hespeler
• Occupation: 1883, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Postmaster
• Residence: 1883, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Occupation: 1891, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Dry Goods Merchant
• Residence: 1891, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Methodist
• Elected Office: 1897, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; councillor of Hespeler
• Occupation: 1901, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Postmaster

George married Mary M. Weyms 14 Jun 1883, Brantford, Brant Co., Ontario, Canada. Mary was born 11 Mar 1856, Brantford, Brant Co., Ontario, Canada; died 11 Sep 1958, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada; was buried , New Hope Cemetery, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

1. Ferdinand Edward W. Chapman was born 27 Aug 1884, , Ontario, Canada; died 27 Jan 1977, , British Columbia, Canada.
2. Irene Gladys May Chapman was born 8 Jul 1892, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 24 Dec 1981, Victoria, British Columbia.
3. Catherine Chapman was born Feb 1896, , Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
4. Norman Chapman was born Sep 1901, , Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.

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• Occupation: 26 Queen St. E., Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; storekeeper
• Residence: 31-32 Queen St., Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-118936
• Residence: 1849, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Residence: 1850, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Physical Description: 1851; brown hair 5 foot 10 inches
• Occupation: 1854, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; merchant
• Elected Office: 1860, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; councillor - Preston
• Residence: 1860, Laurel St., Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Occupation: 1861, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Merchant
• Residence: 1861, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Roman Catholic
• Elected Office: 1864, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; councillor - Preston
• Elected Office: 1868, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Treasurer - Hespeler
• Occupation: 1871, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Postmaster and Merchant
• Elected Office: 1875, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Councillor - Waterloo County
• Elected Office: 1875, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Reeve
• Elected Office: 1875, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Reeve - Hespeler
• Elected Office: 1875, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Reeve of Hespeler
• Residence: 1995, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada

Notes:

John Chapman was a prominent businessman, influential in Preston and Hespeler. He was born in Toronto by 1847 he was in Hespeler working as a clerk in a general store. In the 1850 he opened stories in Ayr and in Galt. By 1868 had a store in Hespeler as well. Was on the Galt council, became treasurer of Hespeler after moving there. Also served as Hespeler reeve and was chairman of the Committee of the Houses of Industry and Refuge for Waterloo County. Served as postmaster of Hespeler and Waterloo county councillor. Died in St. Boniface, Manitoba while travelling.

Cambridge Mosiac, Jim Quantrell, 1998, City of Cambridge [abbreviated snippet from original text in book]

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In Winnipeg, Manitoba, on Tuesday, July 20th, at 7 P.M., John Chapman, Reeve of Hespeler, Aged 55 Years, 6 Months and 21 Days. Funeral, Took place at Winnipeg on Thursday, the 22nd July, at 9 A.M. Hespeler, July 23rd, 1880.


Waterloo Historical Society Death Notices Collection - photocopies

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Death of John Chapman, Esq., Reeve of Hespeler - We deeply regret to state that the illness with which this well-known gentleman has been afflicted for the past few months has terminated fatally, and that, too, in a strange land, and under circumstances calculated to enhance the grief of his family and many friends.

As our readers are aware from statements in the Reporter, Mr. Chapman, who had lately retired from business, intended to start in May last for Manitoba with his second son, for the purpose of taking up land there. Before the time for starting arrived, however, Mr. Chapman was seized with illness, and was unable to carry out his intention. He recovered sufficiently, however, to attend the June meeting of the County Council and it was hoped by his friends that the crisis of his disorder was passed. He shortly afterwards went to St. Catharines to take advantage of the baths? In that city; and returning somewhat improved, he believed that his strength was sufficiently recruited to permit him to carry out his cherished intention of visiting Manitoba. He accordingly started for Winnipeg about two weeks ago; and we learn that upon reaching St. Paul he felt satisfied that his health would be thoroughly recruited by the trip. This improvement did not continue his arrival in Winnipeg; but even on reaching that city he felt able to visit the land he last purchased. What occurred there is of course not known, as all the information as yet obtained has been received by telegraph; but certain it is that on Tuesday evening his family received a telegram from Mr. William Hespeler, stating that Mr. Chapman had arrived in that city dangerously ill, and that this was followed on Wednesday by another message stating that he had died at St. Boniface, opposite Winnipeg, a 7 o'clock on Tuesday evening. This is all that is known up to the time of writing.

Mr. Chapman was probably one of the best known residents of the County of Waterloo. For many years he kept a dry goods store in Galt, afterwards removing to Hespeler, where he was appointed Postmaster and carried on a general business. About six years ago he was elected Reeve of that village, an office which he held at the time of his death. He was a valuable member of the County Council, and was universally respected by all who had the pleasure of his acquaintance. He would be in the neighborhood of his 60th year at the time of his death.

It is probable, if the necessary arrangements can be made; that Mr. Chapman's remains will be brought to Hespeler for interment; but of this nothing certain is known at the time of writing.

Galt Reporter Dec 3 1880 pg 1

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FUNERAL OF THE LATE JOHN CHAPMAN, ESQ. - the remains of this gentleman - who died at Winnipeg, Man., in July last, while on a visit to that province - arrived at Hespeler on Friday last, and were interred in the RC Cemetery in that village on Sabbath morning. The remains were conveyed in a metal coffin, hermetically sealed, with a outside box. The funeral services were conducted by the Rev. Father Fleck, of Guelph, whose address was eminently suited to the occasion. The funeral was very largely attended, parties being present from all the neighboring towns, villages and townships. The Hespeler band preceded the cortege from deceased's late residence to the church, playing the "Dead March." The occasion was one of universal solemnity, and the large concourse of mourners expressed universal regret at the death of Mr. Chapman, and their sympathy for his family in their painful bereavement.

Galt Reporter Dec 3 1880 pg 1

John married Ferdinande Hespeler 14 Jun 1853, Greenbush (Kitchener), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. Ferdinande (daughter of Johann Georg "George" Hespeler and Anna Barbara Wick) was born 10 Jun 1823, Gernsbach, Gernsbach, , Baden-Württemberg, Germany; died 18 Feb 1901, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , New Hope Cemetery, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

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• Name: Ferdinande Chapman
• Name: Ferdinande Mühleisen
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-118937
• Residence: 1861, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
• Residence: 1891, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
• Residence: 1901, Cooper St., Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada

Notes:

Died, In Hespeler, on Monday, February 18th, 1901, at 4 o'clock, p.m. Ferdinandina Hespeler, Relict of the late John Chapman, in her 78th year. Funeral Will take place from her late residence, Cooper St., Hespeler, where services will be held, on Wednesday, Feb'y 20th, at 2;30 o'clock p.m. to the Hespeler cemetery for interment. Friends and acquaintances will kindly accept this intimation. Hespeler, February 18th, 1901.

Funeral Card

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• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-133924

— Johanna. Johanna was born 1785, , Ireland; died Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet]

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• Name: Johanna Chapman
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-30492
• Residence: 1851, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada

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• Name: George Hespeler
• Name: John George Hespeler
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-86859
• Residence: 1809, Eningen, , Baden-Württemberg, Germany

Notes:

It is reported that Johann George Hespeler was born 8 Nov 1784 in Eningen, Wurttemburg, Germany and married Anna Barbara Wick 27 July 1809 in Ehingen who was the daughter of Jacob Wick and Marie Ursula Wick. Anna was born 26 Nov 1791 in Eningen. Johann was employed as a merchant businessman with the house of Mayer Amschel Rothschild. Sources are needed to confirm.

Johann married Anna Barbara Wick 27 Jul 1809, Eningen, , Baden-Württemberg, Germany. Anna was born 26 Nov 1791, Ehningen, , Baden-Württemberg, Germany; died 21 Dec 1881, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Trinity Anglican Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

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• Name: Anna Babette Wick
• Name: Anna Barbara Hespeler
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-86860
• Residence: 1809, Eningen, , Baden-Württemberg, Germany
• Residence: 1861, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Christian
• Residence: 1861, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
• Residence: 1871, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada

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Death of Mrs. Hespeler
From Galt Reporter

Obituary - We record this week the close of a very remarkable life, in the death of Mrs. Hespeler, aged 90 years and a few days, one of the oldest, if not the oldest, person in Galt. Mrs. Hespeler was one of the links connecting the present life with that of the last century. She was born at Ehningen, Wurtemberg, Germany, and witnessed there for many years most of the stirring events which occurred during the Napoleon wars. She frequently saw Napoleon 1, and many of the Crowned Heads of Europe at that time, as well as many of very celebrated Generals of the allied armies. In 1812 she witnessed the return of the French Army on its retreat from Moscow, and her description of their terrible sufferings and appearance from wounds, frost-bites and hunger, were most thrilling. Her description may be best appreciated when it is known that of the Wurtemberg contingent which accompanied Napoleon 1, in the Russian campaign, only five percent, ever again reached their homes.

Early in the present century Mrs. Hespeler and her husband were largely engaged in business with the House of Meyer Anschel Rothschild, of Frankfurt, the founder of the great Banking House. She often spoke of the little back parlor at Zion Rothen Schilde, and the quiet steadfast business manner of the great man who has since left his mark upon the financial dealings of all Europe. In 1840, her husband died, leaving her with all the responsibility of a large family to bring up and educate. In 1852 she decided to emigrate to Canada, where her children had preceded her, her two sons, the late Jacob Hespeler, and Mr. Wm. Hespeler, then occupying prominent positions as Millers, Merchants and Manufacturers at Preston, Hespeler and Waterloo. In 1872 Mrs. Hespeler returned to Germany, thinking there to end her days, but returned, we believe, within the year, finding, like so many under similar circumstances, that so far as her native country was concerned, she had outlived her friends and could no longer enjoy the changed features of the old home life. Possessed of a very retentive memory, and having been a most extensive traveler in that country and Italy, her reminiscence of scenes there were always powerfully described and very interesting, and when in her later years she met her old friends, nothing gave her greater presence than when talking over the eventful scenes through which she had passed her long life.

Guelph Mercury - Dec 24 1881 pg 1