John Chapman^[1]

Cal 1824 - 1880  (~ 55 years)

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  John Chapman died 1880

  
  

• Name	John Chapman
  Born	CALC 29 Dec 1824	, Ontario, Canada   [2, 3, 4]
  Gender	Male
  Residence	1849	Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1]
  Residence	1850	Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [5]
  Physical Description	1851  [6]
  	brown hair 5 foot 10 inches
  Occupation	1854	Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [7]
  	merchant
  Elected Office	1860	Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [8]
  	councillor - Preston
  Residence	1860	Laurel St., Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [6]
  Occupation	1861	Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [4]
  	Merchant
  Residence	1861	Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [4]
  	Roman Catholic
  Elected Office	1864	Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [8]
  	councillor - Preston
  Elected Office	1868	Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [8]
  	Treasurer - Hespeler
  Occupation	1871	Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [2]
  	Postmaster and Merchant
  Elected Office	1875	, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [8]
  	Councillor - Waterloo County
  Elected Office	1875	Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  	Reeve
  Elected Office	1875	Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [8]
  	Reeve - Hespeler
  Elected Office	1875	Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  	Reeve of Hespeler
  Occupation	26 Queen St. E., Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  	storekeeper
  Residence	31-32 Queen St., Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [6]
  Died	20 Jul 1880	Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada   [3]
  Residence	1995	Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  Eby ID Number	Waterloo-118936
  Buried	St. Marys Roman Catholic Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  Person ID	I118936	Generations
  Last Modified	11 Jun 2024

  
  

  Father	Chapman,   b. Abt 1780,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Mother	Johanna,   b. 1785, , Ireland ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Family ID	F8014	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Wilhelmina Hespeler,   b. 11 Jan 1818, Ehningen, , Baden-Württemberg, Germany ,   d. 28 Nov 1850, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 32 years)
  Children	1. Wilhelmine Charlotte Chapman,   b. 18 Oct 1850, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 18 Feb 1854, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 3 years)
  Last Modified	11 Jun 2024
  Family ID	F11113	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 2	Ferdinande Hespeler,   b. 10 Jun 1823, Gernsbach, Gernsbach, , Baden-Württemberg, Germany ,   d. 18 Feb 1901, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 77 years)
  Married	14 Jun 1853	Greenbush (Kitchener), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [9, 10]
  Children	1. Chapman,   b. Between 1853 and 1854, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 3 Apr 1854, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age ~ 1 years)   2. George Edward Chapman,   b. 25 Sep 1855, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 12 May 1904, Mentone, San Bernardino, California, USA  (Age 48 years)   3. Albert Ferdinand Chapman,   b. 23 Dec 1857, , Ontario, Canada ,   d. 14 Nov 1887, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 29 years)   4. Wilhelmina "Mina" Chapman,   b. 8 Jan 1860, , Ontario, Canada ,   d. 5 Jan 1940, Saint Boniface, , Manitoba, Canada  (Age 79 years)
  Last Modified	11 Jun 2024
  Family ID	F29836	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• 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] ________________________ 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 ____________________________________ 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 ________________ 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

  
  

• Sources

  [S6] Church Records - ON, Waterloo - Bindeman, F. W. - Card Index Kitchener Public Library, pg 22. George Friedrich Beck, son of Jacob and Charlotte Hespeler of Preston, born 6 Aug 1849, bapt 17 nov 1849. sponsors John Chapman, merchant of New Hope and his wife Wilhelmina Hespeler [S508] Census - ON, Waterloo, Hespeler - 1871, Page 19. [S890] Funeral Card - - Waterloo Historical Society - photocopies, "funeral card of John Chapman," 23 Jul 1880. [S1473] Census - ON, Waterloo, Preston - 1861, Div. 1 Page 6. [S6] Church Records - ON, Waterloo - Bindeman, F. W. - Card Index Kitchener Public Library. Wilhelmina Chapman wife of John of New Hope, Waterloo died 28 Nov 1850 aged 31 y, 10 m, 17d. Cause : Childbett fever. [S131] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo Twp. - 1851, Div 2 Pg 95. [S31] News - ON, Waterloo, Cambridge - Dumfries Reformer (1850-1892), 5 Apr 1854. (infant) Chapman died 3 Apr 1854 Infant daughter of John Chapman, merchant, Galt. [S1450] Waterloo County Councillors A Collective Biography. [S6] Church Records - ON, Waterloo - Bindeman, F. W. - Card Index Kitchener Public Library. John Chapman, merchant of Preston married 14 Jun 1853 Greenbush by license to Ferinande Mühleisen (widow) of Preston, witnesses: Wilhelm Hespeler of Brandford and Jacob A. Beck of Preston. [S91] Church Records - ON, Waterloo, Maryhill - St. Boniface Roman Catholic [found cited on various sources on the internet and family histories], Rev. John B. Baumgaertner. John Chapman widower of Wilhelmina Hespeler married (no date) Ferdinanda Hespeler widow of Christopher Frederic Mileise

  
  

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  Born - CALC 29 Dec 1824 - , Ontario, Canada Residence - 1849 - Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - 1850 - Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Married - 14 Jun 1853 - Greenbush (Kitchener), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - merchant - 1854 - Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Elected Office - councillor - Preston - 1860 - Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - 1860 - Laurel St., Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - Merchant - 1861 - Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Roman Catholic - 1861 - Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Elected Office - councillor - Preston - 1864 - Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Elected Office - Treasurer - Hespeler - 1868 - Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - Postmaster and Merchant - 1871 - Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Elected Office - Councillor - Waterloo County - 1875 - , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Elected Office - Reeve - 1875 - Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Elected Office - Reeve - Hespeler - 1875 - Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Elected Office - Reeve of Hespeler - 1875 - Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Died - 20 Jul 1880 - Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada Residence - 1995 - Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Buried - - St. Marys Roman Catholic Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth