Thomas G. Chapman

1793 - 1848  (55 years)

• Name	Thomas G. Chapman
  Born	1793
  Gender	Male
  Occupation	1834	Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  	builder / carpenter
  Eby ID Number	Waterloo-161039
  Died	16 Dec 1848	Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  Person ID	I161039	Generations
  Last Modified	28 Jan 2025

  
  

  Family	Mrs. T. G.,   d. 21 Oct 1860, Woodstock, Oxford Co., Ontario, Canada
  Children	1. Thomas Alexander Chapman,   b. 1821, , Ontario, Canada ,   d. 8 Nov 1855, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 34 years)
  Last Modified	29 Jan 2025
  Family ID	F57852	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  The spring of 1834 found Galt an active village of about two hundred and fifty inhabitants, with a gradually developing country around it, and improving prospects. Besides Messrs. Dickson and Shade, the following are remembered among the citizens of that day: - Messrs. William Stewart, minister; James Strang, minister; Thomas Rich, builder; Thos. G. Chapman, builder; Andrew Malcom, cabinet-maker; Joseph Purvis, blacksmith; John Legge, shoemaker; Alonzo Bliss, chairmaker: Paul G. Huffman, chair maker; James Welch, farmer; Samuel Hogg, clerk; John Hall (afterwards of Ayr); Thomas Turley, (with Shade; William Shepherd, carpenter; Henry McCrum, clerk; William Kay, waggon maker; John Cheeseman, carpenter; H. G. Barlow, innkeeper; Jarvis Barraclough, miller; Robert Cranston, farmer; James K. Andrews, merchant ; James Fargus, merchant; James Smith, saddler; Archibald Hunter, blacksmith; John Veitch, plasterer ; James Harris, brewer; Augustus Harris, brewer; David Shiel, farmer; John Warnock, miller; James C. Longan, tailor; Andrew Goodell, teamster; John Garrison, fiddler; Robert Turnbull, tailor; Joseph Simmonds, wool carder; Matthew Palmer, workman; William Wyllie Wilkinson, pail maker; John Davison, butcher* and Andrew Scott, machinist. Besides these gentlemen there had been recently added to the population three others, who afterwards became closely associated with its history : these were, Dr. Robert Miller, Walter H. Benn, and Alex. Burnett. Reminiscences of the Early History of Galt and the Settlement of Dumfries in the Province of Ontario, by James Young, 1880 Toronto: Hunter, Rose _________________ In an agreement William Dickson and Thomas G. Chapman 10 Dec 1834. Thomas G. Chapman - carpenter, agreed to construct a proposed hotel by William Dickson. _________________________ CHAPMAN - Died in Galt, on Saturday night, the 16th Instant, after a lingering illness, aged 54, Mr. Thomas G. Chapman, formerly landlord of the Queen's Arms Hotel, Galt. Hamilton Spectator 27 Dec 1848 ____________________ In 1866, John Kirkpatrick was awarded £136 in compensation for the land and improvements he lost as a result of the Boundary Commissioner's award. The estate of Thomas G. Chapman was awarded £1120 in compensation (Beverly Township Papers, p. 117). ___________________ Journals of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Canada From the 28th day of November, 1844 to the 29th day of March, 1845, Halton Contested Election \endash 19 December 1844 Pg 75 The hour appointed for taking into consideration of the Petition of James Durand, Esquire of Dundas, in the county of Halton, in the Gore District, complaining of the undue election and return of James Webster, Esquire, as a member to represent the county of Halton in this present Parliament.. Thomas G., Chapman, Dumfries Twp.

  
  

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  Occupation - builder / carpenter - 1834 - Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Died - 16 Dec 1848 - Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth