William Francis Chapman

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• Name: W F Chapman
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-150631
• Occupation: 1881, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Teacher
• Residence: 1881, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Methodist Canada

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W. F. Chapman, Inspector of Public Schools, Toronto, was born in Norwich, Ont., November 25th, 1852, his father being a Methodist minister from Cornwall, Eng. , and his mother a Canadian.

Before the age of three he was left an orphan without either brother or sister and found a home with his grandfather the late Thomas Williams, of St. Thomas.

Mr. Chapman received his early education at St. Thomas Grammar School. He entered the Normal School at the age of seventeen, and with the qualifications of a first-class certificate began teaching before he was nineteen years old. As a teacher Mr. Chapman has held many important positions assistant master of the County Model School, Berlin ; principal of the Public School, Waterloo ; assistant master, Berlin High School ; assistant master Wellesley School, Toronto ; principal of the Dovercourt School, Toronto ; principal of Niagara Street School and Inspector.

Mr. Chapman s qualifications as a teacher are of the highest, namely, 2nd A., 1st B., 1st A., and a specialist in English obtained at the University examinations in 1891. He also has a certificate, Grade B, from the Ontario School of Art, and an elementary certificate from the Tonic Sol-fa College, London, England. Mr. Chapman is exceedingly popular with the teachers and inspectors and is a painstaking and efficient inspector. He was elected president of the Inspector s Department of the Ontario Educational Association. He was also President of the Toronto Teachers Association.

Mr. Chapman has been a prominent member of the Methodist Church since the year 1879. While engaged as teacher in the Town of Waterloo he was an active member in the Methodist church and leader of the choir. Mr. Chapman has been prominently connected with the Sherbourne Street Church for several years, and is at present Treasurer of the Superannuated Ministers Fund and a member of the Quarterly Official Board.

"The Methodist churches of Toronto : a history of the Methodist denomination and its churches in York and Toronto : with biographical sketches of many of the clergy and laity"

William — Eliza Wait. Eliza (daughter of Samuel Wait and Teressa Coleman) was born 27 Feb 1842, South Dumfries Twp., Brant Co., Ontario, Canada; died 10 Jun 1927, Toronto, York Co., Ontario, Canada; was buried , Mount Pleasant Cemetery, Toronto, York Co., Ontario. [Group Sheet]

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• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-150633
• Residence: 1881, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Methodist Canada