Chapman Family History
Chapman Name Meaning
English: occupational name for a merchant or trader, Middle English
chapman, Old English ceapmann, a compound of
ceap ‘barter’, ‘bargain’, ‘price’, ‘property’ + mann
‘man’.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Historical Documents & Family Trees with Chapman
Name Distribution of Chapman Families
MAP:
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Chapman families
 3,758 - 7,513  1,253 - 3,757 |
 1 - 1,252  |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Chapman families
|
289 - 575 97 - 288 |
1 - 96 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
Chapman census records
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Chapman Family Origin
Chapman Emigration Information (US)
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You can find out when most of the Chapman families immigrated
to the United States.
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from the New York Passenger Lists
Chapman Emigration Information (AU)
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You can find out when most of the Chapman families immigrated
to Australia.
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port of arrival and destination.
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from the Australian Convict Transportation Registers 1787-1868
Chapman Family Occupations
from 1881 UK Census Data
Chapman census records
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Military Service by Chapman
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