He had a variety of jobs during his lifetime including:
- taylor,
- stonemason (Limestone quarryman in 1881 census - see his father's entry),
- policeman
at South Shields 1892 then Bedlington. According
to family tradition related by his daughter Sara (Sally) he was asked
to resign his post after stopping the cheif constable for driving a
trap after dark without lights. He was recorded to have said to his
daughter Sarah (later Miller) that 'there are more rogues in the police
force than outside it.'
- assylum attendant,
- fish and chip shop owner (owned 2 in Ferryhill),
- miner
He was known to recieve money from a family trust on a regular basis. I have in my possetion a letter from Oppenheimer, Blandford & Co, Soliciters of 10 Copthall Ave, London E.C. dated 4 Aug 1915 which states:
Today this amount would have an equivalent value (based on average earnings) of £20,650.
Dear Sir
Gillain v Taylor
The Trustees at their annual meeting have made a grant to you of £69 and if you will sign the enclosed receipt and return it to us we will send you a cheque for that ammount
Yours faithfully
Oppenheimer, Blandford & Co
I believe this firm was working for the Church of England in administrating funds held in chancery for a trust set up by the Rev. Richard Thomas Wilson Taylor dated 11th Dec 1867 and proved in London on 5 Jan 1871.
He was known to have twelve children
He died on 9 Jun 1918 in Byker, Newcastle
On Tyne, Northumberland, England being one of those unfortunates who
died during the 'Spanish Flu' epedemic. His death certificate records
the cause of death as being 'Pneumonia' . He was buried in Chillingham
Road Cemetary, Heaton, Newcastle-on-Tyne. There was no monument to him
at his burial site in the UK but one exists in Rookwood Cemetary, Sydney,
Australia
9. Margaret Grievson Walker was born 1 on 10 Sep 1862 in Hart, Co. Durham, England. She was christened 2 on 30 Nov 1862 in Hart, Co. Durham, England. She was counted in a census on 3 Apr 1881 in 5 Langholm Creasent Darlington County Durham England. She was employed as on 3 Apr 1881 in Servant Gen Servant Domestic Unmarried. She was counted in a census on 3 Apr 1881 in 5 Langholm Crescent Darlington County Durham England. She was employed as on 3 Apr 1881 in Servant Gen Servant Domestic Unmarried. She emigrated on 24 Jun 1924 to Sydney Australia with her daughters Maggie, Jennie, Sally and Decima.
She died on 6 Aug 1933 in Sydney, Australia. She was buried in 1933 in Rookwood, Sydney, Australia.
10. James Marshall [scrapbook] was born in 1859 in Kirkaldy, Fifeshire, Scotland. He died in 1939/1940 in North Wales. He was buried Tally-Bont, North Wales. He married 1 Anne Elizabeth Stephenson on 31 Dec 1887 in St. Stephens, South Shields, Co. Durham, England. [Parents]
[Notes]
11. Anne Elizabeth Stephenson was born 1 on 21 Nov 1865 in Westoe, Co. Durham, England. She died on 7 May 1952 in North Wales. She was buried in Tally-Bont, North Wales. [Parents]
12. James Marr was born 1 on 3 Dec 1838 in All Saints, Newcastle on Tyne, Northumberland, England. He married 2 Rachael Gullon on 11 Feb 1866 in St John's, Newcastle on Tyne, Northumberland, England. [Parents]
[Notes]
13. Rachael Gullon was born 1 on 14 Nov 1845 in All Saints, Newcastle on Tyne, Northumberland, England. She died about Sep 1914. [Parents]
14. Robert Foggan [scrapbook] was born 1 on 12 Mar 1849 in Morpeth, Northumberland, England. He died 2 on 17 Jan 1879 in Waterloo, Blyth, Northumberland, England. He married Margaret Ann Dixon on 5 Aug 1872 in Bedlington, Northumberland. [Parents]
[Notes]
15. Margaret Ann Dixon [scrapbook] was born 1 on 14 Apr 1849 in Shieldfield, Newcastle On Tyne, Northumberland, England. She died about Feb 1933 in Newcastle on Tyne, Northumberland, England. Margaret was employed 2 as Boot Shop Keeper. She was counted in a census 3 in 1881 in Cowpen, Northumberland, England.. [Parents] Margaret Ann remarried after the death of her husband and became 'Hall'. She was the owner of a photograph album in my posession.
[Notes]
Bishop's Transcripts - Northumberland & Durham, Bishop Middleham,
1859, held at Department of paeleography, Durham University.
"1859 John Robinson Chapman, son of Richard Wilson & Esther Chapman,
miller of Durham Baptised."
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No. | When Married | Name and Surname | Age. | Condition. | Rank or Profession. | Residence at the time of Marriage | Father's Name and Surname. | Rank or Profession of Father. | ||||||||||
364 | novr 17th 1883 | John Robinson Chapman | 25 | Bachelor | attendant at the asylum | Sedgefield | Richard Wilson Chapman | Miller | ||||||||||
Margaret Grieveson Walker | 21 | Spinster | - | Bp. Middleham | William Walker | Quarryman | ||||||||||||
Married in the parish Church according to the Rites and Ceremonies of the Established Church by ... or after Banns | by me, | |||||||||||||||||
This marriage was solemnized between us, |
John Robinson Chapman | in the presence of us, |
John Walker | C. A. Cartledge | ||||||||||||||
Margaret Grieveson Walker | Hannah mary Grieveson. |