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Frederick George Chapman

(4). Frederick George CHAPMAN was born on 19 Mar 1893 in 15 Woodhave St, South Shields, Co. Durham, England.(1) He was christened on 17 Apr 1893 in St. Hilda's, South Shields, Co. Durham, England. He died 1, 2 on 9 Feb 1969 in Allendale, Northumberland, England. The cause of death was Stroke. He was buried in Allendale, Northumberland, England. He married 3 Marion Bain MARSHALL on 6 Aug 1917 in St Michael's, Byker, Newcastle on Tyne, Northumberland, England. [Parents] [Descendants]

He actually married the girl next door! - his wife lived at 17 Woodhave St. and he at 15 Woodhave St.
He fought in WW I.

'Freddie joined the Durham Light Infantry (he had a bad chest and wasn't called up until the war situation became desperate - he was the best formally educated in the family, spoke German and was put into the Intelligence Corps.Freddy was captured with all of his battalion soon after arriving in France. He lived on herbs as a prisoner which he collected, brewed and drank, He was one of the few survivors of his group of prisoners. When he returned home after the armistice he was very thin but otherwise unscathed." - Comment made by his sister Sally

After the war, when work was difficult to find, he planned to emigrate to Australia and persuaded his other brothers and sisters to go also since most of them could not find work in the depression.

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A few weeks before he was due to leave he got this letter:
He went, obtained an offer of employment and became a civil servant working at the Department of Employment in Benton.


His mother, and 11 brothers and sisters left for Australia.

My Grandfather's house in BentonHe lived at 57 Cochrane Park Avenue, Benton until he retired. I remember a house with lots of apple trees in a large garden. (where other houses seem to have been built now) At the side of his house there was a narrow lane which ran past a cemetery (The road has now been changed). He was able to walk to work.

57 Cochrane Park, Benton, Newcastle (Image from Google Street view)

 

 

 

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This picture, rescued from a discarded slide, was taken when my Aunt Nancy (Margaret Ann Walker nee Chapman) and her husband brought my grandparents with them for a visit to our farm.

He moved out of the town on retiring, to Rydal Cottage, Station Road., Allendale, Northumberland, Eng. He moved out of Newcastle in the hope of improving his wife's asthma and to live nearer to my father.

He died of a stroke in 1968 and was buried in Allendale cemetery. At first the grave had a low stone border but after my grandmothers death it was changed to a more conventional headstone.Gravestone in Allendale Cemetery

 


What was he like?

'My Grandfather was a popular man with all who knew him. He could never do enough to help his neighbours. He had a wonderful sense of humour. Even as a child I remember him with white hair, It turned white at an early age, but, he was compensated by never suffering from any form of baldness. He was the sort of person no child could resist. I remember the climax of each visit to his home being a visit to his 'Aladdin's Cave' the garage, where over the years he had accumulated a copious supply of odds and ends. These he would sift through and give to me in a brown paper bag. Old alarm clocks, electrical switches, war memorabilia - gas masks etc. all became my new toys. It was probably to him I owe my skill at tinkering with and repairing all sorts of gadgets. '

Marion Bain Marshall

Marion Bain MARSHALL was born 1 on 16 Nov 1891 in South Shields, Co. Durham, England. She was privately educated in a school in Scotland. She died on 15 Nov 1981 in 5 Benfield Rd., Gosforth Newcastle on Tyne, Northumberland England. The cause of death was Alzheimer disease. She was buried in Allendale, Northumberland, England. [Parents]

1Frederick George CHAPMAN (4)

Registration District:
1893. Birth in the Sub-district of South Shields in the COUNTY OF DURHAM
No. When and where born Name, if any Sex Name, surname and maiden surname of mother of father Name, and surname of father Occupation of father Signature, description, and residence of informant When registered Signature of registrar
19 Woodhave St, South Shields /

2 Marriage Certificate UK.

3Direct Personal Knowledge - . "My grandfather died of a stroke after complaining of a pain in his leg. Buried in a family grave with a low white marble surround."

4Monumental Inscription (1st). "In Loving memory of Frederick George Chapman Dearly beloved husband of Marion Died 9th February 1969." Grave at Allendale cemetery surrounded by a low white marble marker on which the inscription is written. This grave was originally at the edge of the cemetery. The cemetery has since been enlarged.
(2nd)After the death of his wife the grave marker was changed to a black headstone. "Inscription on the later black tombstone:
In loving memory of Frederick George Chapman Died 9th Feb. 1969 aged 77 years Also Marion Bain His dear wife died 15th Nov 1981 aged 90 years."

 


5. Marion Bain MARSHALL

1Birth Certificate UK.

Registration District South Shields
1877. Birth in the Sub-district of South Shields? in the COUNTY OF DURHAM
No. When and where born Name, if any Sex Name, surname and surname of father Name, surname and maiden surname of mother Occupation of father Signature, description, and residence of informant When registered Signature of registrar
115 Edward St, South Shields 16th Nov 1891 Marion Bain Girl James Marshall Anne Elizabeth Stephenson Builder /


6. Charles Gullon MARR

Served apprentiship as a moulder in a shipyard. Worked in Iron Works then Shipyard

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Charles Gullon Marr (centre) in the Royal Scots during WW1


Enlisted in army for WW 1 Royal Scot's but was discharged after being gassed to work in shipyards. Disliked working there.
After the war he became a coachman and horsekeeper for Ridley, Cutter & Fir (Brewers on the Quayside, Newcastle). He drove the trap for travellers and then became head coachman for them. This family emmigrated to the USA and wanted Charles Gullon Marr to emmigrate also but he refused.

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This picture shows him with his family in 1904.
Seated is his wife Margaret Isabella (Nee Foggan). The two children are Dorathy (Dora) Ann and her baby brother John (Jack) Robert

As hobbies he enjoyed doing shoe repairs and DIY. He liked draughts. Each Sunday he made a point of going to the Quayside market and always came home with a bag of fruit.

He died in 1944 (last quarter). He always had a bad chest after being gassed in the trenches and this killed him in the end. Cremated West Rd Crematorium - No memorial

Lived in Gateshead at the time of the 1901 Census. Listed as 25 and a Brewers Drayman

1Birth Certificate UK.

Registration District Tynemouth
1877. Birth in the Sub-district of Longbenton in the County of Northumberland
No. When and where born Name, if any Sex Name, and surname of father Name, surname and maiden surname of mother Occupation of father Signature, description, and residence of informant When registered Signature of registrar
267 Twenty third August 1877 Bill Point Walker Charles Gullon Boy James Marr Rachel Marr formerly Gullon Iron Moulder Rachel Marr Mother Bill Point Walker Third October 1877 John Brown
Registrar.
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Charles Gullon Marr's birth certificate which shows he was unemployed in January 1940 and that his address then was 120 Tynemouth Road, Heaton, Newcastle Upon Tyne

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Certificate of Marriage

 

Registration District Newcastle on Tyne
1899 Marriage solemnized at the Parish Church in the Parish
of St Philip High Elwick in the County of Newcastle on Tyne
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.
423 June 3 1899 Charles Gullon Marr 22 Bachelor Labourer 141 Stanhope St James Marr
(decease3d)
Moulder
Margaret Isabella Foggan 22 Spinster   107 Hamilton St Robert Foggan
(deceased)
Leather- cutter
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,
Charles Gullon Marr in the
presence
of us,
George R. Foggan W.E. Mole
Margaret Isabella Foggan May Ann Middleton Vicar
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Marriage Certificate of Charles Gullon Marr and Margaret Isabella Foggan


7. Margaret Isabella FOGGAN

Born 13 Feb 18771 in Bedlington, Northumberland, England.

1Birth Certificate UK.

Registration District Morpeth
1877. Birth in the Sub-district of Bedlington in the COUNTY OF NORTHUMBERLAND
No. When and where born Name, if any Sex Name, surname and maiden surname of mother of father Name, and surname of father Occupation of father Signature, description, and residence of informant When registered Signature of registrar
156 Thirteenth February 1877 Bedlington Margaret Isabella Girl Robert FOGGAN Margaret Ann FOGGAN formerly DIXON Shoemaker (Master) Robert Foggan Father Bedlington Thirteenth March 1877 Geo S Waterson Registrar /

Baptised 18th March 1877 at Bedlington.
2Bedlington Parish Registers
18th March 1877 Margaret Isabella Foggan dau of Robert & Margaret Foggan Boot & Shoemaker of Bedlington .

See above for a 1904 picture. Margaret Isabella's father died when she was almost two. In 1881 she was recorded in the Census as living with her widowed mother at 2 Seaforth St., Cowpen, (NBL 2 SOUR S112).

After father's death and mother's remarriage she ran away from home and lived with an aunt, Jane Steel (My mother's 'Great Aunt Jane' nee Foggan) in Jarrow The Steel's ran a leather merchant’s shop in Jarrow and had a son Robert of their own. They treated Margaret Isabella as their daughter. She worked at Tiffany's Grocers, Churchton, North Shields where she met her husband who delivered beer there. Robert Steel was very close to Margaret Isabella and on his death left Margaret Isabella £2000 in his will. My Mother reported 'Great Aunt Alice was very jealous.'

She made all her own dresses.

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Margaret Isabella Marr (Nee Foggan) with her daughter Eleanor Vera Marr (my mother) on the beach at Tynemouth about 1930. The family often used to go there on the train in summer. The other legs in the picture belong to a friend of my mother.

After her husbands death she lived with my mother and father at 237 Chillingham Road in a house rented from my mother's sister Dora. In the rooms downstairs Dora used to teach the piano. The house is now above a butcher's shop. She then lived with her son Jack and finally with her daughter Dora at 7 Sefton Avenue, Heaton, Newcastle.

Died 10th Sep 1953 Cremated West Rd Cemetery No memorial Her son John (Jack) Robert Marr was executor of her will in which she left my mother £2,500. Death registered at Wortley.

3Bedlington Parish Registers.

 

 

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