James Austen CHAPMAN (1895

James Austen CHAPMAN (1895 - 1967)

soldier, O.B.E., judge

Children	Self + Spouses	Parents	Grandparents	Greatgrandparents
	James Austen CHAPMAN (1895 - 1967) + Mary Cecilia MURPHY (1897 - 1963)	Austin Austen CHAPMAN (1864 - 1926)	Richard CHAPMAN (1830 - )

			Monica CAIN KEANE

		Catherine Josephine O'BRIEN

b. 1895 at Braidwood, New South Wales, Australia

m. 07 Apr 1920 Mary Cecilia MURPHY (1897 - 1963)

d. 1967 at Cambrian Hill, Victoria, Australia aged 72

Parents:

Austin Austen CHAPMAN (1864 - 1926)

Catherine Josephine O'BRIEN

Siblings (1):

John Austin CHAPMAN (1896 - 1963)

Events in James Austen CHAPMAN (1895 - 1967)'s life
Date	Age	Event	Place	Notes	Src
1895		James Austen CHAPMAN was born	Braidwood, New South Wales, Australia
07 Apr 1920	25	Married Mary Cecilia MURPHY (aged 23)			63
12 Jan 1926	31	Death of father Austin Austen CHAPMAN (aged 61)	Petersham, New South Wales, Australia	1304/1926
1963	68	Death of wife Mary Cecilia MURPHY (aged 66)
1967	72	James Austen CHAPMAN died	Cambrian Hill, Victoria, Australia

Personal Notes:

James Austin (1895-1967) was a career army officer who served in the 30th Battalion in World War I and was appointed O.B.E. (1919). After a succession of staff postings in Australia, the Middle East and Italy in World War II, he retired as honorary colonel in 1947. He was a member of the Repatriation Commission (1947-50), then worked as an associate of a judge of the Supreme Court of Victoria.

Source References:

63. Type: Web Page, Abbr: Trove, Title: Trove National Library of Australia, Locn: http://trove.nla.gov.au/

- Reference = Queanbeyan Age 20 Apr 1920 (Marriage)

- Reference = Queanbeyan Age 20 Apr 1920 (Name, Notes)

- Notes: Wedding. CHAPMAN—MURPHY. On Wednesday, April 7, the Rev. Father Tansey, assisted by the Rev. Father Baugh, celebrated the wedding of Miss Mary Cecilia Murphy, second daughter of the late Joseph Murphy, of Burwood, and Mrs. Murphy, of " Bantry," Haberfield, with Captain James Austin Chapman, O.B.E., eldest son of Mr. Austin Chapman, M.H.R., and Mrs. Chapman, " Ascot," Randwick. The bride, who was led to the altar by her uncle, Mr. V. P. McManus, wore a frock of while taffetas and georgette, and a veil of Limerick lace (lent by Mrs. Chapman, sen.) She carried a bouquet of white roses and carnations. The bridesmaids, Misses Mary Chapman and Rita Murphy, were attired in frocks of pink taffetas. Pink tulle veils and shower bouquets tied with pink tulle gave a dainty finish. Mr. J. Murphy was best man and Mr. F. Pooley groomsman. After the ceremony a small reception was held at the home of the bride's mother. Mrs. Murphy received the guests in a gown of navy taffetas, and a bouquet of tawny chrysanthemums. Mrs. Chapman, sen., was in a navy crepe de chene, and carried a posy of red carnations. Later Captain and Mrs. Chapman left per motor car for Avoca, the bride travelling in a costume of cherry and grey.

This public tree has about 60,100 people. Every person in the tree is related by birth or marriage to at least one other person in the tree - no strays. The people in the tree come mainly from four projects.

My family tree. The original project begun about 1998. ID numbers less than about 6,000
Canberra and Queanbeyan Pioneers. The next 30,000 begun about 2004. Sourced almost entirely from HAGSOC's excellent 'Biographical Register of Canberra and Queanbeyan'. The project began when I decided to add siblings, spouses and parents for a relation with an entry in the Register. 12 years work.
Wagga Pioneers. I moved to Wagga and thought I would extend the Queanbeyan project by adding people from Wagga Wagga & District Family History Society's 'Pioneers of Wagga Wagga and District'. About 10,300 people added over about a year.
Tumut Valley Pioneers. During the COVID-19 pandemic of 2020, I decided to extend the above projects by adding pioneers of the Tumut Valley. Initial sources were Snowden's 'Pioneers of the Tumut Valley' and 'Relict of ... Lives of Pioneering Women of Tumut and District'. Excellent references published by Tumut Family History Group. I've also added material from newspapers of the time - especially, death records, obituaries and weddings from 'Tumut and Adelong Times'. This project is in its early stage and might take a few years. I plan to extend to the upper Monaro (Adaminaby, Kiandra, Cooma, Jindabyne).

I upload new information to this website about every 3 months. My motivation for these projects is to provide public information for people seeking to trace ancestors and what became of them. Much of the information I provide can be difficult to find.
If you find errors - anything incorrect (dates, places, wrong parents, wrong children), and you have evidence, I would love to fix them. Or, if you have information that would extend my projects, do not hestiate to contact me on the email link below. I do not publish information on living people - which means I'm not much interested in people born after about 1920, and I usually distrust material from before about 1770 without extremely good sources.
g.bell@bigpond.net.au
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Geoff Bell, September 2020

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