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Robert Roy David CHAPMAN  ‎(I108)‎
Given Names: Robert Roy David
Surname: CHAPMAN

Gender: MaleMale
      

Birth: 28 December 1884 27 25 North Road, Nairne, South Australia, Australia
Death: 28 December 1956 ‎(Age 72)‎ South Australia, Australia
Personal Facts and Details
Birth 28 December 1884 27 25 North Road, Nairne, South Australia, Australia

Marriage Doris Eileen JACKSON - 1916 ‎(Age 31)‎ Nairne, South Australia, Australia

Marriage Dora Evelyn Eve WHITING - 14 January 1950 ‎(Age 65)‎
Biographical Notes


Source: Thelma Chapman Skitch


Hide Details Note: On Roy's birth certificate it states that the "Rank or Profession of Father" was "Blacksmith Nairne." John W. W. King, the assistant registrar may have mistaken George for one of his brothers because George, as far as we know, was not a blacksmith, although on his marriage certificate, he is a "mechanic."

Roy was admitted to Nairne Primary School on 17 August 1891. He passed the competency standard in 1896.

On 27 October 1899 Roy signed the Temperance Pledge Book at the Nairne Primary School.

December 1906
"On Saturday, as Mr R Chapman, bacon curer of this town, was bringing from Mount Barker some 70-odd pigs, the property of himself and Mr W Jacobs, several of the animals were overcome with the heat and died."
Mt Barker Courier, 12 December 1906.

Thelma Chapman Skitch: "When Dad ‎[George Chapman]‎ died, Fred Haines, an employee at the factory and George's brother-in-law, became a partner in the business with Roy. Fred knew nothing about buying. Roy did all the clerical work and the secret of pumping the bacon. Before the bacon had been smoked, it had been pickled in a big cement vat, covered with water and the secret pickle. The pickle was made in a huge copper vat. The recipe of all the stuff they put in it was very secret because that was the secret of good bacon. Roy used to attend to all that. Fred and Roy worked together and got along very well. When they went to town, Fred went to the abbatoirs to buy the cows and pigs, and Roy took care of the business for the small goods. In 1935 they sold the factory." ‎[According to Bronte Chapman Gould, the business was sold in 1926 to the Harrison family.]‎

"The house and the factory were all in one block. The house had six rooms: two rooms were built on the front and two on the back. There was a verandah all around and a kitchen outside. Nearly every house built in my father's era in Nairne was the same."

"A few days after Dad died, we went to Arno Bay to visit Hilda Hallett. They had the shop there."

Death 28 December 1956 ‎(Age 72)‎ South Australia, Australia

Burial Nairne Cemetery, Nairne, South Australia, Australia

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Parents Family  (F17)
George CHAPMAN
1857 - 1912
Clarissa SPENCE
1859 - 1907
Robert Roy David CHAPMAN
1884 - 1956
Alma Beryl Jane CHAPMAN
1886 - 1977
Una Myra CHAPMAN
1889 - 1941
Clarissa Thelma Thel CHAPMAN
1901 - 1994

Immediate Family  (F1738)
Doris Eileen JACKSON
1896 - 1941
Private
-
Shirley CHAPMAN
1920 - 2003
Private
-

Immediate Family  (F1759)
Dora Evelyn Eve WHITING
- 1986


Notes
Biographical Notes On Roy's birth certificate it states that the "Rank or Profession of Father" was "Blacksmith Nairne." John W. W. King, the assistant registrar may have mistaken George for one of his brothers because George, as far as we know, was not a blacksmith, although on his marriage certificate, he is a "mechanic."

Roy was admitted to Nairne Primary School on 17 August 1891. He passed the competency standard in 1896.

On 27 October 1899 Roy signed the Temperance Pledge Book at the Nairne Primary School.

December 1906
"On Saturday, as Mr R Chapman, bacon curer of this town, was bringing from Mount Barker some 70-odd pigs, the property of himself and Mr W Jacobs, several of the animals were overcome with the heat and died."
Mt Barker Courier, 12 December 1906.

Thelma Chapman Skitch: "When Dad ‎[George Chapman]‎ died, Fred Haines, an employee at the factory and George's brother-in-law, became a partner in the business with Roy. Fred knew nothing about buying. Roy did all the clerical work and the secret of pumping the bacon. Before the bacon had been smoked, it had been pickled in a big cement vat, covered with water and the secret pickle. The pickle was made in a huge copper vat. The recipe of all the stuff they put in it was very secret because that was the secret of good bacon. Roy used to attend to all that. Fred and Roy worked together and got along very well. When they went to town, Fred went to the abbatoirs to buy the cows and pigs, and Roy took care of the business for the small goods. In 1935 they sold the factory." ‎[According to Bronte Chapman Gould, the business was sold in 1926 to the Harrison family.]‎

"The house and the factory were all in one block. The house had six rooms: two rooms were built on the front and two on the back. There was a verandah all around and a kitchen outside. Nearly every house built in my father's era in Nairne was the same."

"A few days after Dad died, we went to Arno Bay to visit Hilda Hallett. They had the shop there."

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Sources

Source
Bronte Chapman Gould

Source
Cemetery Records
Citation Details:  Nairne Cemetery
Biographical Notes Thelma Chapman Skitch

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Family with Parents
Father
George CHAPMAN ‎(I72)‎
Birth 19 September 1857 29 29 Spring Mount Farm, South Australia, Australia
Death 16 September 1912 ‎(Age 54)‎ Ru Rua Hospital, North Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
2 years
Mother
 
Clarissa SPENCE ‎(I79)‎
Birth 4 September 1859 35 34 Nairne, South Australia, Australia
Death 13 May 1907 ‎(Age 47)‎ Nairne, South Australia, Australia

Marriage: 6 September 1884 -- Residence of Manuel Spence, Nairne, South Australia, Australia
4 months
#1
Robert Roy David CHAPMAN ‎(I108)‎
Birth 28 December 1884 27 25 North Road, Nairne, South Australia, Australia
Death 28 December 1956 ‎(Age 72)‎ South Australia, Australia
19 months
#2
Sister
Alma Beryl Jane CHAPMAN ‎(I39)‎
Birth 24 July 1886 28 26 Nairne, South Australia, Australia
Death 25 October 1977 ‎(Age 91)‎ Resthaven, Marion, South Australia, Australia
3 years
#3
Sister
Una Myra CHAPMAN ‎(I117)‎
Birth 18 March 1889 31 29 Nairne, South Australia, Australia
Death 2 November 1941 ‎(Age 52)‎ South Australia, Australia
12 years
#4
Sister
Clarissa Thelma Thel CHAPMAN ‎(I118)‎
Birth 28 June 1901 43 41 Nairne, South Australia, Australia
Death 18 July 1994 ‎(Age 93)‎ Lutheran Nursing Home, Glynde, South Australia, Australia
Family with Doris Eileen JACKSON
Robert Roy David CHAPMAN ‎(I108)‎
Birth 28 December 1884 27 25 North Road, Nairne, South Australia, Australia
Death 28 December 1956 ‎(Age 72)‎ South Australia, Australia
11 years
Wife
 
Doris Eileen JACKSON ‎(I4983)‎
Birth 21 May 1896 31 31 Nairne, South Australia, Australia
Death 6 December 1941 ‎(Age 45)‎ Adelaide, South Australia, Australia

Marriage: 1916 -- Nairne, South Australia, Australia
#1
Son
#2
Daughter
Shirley CHAPMAN ‎(I5032)‎
Birth 19 November 1920 35 24
Death September 2003 ‎(Age 82)‎ Mitcham Resthaven, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
#3
Son
Family with Dora Evelyn Eve WHITING
Robert Roy David CHAPMAN ‎(I108)‎
Birth 28 December 1884 27 25 North Road, Nairne, South Australia, Australia
Death 28 December 1956 ‎(Age 72)‎ South Australia, Australia
Wife
Dora Evelyn Eve WHITING ‎(I5033)‎
Birth (7 Nov)
Death 22 January 1986 Lutheran Nursing Home, Glynde, South Australia, Australia

Marriage: 14 January 1950