"Harry" Henry CHAPMAN
Born 1894 in Preston, Western Australia [15]
Son of George CHAPMAN and Sarah Jane GIBBS [15]
Married "Maud" Alice Maud BROXUP in 1917 [66]
On 5 March 1924 purchased from the Midland Railway Company 1,499 acres of virgin land in Winchester [27]
The 1,499 acres was Lot M1469 of Victoria Location 2023 and cost £749/12/6 (10/- an acre), payable by instalments [27]
Farmer in Carnamah-Winchester 1924-1927 [19] [27]
On 2 June 1927 sold his partially paid off 1,499 acre farm in Carnamah-Winchester to Herbert G. and Bertie W. GALLEHAWK [27]
Farmer in Winchester and Shearing Contractor in Carnamah in 1934 [5: 29-Jun-1934] [25]
In 1934 worked as a shearing contractor in partnership with Harold J. LYNCH, trading as "Messrs H. Lynch & Chapman" [5]
They advertised their services for shearing in The North Midland Times newspaper boasting "fast and clean shearing" [5: 29-Jun-1934]
He and Harold J. LYNCH dissolved their shearing contracting partnership in early December 1934 [5: 7-Dec-1934]
Member of the Carnamah Rifle Club in 1934 [5: 26-Oct-1934]
Labourer in Winchester in 1935 and 1936 [19] [50]
He was among the heaviest losers of sheep killed by dogs or dingoes in Winchester during May 1936 [5: 22-May-1936]
Farmer in Coorow 1936-1939 [5: 25-Sep-1936] [19]
Sold 24 sheep suckers at 14/1 per head through Dalgety & Co Ltd at the Midland Market on 23 September 1936 [5: 25-Sep-1936]
Sold 20 head of cattle through Dalgety & Co Ltd at the Midland Market on Wednesday 4 October 1936 [5: 6-Nov-1936]
The cattle comprised 6 steers at £4/15/-, 1 calf at £1/17/6, 2 heifers at £3/12/6, 6 vealers at £2/5/-, 5 cows at £5/5/6 per head [5]
Father of Nell, Eva, Harry, Thomas and Reuben [25] [175] [P89]
| Reference: Carnamah Historical Society & Museum and North Midlands Project, 'Henry Chapman' in Biographical Dictionary of Coorow, Carnamah and Three Springs, retrieved 26 December 2024 from www.carnamah.com.au/bio/henry-chapman [reference list] |
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