Person:Esther Chapman (1)
Esther Laura Chapman
b.20 Jan 1856 Cape, South Africa
d.7 Jul 1905 Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa
Parents and Siblings
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m. Abt 1847
  1. Esther Laura Chapman1856 - 1905
Spouse and Children
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m. Abt 1874
  1. John de Valance Willmore1876 -
  2. Percy Arthur Willmore1878 -
  3. Gertrude May Willmore1880 - 1943
  4. William Gregory WillmoreEst 1883 -
  5. Henry George Willmore1885 - 1891
  6. Blanche Willmore1887 -
  7. Cyril Smit WillmoreEst 1889 -
  8. Gerald Howson Willmore1891 -
  9. Douglas Willmore1894 - 1969
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Facts and Events
Name Esther Laura Chapman
Gender Female
Birth? 20 Jan 1856 Cape, South Africa
Marriage Abt 1874 ,Cape,South Africato Charles Arthur Willmore
Death? 7 Jul 1905 Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa

Baptism year later than Endowment year. See date of B for Rin 289 ie 4Dec. 1953 which was done at approximately the same time. Birthdate could have been 4 February. See Duane Jakins' notes for Esther Willmore.Name also shown as Ester.

The Willmore and Chapman families came to South Africa with the 1820's settlersin a ship called 'Chapman'. They settled in the Grahamstown district where Charles Willmore married Laura Chapman. They trekked to Kuruman by ox wagon (a week-long trip) whereCharles Willmore became an ivory hunter. He retuned home infrequently; only long enough to conceive children, of which they had 6. Laura died of cancer when she was 49. Her daughter Gertrude May, who was living at the Cape, took in the youngest Willmore child, Douglas, and brought him up as one of her own.

References
  1.   National Archives, Death Notice, in ABBR Imported GEDCOM file
    6/9/526, 1905.

    Esther Laura Willmore Death Notice
    SA National Archives (Cape Town)
    Vol 6/9/526
    Ref 2039
    The death notice is signed by Hugh William Penfold.

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