CHAPMAN, Charles William
Charles William Chapman was born at Saffron Walden, Essex on 7 March 1908, son of Walter John Chapman (1880-), an agricultural labourer, and his wife Alice Louisa née Killingback (19 October 1875-6 November 1960), who married at Saffron Walden in 1901 and in 1911 were living at The Racks, Radwinter, Saffron Walden. Charles married at Halstead, Essex in 1934, Florence Ivy Clift (15 May 1912-1998) and in 1939, Charles was working for the Post Office Engineering Department, living at 3 Mayder Cottages, Halstead with his wife Florence. An associate member of the Ipswich Art Club 1957-1974 and exhibited from 25 Neale Street, Halstead, Essex in 1957, two oils 'Moot Hall, Aldeburgh' and 'Prentice Street, Lavenham' and from the same address in 1961 two oils 'Castle Hedingham, Essex' and 'Boatmen's Craft, Slaughden' and another painting the following year but was an irregular exhibitor, exhibiting three watercolours in 1972 'Trees at Hoddeston', 'Aerials at Goonhilly, Cornwall' and 'The Colne at Halstead' and from the same address in 1977 'My Ladies Hobby', 'Farm at Gosfield, Essex' and 'Caythorpe, Lincolnshire'. Charles William Chapman died at Halstead on 27 May 1996.