1. | Elizabeth Chapman was born in 1804 in Sowerby Bridge. Notes: Betty Chapman in 1841 census with 7 Chapman children, but recorded as Elizabeth Chapman, spinster, in marriage record, father John Ratcliffe. (Son Solomon Chapman b Q4 1837 Halifax, moher's maiden name Ratcliffe in GRO Online Index.) Betty Shepley in 1851 census with children John, William, Mary and Solomon Shepley listed as in-laws rather than step-children. Elizabeth married Thomas Shepley on 4 Apr 1848 in St John the Baptist, Halifax. Thomas (son of George Shepley and Mary Lazenby) was born on 11 Jan 1823 in Brotherton, nr Castleford. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart] |