Sixth Generation  

9. Sir Clement Clapton CHESTERMAN, O.B.E. [9543] (Elizabeth CLAPTON⁵, Henry CLAPTON⁴, Jeremiah CLAPTON³, Lydia DALE², William¹) was born on 30 May 1894 in Bath Somerset England, was baptised on 31 Jan 1909, and died on 20 Jul 1983 at age 89.

General Notes: Medical Missionary of 7 Parsifal Rd, London NW1 and Yakusu in Belgium Congo. OBE 1919. Kt. 1974
in an e-Mail received from Jane [Chesterman] Jewell in July 2011, she stated:
Grandpa was knighted for his services to medicine, being the leading specialist in tropical medecine of his time. When Gandhi was ill, Grandpa was sent to treat him. Ironic, since Gandhi despised all things Western!!
Granny and Grandpa were in the Belgian Congo for 16 years, where grandpa built a hospital, baking the bricks out of mud from the banks of the river Congo. He studied sleeping sickness, and developed the vaccination to prevent it, thereby saving thousands of lives.
Granny had a school out there.

Noted events in his life were:

• Birth: 6 Woodland Place Bathwick Hill, 30 May 1894, Bath Somerset England.

Clement married Winifred Lucy SPEAR [92178] [MRIN: 30728], daughter of Edward SPEAR [92179] and Unknown, on 07 Jul 1917. Winifred was born on 08 Jan 1890 and died on 06 Dec 1981 at age 91.

Children from this marriage were:

+ 13 M    i. Henry David CHESTERMAN [92188] was born on 17 Apr 1920 and died on 31 Mar 2011 at age 90.

+ 14 M    ii. Frederick Clement CHESTERMAN [92193] was born on 20 Feb 1923 and died on 03 Apr 1973 in London England at age 50.

+ 15 F    iii. Hilda Heather CHESTERMAN [92213] was born on 07 Aug 1926 and died on 21 Jun 2003 at age 76.

+ 16 M    iv. Michael Paul CHESTERMAN [92221] was born on 02 Sep 1932.

+ 17 F    v. Elizabeth Hazel CHESTERMAN [92223] was born on 10 Oct 1935.

10. Arnold de Merveilleux CHESTERMAN [9544] (Elizabeth CLAPTON⁵, Henry CLAPTON⁴, Jeremiah CLAPTON³, Lydia DALE², William¹) was born on 21 Mar 1896 in Bath Somerset England and died on 04 Apr 1968 at age 72. The cause of his death was Automobile Accident.

General Notes: Surveyor and Land Agent. Baptist Missionary at Yakusu 1923 - 1926, building Hospital, Doctors house etc.

Noted events in his life were:

• Birth: 6 Woodland Place Bathwick Hill, 21 Mar 1896, Bath Somerset England.

Arnold married Mary Edith HURRELL [17355] [MRIN: 4514] on 22 Jul 1931. Mary was born on 05 Oct 1906 and died on 04 Apr 1968 at age 61. The cause of her death was Automobile Accident.

Children from this marriage were:

   18 F    i. CHESTERMAN [92589] was born on 04 Feb 1933 and died on 04 Feb 1933. (Stillborn)

+ 19 M    ii. John Hurrell CHESTERMAN [47307] was born on 17 Apr 1937 and died on 20 May 2005 at age 68.

   20 M    iii. Harold CHESTERMAN [9545] was born on 10 Jun 1941. (Relationship to Father: Adopted, Relationship to Mother: Adopted)

Noted events in his life were:

• Adoption:

Harold married Beryl Anne POTTER [92495] [MRIN: 30835] on 07 Jan 1976. Beryl was born on 04 Mar 1949.

11. Judson Tyndale CHESTERMAN [9546] (Elizabeth CLAPTON⁵, Henry CLAPTON⁴, Jeremiah CLAPTON³, Lydia DALE², William¹) was born on 16 Feb 1903 in Bath Somerset England and died on 07 Oct 1987 at age 84.

General Notes: Travelling Fellow in Thoraacic Surgery, Medical Research Council; Senior Surgeon & Thoracic Surgeon, City General Hospital, Sheffield.

Noted events in his life were:

• Birth: 6 Woodland Place Bathwick Hill, 16 Feb 1903, Bath Somerset England.

Judson married Margaret Sheila DRINNAN [92496] [MRIN: 30802] on 28 Oct 1939. Margaret was born on 05 Feb 1913.

Children from this marriage were:

+ 21 F    i. Elizabeth Rosemary CHESTERMAN [92383] was born on 16 Mar 1941.

   22 M    ii. Phillip John CHESTERMAN [92384] was born on 22 Apr 1944.