Hi Jeff and other listers
Thanks so much for telling me about the chapel and also the Cambrian Index.
I have come across the photographer on the web but as far as I know he is
not the same family. I have so far only had a quick look at the index and
see there is much to investigate and follow through - probably in the
British Library Newspaper section in Colindale in North West London.
I wonder if there is also more than one Pennell family in Swansea. There are
a great many unanswered questions about the Pennells and their move to
Liverpool.
I am really grateful to you for your help, Jeff. If any other list member is
researching either Swansea Chapmans or Pennells please do contact me. Much
of my tree is on the web at
http://www.thecedars.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/hazel/
Hazel Dakers
-----Original Message-----
From: Jeff Coleman [mailto:jeff.coleman@ntlworld.com]
Sent: 16 November 2005 00:13
To: WLS-SWANSEA-L(a)rootsweb.com; hazel.dakers(a)blueyonder.co.uk
Subject: Re: [Swansea] Late Countess of Hartington's Chapel
Hi
It was the Countess of Huntingdon's chapel. This denomination had origins in
Selina Countess of Huntingdon who was a follower of John Wesley but
established a separate denomination.
Is this Chapman the photographer from High Street? - don't think so -
bonded store warehouse man I think
Original Huntingdon chapel was near where Swansea museum is now, then on the
Burrows, and it was sometimes known as Burrows chapel. After South Dock was
built the area steadily turned into a commercial one with shipbrokers
offices and warehouses, and the old chapel was sold and a new one built in
St Helen's Road, I think where Ty Penry is now.
The Cambrian Index is now online and can be searched
http://www.swansea.gov.uk/index.cfm?articleid=5673
Follow
Cambrian Index Search
Read more about Cambrian Index Search
after you have read the scope and nature of this index of items from
Swansea's local newspaper from 1804 on.
e.g.
14 October 1837 COUNTESS OF HUNTINGDON CHAPEL AT BURROWS,
SWANSEA,SOLEMNIZED FOR MARRIAGES.
19 March 1842 COUNTESS OF HUNTINGDONS CHAPEL, GAS CHANDELIERS.
14 July 1865 SWANSEA CORPORATION:LEASE EXTENSION TO LADY HUNTINGDON'S
CHAPEL REFUSED. P8
10 March 1871 MEETING TO BID FAREWELL TO THE REV.JOHN WHITBY, PASTOR
AT THE BURROWS CHAPEL(LADY HUNTINGDON'S CONNEXION) FOR 18 YEARS.
01 November 1872 PROPOSED SALE OF BURROWS CHAPEL(LADY HUNTINGDON'S) -
IN PRIME COMMERCIAL AREA OF SOUTH DOCK SWANSEA. P5
24 January 1873 FOR SALE:COUNTESS OF HUNTINGDON'S CHAPEL SCHOOLROOM &
GROUND ON THE BURROWS SWANSEA.P4
06 June 1873 WHITSUN TREAT - SCHOOLS OF LADY HUNTINGDON'S CONNECTION
TOOK TEA IN SKETTY HALL GROUNDS, BY PERMISSION OF MR.YEO. P8
26 September 1873 OPENING OF COUNTESS OF HUNTINGDON'S CHAPEL IN 1789
REPORTED IN BRISTOL PAPERS(EXTRACT GIVEN) BUILDING NOW TO BE SOLD.P5
26 September 1873 GENEROSITY OF REV.CALVERT R.JONES REGARDING NEW
COUNTESS OF HUNTINGDON'S CHAPEL TO BE BUILT IN ST.HELEN'S ROAD.P5
26 September 1873 LADIES OF OTHER DENOMINATIONS PROVIDE CRAFT ITEMS
FOR BAZAAR IN AID OF COUNTESS OF HUNTINGDON'S CHAPEL. P5
23 January 1874 INVITATION TO PEOPLE TO ATTEND SWANSEA WEEK OF UNITED
PRAYER - R.T.HOWELL,LADY HUNTINGDON & J.ROBINSON,WESLEYANS.P4
04 September 1874 CHARITY COMMISSION ALLOWS SALE OF COUNTESS OF
HUNTINGDON'S CHAPEL (BURROWS CHAPEL). P1
26 February 1875 COUNTESS OF HUNTINGDON'S NEW CHAPEL SWANSEA. HERBERT
PLACE ST. HELEN' S ROAD. OPENING NEW SCHOOLROOM.P4
09 April 1875 N.H.TUCKER WHO BOUGHT LADY HUNTINGDON'S CHAPEL,GREAT
GREAT GRANDSON OF BENJAMIN TUCKER,FOUNDER OF CHAPEL.P5
and lots more.
Baptisms at the chapel 1791 to 1837 are in IGI reference C103211
It is also worth searching on Richard Chapman 'exact words'
eg
07 March 1873 ON 23 FEBRUARY, AT HIS HOME, 14 BOND STREET, ST.HELEN'S,
SWANSEA, MR RICHARD CHAPMAN, AGED 59 YEARS.
There were several other CHAPMAN families and you need to check which is
which. Henry CHAPMAN was the photographer.
lots of PENNELL entries too.
Enjoy
Jeff
Swansea
----- Original Message -----
From: "Hazel Dakers" <hazel.dakers(a)blueyonder.co.uk>
To: <WLS-SWANSEA-L(a)rootsweb.com>
Sent: Tuesday, November 15, 2005 7:48 PM
Subject: [Swansea] Late Countess of Hartington's Chapel
Amongst other families in my tree, I research those of my maternal
grandmother. Her father Richard Henry Chapman (b. 1854) moved from Swansea
to Liverpool by the time of the 1871 census. Her mother's family named
Pennell were also from Swansea. It seems likely that her paternal
grandfather, another Richard Chapman, came from Padstow in Cornwall.
In researching the wider Pennell family within Swansea I have come across
the marriage of a Margaret Pennell (b. 1839) to Thomas Morgan Walters
(b.1838) in 1868. It took place in the Late Countess of Hartington's
Chapel
and was carried out according to the Rites and Ceremonies of the Late
Countess of Hartington's connexion.
Can anyone please tell me more?
Hazel Dakers
Hazel Dakers, London
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