I was still not able to find them in 1920 Texas, even though the 1920 search engine at Ancestry is excellent. However, here are some more facts on this family. 1900 Bexar County, Texas - Precinct 8 - San Antonio - June 8, 1900 - page 218 1717 Nain? Nair? Avenue (next street is Mistletoe*) 140 - Chapman, H. W., head; Jan 1849, age 51; married/18 years; self and parents born Texas; occupation stockman; renting/house Otela, wife; Sep 1859, age 40; 3 children/3 living; born Mexico, father born Kentucky, mother born Indiana Iva, dau; Nov 1882, age 17; born Texas; attended school/9 months Roy, son; Oct 1884, age 15; born Texas; attended school/9 months Rob, son; Oct 1884, age 15; born Texas; attended school/9 months Roberts, Jane, mother; Dec 1834; age 64; widowed; 3 children/3 living; self and parents born Indiana *1894 San Antonio City directory gives HW Chapman, stockman, living at 109 Mistletoe Avenue Linda in Georgia Census/Cemetery Lookup Volunteer Genealogy is my ONLY business. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Pat Hansen" <tom2pat@earthlink.net> To: "Linda Murray" <lhmurray@bellsouth.net> Sent: Monday, September 30, 2002 11:04 AM Subject: RE: [TX-CEN] Bexar (San Antonio), 1920, CHAPMAN > I do know (from the 1910 census) that Rob and Mary--just recently > married--were living in Victoria as boarders. Rob had his birthplace listed > as Texas, and he was 25 years old at the time. Mary was about 23. > Yesterday, I found a record of the marriage of Henry W. Chapman and Otela > Kelley in February, 1882 in Atacosa county--significant because in the San > Antonio city directory of 1910, Rob (not yet married) was shown living at > 1011 West Magnolia with Otela K. and Iva C. Chapman (sister or brother). > Otela was listed as widow of H.W. Chapman. A definite connection, I > believe. > > Mary and her father, the Reverend J.A. Howard, and brother Josiah A., Jr. > had been traveling in Texas (from Alabama) for the Alabama Baptist > newspaper--J.A., Sr. was a Baptist minister. My great-grandparents, Bessie, > oldest living daughter of J.A. Howard, and husband Sankey D. West were in > San Antonio from 1905 to 1912. Because Atacosa county is near Bexar and San > Antonio, this is probably were Rob and Mary met. I do know they were > married days before the census came through town (April 6, 1910) with her > father as the clergyman. > > I have a city directory from 1920 (I believe) that shows Otela K. as living > at 315 Paschal, but have been unable to locate her as yet. > > Pat > > -----Original Message----- > From: Linda Murray [mailto:lhmurray@bellsouth.net] > Sent: Monday, September 30, 2002 5:23 AM > To: Pat Hansen; TX-CENSUS-LOOKUP-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [TX-CEN] Bexar (San Antonio), 1920, CHAPMAN > > > Pat, > > I don't find any of these folks in 1920 Texas. Do you have any idea as to > when and where Robert Chapman was born? Do you know anything at all about > Otela - her approximate age in 1920, race, place of birth? > > Linda in Georgia > Census/Cemetery Lookup Volunteer > Genealogy is my ONLY business. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Pat Hansen" <tom2pat@earthlink.net> > To: <TX-CENSUS-LOOKUP-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Sunday, September 29, 2002 3:55 PM > Subject: [TX-CEN] Bexar (San Antonio), 1920, CHAPMAN > > > > I am searching for my great-great aunt and uncle, Robert Kelley Chapman > and > > Mary Howard Chapman. They may have been living with Robert's mother Otela > > who was widowed about 1910 in San Antonio. Mary was from Alabama. > > > > Pat Hansen > > > > > > ==== TX-CENSUS-LOOKUP Mailing List ==== > > Free Soundex code converter > > http://resources.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/soundexconverter > > > > ============================== > > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, > go to: > > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > > > > > >

Can anyone find this family in 1910 San Antonio? The name was either under Henry W. or Otela K. CHAPMAN. The directory gave their address as 1011 West Magnolia, and H.W. died probably before the census was taken, making Otela the head of the household. Pat Hansen