18 Aug 2023
Wife: Hannah Melville Simmonds Also known as: Melville Simmonds 1
Born: 26 Dec 1882 in Liverpool, Lancashire 2,3 (see note 1) Census: 1901 in London (see note 2) Census: 1911 at Noarlunga, Luard Road, Trumpington (see note 3) Resided: 1917 - 1935 at Noarlunga, Luard Road, Trumpington 4,5 Census: 1921 in Luard Road, Trumpington (see note 4) Resided: 1939 in Cambridge 2 Died: 1967 in Cambridge 6 (see note 5) Father: Alexander Simmonds (1843 - ) Mother: Hannah Tyson (1848 - 1930)
Husband: Alfred Chapple Married: 1907 in London 7 (see note 6)
Born: 10 Apr 1876 in Australia 2 Census: 1911 in Devon (see note 7) Occupation: 1911 Private Tutor Resided: 1913 - 1939 at Noarlunga, 6 Luard Road, Trumpington 8,9,5 Military: 1914 - 1918 10 Occupation: 1921 University Lecturer 11 Occupation: 1927 - 1939 Barrister at Law 9 Resided: 1939 in Cambridge 2 Occupation: 1939 Tutor in Engineering Subjects 2 Died: 1956 in Cambridge 6 (see note 8) Father: Mother: Notes Media link: https://livesofthefirstworldwar.iwm.org.uk/lifestory/6839846 Media desc: Lives of the First World War
F Child 1: Mary Frances Hunter Chapple Born: 7 May 1908 in Trumpington 7,2 (see note 9) Census: 1911 at Noarlunga, Luard Road, Trumpington (see note 10) Census: 1921 in Luard Road, Trumpington (see note 11) Resided: 1930 at Noarlunga, Luard Road, Trumpington 5 Occupation: 1939 Teacher of French and Italian 2 (see note 12) Resided: 1939 in Middlesex 2 Died: 1993 in Yorkshire 6 (see note 13) Husband: Hugh Kenneth Lapage b. 18 Aug 1916 d. 2006 Married: 1939 in Cambridge 7 (see note 14)
F Child 2: Beatrix Melville Hunter Chapple Born: 11 Jul 1909 in Trumpington 7 (see note 15) Census: 1911 at Noarlunga, Luard Road, Trumpington (see note 16) Census: 1921 in Luard Road, Trumpington (see note 17) Resided: 1931 at Noarlunga, Luard Road, Trumpington 5 Died: 1995 in Hertfordshire 6 (see note 18) Husband: Tyrrell Bertram Lang b. 1906 d. 1990 Married: 1948 in India 12
F Child 3: Madeline Tyson Hunter Chapple 13 Born: 1911 in Trumpington 7 (see note 19) Census: 1921 in Luard Road, Trumpington (see note 20) Died: 1992 in Scotland 12 Husband: Bertram William Tawse b. 1906 d. 1980 Married: 1935 in Cambridge 7 (see note 21)
M Child 4: Ellicott Alfred Hunter Chapple 13 Born: 1917 in Trumpington 7 (see note 22) Census: 1921 in Luard Road, Trumpington (see note 23) Died: 12 Jan 1941 14 (see note 24) Buried: in Little Abington, Cambridgeshire 14 Wife: Fleurette A N Richmond b. ABT 1920 d. 1965 Married: 1940 in Cambridge 7 (see note 25)
Sources: (1) 1901 census. (2) 1939 Register. (3) GRO index. (4) Husband's war record. (5) Electoral Register. (6) Index on ancestry.co.uk. (7) FreeBMD website. (8) Service record. (9) Spalding's Directory (Kelly's after WW2) (10) Roll of Honour, in Trumpington Village Hall. (11) 1921 census. (12) Ancestry family tree. (13) Chapple family tree. (14) Commonwealth War Graves Commission website.
Event Notes Note (1) Mar 1883 Toxteth Park 8b 234 mothers surname Tyson Note (2) Melville Simmonds: Age 18, born Liverpool, with family Note (3) Age 28, born Liverpool, married, with children Note (4) Age 38, born Liverpool, with husband Alfred Chapple and four children Note (5) Sep 1967 Cambridge 4a 227 age 84 Note (6) Sep 1907 Lewisham 1d 2247 Note (7) Age 34, born Adelaide. Private Tutor, married, with 12 students Note (8) Dec 1956 Cambridge 4a 254 age 80 Note (9) Jun 1908 Chesterton 3b 435 Note (10) Age 2, born Trumpington, with mother and sister Note (11) Age 13, born Cambridge, with family Note (12) At Royal School for Naval and Marine Officers' Daughters, Twickenham Note (13) Sep 1993 Sheffield born 7 May 1908 Note (14) Dec 1939 Cambridge 3b 1999 Note (15) Sep 1909 Chesterton 3b 406 Note (16) Age 1, born Trumpington, with mother and sister Note (17) Age 11, born Cambridge, with family Note (18) Aug 1995 Dacorum born 11 Jul 1909 Note (19) Jun 1911 Chesterton 3b 414 Note (20) Age 10, born Cambridge, with family Note (21) Dec 1935 Cambridge 3b 1257 Note (22) Jun 1917 Chesterton 3b 625 mothers surname Simmonds Note (23) Age 4, born Cambridge, with family Note (24) CHAPPLE, ELLICOTT ALFRED HUNTER Rank: Flying Officer Trade: Pilot Service No: 36231 Date of Death: 12/01/1941 Age: 23 Regiment/Service: Royal Air Force 79 Sqdn. Grave Reference: Cemetery: LITTLE ABINGTON (ST. MARY) CHURCHYARD Additional Information: Son of Alfred Chapple, M.A., B.Sc., Barrister-at-Law, and Hannah Melville Chapple, of Great Abington. B.A. (Cantab.) Note (25) Sep 1940 Cambridge 3b 1991 husband indexed as Elliott A H Chapple Copyright © Trumpington Local History Group 2023 Email TLHG Return to TLHG introduction page Name Index