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Paul Crosby Chamberlain
Male 1883 - 1940

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  • Birth  18 Dec 1883  New York, New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Gender  Male 
    Graduation  Jun 1899  West Brookfield High School Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Census  1900  West Brookfield, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Occupation  1911 
    Journalist 
    _MILT  1915  British Army, Royal Field Artillery Find all individuals with events at this location 
    World War I 
    Died  13 Oct 1940  London, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 3
    Death  8 Dec 1940  London, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [3, 4
    Name  Paul Chamberlain  [2
    Probate  12 Apr 1943  Llandudno Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Person ID  I6183  West Brookfield Families
    Last Modified  11 Mar 2024 
     
    Father  Daniel Henry Chamberlain,   b. 23 Jun 1835, West Brookfield, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 13 Apr 1907, Charlottesville, Albemarle, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Mother  Alice Cornelia Ingersol,   b. 10 May 1846, Bangor, Penobscot, Maine, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 19 Sep 1891, Morris Hts., Bronx, New York Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Married  16 Dec 1867 
    Family ID  F2227  Group Sheet
     
    Family  Marian Greenway,   b. 28 May 1900,   d. 13 Oct 1940, Westminster, London, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID  F4221  Group Sheet
     
  • Notes 
    • A 1911 U. S. Passport Application states that Paul was a Journalist in 1911.

      Paul served in the Royal Field Artillery of the British and was wounded in the battle of Flanders in 1915.
      An article in the Springfield Daily Republican of Oct. 28, 1915 states that he was a 2nd lieutenant at the time and recovering in the Ewell and Epson war hospital on Epson Downs near London.

      A History of West Brookfield, 1675 - 1990, by Jeffrey H. Fiske, page 163, states that Paul and his wife were killed in a London bombing raid in December of 1940. According to this reference, Paul had become a British Citizen after service in World War I, and was a member of the London home guard. England & Wales Death Index, 1916 - 2005, Ancestry.com has Paul C. Chamberlain, age 50, death between Oct. and Dec. 1940, Westminister, London, England, Vol 1a page 736. There is also an entry for a Marian Chamberlain at same time and location. England & Wales Marriage Index has entry in July - Sept. of 1933 for a Paul Chamberlain and a Marian Greenaway. Further research needed to confirm that the records refer to Paul Crosby Chamberlain, son of Daniel Henry Chamberlain.
     
  • Sources 
    1. [S1658] U. S. Passport Applications, 1795-1925, Ancestry.com, (Name: Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2007.;).
      Born New York City, NY on or about 18 Dec. 1883. Occupation - Journalist wishing to travel to Servia, Bulgaria, Roumania and Turkey. Intending to return to the US in 1 yr. Application dated Sept. 15, 1911.

    2. [S2377] England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations), 1858-1995, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2010;), 1943 Cabbett-Mulhallen-Dytor, Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 20 July 2020.).
      Record for Paul Chamberlain
      https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1904&h=19052355&indiv=try

    3. [S843] England & Wales Death Index:1916 - 2005, Ancestry.com, (Name: Provo, UT, USA, Ancestry.com Operations Inc. 2007;), Deaths Registered in October, November and December 1940, Page 149; Ancestry (http:www.ancestry.com : accessed 20 July 2020.).
      Death Oct. - Dec. 1940, Westminister, London, England
      https://www.ancestry.com/interactive/7579/ons_d19404az-0177?pid=25607397&backurl=https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv%3D1%26dbid%3D7579%26h%3D25607397%26tid%3D%26pid%3D%26usePUB%3Dtrue%26_phsrc%3DiGr1061%26_phstart%3DsuccessSource&treeid=&personid=&hintid=&usePUB=true&_phsrc=iGr1061&_phstart=successSource&usePUBJs=true

    4. [S2375] News and Courier, Charleston, South Carolina (online archive), "London Bomb Kills Paul C. Chamberlain : Son of S. C. Reconstruction Governor and Wife are victims of Raid," 19 December 1940, Page 6, Column 8; Genealogy Bank (http://www.genealogybank.com : accessed 20 July 2020.).
      Death Notice for Paul C. Chamberlain
      https://www.genealogybank.com/doc/newspapers/image/v2%3A13CCA871AD118D5A%40GB3NEWS-1583614EB3F1529A%402429983-15826D3C37178C06%405-15826D3C37178C06%40