Family: William Albert Hickman / Dorothy Emily Chapman (F2232)

• Male William Albert Hickman

  
  

  Birth	22 Dec 1878	Dorchester Parish, Westmorland, New Brunswich, Canada
  Death	10 Sep 1957
  Burial		Lot 8, Section 9, Grove Street Cemetery, New London, CT
  Marriage	Aft 21 Aug 1921
  Other Spouse	Esther Foss | F2231
  Marriage	10 Oct 1914	Cohasset, , Massachusetts
  Father	Albert J. H. Hickman, Esq. | F1170 Group Sheet
  Mother	Ellen Wilson | F1170 Group Sheet

  
  

  Female Dorothy Emily Chapman

  
  

  Birth	4 Oct 1889	prob. San Francisco, San Francisco, California
  Death	2 Jun 1931	New London, CT
  Burial		Cedar Grove Cemetery, New London, CT
  Other Spouse	Benjamin Sturtevant Foss | F2688
  Marriage	23 Aug 1911	San Francisco, San Francisco, California
  Father	Wilfrid B. Chapman | F2698 Group Sheet
  Mother	Dora Sherwood | F2698 Group Sheet

  
  

• Notes

  Married: Paul Foss notes: "In a needless-to-say extraordinary occurrence, Albert divorced Esther and Dorothy divorced Benjamin thereby enabling Albert and Dorothy to be wed." Helen M. Petchey in "The Hickmans in Dorchester's Heyday!" notes: "W. Albert Hickman was twice married, first to Esther Foss, a daughter of Eugene Foss, a three-term govenor of Massachussets; and second to Dorothy Chapman Foss of California." [1, 2]

  
  

• Sources

  [S1306] Paul Foss, (Paul Foss [pwfoss@earthlink.net]), 25 Feb 2006 email. [S1132] Helen M. Petchey, Helen M. Petchey - The Hickmans in Dorchester's Heyday, (Published cir.1992 ISBN-0-9691600-4-6), p. 11.