Poyser, Chapman, and Crossland Family Trees

	For who:	Family trees for Mark Poyser, Ruth Navarro (nee Poyser), Maximilian Navarro, and Christina Navarro. This information is about families with origins in Derbyshire, Cheshire, and Lancashire.
	Brief description:	Mark and Ruth Poyser are the children of Edward William Poyser of Manchester (Lancashire), and Hilda Chapman of Glossop (Derbyshire). Edward and Hilda emigrated to the United States in the early 1950's, and finally settled in Los Angeles, California where Mark and Ruth were born and currently reside.
Tree	Period	Where some members were/are
Poyser tree (indented)	1820-1950	Derbyshire and Lancashire (primarily Manchester)
	1950-	Lancashire and southern England
Tree	Period	Where some members were/are
Chapman tree (indented)	1820-1950	Derbyshire and Cheshire (and Yorkshire?)
	1950-	Derbyshire and Australia
Tree	Period	Where some members were/are
Crossland tree (indented)	1820-1950	Derbyshire
	1950-	unknown
Maps	old and contemporary

Seven Generation Overview

*siblings (first cousins Edward William Poyser and Minnie Poyser married)
**father unknown, took surname of mother

If you have information about any of these branches, please contact Mark Poyser.

For those interested, I wrote up a story about how I discovered the fate of my uncle (Frank Chapman) who died in World War II. It was about exploring the Internet and how you can find some astonishing things. Read it here. (A much fuller presentation is here which tells of a further link in the story - one that involves an Australian chap)

Get the .doc file versions:
Chapman Tree
Crossland Tree
Poyser Tree
Frank Chapman Story (this is large 850k, and may not download properly)

This page last updated on: October 20, 2000