Charles John Chapple

  Noted events in his life were:

• Occupation, 10 Jan 1920, Billings, Yellowstone, Montana, USA. ⁵ Pharmacist

• Immigration: Immigrated to the US, 1892, Billings, Yellowstone, Montana, USA. ⁴

• Employment: Billings, Yellowstone, Montana, USA. ⁶ By 1893 the brothers were doing well enough to bring 16 year old Charles to Billings to run the existing drug store. They used the Rademaker Building at the NE corner of North 28 and Montana Ave (the current Northern Hotel parking garage). The Chapple Drug survived past Charles' death on November 27, 1945. The Doctors used the second floor rooms as a nursing home. The drug store had a huge kerosene lamp over the store counter, when needed, the counter became the operating table. It was only a half block from the railroad yards.

• Election, 1930, Billings, Yellowstone, Montana, USA. ⁶ Charles was elected an Alderman from the First Ward in 1930 and served continuousely until his death in 1945.

• Census: Age 42, birth Canada 1878, 14 Jan 1920, Billings, Yellowstone, Montana, USA. ⁴

• Census: Age 4, birth Ontario 1877, 1881, Clarke, Durham West, Ontario, Canada. ⁷

Charles married Winifred J Rixon, daughter of John Rixon and Susanna Panton, on 12 Jun 1901 in Billings, Yellowstone, Montana, USA.¹ (Winifred J Rixon was born in 1878 in Milton, , Ontario, Canada,¹ died on 20 Feb 1942 and was buried on 22 Feb 1942 in Billings, Yellowstone, Montana, USA.)