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Frank Paine CHAFEE

Frank Paine CHAFEE

Male 1874 - 1955  (81 years)

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  • Name Frank Paine CHAFEE 
    Born 4 Jan 1874  Bristol, Bristol Co., RI Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Died 12 Jul 1955  Jacumba, San Diego Co., CA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Buried 18 Jul 1955  Mt. Hope Cemetery, 3751 Market St., San Diego, CA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I00107  Sorensen-Remington Family Tree
    Last Modified 7 Aug 2018 

    Father Samuel Russel CHAFEE,   b. 7 Jul 1844, Bristol, RI Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 3 Aug 1934, Fresno, CA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 90 years) 
    Mother Laura Anne MUNROE,   b. Abt 16 Mar 1844, Bristol, Bristol; Co., RI Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 20 Oct 1911, Bristol, Bristol Co., RI Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 67 years) 
    Married 24 Apr 1867  Bristol, Bristol Co., RI Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Notes 
    • According to "The Monroe Book," by Joan S. Guilford, Samuel & Laura were married at State Street Methodist Episcopal Church of Bristol. This is also recorded as such in James N. Arnold's "Vital Record of RI," Bristol Church Marriage Records. It is also in the Bristol town records, book of Marriages 1850 - 1902, p. 70.

      Guilford's book has Laura in the section titled "Unconnected Monroes."
    Family ID F00107  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Mary Elizabeth ANDREWS,   b. 13 Nov 1870, Lymansville, North Providence, RI Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 20 Mar 1959, Sunland, CA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 88 years) 
    Married 17 Jul 1896  Bristol, Bristol Co., RI Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    Children 
     1. John Chafee,   b. 1897,   d. Bef 1 Jun 1900  (Age < 3 years)
     2. Frank Andrews Chafee,   b. 18 Feb 1898, Bristol, Bristol Co., RI Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Oct 1974, San Diego Co., CA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 76 years)
     3. Laura Russel CHAFEE,   b. 28 Apr 1899, Bristol, Bristol Co., RI Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 14 Mar 1975, Natick, Middlesex Co., MA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 75 years)
     4. Ruth Austin Chafee,   b. 30 Nov 1900, Bristol, Bristol Co., RI Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 29 Apr 1998, IL Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 97 years)
     5. Harriet "Hattie" Raymond Chafee,   b. 8 Aug 1903, Bristol, Bristol Co., RI Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 3 Mar 1908, Warwick, RI Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 4 years)
     6. Charles Austin Chafee,   b. 3 Mar 1910, RI Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 27 Apr 1986, Los Angeles, CA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 76 years)
    Last Modified 7 Aug 2018 
    Family ID F00035  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Photos

    My Great-grandpa Chafee.


    Chafee four-generations: Laura (Chafee) Remington with Norman, Frank Paine Chafee, and Samuel Russel Chafee.

    Poem for my Grandma Laura Remington composed by her father Frank Chafee, 1942.    		Poem for my Grandma Laura Remington composed by her father Frank Chafee, 1942.

    Mamie and Frank, my great-grandparents

    50th anniversary of my great-grandparents Frank & Mamie Chafee, 17 July 1946. Son Frank is on the right. I am not sure who the lady on the left is, although I probably should know. Could it be sister Estella?

    This is how I remember my Great-grandparents.

    About 1955: Uncle Frank with his parents in California just before my Great-Grandpa Chafee died; maybe with one of Uncle Charlie's sons -- not sure.

  • Notes 
    • Frank's birth record is on a 3 x 5 card in a file cabinet in the Bristol Town Hall.

      Frank & Mary's 50th wedding anniversary celebration was at Cousin Lida's house in Graniteville. (Lida Jenckes was Mary's niece.)

      In the 1900 Federal Census, Frank & Mary "Chaffee" are living in Bristol, RI. With them are children Frank, 2, and Laura, 1.

      In 1910, Frank & Mary E. "Chaffe" are living at Coventry, RI. In the household are: John 13, Frank 12, Laura 11, Ruth 9, Hattie 7, & Charles 4 months (?). Who is John? I think he may have been a child who died in infancy. Also, Hattie has already died by 1910. Perhaps the census taker listed all the children, past and present, born to the family.

      In 1920, Frank P. & Mary E. Chafee are living at 357 Atlantic Ave. in the Longmeadow section of Warwick, RI. In the household are Ruth A., 19, and Charles A., 10. Frank is a foreman at the freighthouse. Daughter Ruth works as a jeweler in a factory.

      In 1930 the family is at 632 Heights Ave. in the Riverview section of Warwick. Son Charles, 20, is the only one of the children still at home. Frank is a brakeman on the electric railway.

      According to Frank's obituary, he moved to California only two months before he died (of metastic carcinoma). Formerly he had lived at 184 Potters Ave., Providence, RI, and had been a resident of Providence for 22 years. He was employed at the Davol Rubber Co. for 20 years.

      I can remember seeing off my Great-grandfather and Great-grandmother Chafee on the train when they left Providence for California. I was just four years old.

      Frank died at 1506 Imperial Ave., Jacumba, CA.

  • Sources 
    1. [S013283] Bristol Marriages 1850 - 1902, p. 70.

    2. [S013283] Bristol Marriages 1850 - 1902, p. 213.