Samuel Austin Chafee

Male 1870 - 1927  (56 years)

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  • Name Samuel Austin Chafee 
    Birth 8 Feb 1870  Bristol, Bristol Co., RI Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Gender Male 
    Death 1927  [2] 
    Burial North Burial Ground, Bristol, RI Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I00155  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 locationd. 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 locationd. 20 Oct 1911, Bristol, Bristol Co., RI Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 67 years) 
    Marriage 24 Apr 1867  Bristol, Bristol Co., RI Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    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 Sarah "Sadie" E. Cheetham,   b. 1876, MA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1947 (Age 71 years) 
    Marriage Abt 1897 
    Children 
     1. Sarah "Sadie" Frances Chafee,   b. 27 Feb 1898, B Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1920 (Age 21 years)
     2. Isabel Austin Chafee,   b. 8 Apr 1899, Bristol, RI Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 7 Mar 1988 (Age 88 years)
     3. Russell Thomas Chafee,   b. 26 Jul 1904, RI Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Oct 1975, Fall River, MA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 71 years)
    Family ID F00108  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 7 Aug 2018 

  • Notes 
    • In the 1920 Federal Census, Samuel A. Chafee is age 49, and is a boarder on Church St., Bristol. The census says he is married, and a laborer at the rubber company.

      By 1930 Samuel has died; see notes for Sarah.

  • Sources 
    1. [S013406] Bristol Births, Vol. 2, 69.

    2. [S012424] Gravestone inscription.

    3. [S013283] Bristol Marriages 1850 - 1902, p. 70.