Raymond Chafee Remington

Raymond Chafee Remington

Male 1919 - 2016  (97 years)

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  • Name Raymond Chafee Remington 
    Born 24 Oct 1919  Coventry, Kent Co., RI Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Died 25 Oct 2016  MA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Buried Edgell Grove, Framingham, MA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I00076  Sorensen-Remington Family Tree
    Last Modified 7 Aug 2018 

    Father Chester Philip REMINGTON, Sr.,   b. 10 Feb 1894, Anthony Village, Coventry, RI Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 9 May 1948, Providence, Providence Co., RI Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 54 years) 
    Mother 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) 
    Married 28 Apr 1917  Coventry, Kent Co., RI Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Notes 
    • They were married on Laura's eighteenth birthday. Chester was 23.
    Family ID F00024  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Marie Frances Scott,   b. 12 May 1919, MA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 17 Feb 2012, MA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 92 years) 
    Married 15 Jul 1944  Athens, GA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. Richard Scott Remington,   b. 19 Apr 1946, Pensacola, FL Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 78 years)
    Last Modified 7 Aug 2018 
    Family ID F00020  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Photos

    Norman and Raymond
    Raymond, Russel, Elliott, and Norman, 1923 on the farm in Coventry
    Raymond, Russel, Elliott, and Norman, 1923 on the farm in Coventry

    Back row: Raymond, Chester Sr., Norman; middle: Russel, Elliott, Chester; Richard in front; Easter 1934.

    Ray in 1935

    Norman and Raymond worked as caddies at this golf course in the 1930s. It is now the location of my church, the Cranston Christian Fellowship.

    Remington boys 1937 -- Raymond, Russel, Elliot, Chester, and Richard

    Raymond, Russel, Chet, and Richard



    Elliott and Raymond

    Ray and his Mom


    Chet and Raymond c1945




    Norman with Elizabeth and Raymond with Richie

    Uncle Raymond with Richie and cousin Libby

    Ray, Fran, and Richie, 1950

    Easter 1957, Norman's and Raymond's families with Grandma

    Remington brothers with mom -- 1970

    Charlie & Hazel's 50th anniversary, 1981: in back Raymond Remington and Russell Remington; in front l-r Fran Remington, Richie's wife Beth with James Remington, Hazel, Charlie, Aunt Ruth (Chafee) Hubbard (Charlie's sister and Raymond's aunt), and Russell's wife Kathleen.


    Aunts, uncles, and cousins at summer 1984 reunion; front l-r: Chet & Lillian, Edna & Norman, Jackie, Ray & Fran, Althea & Richard; back row cousins l-r: Elizabeth, Derek, Keith, Rich, Lois.

    1990, in California

    Uncle Ray and Aunt Fran with Russ, Kathy, Steven, and Jenny

    Raymond and Norman Remington, and Laura Sorensen

    September 2001

    Brothers Raymond, Richard, Norman Remington

    83rd birthday


    October 2005, celebrating Uncle Ray's birthday

    Norman and Raymond

    Remington uncles, aunts, and cousins at Uncle Ray's home

    Raymond and Richard

    Three generations

    October 24, 2009

    James, Ray, Richard, and Rich, October 24, 2009

    Four generations

    Uncle Ray's 95th birthday!

  • Notes 
    • Raymond Remington is listed in the 1936 yearbook of Central High School, Providence, as the Treasurer of the club Il Circolo Giovanile.

      In the 1939 Cranston City Directory, Raymond was listed as living at 67 Turner Ave. In the 1940 federal census he was age 19, living on Kilvert St., Warwick, and was a fireman at a laundry. The 1941 Cranston City Directory listed him as a station attendant at the Esso Service Station in Hillsgrove.

      Ray enlisted in the US Navy on 14 Aug 1941.

      After serving in the Navy, Raymond came home from the service 8 Feb 1948.

  • Sources 
    1. [S012488] Coventry Town Records.