Major Lena Matilda Chafee
1880 - 1957 (76 years)
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Name Lena Matilda Chafee Title Major Born 15 Aug 1880 Bristol, Bristol Co., RI 
[1, 2] Gender Female Died 7 Jul 1957 Santa Monica, Los Angeles Co., CA [3] Buried Woodlawn Cemetery, Santa Monica, CA Person ID I00164 Sorensen-Remington Family Tree Last Modified 7 Aug 2018
Father Samuel Russel CHAFEE, b. 7 Jul 1844, Bristol, RI , d. 3 Aug 1934, Fresno, CA (Age 90 years) Mother Laura Anne MUNROE, b. Abt 16 Mar 1844, Bristol, Bristol; Co., RI , d. 20 Oct 1911, Bristol, Bristol Co., RI (Age ~ 67 years) Married 24 Apr 1867 Bristol, Bristol Co., RI [4] 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."
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Family Cleve Earl Stairs, b. 8 May 1882, ME , d. Mar 1969, CA (Age 86 years) Married Aft 1904 Last Modified 7 Aug 2018 Family ID F00112 Group Sheet | Family Chart
- 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.
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"Aunt Lena"
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Notes - In the 1900 Federal Census, Lena is age 19, living at Bristol, RI, with her parents and two siblings. In the 1905 RI census she is age 24, still living with her parents at 19 Congregation St., Bristol.
Lena (Chafee) Stairs died in her 75th year at her home, 2425 21st St., Santa Monica, CA. She died at 7:02 pm on 7 July 1957.
Lena and her husband were active in the Salvation Army.
- In the 1900 Federal Census, Lena is age 19, living at Bristol, RI, with her parents and two siblings. In the 1905 RI census she is age 24, still living with her parents at 19 Congregation St., Bristol.
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