Ancestry of
Roger B. Chaffee

Apollo 1 Astronaut

Donald Lynn Chaffee

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• • Father of Roger B. Chaffee — 2nd Generation
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 2 
  • Father:
  • Harland Charles Chaffee 
  • Mother:
  • Vietta Mae Farnsworth   
  • Birth Date:
  • 9 Aug 1910 
  • Birth Location:
  • Greenville, Montcalm, Michigan 
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  • Death Date:
  • 24 Oct 1998 
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  • Burial Date:
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  • Burial Location:
  • Blythefield Memory Gardens, Belmont, Kent, Michigan 
  • Spouse Name:
  • Blanche May Mosher
  • Marriage Date:
  • 31 Mar 1932 
  • Marriage Location:
  • Grand Rapids, Kent, Michigan 
  • Children:
  
  

  Donna Mae Chaffee

  Roger Bruce Chaffee (Ahnentafel No:1 )

• Sources for Donald Lynn Chaffee

  • ¹ Gravestone image at FindAGrave.com, (accessed 05/02/2025).
  • ² Michigan, U.S., Marriage Records, 1867-1952, Marriage certificate for Donald L Chaffee and Blanche May Mosher.
  • ³ The Grand Rapids Press (Grand Rapids, Michigan), 28 JUN 1965, p. 36, Obituary for father Harland C Chaffee.
  • ⁴ The Grand Rapids Press (Grand Rapids, Michigan), 18 FEB 1965, p. 27, Obituary for mother Vietta Mae (Farnsworth) Chaffee.
  • ⁵ U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007, Record for daughter Donna Mae Chaffee.
  • ⁶ U.S., World War II Draft Cards Young Men, 1940-1947, Draft registration for Donald Lynn Chaffee.
  • ⁷ Wikipedia, "Roger B. Chaffee", (accessed 05/02/2025).