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Roger B. Chaffee

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Almira L. Smith

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• • Great-grandmother of Roger B. Chaffee — 4th Generation
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 9 
  • Father:
  • Mother:
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  • Birth Date:
  • 1847 
  • Birth Location:
  • Cayuga County, New York 
  • Christening Date:
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  • Christening Location:
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  • Death Date:
  • 17 May 1940 
  • Death Location:
  • Fairplain Township, Montcalm, Michigan 
  • Burial Date:
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  • Burial Location:
  • Forest Home Cemetery, Greenville, Montcalm, Michigan 
  • Spouse Name:
  • Leonard Almon Chaffee
  • Marriage Date:
  • 9 Sep 1867 
  • Marriage Location:
  • Courtland, Kent, Michigan 
  • Child:

  Harland Charles Chaffee (Ahnentafel No:4 )

• Additional marriages for Almira L. Smith

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  • Spouse:
  • William Lunn

• Sources for Almira L. Smith

  • ¹ Federal Census, MI, Montcalm County, 1880, Greenville, E.D. 236, p. 19, Image 20 of 27.
  • ² Gravestone image at FindAGrave.com, (accessed 05/03/2025).
  • ³ Michigan, U.S., County Marriage Records, 1822-1940, Marriage record for son Harland C Chaffee and Vietta M Farnsworth.
  • ⁴ Michigan, U.S., Marriage Records, 1867-1952, Marriage record for Leonard A Chaffee and Almira Smith.
  • ⁵ The Grand Rapids Press (Grand Rapids, Michigan), 17 MAY 1940, p. 17, Obituary for Almira Lunn.
  • ⁶ Chaffee, William Henry, The Chaffee Genealogy: Embracing the Chafe, Chafy, Chafie, Chafey, Chafee . . .Descendants of Thomas Chaffe 1636-1909, New York: The Grafton Press (1909), 250, 417-418.