Ancestry of
Harry Chapin

Singer and Songwriter

James Ormsbee Chapin

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• • Grandfather of Harry Chapin — 3rd Generation
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 4 
  • Father:
  • James Ayrault Chapin 
  • Mother:
  • Delia Stout Ryder   
  • Birth Date:
  • 9 Jul 1887 
  • Birth Location:
  • West Orange, Essex, New Jersey 
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  • Death Date:
  • 12 Jul 1975 
  • Death Location:
  • Toronto, Ontario, Canada 
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  • Spouse Name:
  • Abigail Beal "Abby" Forbes
  • Marriage Date:
  • 1 Jul 1918 
  • Marriage Location:
  • New York, New York 
  • Child:

  James Forbes Chapin (Ahnentafel No:2 )

• Additional marriages for James Ormsbee Chapin

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  • Spouse:
  • Mary Fischer

• Sources for James Ormsbee Chapin

  • ¹ Federal Census, NY, New York County, 1920, Manhattan, E.D. 732, Sheet 7B, Image 14 of 18.
  • ² Federal Census, NY, New York County, 1910, Mahattan Ward 21, E.D. 1170, Sheet 5B, Image 10 of 14.
  • ³ Federal Census, NJ, Essex County, 1900, West Orange, E.D. 185, Sheet 15B, Image 31 of 49.
  • ⁴ New Jersey, U.S., Births and Christenings Index, 1660-1931, Birth record for ____ Chapin.
  • ⁵ New York, New York City Marriage Records, 1829-1938, Marriage record for James Ormsbee Chapin and Abby Beal Forbes.
  • ⁶ U.S., Passport Applications, 1795-1925, 01 MAR 1912, Application for James Ormsbee Chapin.
  • ⁷ U.S., World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918, Draft registration for James Ormsbee Chapin.
  • ⁸ U.S., World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942, Draft registration for James Ormsbee Chapin.
  • ⁹ Chapin, Gilbert Warren, The Chapin Book of Genealogical Data with Brief Sketches of the Descendants of Deacon Samuel Chapin, Vol. 2, Hartford, Connecticut: Chapin Family Association (1924), 1445.
  • ¹⁰ Wikipedia, "James Ormsbee Chapin", (accessed 08/10/2016).

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