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Surnames: Chaffee, Durgin
Classification: Query
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Ruth, I saw your message regarding your maternal grandfather George Franklin Chaffee. I
have some information on his brother Harvey Alonson Chaffee's side. Harvey Alonson
Chaffee was born October 20, 1873 and married Alice Augusta Durgin (born March 7, 1881 in
Kittery, York County, Maine). Alice Augusta Durgin was a sister to my great-grandmother
Florence May Durgin and she married a cousin to Florence's husband Leroy David
Dickinson. Leroy David Dickinson's mother was Harriett Frances Chaffee (daughter of
Zephaniah (Leroy) Chaffee and Sophronia Close). Harvey Alonson and Alice (Durgin) Chaffee
had three children: 1. Gertrude Chaffee born August 13, 1904, 2. Edwin Chaffee born
October 29, 1907 and died January 29, 1990, 3. Eugene Chaffee born March 27, 1908, married
Ethel Bailey.
I have several photos of Harvey Alonson Chaffee/Alice Durgin and their children. I also
have a photo of Nora Chaffee (the half sister to your grandfather and Harvey Alonson
Chaffee).
You can contact me directly if you wish at lauretta(a)nctc.com