Ohio, County Births
Name Robert M. Jr Calfee
Event Date 16 Oct 1908
Event Place Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio
Gender Male
Father's Name Robert M. Calfee
Mother's Name Alwina Haas
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California Death Index
Name Robert M Calfee
Event Type Death
Event Date 29 Aug 1939
Event Place , Alameda, California
Gender Male
Age 30
Birth Year (Estimated) 1909
Certificate Number 46635
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Find A Grave Memorial# 21448316
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Robert was the son of Robert Martin Calfee, Sr. and Alwine Betsey Haas. He married Elizabeth CHATFIELD, daughter of Benjamin CHATFIELD, and they were the parents of Robert Martin Calfee and Sarah Chatfield Calfee.
As a teenager, he spent several summers with host families in Switzerland and Germany. Reared in Cleveland Heights, OH, he graduated from the Hotchkiss School, Lakeville, CT in 1931, from Yale University in 1935, and (Case) Western Reserve Law School in 1938.
Mr. Calfee was an army ROTC graduate, and his reserve commission was activated after Pearl Harbor. He saw duty in Washington and the European Theater as artillery major during World War II.
After the war, he was a managing partner of Calfee Halter Griswold law firm. He was a 32nd Degree Mason, member of the Cleveland Blue Coats Organization, Rotary Club, Ohio Commodores Trade Group, and many other civic organizations. He received the Carl N. Homes Distinguished Alumnus Award from Hawken school in 1995. He was appointed a trustee of the Ohio Historical Society for 10 years and was the Republican Finance Chairman of Cuyahoga County, OH.
Mr. Calfee was a voracious reader, traveler, avid golfer and loved genealogy.
(Information from "The Southwest Times," Pulaski, VA)
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USA Passport Applications
Name Robert Martin Calfee
Event Type Passport Application
Event Date 1924
Event Place Ohio
Age 16
Birth Date 16 Oct 1908
Birthplace Ohio
Certificate Number 452060
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Robert W Calfee
Son
USA Census, 1920
birth: 1909
Ohio
residence: 1920
Cleveland Heights, Cuyahoga, Ohio, USA
father: Robert M Calfee
mother: Alvina E Calfee
other: Pauline Kent, Marie Haas, William Calfee, Lee Calfee, John D Calfee
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Robert B Calfee
Son
USA Census, 1910
birth: 1909
Ohio
residence: 1910
Cleveland Ward 25, Cuyahoga, Ohio
father: Robert M Calfee
mother: Alwine Calfee
other: Mary Hass