Chatfield, Robert Edwin

Birth Name Chatfield, Robert Edwin
Gender male
Age at Death 82 years, 5 months, 7 days

Narrative

Town of birth from Father's passport application.
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Death Record
CHATFIELD, Robert Edwin; ; Old Saybrook CT; Hartford Courant; 2003-5-5; townsend

Robert Edwin CHATFIELD, formerly of Old Saybrook died Wednesday, (April 30, 2003) at the Middlesex Hospital, Middletown, after a long illness. He was the beloved husband of Drusilla (Ford) Chatfield of Middletown and the son of the late Charles Buckingham and Marion (Hall) Chatfield. He was educated in the New Jersey schools and attended Oberlin College in Oberlin, OH. He was a veteran of World War II and served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. He was a member of King Solomon Masonic Lodge in Woodbury. Bob was a life long sailor. He belonged to the Lake Quassapaug Yacht Club where he sailed his snipe competitively. He also belonged to the Wilson Cove Yacht Club in Rowayton where he sailed larger boats in Long Island Sound and along the New England coast. He was actively involved with Ham radios also. A sister, Jeanne Chatfield Addison; brother-in-law, Edward Thorton Addison and their two children survived him. Family member Lynn Chatfield Stefanowicz and her family also survived him.

Events

Event Date Place Description Sources
Birth 23 November 1920 Somerville, Somerset Co., New Jersey, USA    
Death 30 April 2003 Middletown, Middlesex Co., Connecticut, USA    
Census 1930 Ridley Park, Delaware Co., Pennsylvania, USA    
Census 1940 Woodbury Town, Litchfield Co., Connecticut, USA    

Parents

Relation to main person Name Birth date Death date Relation within this family (if not by birth)
Father Chatfield, Charles Buckingham21 March 18932 June 1967
Mother Hall, Marion Ruthven3 April 1894after 1967
    Sister     Chatfield, Phyllis 1917 1918
         Chatfield, Robert Edwin 23 November 1920 30 April 2003
    Sister     Chatfield, Jeanne 12 July 1922 10 February 2013

Families

Family of Chatfield, Robert Edwin and Ford, Druscilla Nettleton

Married Wife Ford, Druscilla Nettleton ( * 1923 + ... )
   
Event Date Place Description Sources
Marriage 11 May 1957      
  Narrative

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