Chaffee, Infant

• Name	Chaffee, Infant
  Gender	Unknown
  Died	Unknown  [1]
  	Died as an infant.
  Person ID	I39027	Sackett | Descendants of Thomas Sacket the Elder, Descendants of Simon Sackett the Colonist, Descendants of Edward Fuller (Mayflower immigrant)
  Last Modified	23 Aug 2015

  
  

  Father	Chaffee, Herbert Fuller,   b. 20 Nov 1865, Sharon, Litchfield County, Connecticut, USA ,   d. 15 Apr 1912, RMS Titanic, Atlantic Ocean  (Age 46 years)
  Mother	Toogood, Carrie Constance,   b. 28 Aug 1864, Manchester, Delaware County, Iowa, USA ,   d. 4 Jul 1931, Amenia, Cass County, North Dakota, USA  (Age 66 years)
  Married	21 Dec 1887	Ohio, USA
  Children	6 children
  	1. Chaffee, Eben Whitney,   b. 28 Sep 1888, Amenia, Cass County, North Dakota, USA ,   d. 14 Aug 1961, Calhoun County, Texas, USA  (Age 72 years)   2. Chaffee, Dorothy Adelia,   b. 15 Jun 1890, North Dakota, USA ,   d. Unknown + 3. Chaffee, Herbert Laurence,   b. 24 Jun 1892, Amenia, Cass County, North Dakota, USA ,   d. 2 Jul 1971, Cass County, North Dakota, USA  (Age 79 years)   4. Chaffee, Florence Adele,   b. Abt 1901, North Dakota, USA ,   d. Unknown   5. Chaffee, Lester Fuller,   b. 1902,   d. 1982  (Age 80 years)   6. Chaffee, Infant,   d. Unknown
  Family ID	F13117	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Sources

  [S977] Encyclopedia Titanica (Reliability: 3), 23 Aug 2015. From Encyclopedia Titanica http://www.encyclopedia-titanica.org/titanic-survivor/carrie-constance-chaffee.html Mrs Herbert Fuller Chaffee (Carrie Constance Toogood), 47, was born on August 28, 1864 Manchester IA. In 1886 she entered Oberlin College, Oberlin Ohio where she studied at the Conservatory of Music (1 year) and the College - Art (1 year). She enrolled for 3 years but in 1887 she met Herbert Chaffee. they were married on on December 21, 1887 and a son was born on September 28, 1888. Earlier that year they had moved to North Dakota where Herbert took charge of the family farming business so neither Carrie nor Herbert graduated. Trained in music, she gave voice lessons to the children of prairie farmers while managing a complex household and giving birth to six children: Eben Whitney Chaffee, Dorothy Chaffee Stroud, Herbert Lawrence Chaffee, Florence Adele Chaffee, and Lester Fuller Chaffee (one other child died in childhood). Mrs Chaffee was renowned for her decisive mind and her willingness to confront any situation. Mrs Chaffee and her husband boarded the Titanic at Southampton as first class passengers (cabin E-31), they were returning from a European trip to their home in Amenia, Cass Co., North Dakota. Mrs Chaffee was rescued from the Titanic in lifeboat 4, but her husband was lost. After his death Carrie took an active role in managing the Land Company's assets, and was also a leader in charitable work in North Dakota and in Minneapolis MN, she was a charter member of, and active in, the American-Chinese Education Committee, Canton, China. She died July 4, 1931 in Amenia, ND. References Clement A. Lonsberry (1917) North Dakota History and People. Vol. II, p. 877-878. Chicago, S.J.Clarke Publications. Oberlin College Records Acknowledgements John Chaffee, USA Homer Thiel, USA Tammy L. Martin, USA (Oberlin College Archivist)