Rebecca Olivia Chaffee

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Birth: Dec. 23, 1846 Paris Lamar County Texas, USA

Death: May 1, 1907 San Fernando Los Angeles County California, USA

Father: John Marion Nidever

Mother: Mary King "Polly" Vernon

Rebecca was born at Ben Franklin, Lamar County, Texas.

(In 1870, that area of Lamar County, around Ben Franklin, was formed into Delta County.)

She was married 9 Nov 1865 at Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara County, California, to Walter Scott Chaffee. Eight children were born of their union.

Rebecca, who lived at San Buenaventura, died while in a hospital in San Fernando undergoing treatment for tuberculosis.

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Spouse:

• Walter Scott Chaffee (1834 - 1894)

Children:

*Walter Scott Chaffee (1866 - 1936)*

• Mary Chaffee (1867 - 1871)*
• John "Hyde" Chaffee (1869 - 1950)*
• Arthur Leslie Chaffee (1870 - 1929)*
• Helen Le Noir Chaffee Wilde (1872 - 1953)*
• Lemuel Wallace Chaffee (1874 - 1875)*
• Ethel Martha Chaffee McElhany (1877 - 1974)*
• Lawrence Wayne Chaffee (1880 - 1940)*
• Chester Chauncy Chaffee (1883 - 1960)*
• Bessie Marguerite Chaffee Bounds Staley (1887 - 1966)*
• Calculated relationship

Burial: Ivy Lawn Memorial Park Ventura Ventura County California, USA Plot: Sec A, Plot 136, Grave 1

Created by: F.D. Redding Record added: Oct 23, 2003 Find A Grave Memorial# 8013696