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SERVES AT THE SOCIETY’S CARNEGIE CENTER GREETING VISITORS AND EXPLAINING THE
HISTORICAL DISPLAYS.
HELEN HAS ALWAYS MAINTAINED CONTACTS WITH FAMILY OVERSEAS AS WELL AS WITH THOSE IN
AUSTRALIA. SHE IS REMEMBERED FOR HER 1960’S VISIT TO CALIFORNIA CHAFFEYS AND HAS
CONTINUED CORRESPONDING WITH SOME OF THEM OVER MANY YEARS. FAMILY MEMBERS AND
MEMBERS OF THE UPLAND SISTER CITIES ASSOCIATION FROM CALIFORNIA ARE ALWAYS GREETED
WARMLY BY HELEN. HER HOME IS OPEN TO WEARY TRAVELERS (SUCH AS THESE COMPILERS)
WHERE ONE HAS A CHANCE TO RELAX AND BE ENTERTAINED BY HER FAITHFUL DOG, WOODY , WHILE
SHARING IN HER WEALTH OF KNOWLEDGE ABOUT THE AREA AND ITS HERITAGE. 46
481. JEANETTE SEXTON CHAFFEY (ROBERT HUGH 6, WILLIAM BENJAMIN 5, GEORGE 4, BENJAMIN 3,
BENJAMIN 2, RICHARD 1). Born in 1928.
JEANETTE SEXTON married CARLISLE VICTOR IRVINE BARNDEN.
They had the following children:
747 i. ROBERT GREY CHAFFEY (1949-)
748 ii. ANN CHAFFEY (1953-)
482. GWENDOLYN CHAFFEY (ROBERT HUGH 6, WILLIAM BENJAMIN 5, GEORGE 4, BENJAMIN 3,
BENJAMIN 2, RICHARD 1). Born in 1932.
GWENDOLYN married IAN HOWARD GIBSON. IAN HOWARD died in 1987.
They had the following children:
749 i. ANDREW CHAFFEY (1957-)
750 ii. MARK ROBERT (1969-)
751 iii. SUSANNAH (1966-)
483. HECTOR HOME WALKER (ISOBEL MARJORIE CHAFFEY 6, WILLIAM BENJAMIN 5, GEORGE 4,
BENJAMIN 3, BENJAMIN 2, RICHARD 1). Born in 1932.
484. MARGARET CHAFFEY WALKER (ISOBEL MARJORIE CHAFFEY 6, WILLIAM BENJAMIN 5, GEORGE 4,
BENJAMIN 3, BENJAMIN 2, RICHARD 1). Born in 1934.
485. CHARLES DONALD CHAFFEY (GEORGE EDWIN 6, CHARLES FRANCIS 5, GEORGE 4, BENJAMIN 3,
BENJAMIN 2, RICHARD 1). Born on 9 Aug 1918 in VANCOUVER, B.C., CANADA. CHARLES DONALD died
in MONTREAL, CANADA, in 1988; he was 69. Buried in 1988 in KNOWLTON CEMETERY.
HE SERVED IN WWII, FIRST IN THE BRITISH NAVY AND LATER IN THE ROYAL CANADIAN NAVY. HE
WAS A COMMANDING OFFICER OF M.T.B. BOATS AND WAS INVOLVED IN THE RAID AT DIEPPE AND
THE INVASION AT NORMANDY. HE WAS HIGHLY DECORATED. THE SURVIVING MEN AND WIVES
INVOLVED IN THESE BOATS ARE STILL AN ACTIVE GROUP WITH REUNIONS IN CANADA AND
ENGLAND.
In 1943 when CHARLES DONALD was 24, he first married DORTHEA JOSEPHINE FORBES. They were
divorced in 1956.
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