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310 ii. HUGH ELSWOOD (1886-)
311 iii. FREDRICK EARLE (1889-1957)
312 iv. CLARA META (1888-1952)
313 v. FRANCES
314 vi. HAROLD
147. ALBERT EDWARD/EARLE CHAFFEY (ELSWOOD4, BENJAMIN3, BENJAMIN2, RICHARD1). 55,52,56
Born 1859/BET 1863-1866 in ONTARIO, CANADA. ALBERT EDWARD/EARLE died in LOS ANGELES,
CALIFORNIA, on 28 Dec 1947; he was 88. Buried on 2 Jan 1948 in IS THOUGHT TO BE BURIED IN
COQUITLAM PROVINCIAL MENTAL HOSPITAL, BRITISH CONUMBIA, CANADA. Occupation: CIVIL
ENGINEER.
BETWEEN THE YEARS 1998 AND 2000, TWO BRANCHES OF THE CHAFFEY FAMILY HAVE SENT ME
EXTENSIVE GENEALOGICAL INFORMATION ON THEIR LINEAGE. THEY DID NOT KNOW EACH OTHER.
AFTER A CAREFUL EXAMINATION OF THEIR INPUT, IT APPEARED THAT THEY WERE RELATED TO EACH
OTHER AND DESCENDED FROM DIFFERENT WIVES OF ALBERT E. CHAFFEY. IN VARIOUS SOURCES HE
IS KNOWN AS ALBERT EARLE, ALFRED EDWARD OR ALBERT EDWARD. MOST SURVIVING FAMILY
MEMBERS REFERRED TO HIM AS SIMPLY A.E. THEY REPORT THEIR BELIEF THAT ALBERT EDWARD
WAS HIS ACTUAL NAME.
AS A BIRTH CERTIFICATE OR CHURCH RECORD HAS NOT YET BEEN FOUND, THE MOST COMPELLIING
EVIDENCE THAT HE IS THE SON OF ELSWOOD CHAFFEY AND SARAH BOSTWICK IS THAT BOTH
CHAFFEY SOURCES AND AN INDEPENDENT SOURCE, H.R. MORGAN, 521930 WHO TIES HIM TO
ELSWOOD, LIST HIS FIRST WIFE AS SUSAN (SUZIE) AGNES THOMPSON, HIS FIRST TWO SONS AS
EDWARD ELSWOOD AND FREDRICDK BENJAMIN, AND THE FACT THAT HE SPENT MUCH OF HIS LIFE
ON THE WEST COAST OF CANADA AND THE UNITED STATES. ANOTHER FACTOR LINKING THESE
CHAFFEYS TO ELSWOOD CHAFFEY (1827-1868) IS THAT THE NAME ELSWOOD IS SO COMMONLY
SEEN IN BOTH OF THESE LINES, JUST AS IT IS IN OTHER LINES DECENDING FROM FRANCES ELSWOOD
AND BENJAMIN CHAFFEY (1779-1832).
A.E. WAS DEPORTED FROM THE U.S. TO CANADA IN 1930 FOR NOT HAVING IMMIGRATION PAPERS.
FROM ONE REPORT, HE EVENTUALLY RETURNED TO THE U.S. AND DIED IN LOS ANGELES FROM A
BROKEN NECK AFTER BEING HIT BY A VEHICLE. HIS BODY WAS SENT BACK TO CANADA WHERE HE
WAS BURIED IN A PAUPERS GRAVE. 55
ANOTHER SOURCE QUOTES A DEATH REGISTRATION FOR AN ALBERT CHAFFEY IN COQUITLAM,
BRITISH COLUMBIA IN 1947 STATING THAT HE WAS IN THE PROVINCE AND IN CANADA FOR THE
PREVIOUS SIX YEARS BEFORE 56 HIS DEATH THOUGH THEY HAVE LITTLE MORE INFORMATION ABOUT
HIM. THIS WOULD SUGGEST THAT HE DIED IN CANADA RATHER THAN IN THE U.S. 29
HE IS RECORDED TO HAVE BEEN A CIVIL ENGINEER AND TO HAVE WORKED ON THE MULHOLLAND
TUNNEL IN LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA. 55
AFTER THE DEATH OF WIFE MIRIAM LOVE IN 1927, SONS DOUGLAS CAMERON AND LLOYD STUART
WERE ABANDONED TO AN ORPHANAGE IN ARKANSAS, JOHN BROWN’S HOME FOR CHILDREN, BY
THEIR FATHER AND LATER ADOPTED BY OLDER HALF BROTHER FREDRICK BENJAMIN AND TAKEN TO
HIS RANCH IN VICTORVILLE, CALIFORNIA. 56
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