Ralph Herbert Chapin
b. 17 September 1899, d. 19 November 1978
- Father: George Alfred Chapin b. 22 February 1873, d. 22 May 1940
- Mother: Ida Jeanette Wilson b. 30 May 1876, d. 20 November 1955
- Ralph Herbert Chapin was born on 17 September 1899 in New York.
- George Alfred Chapin and Ida Jeanette Wilson appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1900 in Buffalo, Erie County, New York, at 637 Grant Street. Other members of the household included Ralph Herbert Chapin, William Alfrid Chapin and Herbert Chapin.
- George Alfred Chapin appeared in the US federal census of 15 April 1910 in Buffalo, Erie County, New York, at 155 Howell Street living next door to Ida's parents.. Other members of the household included Ralph Herbert Chapin, William Alfrid Chapin, Dorothy May Chapin, George Alfred Chapin Jr., Harold Ross Chapin and Paul Westley Chapin.
- George Alfred Chapin and Ida Jeanette Wilson appeared in the US federal census of 1 January 1920 in Buffalo, Erie County, New York, at 243 Crowley Avenue. Other members of the household included Ralph Herbert Chapin, William Alfrid Chapin, Dorothy May Chapin, George Alfred Chapin Jr., Harold Ross Chapin, Paul Westley Chapin, Ida Cathern Chapin, Chester Edwin Chapin, Margaret Chapin and Viola Jennet Chapin.
- He was employed as a machinist at a brass works, according to the 1920 census.
- In May 1940, Ralph Herbert Chapin was living in Sanborn, Niagara County, New York, at the time of his father's death.
- The following appeared on 22 December 1958 in the Tonawanda News: [Died] Chester Chapin, age 45, of 40 Oakwood Terrace, North Tonawanda, died suddenly yesterday afternoon (Dec. 21) at DeGraff Memorial Hospital. Husband of Helen (nee Nichlas); father of Mrs. Eugene (Annette) Darlak, of North Tonawanda, Mrs. Frank (Janet) Piskor of Florida, and Merle Chapin; a granddaughter, Charlene Darlak; brother of Ralph of Sanborn, George, Mrs. Clarence Goss, Mrs. Hubert Tomoser, all of Kenmore, the Rev. Paul Chapin of Louisiana, Harold, Mrs. Russell McLure and Mrs. James Imburgia, all of Buffalo. Friends may call at Fretthold Funeral Home, 1241 Oliver St. at Ward Rd., where services will be Wednesday at 2 p.m. The Rev. Richard Allen Boddy will officiate. Interment in Mt. Olivet Cemetery. Mr. Chapin was a member of Gratwick Hose Company, the Fireman's Benevolent Association and Sylvania Management Club.
- The SSDI lists Sanborn, New York, as the last residence of record of Ralph Herbert Chapin.
- Ralph Herbert Chapin died on 19 November 1978 at age 79.
- Last Edited: 5 Apr 2009