Harold Ross Chapin
b. 29 June 1906, d. 28 August 1985
- Father: George Alfred Chapin b. 22 February 1873, d. 22 May 1940
- Mother: Ida Jeanette Wilson b. 30 May 1876, d. 20 November 1955
- Harold Ross Chapin was born on 29 June 1906 in Buffalo, Erie County, New York.
- 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 Harold Ross Chapin, William Alfrid Chapin, Ralph Herbert Chapin, Dorothy May Chapin, George Alfred Chapin Jr. 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 Harold Ross Chapin, William Alfrid Chapin, Ralph Herbert Chapin, Dorothy May Chapin, George Alfred Chapin Jr., Paul Westley Chapin, Ida Cathern Chapin, Chester Edwin Chapin, Margaret Chapin and Viola Jennet Chapin.
- He married Marylyn Frances Campbell on 24 December 1941 in Buffalo, New York.
- He married Thelma Hazel Tilley on 30 May 1953 in Buffalo, New York.
- 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.
- Harold Ross Chapin died on 28 August 1985 at age 79 in Buffalo, New York.
- Last Edited: 5 Apr 2009