Genealogy
Whiston Families
Chafer of Bent Laithes Farm
Epworth Market Place
Reproduced courtesy of The Francis Frith Collection.
John Robert CHAFER (1861-1942) Epworth m. 1884 Epworth, Lincs.to Caroline COGGAN (1858-1928) Epworth son Wm/Amelia Glew. Children born Bent Laithes Farm:
- b.1885 Alice
- (1889-1954) Sarah Amelia
- (1893-1917) Frank
- (1895-1936) Carry
- (1898-1954) John William
- (1899-1983) Jane
Sarah Amelia m. 1910 Rotherham Charles Henry WOOD
Was John William (1898-1954) founder of J.W. Chafer Ltd. and Chafer Spraying Co. Ltd., Doncaster
George. W. CHAFER born Bradford,16 April 1894, son of Lucy (1894-1966). He was a Private in the 1st Bn East Yorkshire Regiment. He received the Victoria Cross for action at Méaulte, France during WW1.
Before the war he worked at a pit. When he came back to Rotherham after the war he worked in Dairy and Poultry farming for a while before joining the Civil Service. He retired in 1958 and died age 71 on 1 March 1966. He was cremated at Rotherham Crematorium.
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