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Whiston Families

Chafer of Bent Laithes Farm

Epworth Market Place
Epworth, Market Place c1965.  (Neg. E117008)  © Copyright The Francis Frith Collection 2008. http://www.francisfrith.com
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:

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.

Chafer of Epworth

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