When John Chaffe was born on 15 July 1808, in Dunsford, Devon, England, United Kingdom, his father, Roger Chaffe, was 33 and his mother, Anne Brock, was 30. He married Mary Ann Powlesland on 30 May 1833, in Dunsford, Devon, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 3 daughters. In 1871, his occupation is listed as 1871 to 1881 john listed as carpenter on census records in Devon, England, United Kingdom. He died in April 1888, in St Thomas, Devon, England, United Kingdom, at the age of 79.
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English (Devon; of Norman origin): nickname meaning ‘bald’, from Parisian Old French chauf (Norman and Picard cauf, Latin calvus).
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