Brief Life History of Elmer Ray "Pete"
When Elmer Ray "Pete" Chappell was born on 27 February 1927, in East Prairie, Mississippi, Missouri, United States, his father, John Allen Chappell, was 32 and his mother, Pearley Belle Hull, was 24. He married Leitha June on 17 July 1948, in Portland Township, Erie, Ohio, United States. He lived in New Madrid, Missouri, United States in 1935 and Stoddard, Stoddard, Missouri, United States in 1940. He died on 3 August 1999, in Rochester, Oakland, Michigan, United States, at the age of 72, and was buried in Rochester Hills, Oakland, Michigan, United States.
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Family Time Line
Sources (6)
- Ray Elmer Chappell in household of John Chappell, "United States Census, 1940"
- Elmer R Chappell, "Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-2013"
- Elmer Ray Chappell, "Find A Grave Index"
Spouse and Children
1927–1999 Male
– Female
Parents and Siblings
1894–1963 Male
1903–1944 Female
Siblings (8)
1920–2010 Male
1922–1992 Female
1924–1944 Male
1925–1925 Female
1927–1999 Male
+3 More Children
World Events (8)
1929
Age 2
1931
Age 4
1947 · The Presidential Succession Act
Age 20
Name Meaning
English: topographic name for someone who lived near a chapel, from Middle English chapel(l)e ‘chapel’, via Old French, from Late Latin capella, originally a diminutive of capa ‘hood, cloak’, but later transferred to the sense ‘chapel, sanctuary’, with reference to the shrine at Tours where the cloak of Saint Martin was preserved as a relic.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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