Researching George Chafer
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The name George means "A Tiller of the Soil or a Farmer" and is of Greek origin.
Records of George Chafer on Ancestry
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DNA
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for George Chafer and the Chafer Genealogy
Birth, Death and Marriage records are often the best method of making the links to the Chafer Genealogy that will form part of your family tree. Although records vary from country to country, they are normally the most formal record of a person's relations. From the sources listed below it will be possible to locate a birth record and, from that record, a birth certificate may be obtainable which is likely to list the names of the parents, therefore taking you back another generation. A marriage certificate may also list the names of the respective fathers of the bride and groom which may then help you to find them earlier in life on a census record enabling you to fill out more detail in the Chafer family tree.
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Chafer Genealogy Databases
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Chafer Forums
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Look at the Ellis Island Database for information on George Chafer. This database contains over 25 million immigration records detailing passengers arriving in the United States of America.
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George William Chafer
George William Chafer VC (16 April 1894 – 1 March 1966) was an English recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces.
He was 22 years old, and a private in the 1st Battalion, The East Yorkshire Regiment, British Army during the First World War when the following deed took place for which he was awarded the VC.
On 3/4 June 1916 east of Méaulte, Somme, France, during a very heavy bombardment and attack on our trenches, a man carrying an important written message to his commanding officer was half buried and rendered unconscious by a shell. Private Chafer, at once grasping the situation, on his own initiative, took the message from the man's pocket and, although severely wounded, choking and blinded by gas, ran along the ruined parapet under heavy shell and machine-gun fire. He just succeeded in delivering the message before he collapsed from the effects of his wounds.
His Victoria Cross is displayed at The Prince of Wales's Own Regiment of Yorkshire Museum, 3 Tower Street, York, England.
Source: George William Chafer, Wikipedia, The Free EncyclopediaOther names that sound a bit like Chafer
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