Gazlay Family History
Ernest Amos ‘Penn’ Chapel
Parents
| Father | Earl Booth ( - ca. 1914) |
| Mother | Rose Anna Garrett (6 December 1892 - 12 October 1971) |
Personal Information
| Record Created: 11 July 2010; Last Edited: 3 February 2022 |
| Person ID | 597 |
| Name | Ernest Amos ‘Penn’ Chapel |
| Gender | Male |
| Born | 18 July 1913 in Montville, New London County, Connecticut1 |
| Married | 25 September 1954 in Montville Union Baptist Church, Montville, Connecticut to Dorothy Anita ‘Dottie’ Roselund2, 3 |
| Divorced | ca. 1965 from Dorothy Anita ‘Dottie’ Roselund4, 5 |
| Died | 7 August 19951 |
| Buried | in Comstock Cemetery, Montville, New London County, Connecticut4 |
Biography
Ernest was a WWII Army veteran. He worked at Shelton Weaving Company, Federal Paper Board, both in Montville, Connecticut, and later at Electric Boat in Groton, Connecticut, as a painter, and lastly for the City of New London.1
Ernest was known as Penn from his employment with the Pennsylvania Railroad. He was cremated and his ashes were sprinkled over his parents’ graves.4
Person/Family
| Spouse 1 |  Dorothy Anita ‘Dottie’ Roselund (daughter of James Inos Roselund and Anita Rose Dufour) |
| Born | 27 March 1929 |
| Married | 25 September 1954 in Montville Union Baptist Church, Montville, Connecticut to Ernest Amos ‘Penn’ Chapel |
| Died | 29 December 1996 |
| Children | of Ernest Amos ‘Penn’ Chapel and Dorothy Anita ‘Dottie’ Roselund: |
| +1. | Sandra Chapel |
| Born | 12 November 1956 |
| Married | 24 June 1976 in Plainfield, Windham County, Connecticut to Floyd Martin Robistow |
| Partnered | with J. Kevin McCoy |
Sources
- Obituary, The Day, New London, Connecticut, Ernest Chapel, 7 August, 1995.
- Wedding invitation, Dorothy Anita Roselund and Ernest Chapel, 25 September 1954 at Montville Union Baptist Church.
- Index to marriage, death, and land records, Montville, Connecticut, Town Hall Website, file number 1954-00000189, marriage of Ernest Amos Chapel and Dorothy Anita Roselund
- Information provided from personal knowledge by Sandra (Chapel) Robistow and provided to Shirley (Chapel) Smith
- Email from Shirley (Chapel) Smith to Lee Gazlay 14 November 2010.