In a book published by Roger Gaffield Reid
(e-mail
rreid@speedline.ca) He has a large file on many Gaffields, in his book, it says that George Gaffield (father)b. Oct 1, 1839 d.Jan 21, 1897 and Lavina (Young) Gaffield b.1843. They had 5 children: Stalham Ladue bDec 30 1860 d.Jan 10 1929, George b. 1865,
Corrman b. 1867 , Gertrude b. 1874 and Mellcamb or Malcolm b. 1878 in Canada, another source states birth shown as 2 Winfield Twp, Montcalm Co, Michigan. Hope this is of some help in your search.
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