Rose A. Brooks

1888 - 1953  (65 years)

• Name	Rose A. Brooks
  Birth	1888	CT
  Gender	Female
  Death	10 Jun 1953	Milford, New Haven Co., CT
  Person ID	I4985	forneyclark
  Last Modified	10 Jun 2026

  
  

  Family	Leonard Martin Schaffnit,   b. 22 Oct 1887, Chambersburg, Franklin Co., PA d. 8 Aug 1951, West Haven, New Haven Co., CT (Age 63 years)
  Marriage	ABT. 1913
  Children	1. George L. Schaffnit,   b. 19 Aug 1912, West Haven, New Haven Co., CT d. 3 Mar 2002 (Age 89 years)
  Family ID	F1948	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	10 Jun 2026

  
  

• Notes

  Source: Andrew J. Weyer, Sr.: Concerning the family of Leonard Schaffnit and Rose A. Schaffnit: LEONARD MARTIN3 SCHAFFNIT (JENNIE E.2 FORNEY, JOHN MARTIN1) was born 22 Oct 1887 in CHAMBERSBURG, FRANKLIN, PENNSYLVANIA, and died 08 Aug 1951 in WEST HAVEN, NEW HAVEN, CONNECTICUT. He married ROSE A.. She was born 1888, and died 10 Jun 1953 in MILFORD, NEW HAVEN, CONNECTICUT. Notes for LEONARD MARTIN SCHAFFNIT: BIRTH INFORMATION AND MIDDLE NAME IS FROM WWI DRAFT INDEX. THIS ENTRY ALSO STATES THAT LEONARD WORK FOR THE WINCHESTER ARMS COMPANY. IN THE 1920 CENSUS OF ORANGE, NEW HAVEN, CONNECTICUT IS THE FOLLOWING ENTRY: LEONARD M. SCHAFFNIT 34 AMMUNITION BRASS CASTER PA GM PA ROSE 33 CT IR IR GEORGE 7 CT PA CT IR = IRELAND IN THE 1930 CENSUS OF WEST HAVEN, NEW HAVEN, CONNECTICUT IS THE FOLLOWING ENTRY: LEONARD SCHAFFNIT 42 STEAM RAILROAD SWITCHMAN PA GM PA ROSE 42 IR IR IR GEORGE 17 CT PA IR LEONARD AND ROSE WERE BOTH 23 WHEN THEY WERE MARRIED. DEATH INFORMATION FROM CONNECTICUT DEATH INDEX. Child of LEONARD SCHAFFNIT and ROSE A. is: 47 i. GEORGE4 SCHAFFNIT, born 1917 in CONNECTICUT. Source: http://www.simoneaupaquette.com/Obituaries/March%202002/schaffnit_g.html George L. Schaffnit Belmont——-George L Schaffnit, 89, formerly of Cate’s Mobile Home Park, died at the Lakes Region General Hospital on Sunday, March 3, 2002. Mr. Schaffnit was the widower of Marion (Daley) Schaffnit who died in 1992. Mr. Schaffnit was born August 19, 1912 in West Haven, CT, the son of Leonard and Rose (Brooks) Schaffnit. He lived in Clinton, CT for many years before moving to Belmont, NH twenty years ago. He was a railroad conductor for the New York-New Haven-Hartford Railroad for 36 years retiring in 1977. Mr. Schaffnit was an active parishioner of St. Joseph Parish in Belmont. He enjoyed gardening. (SURVIVORS OMITTED) There will be no calling hours. Memorial Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated on Saturday, March 9, 2002 at 11:00 AM at St. Joseph Parish, Belmont, NH. Burial will be in St. Lawrence Cemetery, West Haven, CT In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made to the St. Joseph Parish, PO Box 285, Belmont, NH 03220 or to the Laconia Senior Center, 17 Church Street, Laconia, NH Wilkinson-Beane Funeral Home, 164 Pleasant Street, Laconia, NH is in charge of the arrangements.