MY GRANDFATHER'S LAST NAME WAS ALSO CHAS. BUT I WAS TOLD THAT HE ADDED THE E TO MAKE IT BECOME CHASE WHEN HE STARTED A FAMILY.MY DAD TOLD ME THAT MY GREAT GRANDFATHER WAS A FISHERMAN.IHAVE NEVER BEEN TOLD THEIR NAMES BUT HIS MOTHERS MAIDEN NAME WAS PARK.HE WAS FROM PRUSSIA MISSPELLED I'M SURE.MY GRANDFATHER'S NAME WAS CLYDE F. CHAS AND DIED AUGUST 22,1967 IN COSHOCTON,OHIO HE WAS BORN FEB.01,1893.MY PARENTS WERE DIVORCED WHEN I WAS VERY YOUNG, SO ANY INFORMATION ON THE CHAS NAME WAS VERY SKIMPY.