9. Charles Henry Chatfield & Nellie Belle Chamberlin

Sep 21, 1870: Birth of Charles Henry Chatfield, 6th of 9 children of Isaac Willard Chatfield & Eliza Ann Harrington, in Florence, Fremont Colorado, Colorado.

Jun 3, 1880: Federal Census For Leadville, Lake County, Colorado:

Chatfield, I.W.: age 43, born Ohio, father born Connecticut, mother born Vermont, merchant (note: Isaac Willard Chatfield)Chatfield, Eliza: age 37, wife, born Iowa, father born Ohio, mother born Ohio, keeping house (note: age 40)

Chatfield, Ella S.: age 21, daughter, born Kansas, father born Ohio, mother born Iowa

Elmer E.: age 17, son, born Colorado, father born Ohio, mother born Iowa, handling horses

Chatfield, Phil Vanwest: age 14, son, born Colorado, father born Ohio, mother born Iowa (note: Van Wert)

Chatfield, Jacqueline: age 12, daughter, born Colorado, father born Ohio, mother born Iowa

Chatfield, Charles H.: age 9, son, born Colorado, father born Ohio, mother born Iowa

Chatfield, Callie: age 1, daughter, born Colorado, father born Ohio, mother born IowaNote: four other lodgers also live in household, one a bookkeeper, the others working as grain merchants

May 29, 1886: Aspen Times, Aspen, Pitkin County, Colorado (pg 2):

LOCAL AND PERSONAL Mr. I.W. Chatfield and son Charlie went down to their ranch at Emma Sunday.

 

Jul 3, 1886: Rocky Mountain Sun, Aspen, Pitkin County, Colorado (pg 2):

Tuesday afternoon Mr. I.W. Chatfield started for Denver accompanied by Mrs. Chatfield and Misses Jacquelin and Callie and Master Charles Chatfield. Mr. Chatfield and his son, Charles, go to the Texas Pan Handle after 1,000 head of cattle for the Yellow creek ranch. Mrs. Chatfield and the children remain in Denver for a month or six weeks, and Miss Ella Chatfield will spend the summer at Elmer’s ranch on Sopris creek.

Aug 1886: Charles Henry Chatfield (age 15) travels with his father Isaac Willard Chatfield to the Texas panhandle to purchase 1,000 head of cattle. They herd them back to the Chatfield ranch at Yellow Creek, Rio Blanco County, Colorado.

Nov 20, 1886: Rocky Mountain Sun, Aspen, Pitkin County, Colorado (pg 2):

Tuesday evening at the Rink there was an interesting roller race between Geo. Perry and Charlie Chatfield. The latter won the mile race and took the prize; time, 4 1-4 minutes. A great number of enthusiastic admirers witnessed the contest.

1888 through 1896: I.W. Chatfield has a ranch in Emma, Pitkin County and is also listed as a resident of Basalt, Eagle County.

 

Basalt: Colorado Midland Town: Residents of Basalt:

Chatfield: C.S. and wife, Arthur, Clark, Mable, Marjorie, Levi, Willard, Ora, Jacqueline Chatfield: I.W., Elizah, Charles, Elmer, Jacqueline, Callia (Calla) Mallon: Jim, Jacqueline (daughter of C.S. Chatfield)

Note: C.S. Chatfield (brother of I.W. Chatfield); Source: Basalt: Colorado Midland Town, by Clarence L. and Ralph W. Danielson, Pruett Publishing Company, 1971

 

Aug 24, 1889: Rocky Mountain Sun, Aspen, Pitkin County, Colorado (pg 3):

PERSONAL.

Mr. Charles Chatfield, son of Senator Chatfield, was in the city this week from Bent county.

1888 or 1889: Charles (age 18/19) moves to his father’s ranch near Emma, Colorado where he works as a ranch hand.

 

Nov 30, 1889: Aspen Weekly Times, Aspen, Pitkin County, Colorado (pg 2):

Birthday Party. Mr. and Mrs. C.H. Jacobs gave a birthday party last Saturday between the hours of 7 and 11 at their pleasant home at 114 East Main street, in honor of their niece, Miss Lena Thomas. Among the guests were: GENTLEMEN—…, Charles Chatfield, …

1889: City Directory for Denver, Arapahoe County, Colorado:

Chatfield, Isaac W., stock grower, r. 805 18th av.

Note: Isaac Chatfield maintains an Aspen home and a ranch near Emma. His son Charles Henry Chatfield (age 19) is listed in the directory at same address.

 

Apr 25, 1891: Aspen Weekly Times, Aspen, Pitkin County, Colorado (pg 2):

Fine Entertainment at Emma. ASPEN JUNCTION, Colo., April 20—[Correspondence of the TIMES]—On Saturday April 11th, a very enjoyable entertainment was given at the school house near Emma. It was for the benefit of the Sabbath school lately organized under the superintendency of Mrs. Dunkin and also that the treasury might contain sufficient money to as least pay the car fare of any minister of Aspen or Glenwood, who, like his Divine Master, is willing to preach in out of the way places. The closing piece was “Mortgage the Farm” sung and played to perfection by the quartette, ably assisted by Miss Gertie Gillespie and Charles Chatfield. The costumes of the entire band of singers and speakers were admirable; and the stage looked very elegant and homelike. If, where all did so well, special praise is at all admissible, the writer begs to say that, to her taste, the recitation by Miss Ora Chatfield was given in the purest tone, and most perfect sympathy with the sentiment expressed.

Charles Chatfield is age 20. Ora Chatfield (age 17) is his cousin and the daughter of Clark S. Chatfield, Sr.

1892: Charles (age 22) moves back to Aspen, Colorado and works for his father.

Dec 26, 1894: Marriage of Charles Henry Chatfield and Nellie Belle Chamberlin (Frank & Emily Chamberlin) at the Catholic parsonage in Grand Junction, Mesa County, Colorado. Their marriage license is obtained in Grand Junction. Charles (age 24) is a resident of Aspen and Nellie (age 21) a resident of Fruita.

 

Dec 1894: Grand Valley Star-Times, Grand Junction, Mesa County, Colorado:

MARRIED–On the 26th instant at the Catholic parsonage, by the Rev. Father Carr, Charles H. Chatfield, of Aspen, to Miss Nellie B. Chamberlin, of Fruita.Mr. Chatfield is the son of the well-known I.W. Chatfield, president of the board of live stock inspection. He is a very promising and worthy young man. Miss Nellie is a very bright, popular young society lady of Fruita, the eldest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Chamberlain, proprietors of the well-known Chamberlain Hotel at Fruita. The young couple left for Glenwood, where they will spend a few days, after which they will visit Aspen and other points. The STAR-TIMES wishes them every happiness.

Nov 18, 1895: Birth of Charles Joseph “Charley” Chatfield, 1st child of Charles Chatfield & Nellie Chamberlin, at the home of Nellie’s parents in Fruita, Mesa County, Colorado.

1896: Charles & Nellie Chatfield remove to Anaconda, a booming gold mining town in the Cripple Creek district in El Paso County, Colorado. Charles runs a meat market out of the F&CCRR (Florence & Cripple Creek Railroad) station. Nellie’s mother, Emily, (along with her five children) is also living there and running the Colorado House, a small hotel. Her father Frank is not listed, so her parents may be living apart.

1896: Cripple Creek & Victor City Directory, Anaconda, El Paso County, Colorado:

Chatfield. Charles H, meat market, s s Main, 2 F&CCRR, res do.

Note: Charles & Nellie are living in Anaconda, Colorado

Oct 23, 1897: Birth of Leo Willard Chatfield, 2nd child of Charles Henry Chatfield & Nellie Belle Chamberlin, in Ten Sleep, Big Horn County, Wyoming. Nellie is in Ten Sleep for the birth of her 2nd child (Charles parents, I.W. & Eliza Chatfield are living there). Charles’ brother, Elmer Chatfield, also has a large ranch in Ten Sleep.

 

Aug 3, 1898: Letter from Eliza Chatfield (age 58, mother of Charles) to daughter Jacqueline:

Dear Jacqueline,I commenced this letter a few days ago. I did not feel like writing and laid it aside. The other is written so badly I would not send it, but this is my last sheet of paper. We received a letter from Fred this morning also one from Ella, the first we had for some time. Was very glad to hear from you all. You wanted to know when we will start back. Your father said the first day of August. Four weeks from today we will start for Denver. So you see it will not be long.

Charles and your father was up in the mountains looking after the cattel & killed two deer so we have fresh meat and (it) is good. We sent word for Elmer to come and get all he wanted. He has not come yet. Think he will be here today. Poor Della don’t go anywhere. She looks well & the children are well and Elmer is working very hard.

Charley is trying to put up hay alone. It is hard for him. His father does the cuting Charley dose the rest. Mrs. Bull has the post office right where Fred started to have it. She has candies and tobacco and other little things. Well I must close as my paper has run out. We must go over to Mrs. Miller and get some.

Take good care of the baby. Tell her Grandma is coming.

Love to Aunt Ellens folks and you all.

Write soon to Mother.

E. Chatfield

Note: Eliza & Isaac are in Wyoming. Letter is postmarked: Denver, Colo, Aug 9, 1898, 7:30 AM.

Jun 13, 1899: Birth of Howard Francis Chatfield, 3rd child of Charles Henry Chatfield & Nellie Belle Chamberlin, in Eldora, Boulder County, Colorado.
Note: Eldora is now a ghost town, part of the Roosevelt National Forest, Boulder County, Colorado.

 

Jul 21, 1899: Rifle Reveille, Rifle, Garfield County, Colorado (pg 4):

LOCAL NEWS Ex-cattle inspector, Chas. Chatfield has just driven a bunch of cattle from Wyoming to Piceance. He has bought the Dan Taylor ranch, on Black Sulphur creek, and will locate there permanently. His father, ex-senator I.W. Chatfield, of Denver, is over from Denver and accompanied Charley to this city yesterday.

 

Aug 4, 1899: Rocky Mountain Sun, Aspen, Pitkin County, Colorado (pg 3):

PERSONAL.

Mr. Charles Chatfield, son of Senator Chatfield, was in the city this week from Bent county.

Note: I.W. Chatfield was a Representative for the State Assembly, not a Senator

Sep 22, 1899: Rifle Reveille, Rifle, Garfield County, Colorado (pg 4):

LOCAL NEWS Charlie Chatfield was in from Piceance yesterday and took out his winter’s supply of provisions.

Jun 25, 1900: Federal Census for Piceance, Rio Blanco County, Colorado:

Chatfield, Charles: head, born Sep 1870, age 29, married 6 years, born Colorado, father born Illinois, mother born Ohio, stock raiser, owns home, 76 farm animalsChatfield, Nellie: wife, born Mar 1873, age 29, married 6 years, 3 children born, 3 children living, born Missouri, father born New York, mother born Pennsylvania

Chatfield, Charles: son, born Nov 1895, age 4, born Colorado, father born Colorado, mother born Missouri

Chatfield, Leo: son, born Oct 1877, age 2, born Wyoming, father born Colorado, mother born Missouri

Chatfield, Harold: son, born Jun 1899, age 11 months, born Colorado, father born Colorado, mother born Missouri    (note: Howard)Note: I.W. Chatfield has a large ranch in the Yellow Creek region in Rio Blanco County, Colorado, where Charles and family may be living.

1900: Charles, Nellie and their three small boys move to Rifle, Garfield County, Colorado.

Mar 20, 1901: Birth of Roy Elmer Chatfield, 4th child of Charles Henry Chatfield & Nellie Belle Chamberlin, in Rifle, Garfield County, Colorado.

 

 

Dec 20, 1901: Rifle Reveille, Rifle, Garfield County, Colorado (pg 1):

Charley Chatfield drove with his father I.W. Chatfield, who left for his home in Denver.

Mar 11, 1903: Birth of Nellie “Nella May” Mary Chatfield, 5th child of Charles Henry Chatfield & Nellie Belle  Chamberlin, in Rifle, Garfield County, Colorado. Nella May was estimated to be two-and-a-half pounds when she was born, so tiny her mother kept her in a shoebox warmed by the wood stove.

 

Jan 30, 1903: Rifle Telegram, Rifle, Garfield County, Colorado (pg 7):

Chas. Chatfield left for Kansas City Sunday night with a bunch of cattle.

 

Oct 3, 1903: Glenwood Post, Glenwood Springs, Garfield County, Colorado (pg 8):

RIFLE BLASTS Chas. Chatfield and wife were in from Piceance visiting and shopping the last of the week. I.N. Chatfield returned from the ranch with Charlie Friday and left for his home in Denver. Mr. Chatfield will make Rifle his home in the near future to be closer to his stock interest.

Note: “I.W.” not “I.N.” Chatfield

 

 

Oct 5, 1903: Letter from Nellie Chatfield (age 30) to her sister Mamie Chamberlin (age 16):

Sulphur, ColoradoOct. 15th, 1903

My dear Sister,

I received your letter & the pictures some time ago, but you’ve no idea how busy I have been. I went to Rifle & got my fruit then I had it all to put up & then we had a lawsuit over water at Meeker last week & I was one of the witnesses but we won the case without my going on the stand at all & Charlie was so glad for he was afraid I would be nervous & maby faint. We had the same kind of a lawsuit last year & we won it also, so now I guess they will let us alone.

I have no pictures of the children now & have never had my own taken since I was married (except in that group). Charlie had his taken last winter in Denver, they are not a bit good but he was sick at the time he went there expecting to have an operation performed. I was already to go to Denver last June, was going to take Roy & the baby & have them baptized & have their picture taken. Charlie went to Rifle to get me a pass, but when he got there he met his Father & he said they had just moved to Pueblo, so of course I didn’t go, but there is a first class photographer in Rifle now & the next time I am out there I think I will have mine & the babies taken together & the other 4 taken in a group if can keep them all together long enough. I would have had it done the other day but the artist was not there the first day & after that I was so busy getting my fruit I didn’t have the time. I don’t know whether I will be there again this winter or not.

We are about to sell the ranch, if we do we will move to Rifle for the winter & then I don’t know where we will go. People here who haven’t got the Canada fever have the Cuban fever. Charlie is about out of the notion of going to Canada & he don’t say much about Cuba but I think I would like to go there, people who have been there say it is just grand, that the climate is very much like California & the government offers $5.00 a head for all the cattle that are put in there (that would almost pay their expenses) & they say there are very few cattle there as yet & that it is a splendid cattle country, so if Charlie wants to go there I am more than willing to go to. I never did want to go to Canada. I hate the English government & the Cuban government is very much like our own & there are plenty of Americans there now, it seams a good way off & I don’t suppose I would ever come back. I would be like the Swed we had driving the stacker horse this summer. I asked him if he ever expected to go back to the old country again, he said “Vell, I don’ tink I vill, I don’ like to travel dat road some. I not eat no ting all de vay, and I feel some bad”.

I am all alone with the children tonight, Charlie is on the road with cattle, the children are all asleep & it is after 10 o’clock so I guess I will go to bed. I have some more letters to write but will have to wait till next time. I was so glad to get the pictures. I got them before I did the letter & I said to Charlie who do you suppose that was, I don’t think it is Mamie, he said “Of course it’s Mamie, any one would know it was your sister”, but I wouldn’t believe it till I read your letter. I don’t think it looks a bit as you did when I last saw you & now I must close, with love,

your Sister,
N. ChatfieldNote: The Chatfield’s are living in Hot Sulphur Springs, Grand County, Colorado

 

Nov 6, 1903: Rifle Telegram, Rifle, Garfield County, Colorado (pg 5):

LOCAL MENTION.

Mrs. Flora Phillips sold a block of lots in the new addition last Saturday to Charles Chatfield. Mr. Chatfield recently sold a portion of his ranch and cattle interest and will now erect a fine, modern dwelling on the lots purchased and will become a permanent resident of Rifle.

Feb 27, 1904: Nellie Chatfield purchases for $4,000 Warranty Deed lots 3 & 4 in Block B in Rifle, Colorado from Alice Edna Dixon. The land purchased included all buildings and water rights to an irrigation ditch. The same day her husband, Charles H. Chatfield, purchases Lot 18 & ½ of lot 19 in Block M in Rifle, Colorado for Warranty Deed of $1,000 from James F. Dixon.

Mar 4, 1904: At 1:29 PM, the above deeds are recorded in Garfield County, Colorado.

Mar 4, 1904: Charles H. Chatfield buys a butcher shop on lot 18 & ½ of lot 19 in town of Rifle, Garfield County, Colorado from James F. Dixon with Warranty Deed of $1,000. Apparently Charles Chatfield ran the butcher shop before selling it to E. McLean Mercantile Co.

 

Mar 21, 1904: Letter from Ada (Chamberlin) Whitaker (age 26) to her mother Emily (age 53):

Baker City, OregonMarch 21, 1904

My dear Mamma,

I will send these papers to you to be signed, which I should have done some time ago. You keep one of them and send the other back, sign them both under Ed’s name and put that little funny business around the word “seal” but I guess you have signed enough of them to know all about it.

Chatfields have gone to Rifle to live. Nellie sent a paper from there and it told about selling their ranch and buying in town etc.

I have started me a new suit but I have no idea when I’ll get it finished. We are having snow just at present, of all the disagreeable months that any one could experience, Feb. and this much of March certainly take the premium here.

Well I have nothing else to write so must stop.

All here are well and I hope you are also.

Lovingly, Ada

Aug 8, 1904: Charles H. Chatfield sells lots 18 & east half of lot 19 in town of Rifle, Garfield County, Colorado to E. McLean Mercantile Co. for $1,400 Warranty Deed, which includes a butcher shop and slaughter house.

 

1905: Nellie’s mother, Emily (Hoy) Chamberlin (age 55) is now living in Santa Ana, Los Angeles County, California with Nellie’s younger brother Fred (age 30). Her father Frank Chamberlin (age 59) is living a few miles away in the Sawtelle Soldier’s Home near Los Angeles.

 

Jul 3, 1905: Letter from Frank Chamberlin (age 59) to his son Willard (near age 16):

Just got your letter, am sorry I can’t see you & Fred. I have got furlow & leave here tomorrow for Rifle to go to Casper with Nelley & Charly. Will write you on the road somewhere when I have a chance & tell you about the trip & how we are getting along.Nothing to write about here. I am feeling pretty well at present.

Love from your Father  FCNellie’s father, is in the Sawtelle Soldier’s Home; Willard is with their mother a few miles away in Los Angeles.

 

Jul 30, 1905: From Frank Chamberlin to daughters Ada (age 27) & Mamie (age 18) in Baker, OR:

Well we are not bothered here with hot weather & don’t think we are likely to be. Well I think I will go & stay with Nelly for a while & see how it goes & if I don’t like it I wont have to stay. She has asked me to come three or four times, sent me a letter shortly before they were to leave Rifle & wanted me to come & make the trip with them, said they had two wagons & were well fixed to make the trip. I would have liked to have made the trip but could not get away from here till after pension day as I had no money. I think I will take a furlow for six months & I can renew it at any time if I want to, or think I can get transferred to another home if I like.I have a letter from Willard – he said Bessy McCasky had been there and staid a few days. Her husband has a grocery in Los Angeles. He says they are trying to sell out. Fred says he wont stay there another year anyhow. They have had bad luck as they always have. He says Fred is coming to Los Angeles the 10 of Aug & is going with Bessy & her husband to the grocers picnic.

I think we will have the electric line running to the home in a few days, they are putting up the pole now. Figs are ripe here now, that is the black ones, but I don’t think they are any good, they are to sickeny to suit me, guess they would be fairly good with sugar & cream. I think the white ones will be better but they are not ripe yet.

Well I dont get along very well here, have had three or four bad days lately but feel some better just now. One of the Drs. gave me an examination yesterday & said had intestinal medicine an(d) he is giving me a course of treatment now & said for me to see the head of surgeons & get a special diet of milk three times a day, the head surgeon is the only one that can make out the diet list. I went twice to see him today but its Sunday & missed me but think I can catch him tomorrow & if I do I am going to live on crackers & milk.

Well I hope it has cooled off a little by this time. I see they are having terrible hot weather everywhere. I suppose you have seen the account on the gunboat (USS) Bennington blown up (note: due to a boiler explosion) at San Diego harbor, 60 or more were killed and nearly everyone was hurt. I believe the blame is on the officers of the boat. Guess that’s all this time,

Love from your Father
FC

Aug 9, 1905: Death of Finley McLaren “Frank” Chamberlin (age 59), father of Nellie Chatfield, at her home in Rifle, Garfield County, Colorado, from a stomach hemorrhage. Nellie is 5 months pregnant with her 6^th child.

Aug 9, 1905: Nellie Chatfield wires word at 4:30 in the afternoon of their father’s illness to her sister Mamie Chamberlin in Oregon. Charles sends a second wire at 1:43 a.m. for Nellie, notifying Mamie of their father’s death.

 

Aug 11, 1905: The Rifle Telegram, Rifle, Garfield County, Colorado:

Died. Mr. Frank Chamberlin, who has been visiting his daughter, Mrs. Chas. Chatfield, died very suddenly Wednesday afternoon at 6 o’clock. His demise so unexpectedly was a great shock to his daughter and family. In the morning Mr. Chamberlin attempted to go down town, but was overcome by an attack of dizziness when in front of Munro’s store. He was assisted home and after a rest became considerably better. About 4 o’clock in the afternoon he was seized with another sinking spell and in spite of all the physician could do he passed away an hour later. Mr. Chamberlin has been troubled some years with catarrh of the stomach and while in poor health none of his family or friends anticipated his sudden death. The deceased was a member of the Order of the Railway Conductors, Division 338, but had not been in active service for some time. Mrs. Chatfield had not seen her father for eleven years. He had been making his home in Fruita lately and was intending to go north with his daughter and family. Besides his daughter Mrs. Chatfield, he leaves a son Roy in Denver and several sons and daughters in Los Angeles, Calif. Owing to the distance it is not likely that any of the latter can be present at the funeral which will be held this afternoon at 2 o’clock. Rev. Low Thomas will have charge of the services. The sympathy of the entire community is extended to Mrs. Chatfield and the other relatives to whom has come this sudden blow.

Note: His wife Emily, living in Los Angeles, California, is not mentioned in the obituary

Death certificate lists his name as Frank Chamberlin, age almost sixty years, occupation Rail Road Conductor, mother’s maiden name Surdam, information provided by Mrs. C.H. Chatfield, daughter. A Civil War veteran, he is buried with a military headstone in the Rose Hill Cemetery in Rifle.

Fall of 1905: The Charles Chatfield family packs everything in four big wagons and moves from Colorado to Casper, Natrona County, Wyoming for the winter. Charles and his brother Elmer rent out their horses to work on the Cody Dam (now known as the Buffalo Bill Dam).

 

Buffalo Bill Dam

Construction of the Buffalo Bill Dam was completed in 1910. The Dam is a concrete arch placed near the head of the Shoshone River Canyon. The Dam stands 325 feet high, measured from bedrock. Its hydraulic height is 233 feet; its width at base in 108 feet and at top is 10 feet. The length at the crest is 200 feet and the elevation there is 5,370 feet above sea level. A measured 82,900 cubic yards of concrete were poured during the dam’s construction. The reservoir standing behind the dam is also named Buffalo Bill. It has a capacity of 439,800 acre feet of water with a shoreline of about 20 miles.The Buffalo Bill Dam is one of the earliest achievements of the Bureau of Reclamation and was built in the “Arch and Crown-Cantilever Method.” The original name was Shoshone Dam.

Note: The Buffalo Bill Dam is just west of Cody, Park County, Wyoming about 100 miles north of Casper.Online source: wyoshpo.state.wy.us/_billdam.html

Dec 20, 1905: Birth of Gordon Gregory Chatfield, 6th child of Charles Chatfield & Nellie Chamberlin, in Casper, Natrona County, Wyoming.

May 6, 1906: Death of Clark Samuel Chatfield (age 68), brother of Isaac Willard Chatfield, while staying with his daughter Jacquelin (Chatfield) Mallon in Princeton, Colusa County, California; of Bright’s Disease. The family had Clark buried in Princeton, rather than having his body shipped back to his home in Basalt, Eagle County, Colorado.

 

 

Sometime around 1907: Charles and Nellie and their six children move to Sanders in Rosebud (now Treasure) County, Montana near the Yellowstone River. Charles rents a large ranch on which he farms and raises cattle. His sister Jacquelin, her husband Fred Adams, and their two daughters live in the nearby town of Forsyth.

 

Nov 18, 1907: Forsyth Times-Journal, Forsyth, Rosebud County, Montana:

C.H. Chatfield of Sanders was in the city Tuesday.

Note: Forsyth is the county seat in Rosebud County, Montana

 

 

 

May 20, 1908: Denver Newspaper, Denver County, Colorado:

Charles H. Chatfield is now railroading in Sanders, Montana.

Excerpt from parents’ 50th anniversary newspaper article

Aug 23, 1908: Birth of Verda Agnes Chatfield, 7th child of Charles Chatfield & Nellie Chamberlin, in Sanders, Rosebud County, Montana.

 

 

 

Dec 31, 1908: Forsyth Times-Journal, Forsyth, Rosebud County, Montana:

Delinquent Taxes: Rosebud County, MontanaChas. Chatfield, $19.66 on personal property

 

Feb 24, 1909: Forsyth Times-Journal, Forsyth, Rosebud County, Montana:

Sanders Items. Miss Emma Feely entertained at progressive whist Monday evening. Prizes were won by Miss Mamie Chamberlain and Mr. Dan Deveny; a lunch was served at midnight.

Note: Mamie Chamberlin (age 22), Nellie Chatfield’s younger sister, is living with the Chatfield’s in Sanders

 

 

 

 

Mar 20, 1909: Forsyth Times-Journal, Forsyth, Rosebud County, Montana (pg 5):

Local and Otherwise. Charles H. Chatfield of Sanders was in this metropolis Friday on business.

 

Jun 23, 1909: Forsyth Times-Journal, Forsyth, Rosebud County, Montana:

Local & Personal. Charles H. Chatfield of Sanders was in the city attending to business matters last Saturday.

 

Jun 24, 1909: Forsyth Times-Journal, Forsyth, Rosebud County, Montana:

Charles H. Chatfield of Sanders spent Friday in the county seat.

 

Sep 5, 1909: Forsyth Times-Journal, Forsyth, Rosebud County, Montana:

Local and Otherwise. C.H. Chatfield of Sanders was in the county capital Monday attending to business affairs. He has just completed threshing on the Meyerhoff farm, and reports having 1,470 sacks of oats. His oats this year averaged sixty-three bushels per acre on a hundred acre field.

Note: Charles manages the Meyerhoff ranch near the Yellowstone River, just west of Sanders, Montana

 

Sep 5, 1909: Forsyth Times-Journal, Forsyth, Rosebud County, Montana:

Local and Otherwise. E.F. Meyerhoff, the popular cashier of the First National bank, returned last Saturday from his ranch in Sanders, where he superintended the threshing on his big oat crop.

 

Sep 8, 1909: Forsyth Times-Journal, Forsyth, Rosebud County, Montana:

Charles H. Chatfield of Sanders was transacting business in this city on Friday.

 

Sep 16, 1909: Forsyth Times-Journal, Forsyth, Rosebud County, Montana:

Local and Otherwise. C.H. Chatfield of Sanders was in the city Tuesday.

 

Sep 23, 1909: Forsyth Times-Journal, Forsyth, Rosebud County, Montana:

Local and Otherwise. Charles H. Chatfield of Sanders was in the city Saturday.

 

Nov 4, 1909: Forsyth Times-Journal, Forsyth, Rosebud County, Montana:

Local & Personal. Charles H. Chatfield came down from Sanders last Monday on business.

 

Nov 18, 1909: Forsyth Times-Journal, Forsyth, Rosebud County, Montana:

Local & Personal. Charles H. Chatfield of Sanders spent Thursday in the county seat.

 

Nov 25, 1909: Forsyth Times-Journal, Forsyth, Rosebud County, Montana:

Local & Personal. Chas. H. Chatfield of Sanders was in the county seat Monday.

 

Jan 13, 1910: Forsyth Times-Journal, Forsyth, Rosebud County, Montana:

Local & Personal. Chas. H. Chatfield of Sanders was in the county seat Sunday.

 

Feb 3, 1910: Forsyth Times-Journal, Forsyth, Rosebud County, Montana (pg 5):

Local & Personal. Charles H. Chatfield, The Hysham ranchman, was in the county capital last Friday.

 

Feb 10, 1910: Forsyth Times-Journal, Forsyth, Rosebud County, Montana:

Father J.J. O’Carroll, the Miles City priest, will conduct Catholic services in this city Sunday next. Father O’Carroll takes great interest in Forsyth and vicinity and has a large and loyal congregation.

Note: Forsyth, the largest town near Sanders, has no Catholic church. Father O’Carroll is the visiting priest.

 

Mar 17, 1910: Forsyth Times-Journal, Forsyth, Rosebud County, Montana (pg 5):

Local & Personal. Charles H. Chatfield of Sanders was in the city Monday on a business trip.

 

Mar 24, 1910: Forsyth Times-Journal, Forsyth, Rosebud County, Montana: (pg 5):

Local & Personal. I.W. Chatfield and wife of Los Angeles, Calif. arrived in the city Friday of last week.

Note: I.W. Chatfield & Eliza Harrington, parents of Charles Chatfield

 

May 5, 1910: Forsyth Times-Journal, Forsyth, Rosebud County, Montana (pg 5):

Mrs. C.H. Chatfield of Sanders was a county seat visitor Thursday.

Apr 23, 1910: Federal Census for Sanders School District, Rosebud County, Montana:

Chatfield, Chas: head, age 39, married 16 years, born Colorado, father born Illinois, mother born Texas, farmerChatfield, Nellie: wife, age 37, married 16 years, born Montana, father born New York, mother born Pennsylvania

Chatfield, Chas: son, age 14, born Colorado, father born Colorado, mother born Missouri

Chatfield, Leo: son, age 12, born Wyoming, father born Colorado, mother born Missouri

Chatfield, Howard: son, age 10, born Colorado, father born Colorado, mother born Missouri

Chatfield, Roy: son, age 9, born Colorado, father born Colorado, mother born Missouri

Chatfield, Nellie May: daughter, age 7, born Colorado, father born Colorado, mother born Missouri

Chatfield, Gordon: son, age 4, born Wyoming, father born Colorado, mother born Missouri

Chatfield, Verda: daughter, age 1, born Montana, father born Colorado, mother born Missouri

Chamberlain, Mamie: sister-in-law, age 23, single, born in Texas, father born New York, mother born Pennsylvania, saleslady

Gregory, Anson: hired man, age 19, single, born Illinois, father born Illinois, mother born IllinoisNote: Nellie’s 23 year-old sister, Mamie Chamberlin, is living with Nellie and her family

Aug 29, 1910: Birth of Arden Sherman Chatfield, 8th child of Charles Chatfield & Nellie Chamberlin, in Sanders, Rosebud County, Montana.

 

Apr 6, 1911: Forsyth Times-Journal, Forsyth, Rosebud County, Montana:

Mrs. F.W. Adams and children returned this week from a visit with relatives in Basin, Wyo.

Note: Jacquelin (Mrs. F.W.) Adams, living in Forsyth, was visiting her ill mother, Eliza (Harrington) Chatfield, in Basin

 

 

 

Apr 27, 1911: Forsyth Times-Journal, Forsyth, Rosebud County, Montana:

Chas. H. Chatfield of Sanders was in town Friday.

June 12, 1911: Death of Eliza Ann (Harrington) Chatfield (age 71), mother of Charles Henry Chatfield, in a hospital in Basin, Big Horn County, Wyoming, of uterine cancer.

 

 

 

 

Jun 16, 1911: excerpt from The Rustler, Basin, Big Horn County, Wyoming:

PASSING OF MRS. CHATFIELD. After an illness extending over several months Mrs. I.W. Chatfield passed away at 10:30 Monday night at the Basin Hospital. Mr. And Mrs. Chatfield came to Basin to make their home a couple of years ago and made many friends among our citizens while living in this vicinity. Later they went to California, and still later to Denver. Early in the spring Mrs. Chatfield came to live with her daughter Mrs. Burtis T. Joslin, in Basin, while Mr. Chatfield took up ranch work near the home of his son, Charles, at Sanders, Mont. Mrs. Chatfield became bedfast shortly after coming here and had gradually failed until death gave her release. Funeral services were held at the home of Mrs. C.E. Shaw, a niece, at 3:30 o’clock Tuesday afternoon, conducted by Mrs. J.J. Marshall, leader of the Christian Science Church, of which Mrs. Chatfield had for sixteen years been a devoted member. Beside the husband, five children survive, as follows: Mrs. J.A. Small of Coalinga, Calif., Elmer E. Chatfield of Tensleep; Mrs. F.W. Adams of Forsyth, Mont.; Chas. H. Chatfield of Sanders, Mont.; and Mrs. B.T. Joslin of Basin. All of these with the exception of Mrs. Small had been at the bedside of the dear wife and mother during the last few days.

 

Nov 2, 1911: Forsyth Times-Journal, Forsyth, Rosebud County, Montana:

Following is a report of the spelling for the month of October. In this department the pupils are given a certain number of works each month and the percentages are made up from the correctness with which they do their work.Fifth grade, number of words given, 70; highest number correctly spelled, 70.

Second rank, Marion Adams, 94.

Teacher was Miss Black.Note: Marian Adams is the 13 year-old daughter of Fred & Jacqueline Adams

 

Nov 9, 1911: Forsyth Times-Journal, Forsyth, Rosebud County, Montana:

Other visitors to Forsyth the past week were… Mr. Chatfield…

 

Nov 16, 1911: Forsyth Times-Journal, Forsyth, Rosebud County, Montana:

I.W. Chatfield left for Wyoming on Tuesday after spending the summer with his son on the Meyerhoff ranch.

 

Dec 11, 1911: Forsyth Times-Journal, Forsythe, Rosebud County, Montana (pg 10):

SANDERS NEWS Chatfield Called. Charlie Chatfield came down from Sanders Saturday to attend to business matters. Mr. Chatfield is an old Coloradan who transplanted himself to Montana, as is well known, and is rather well satisfied in a great many ways. It don’t take long in talking with him to find out he knows a great deal about what is called “scientific” farming as relates to soil values and cultivation, although he would probably enter a strenuous denial if you accused him of it.

 

Mar 28, 1912: Forsyth Times-Journal, Forsyth, Rosebud County, Montana:

Voter Registration: School Registration for Rosebud County, MontanaSchool District #16  Charles H. Chatfield-Sanders

School District #4 Fred W. AdamsNote: Fred Adams is married to Charles Chatfield’s sister, Jacquelin

 

Jun 6, 1912: Forsyth Times-Journal, Forsyth, Rosebud County, Montana (pg 6):

C.H. Chatfield was over to Forsyth Tuesday.

 

Jul 25, 1912: Forsyth Times-Journal, Forsyth, Rosebud County, Montana (pg 3):

Mr. & Mrs. Chatfield and Mr. & Mrs. Verhest went over to Forsyth Tuesday on business.

 

Aug 1, 1912: Forsyth Times-Journal, Forsyth, Rosebud County, Montana:

Mr. C.H. Chatfield went over to Forsyth on business Monday.

 

Aug 1, 1912: Forsyth Times-Journal, Forsyth, Rosebud County, Montana:

Mr. I.W. Chatfield is visiting his son, C.H. Chatfield and family.

 

Sep 5, 1912: Forsyth Times-Journal, Forsyth, Rosebud County, Montana:

Sanders Notes. Mrs. Adams and children were over visiting the C.H. Chatfield home last week.

Note: Jacquelin Adams and her daughters, Marian (age fourteen) and Catherine (age eight)

 

Oct 24, 1912: Forsyth Times-Journal, Forsyth, Rosebud County, Montana (pg 6):

Voter list: Fred W. Adams in Forsyth Precinct #3.

Note: Fred Adams is the brother-in-law of Charles Chatfield

 

Nov 21, 1912: Forsyth Times-Journal, Forsyth, Rosebud County, Montana (pg 2):

Mrs. Chatfield went over to Forsyth on business Sunday evening, returning Monday.

 

Dec 26, 1912: Forsyth Times-Journal, Forsyth, Rosebud County, Montana (pg 7):

Delinquent tax list:Owing taxes and amount to be collected:

• F.W. Adams, Forsyth:  Fy Land Co. Lot 6 Blk 12
• Fy Land Co. Lot 11 Blk 53
• Fy Land Co. Lot 12 Blk 53
• Tax $50.97, penalty $5.10, publication .50, total $56.57.

Feb 24, 1913: Birth of Jacqueline “Ina” Chatfield, 9th child of Charles Chatfield & Nellie Chamberlin, in Sanders, Rosebud County, Montana.

 

Mar 6, 1913: Forsyth Times-Journal, Forsyth, Rosebud County, Montana (pg 6):

Sanders Budget A baby girl arrived at the home of Mr. and Mrs. C.H. Chatfield last week. She will be known by the name of Jacqueline.

Note: Born Feb 24, 1913 in Sanders, Rosebud County, Montana, the baby was nicknamed Ina, a diminutive of Jacqueline. She was called Ina her whole life, and not until doing research in Montana did we find this newspaper article and her birth certificate with her legal name as Jacqueline.

 

Mar 13, 1913: Forsyth Times-Journal, Forsyth, Rosebud County, Montana (pg 4):

Personal Mention. C.H. Chatfield of Sanders was in the city last Thursday.

 

Mar 20, 1913: Forsyth Times-Journal, Forsyth, Rosebud County, Montana:

E.F. Meyerhoff is spending a few days at the homestead having painting, etc. done preparing to having new tenants. Charles Chatfield and family will occupy the place this year.

 

Apr 3, 1913: Forsyth Times-Journal, Forsyth, Rosebud County, Montana (pg 8):

Personal Mention. C.H. Chatfield, the Sanders farmer, was in Forsyth yesterday.

 

May 22, 1913: Forsyth Times-Journal, Forsyth, Rosebud County, Montana (pg 8):

Mrs. Charles H. Chatfield of Sanders visited Forsyth yesterday.

 

May 22, 1913: Forsyth Times-Journal, Forsyth, Rosebud County, Montana:

What Has Been Done In the District Court, Co. 783:Nellie Chatfield versus Charles Verhest. In this cause the defendant withdrew demurer to plaintiff’s complaint and is given until July 1 in which to serve and file answer by agreement.

In 1913 news came from family in California about the golden opportunities there: land was cheap, the weather was mild and rice was the big new crop. Though Charles was a highly successful rancher—Nellie tired of the cold in Montana—and persuaded her husband to sell their holdings and join the relatives out west. Completing most of the preparations for the move, Charles rode into town to finalize the sale. After being gone for four days, Nellie sent a hired hand to look for him. He found him—drunk—and he’d gambled away all their money.

Nellie remained determined to move and went to sell the only property they had left—a wagon and a team of horses. There was a ruckus over the ownership of the wagon with the new caretakers, the Popp’s, who were taking over managing the Meyerhoff place. When the Popp’s attempted to stop her, Nellie’s two sons stepped in. Subsequently they were brought before the judge and fined. Nellie sold the wagon and horses for $300 and with tickets in hand and nine children in tow, she boarded the train at Sanders, leaving Charles behind.

 

May 28, 1913: Forsyth Times-Journal, Forsyth, Rosebud County, Montana (pg 4):

BATTLE ROYAL NEAR SANDERS Charles J. and Leo Chatfield, two youngsters living near Sanders, were up last Friday before Judge Mendenhall, being charged with casting rocks, clubs and stones at Mr. and Mrs. Philip Popp, who are living on the Meyerhoff farm. It is said that the trouble was over the disputed ownership of a wagon. The boys were fined $25 each and the fine was remitted pending good behavior.

Note: the Chatfield’s leave for California on this date

 

May 29, 1913: The Hysham Echo, Hysham, Rosebud County, Montana (pg 8):

Leo Chatfield and Charles J. Chatfield, youngsters residing near Sanders, were brought before Justice Mendenhall last Saturday, being charged with starting a battle royal with Mr. and Mrs. Philip Popp, neighbors. The trouble was over the ownership of a wagon. The boys were fined $25 each, and the fine was remitted pending good behavior.

Note: Leo is age 15, Charlie age 17

1913: From diary of Charley Chatfield (age 17), eldest of Charles & Nellie Chatfield:

Feb 24: Warm and clear, chopped wood. Got a new baby sister. (note: Jacqueline “Ina”) May 23: Warm and clear. Went to Forsyth in an automobile. Went down to Aunt Jacklins. (note: Jacquelin Adams) May 25: Warm and clear. Packed some stuff. May 27: Hot. Went to Hysham. Aunt Cally was on the train. Got my money. May 28: Warm and clear. Left Sanders for Los Molinos, California May 29: Warm and clear. Still traveling. It took 20 hours to cross Montana and to cross Idaho 1½ hrs. May 30: Warm and clear. Still on the train. We were traveling 23 hrs. in Washington. May 31: Warm and clear. Went through Oregon and into California on train. Jun 1: Hot and clear. Got to Los Molinos at 11 a.m. Stayed at Los Molinos Inn. Grandpa was here to meet us. (note: Grandpa is Isaac W. Chatfield) Jun 2: Pretty hot but clear. Put up a tent under a oak tree. Jun 3: Warm in morning but cooler in evening. Went to the Los Molinos dam caught a big salmon. Jun 4: Warm and clear. Got a job on a gasoline bailer. Papa came on train.

Note: Through most of his life Charley kept a daily diary, recording mainly his work and the weather

AS THEY REMEMBERED

“When I was only four months old the family moved to Los Molinos, California to get away from the cold in Montana, They arrived in Los Molinos June 1, 1913 by train. My mother Nellie took the train from Sanders, Montana, along with her nine children from age 4 months up to age 18 years.  She left my father behind in Montana. The family sold their land holdings for a very good price, between $150,000 and $500,000—which was a huge fortune in those days. Father went to town to get the money so they could travel to California but he did not return home so after a couple of days someone went to town and found him. He had gambled the entire fortune away. My mother was very unhappy and decided the family would still go to California so she sold the only remaining thing they owned, a team of horses for $300 and left for California with us nine children. All their married life they lived with the “lost opportunity” that is—the lost money.When we lived in Los Molinos my father Charles ran a crew of horses and men and was a rancher and farmer. Later he worked as a carpenter, as a foreman of rice fields, and worked for the Diamond Match Company making boxes. He drove a car but my mother (Nellie) would never drive a car.”

Note: Jun 26, 1990, as told by Ina (Chatfield) Fouch, daughter of Charles & Nellie, to Gordon Clemens

AS THEY REMEMBERED

Another version by Velma Chatfield in conversation with Gordon Clemens on June 25, 1990:

“The Chatfield family moved from Montana to Los Molinos, California as they had heard about the golden opportunity for the rich land in California. Land was cheap and the weather was good. They had a big cattle ranch in Montana which they sold for $500,000. It was at Rose Bud, a days’ ride to town from the ranch. The father, Charles Henry Chatfield, went to town and did not come back for four days, he had gambled away all his money. Nellie sold the horses for $300 and got on the train with her nine kids. When Charles Henry Chatfield arrived in California the mother (Nellie) took him back””Charley was age eight when they moved from Colorado to Casper, Wyoming in four big wagons and five children”

Note: Velma was the widow of Charles Joseph Chatfield (the oldest son of Charles Henry Chatfield)

 

Nov 28, 1913: Routt County Sentinel, Steamboat Springs, Routt County, Colorado (pg 8):

Local News. Chas. Chatfield was an outgoing passenger Monday morning.

Note: Charles is back in Colorado, perhaps for business

1913 to 1915:  The Chatfield family live in Los Molinos, Tehama County, California where the children attend school. Nellie and her children travel over the bridge every Sunday to the adjoining town of Tehama to attend the Catholic Church. Also living in California are:

• Emily (Hoy) Chamberlin (Nellie’s mother), Hollywood, Los Angeles County
• Isaac W. Chatfield (Charles’ father), Princeton, Colusa Co. and then Oakland, Alameda County
• Jacquelin Mallon (cousin) & husband Jim Mallon are rice ranching in Princeton, Colusa County
• Mabel Chatfield (cousin), is married to George Sawyer and living in Hemet, Riverside County
• Mary (Morrow) Chatfield (aunt) and her daughter Marjorie (cousin), Chico, Butte County

Aug 30, 1913: Marriage of Isaac W. Chatfield and Sarah Jane (Rooker) Wisenor, a widow, in Oakland, Alameda County, California.

According to the marriage license, Isaac W. Chatfield is a resident of Princeton, County of Colusa, State of California and his new wife Sarah J. Wisenor is a resident of Los Banos, County of Merced, State of California. They are married in Oakland, Alameda County, California at the First Methodist Episcopal Church by Pastor Geo. W. White.

Feb 14, 1914: Isaac visits his son Charles & Nellie and the children at their home in Los Molinos, Tehama County, California, according to the diary of his grandson, Charles Joseph Chatfield.

 

May 18, 1915: Letter from Ada Whitaker to her sister Mamie Rosborough:

Spokane, Wash.May 18, 1915

My dear Sister,

The little bundle came yesterday and I suppose you have the one I sent.

I had such a nice letter from Mr. Strayer the other day. He said he had seen you and that you said there was nothing at present. Now Mamie, don’t dig everything out of your pocketbook; just let old Baker Co. pay for some things. I don’t expect to live there forever so won’t mind so much and don’t bother about those old bills anymore you have enough to do without that. I don’t see how I am ever to repay you as it is.

Babie’s cough is a little better I guess, anyway it does not seem as tho he coughs quite so often but just about as hard. Dr. Ahlquist here say the whooping cough lasts about six weeks when it is taken in the Spring time. And that is what I have always heard, but when taken in the Fall or Winter there seems to be no let up to it.

It still continues to pour down rain here. I am afraid this will cause washouts on the railroad. This spring storm seems to be general all over the world. I guess the freeze won’t kill the strawberries or raspberries or hurt apples very much, will it?  And have you heard any report from Eagle Valley yet?

Ed is just about the same he is slowly starving now. He has had four teaspoonfuls of broth today and two yesterday. He just lives on morphine. Last night the Dr. gave him his first dose with the hypodermic needle and he was asleep in 10 minutes.

Bert and his wife came over last Sunday afternoon. I like them so much. She is a woman about my age and I know she would be splendid. I should like to know her better. She is as dark as I am and I imagine that she was a widow before Bert married her.

I wonder what poor Nellie’s trouble can be about. I wish she would tell us. She writes a sad letter, doesn’t she?

I’ll never be able to catch up with my sewing now, never so it seems to me. I hope I can get that boarding house so I could see my way to hire a little of it done. Yes I believe Irene is a fun girl and wish we might know her better some day. Zelda writes Donald is a very bad boy. Now Mamie you make you a good paddle and you use it. You won’t hurt my feelings one bit and I know you won’t use it unless necessary and I happen to know it is quite necessary quite often, so you make them all mind you every one.

Your loving sister,
Ada W.Note: At the time of this letter, their sister Nellie is unhappily five-months pregnant with her tenth child, my mother.

Sep 29, 1915: Birth of Noreen “Babe” Ellen Chatfield, 10th and last child of Charles Chatfield & Nellie Chamberlin, in Los Molinos, Tehama County, California.

 

Oct 1, 1915: Red Bluff Daily News, Tehama County, California:

WOMAN ALL ALONE GIVES BIRTH CHILD TAKES CARE OF IT LOS MOLINOS.  Sept. 30 (1915)—When a baby girl was born last night to Mrs. C.H. Chatfield of this place, the woman, unaided except by some of her small children, rose from her bed, washed and dressed the child and performed functions of physician or mid-wife. The husband is away from home working in the rice fields at Princeton. Before the child was born Mrs. Chatfield sent for a neighbor woman, who, however, did not arrive until after the child was born and cared for. Both mother and child are apparently doing well. This is the tenth child born in the family.

Note: Nellie May was 13 and Verda was 8. It is unlikely the boys participated.

1914-1918: First World War (it was also known as The Great War and the War to End All Wars).

1916: Index to Register of Voters, Los Molinos Precinct, Tehama County, California:

Chatfield, Mrs. Nellie Chamberlin: Rancher, Los Molinos, Dec. to S.Chatfield, Charles H.: Rancher, Los Molinos, Rep

1916: Index to Register of Voters, Guill Precinct, Butte County, California:

Chatfield, Charles H: Farmer, Chico, Cal., Box 447Chatfield, Mrs. Nellie C: Housewife, Chico, Cal., Box 447

Oct or Nov 1916: The Chatfield family moves to Chico, Butte County, California and buys a home in the Chapman district on Boucher Street. Charles rents out his team of horses for harvesting rice in the Chico area, his sons helping him during harvest season where he worked as the work crew foreman.

Nellie and her family lived there for over 40 years. The Chico City Directory also variously lists the address as:

• Corner of Irwin and Boucher
• 921 Boucher Ave
• 616 E. 16th Ave or Street

 

1543 BOUCHER STREET, Chapman District, Chico, Butte County, California

HISTORIC RESOURCES INVENTORYARCHITECTURAL STYLE: Farmhouse with stickwork details

CONSTRUCTION DATE: 1910

APPROXIMATE LOT SIZE: frontage 75′, depth 100′

LOCATION: Southwest corner of Boucher Street and East 16th Street

DESCRIPTION: This tall, narrow “Farmhouse” relies for its interest in its varied surface materials. It is 1½ stories, 1-room deep, with a 1-story addition of the rear, making it T-shaped in plan. A gabled dormer projects from the gable roof. The door is centrally placed with a window on either side, one window above in the dormer and two windows at the ends, one above the other. The windows are double-hung with vertical panes in the upper sashes. An open shed-roofed veranda with plain posts extends across the front and around one side. It has been partially walled and screened. The lower floor of the house is clapboard with shingles on the second level to just above sill height. Then a wide frieze-like area is faced with vertical boards up to the eaves, framed by the cornice and a horizontal framing member above the shingles. Simple stickwork form braces and brackets in the gables. Although this is a functional house in a vernacular form, the builder exhibited his creativity in the application of his materials.

ALTERATIONS: veranda partially screened

RELATED FEATURES: garage

SIGNIFICANCE: Thomas E. Boucher, owner of a large tract of land (@155 acres) east of Chico (and bordering Chapman’s Addition) began to sell off lots in the 1880’s and 1890’s. Unlike Chapman, he did not have a “plan” for the area. The home at 1543 Boucher, built in 1909-1910 by C.O. Coe, and only one block from Boucher’s home, seems to come out of a pioneer’s version of a city dwelling. It is one of several homes in “Chapman Town” (it really could be Bouchertown) which gives that district its distinctive flavor and one in which many residents love and want to keep. Homes of this kind seem to be more compatible with paths and lanes than with curbs n’ gutters ‘n stopsigns. The Chatfield family lived in this home for around seventy years and had ten children.Note: State of California, Department of Parks and Recreation, form prepared by E. Stewart, Jul 1984

1918: Chico City Directory, Chico, Butte County, California (pg 26):

Chambers Josephine E b Mrs CE Chambers (Note: sweetheart & future wife of Roy Chatfield)Chatfield Chas (Nellie) contr Union Rice Co, r Boucher av n Irwin CT

Chatfield Howard b Chas Chatfield

Chatfield Roy b Geo Chatfield C (error, should read: Chatfield Roy b Chas Chatfield)

 

1918: Courtship of Roy Elmer Chatfield and Josephine Elizabeth “Jo” Chambers in Chico, Butte County, California. Roy the 4th child of Charles Chatfield & Nellie Chamberlin.

Both Jo and Roy worked at the Diamond Match Company, as did Charles, Nellie, and a number of their children.

Dec 29, 1919: Marriage of Howard Francis Chatfield and Evelyn Alice Wilson, a young English girl (age 18), in Fresno, Fresno County, California. They eloped, marrying in the Episcopal Church. Evelyn was three months pregnant. When Nellie found out about the non-Catholic marriage, she threatened to have their marraige annulled if they did not remarry in the Catholic Church. They did. Howard (age 20) is the 3rd child of Charles Chatfield & Nellie Chamberlin.

Jan 5, 1920: U.S. Federal Census, San Jose, Santa Clara County, California:

Chatfield, Isaac W.: Head, owns, age 83, married, born Ohio, father born Ohio, mother born Ohio Chatfield: Sarah J.: Wife, age 61, married, born Utah, father born Pennsylvania, mother born Ohio.

Jan 8, 1920: Federal Census for Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California:

Chatfield, Howard F.: Lodger, age 21, married, born Montana, father born Montana, mother born Montana, street laborerChatfield, Evelene: Lodger, age 19, married, year of immigration 1901, year of naturalization 1911, born England, father born England, mother born England

Note: Howard, the 3rd child of Charles & Nellie, is married to Evelyn and living near his grandmother, Emily (Hoy) Chamberlin.

Jan 26 & 27, 1920: Federal Census for Chico, Butte County, California:

Chatfield, Charles H.: head, owns, age 49, born Colorado, father born Illinois, mother born Texas, foreman for rice ranchChatfield, Nellie C.: wife, age 46, born Montana, father born New York, mother born Pennsylvania

Chatfield, Charles J.: son, age 24; born Colorado, father born Colorado, mother born Missouri, laborer on rice ranch

Chatfield, Leo W.: son, age 22; born Wyoming, father born Colorado, mother born Missouri, laborer, rice ranch

Chatfield, Roy E.: son, age 18; born Colorado, father born Colorado, mother born Missouri, Lumber Grader in Match Factory

Chatfield, Nellie M.: daughter, age 16; born Colorado, father born Colorado, mother born Missouri, Forewoman in Match Factory

Chatfield, Gordon G.: son, age 14; born Wyoming, father born Colorado, mother born Missouri

Chatfield, Verda A.: daughter, age 9; born Montana, father born Colorado, mother born Missouri

Chatfield, Arden I.: son, age 6, born Montana, father born Colorado, mother born Missouri

Chatfield, Ina J.: daughter, age 6, born Montana, father born Colorado, mother born Missouri

Chatfield, Norine E.: age 4, 3/12, born California, father born Colorado, mother born MissouriNote: Charles is working for the Spaulding ranch 16 miles west of Chico, as foreman harvesting rice

1920: Chico City Directory, Chico, Butte County, California:

Chambers Josie: b 1339 Esplanade C V (Note: girlfriend of Roy Chatfield)Chatfield Chas  H (Nellie): farmer r Boucher av ne cor Irwin

Chatfield Howard: b Chas Chatfield

Chatfield Leo: auto op b Boucher ad ne cor Irwin

Chatfield Nellie: box fdr D M Co r Boucher ad ne cor Irwin

Chatfield Roy: farmer r Boucher av ne cor Irwin

1920: Index to Register of Voters, Guill Precinct, Butte County, California (pg 94):

Chatfield, Charles H: Farmer, Chico, Cal., Box 447Chatfield, Mrs. Nellie C: Housewife, Chico, Cal., Box 447

 

Jun 7, 1920: Letter from Nellie Chatfield (age 47) to her sister Mamie Rosborough (age 33):

Chico, Calif.June 7, 1920

My dear Sister –

I think your wind must have come here with your letter as it has been blowing hard, almost without ceasing ever since your letter came about a mo. ago; it has damaged the grass so most of it will be cut for hay & so much fruit is being blown off the trees. Our strawberries are all gone but the blackberries & raspberries are ripe now. I have canned some but with out sugar as it is only $30.00 100 lbs. – it may never be cheaper but if it isn’t I will have canned fruit for a long time. We had some cherries to eat but none to can. My garden is fine, we have had all the peas we could eat every day for about 2 …(missing sentence).

There were a lot of little oranges but I see they are beginning to drop off, that is always to be expected the first year.

Yes those pictures are all good of Willard, we all think Catherine (or the girl in the dark dress) looks like you & they are fine of uncle Ed but I can’t see any resemblance to mama tho I don’t suppose I would know her now. Roy sent me some pictures a while back & I couldn’t imagine who any one was until I looked at the back. Do they ever say anything about Alice, how she is now? Willard’s baby is not doing at all well, weighed less at 1 mo. than he did at birth. I will be surprised if any babies ever come to Howard’s house. Evalyn has never been strong, nearly always under a Drs. care but she may change, you never can tell.

Yes, Leo & Iris are 3^rd cousins but the Priest said that would not keep them from marrying, & Iris is perfectly willing to become a Catholic if by doing so she could get Leo, & Ada who would give two eye teeth to get him. I don’t know what Art thinks about it all but I know none of his people have any use for Ada. About 3 years ago she got to carrying on with another man something awful & no one thot Art would ever take her back but Aunt Molly (Arts’ mother) patched things up some how. Iris is getting a divorce now & I can see Leo’s sympathies are all with her, be cause she is certainly justified but he blames Art & Ada for it all, says they had no business letting her marry till after she was 18 at least. They all, without a single exception, think the world & all of Leo. Clark’s wife who never saw him until a year ago (he stopped by in Glenwood Springs, when they were living there, on his way home from France) says she wishes he was their son. If anything does go wrong I know none of them will blame Leo, but I’m afraid that would not excuse Leo, but I too should blame them most. But I really am not a bit worried about it (tho his father is). I do not believe Leo will ever do a dishonorable thing & no matter how much appearances were a gainst him nor what anyone said I would not believe it unless he told me himself. For I know he would tell me the truth. Roy says Leo & Daisy have had a “split up” and things really do look like it. But I’m afraid it is too good to be true. He expects to be thru when he is in a couple of weeks but didn’t say whether he is coming home or not. Charles is coming about the 10^th as everyone in the oil fields is going on strike the first of July & he don’t want to be in it as he expects to go back there to work this next winter. It is too bad Mildred got that fright in the run away, it takes a little child so long to forget a thing like that. I guess you will be glad when you get where she won’t have to ride. Maby tho she will feel better when Arline goes with her.

Gordon’s school closes but the others not until the 18^th but that isn’t far off. Nellie May is sick & I am getting pretty worried about her. I am so afraid of Typhoid fever. She has been ailing for some time but she is a good deal like myself that way & will stay up & go to the last minute & when she gives up entirely & goes to bed I know she is really sick. I have been doctoring her myself & about two weeks ago I took her to a Dr. but he seemed to think she was all right, just had a bilious spell. I have Dr. her for that & unless she is better in the morning I think I should have to have the same Dr. come & see her that we had for Roy & Ina & soon.

I must close and start dinner as it is 5 o’clock & Charlie aught to be home anytime now.

Love from all, your loving sister,

N.C.C.References in Nellie’s letter in order of appearance:

• Willard “Joe” Joseph Chamberlin (age 30), younger brother of Nellie
• Catherine (girl in black dress): girlfriend of Willard Chamberlin
• Uncle Ed: Emily’s brother, Adea “Ade” Adam Hoy (age 67)
• Mama: Emily (Hoy) Chamberlin (age 69), mother of Nellie, living in Los Angeles
• Roy Valentine Chamberlin (age 38), younger brother of Nellie
• Alice___, wife of Frederick Laurence Chamberlin (age 45), brother of Nellie
• Willard’s baby: Willard Joseph Chamberlin, Jr. (6 weeks old)
• Howard Francis Chatfield (age 21), 3rd child of Charles & Nellie Chatfield
• Evalyn: Evelyn Wilson (age 18), wife of Howard Francis Chatfield (gave birth to her 1st child 4 days after this letter was written
• Leo Willard Chatfield (age 23), 2nd child of Charles & Nellie Chatfield (on his way hone from WWI)
• Iris Minola (Chatfield) Cade (abt age 18), married to Dewey Louis Cade (age 22); 1st child of Arthur & Ada Chatfield
  Note: Leo & Iris are 3rd cousins; their grandfathers I.W. Chatfield & Clark S. Chatfield are brothers
• Ada B. (Miller) Chatfield (age 43), wife of Arthur William Chatfield (age 41
  Note: Ada is carrying on with another man while married to Art.
• Aunt Molly: Mary E. (Morrow) Chatfield (age 70), wife of Clark S. Chatfield, Sr. (brother of I.W. Chatfield)
• Clark’s wife: Madge Rosa (age 27), Clark S. Chatfield, Jr. (age 44) brother of Arthur
• Daisy: girl friend of Leo Willard Chatfield
• Charles Joseph Chatfield (age 24), 1st child of Charles & Nellie Chatfield (coming home from WWI)
• Mildred Emily Rosborough (age 7), 1st child of Mamie & Herb Rosborough
• Arline: Ada Arlene Rosborough (age 6), 2nd child of Mamie & Herb Rosborough
• Gordon Gregory Chatfield (age 14), 6th child of Charles & Nellie Chatfield
• Nellie May Chatfield (age 17), 5th child of Charles & Nellie Chatfield
• Roy Elmer Chatfield (age 19), 4th child of Charles & Nellie Chatfield
• Ina: Jacqueline “Ina” Chatfield (age 7) 9th child of Charles & Nellie Chatfield
• Charlie: Charles Henry Chatfield (age 49) husband of Nellie (Chamberlin) Chatfield

1921: Charles Henry Chatfield works most of year as a foreman in the rice fields for the Spaulding ranch in Willows, Glenn County, California.

Jun 14, 1921: Death of Isaac Willard Chatfield (age 84) in San Jose, Santa Clara County, California, of arteriosclerosis.

Isaac W. Chatfield is buried in the Union Veterans of the Civil War (GAR: Grand Army of the Republic) section of the Oak Hill Cemetery in San Jose, Santa Clara County, California.

 

 

Jun 16, 1921: San Jose Mercury Herald, San Jose, Santa Clara County, California:

DIED: CHATFIELD—In San Jose, Cal. June 14, 1921, Isaac Willard Chatfield, husband of Sarah Jane Chatfield, father of Mrs. Ella Small of Arizona, Mrs. Jacqueline Adams of Montana, Mrs. Calla Joslin of Wyoming, Charles and Elmer Chatfield, a native of Ohio, aged 84 years, 10 months and 8 days. Friends are respectfully invited to attend the funeral today (Thursday), June 16, 1921, at 2 o’clock from the “Funeral Home” of Curry & Gripenstraw, 48-50 North Third Street. A member of Sheridan-Dix Post, No 7, G.A.R. Interment, Oak Hill Cemetery.

1921: Chico City Directory, Chico, Butte County, California:

Chatfield Chas H  (Nellie C) rancher h Boucher ne cor IrwinChatfield Chas J  rancher h Boucher ne cor Irwin

Chatfield Howard F (Evelyn)  driver CI&CSCo h 1061 S Chestnut

Chatfield Leo W  rancher r Boucher av ne cor Irwin

Chatfield Roy E  rancher r Boucher av ne cor IrwinNote: Howard Chatfield is working for the Chico Ice & Cold Storage Co.

1922: Chico City Directory, Chico, Butte County, California:

Chatfield Chas H (Nellie)  farmer h Boucher cor IrwinChatfield Chas J  driver CI&CSCo r C H Chatfield

Chatfield Howard F (Evelyn)  driver CI&CSCo h 1061 S Chestnut

Chatfield Leo W  farmer r C H Chatfield

Chatfield Roy E  farmer r C H ChatfieldNote: Charles J. and Howard are working for the Chico Ice & Cold Storage Co.

1922: Index to Register of Voters, Guill Precinct, Butte County, California (pg 80):

Chatfield, Leo W; Farming; Chico – RepChatfield, Mrs. Nellie C; Housewife; Chico – Rep

Chatfield, Charles Henry; Farming; Chico – Rep

Chatfield, Charles J; Truck Driver; General Delivery – Rep

Chatfield, Roy Elmer; Laborer; Chico – Dem

1922: Index to Register of Voters, Chico No. 8 Precinct, Butte County, California (pg 21):

Chatfield, Howard F; Ice-man; 4827 Sixth Street – Rep

 

Dec 16, 1922 or 23: Letter from Charles Henry Chatfield to his brother-in-law, Fred Adams:

My Dear Fred,Your letter received several days ago, and was all glad to hear from you, and sorry to hear you had such bad luck and I hope you do come to California, as I know you will never want to go back to Montana. We are now having our rainy weather and the orange season is just over. (Note: Forsyth, Montana flooded during a bad rainy season and a good part of Fred & Jacquelin Adam’s house was under water.)

Leo was box maker for a fruit packing company and they just got through here and left for Imperial Valley, (south of Los Angeles) and Gordon went with him in the auto. The boys all have their own cars and working steadily and at home except Leo & Gordon. Howard lives here in Chico and oldest little girl took the baby prize for the best looking baby in Chico. The prize was a diamond ring.

Verda is going to school at the convent at Marysville, and Nellie May starts the 1st of Jan to “Healds Business College” takes stenography, and bookkeeping. She has worked almost 5 years for the Diamond Match Co. and is well liked by the Co.

Mrs. C. has worked there for nearly a year. They make $16.00 per week. I have been with them a little over 18 months. I am in the finished lumber department.

There are over 200 women and girls working in the Match factory, and they employ about 250 more in the box factory, window, door & sash and lumber departments.

We have a 8 roomed house and 4 lots and I tried the chicken business again, have about 100 Leghorns and Rhode Island Red’s, and we have all kinds of fruit in fact too much, but we seem to get away with it.

Charley went up after some Holly berries today and if he gets some I will send you some for Christmas.

We wish you all a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. With lots of Love to Jacqueline and the girls and hope to see you all soon.

Your brother

Chas.

Write Soon

Note: This is the only known letter we have from Charles Henry Chatfield

1923: Chico City Directory, Chico, Butte County, California:

Chatfield Chas H (Nellie): farmer h Boucher av cor IrwinChatfield Chas J: driver CI&CSCo r C H Chatfield

Chatfield Howard F (Evelyn): driver CI&CSCo h 1337 Locust

Chatfield Leo W: farmer  r C H Chatfield

Chatfield Roy E: farmer  r C H Chatfield

Feb 25, 1923: Baptism of Charles Henry Chatfield (age 53), in St. John the Baptist Catholic Church in Chico, Butte County, California, probably to get back in Nellie’s good graces.

Certificate Of Baptism St. John the Baptist Catholic church

416 Chestnut St., Chico, California

This is to Certify That

Charles H. Chatfield

Child of I.W. Chatfield and Eliza Harrington

born in Chapman Town, Chico on the 2nd of September, 1870

Was Baptized on the 25th day of February, 1923

According to the Rite of the Roman Catholic Church by the Rev J.B. Dermody

As appears from the Baptismal Register of this Church. Note: Charles was born in Florence, Colorado—not Chico, California

1924: Chico City Directory, Chico, Butte County, California:

Chatfield Chas H (Nellie): farmer h Boucher av cor IrwinChatfield Chas J:  driver CI&CSCo r C H Chatfield

Chatfield Howard F:  driver CI&CSCo h 1061 S Chestnut

Chatfield Leo W:  farmer r C H Chatfield

Chatfield Roy E:  driver CI&CSCo r C H ChatfieldNote: CI&CSCo is the Chico Ice & Cold Storage Company

1924: Index to Register of Voters, Guill Precinct, Butte County, California (pg 105):

Chatfield, Charles H; Lumber Grader; Chico – RepChatfield, Charles J; Truck Driver; Chico – Rep

Chatfield, Miss Nellie C; Diamond Match Employee; Chico – D S

Chatfield, Mrs. Nellie C; Housewife; Chico – D S

Chatfield, Roy; Truck Driver; Chico – D S

1924: Index to Register of Voters, Chico No. 20 Precinct, Butte County, California (pg 60):

Chatfield, Howard F; Truck Driver; 1051 Chestnut – Rep

1926: Chico City Directory, Chico, Butte County, California:

Chatfield Chas H (Nellie):  with DMCo h Boucher av ne cor IrwinChatfield Chas J: driver Boucher cor Irwin

Chatfield Howard F (Evelyn): driver h 1061 S Chestnut

Chatfield Roy E:  driver Boucher and IrwinNote: DMCo is the Diamond Match Company

1926: Index to Register of Voters, Chico No. 20 Precinct, Butte County, California (pg 114):

Chatfield, Howard F; Truck Driver; 1051 S. Chestnut St., Chico – RepChatfield, Mrs. Evelene; Housewife; 1051 S. Chestnut St., Chico – Rep

1926: Index to Register of Voters, Guill Precinct, Butte County, California (pg 197):

Chatfield, Mrs. Nellie C; Housewife; Gen. Del., Chico – RepChatfield, Charles H.; Lumber Grader; Gen. Del., Chico – Rep

Chatfield, Charles J.; Truck Driver; Gen. Del., Chico – Rep

Chatfield, Roy; Truck Driver; Chico – Rep

Apr 17, 1926: Marriage of Nellie Mary “Nellie May” Chatfield and Edward Waldon McElhiney in Chico, Butte County, California. Nellie May (age 23) is the 5th child of Charles Chatfield & Nellie Chamberlin. Nellie May leaves Edward in their first year of marriage, pregnant with their first child. Soon after, news reaches her in Chico that he has been killed in a train coupling accident.

Mar 26, 1927: Marriage of Verda Agnes Chatfield and George William Day, Jr., a widower 10 years her senior with two children, in Chico, Butte County, California. Verda (age 18) is the 7th child of Charles Chatfield & Nellie Chamberlin.

 

 

Apr 8, 1927: Newspaper wedding announcement, Chico, Butte County, California::

Verda Chatfield, George W. Day Wed in ChicoCHICO (Butte Co.), April 8—Miss Verda Agnes Chatfield, widely known in Chico, was married last week to George W. Day, a graduate of the Chico schools, son of Mr. and Mrs. G.W. Day of Chico.

The bride is the daughter of Mr. & Mrs. C.H. Chatfield of this city. During her education in the Chico public schools she was prominent in school and social activities, and since graduation has been identified with the business life of the city. The couple will make their home in Chico.

1927-28: Chico City Directory, Chico, Butte County, California:

Chatfield Chas H (Nellie): with DMCo h Boucher av ne cor IrwinChatfield Chas J: driver cor Irwin

Chatfield Roy E:  driver Chico Ice & C S Co r Boucher av ne cor IrwinNote: DMCo is the Diamond Match Company

Apr 30, 1927: Marriage of Charles Joseph Chatfield and Velma Avis Turnbull in Oroville, Butte County, California. Charles Joseph (age 31) is the 1st child of Charles Chatfield & Nellie Chamberlin. Velma is age 21.

1928: Index to Register of Voters, Thermalito No. 1 Precinct, Butte County, California (pg 286):

Chatfield, Leo W.; Boxmaker, Route A. Oroville – Dem

1928: Index to Register of Voters, Guill Precinct, Butte County, California (pg 183):

Chatfield, Roy E.; Truck Driver; Chico – DemChatfield, Mrs. Nellie; Housewife; Gen. Del., Chico – Dem

Chatfield, Charles H.; Lumber Man; Gen. Del., Chico – Dem

1929: Marriage of Gordon Gregory Chatfield and Hylda Pauline Hughes. Gordon (age 23) is the 6th child of Charles Chatfield & Nellie Chamberlin.

1929-30: Chico City Directory, Chico, Butte County, California:

Chatfield Chas H (Nellie):  h Boucher av nr cor Irwin Chatfield Ina: h Boucher av nr cor IrwinChatfield Roy E:  driver Chico I & CS  Co r Boucher av nr cor Irwin

1930: Index to Register of Voters, Guill Precinct, Butte County, California (pg 198):

Chatfield, Charles H.; Carpenter; General Delivery, Chico – RepChatfield, Mrs. Nellie C.; Housewife; General Delivery, Chico – D S

Chatfield, Roy E.; Truckman; General Delivery, Chico – Dem

1930: Index to Register of Voters, Oroville No. 4 Precinct, Butte County, California (pg 11):

Chatfield, Charles J.; Truck Driver; 614 Pine St., Oroville – RepChatfield, Mrs. Velma A.; Housewife; 614 Pine St., Oroville – Dem

1930: Index to Register of Voters, Thermalito No. 1 Precinct, Butte County, California (pg 305):

Chatfield, Leo W.; Box Maker, Route 1, Oroville – Rep

1930: Index to Register of Voters, Orland No 1 Precinct, Glenn County, California:

Chatfield, Howard F. …. Agt. Ice Co. …. Republican …. Orland

Apr 7, 1930: Federal Census for Oroville, Butte County, California:

Chatfield, Chas J.: Head, rents, monthly rent $25, age 34, married, 1st marriage at age 31, born Colorado, father born Colorado, mother born Missouri, truck driver Ice companyChatfield, Velma A.: Wife, age 24, married, age 21 at 1st marriage, born Oregon, father born California, mother born California

Apr 9, 1930: Federal Census for Colusa, Colusa County, California:

Chatfield, Gordon G.: Head, rents, monthly rent $25, age 24, married, 1st marriage at 23, born Wyoming, father born United States, mother born United States, Upholstering in FurnitureChatfield, Hylda P: wife, age 20, married, 1st marriage at 19, born Oregon, father born Oregon, mother born North Dakota, Upholstering in Furniture

Apr 14, 1930: Federal Census for Oroville, Butte County, California:

Chatfield, Leo W.: Head, rents, monthly rent $22, age 34, single, born Montana, father born Montana, mother born Montana, Box maker in Lumber MillOwens, Glen: Partner age 40, single; born Oregon, father born Oregon, mother born Oregon, Box maker in Fruit Packing firm

Rhodes, Jack: Partner, rents, age 44, single, born Florida, father born Florida, mother born Florida, Box maker in Fruit Packing firm

Apr 16, 1930: Federal Census for Bolinas, Marin County, California:

Chatfield, Charles H.: Head, rents, monthly rent $10, age 59, married, age at 1st marriage 24, born Colorado, father born Illinois, mother born Illinois, carpenter in building trade

Note: Charles & Nellie are separated

Apr 17, 1930: Federal Census for Orland, Glen County, California:

Chatfield, Howard F: Head, age 23, married at age 19, born Colorado, father born Colorado, mother born Illinois, Manager for ice companyChatfield, Evelyn: wife, age 28, married at age 17, born England, father born England, mother born England

Chatfield, Mae F.: daughter, age 9, born California, father born Colorado, mother born England

Chatfield, Gloria J.: daughter age 7, born California, father born Colorado, mother born England

Chatfield, Patricia J.: daughter, age 6, born California, father born Colorado, mother born England

Chatfield, Yvonne J.: daughter, age 5 months, born California, father born Colorado, mother born England

Apr 23, 1930: Federal Census for Chico, Butte County, California:

Chatfield, Nellie: Head, owns, Value of property $2,500, age 54, married, 1st marriage at 19, born Missouri, father born New York, mother born Pennsylvania, wrapper in Match FactoryChatfield, Roy E.: son, age 29, single, born Colorado, father born Colorado, mother born Missouri, Driver for Ice Plant

Chatfield, Arden I.: son, age 19, single, born Montana, father born Colorado, mother born Missouri, waiter in restaurant

Chatfield, Ina J.: daughter, age 17, single, born Montana, father born Colorado, mother born Missouri

Chatfield, Noriene E.: age 14, single, born California, father born Colorado, mother born Missouri

Chatfield, Charlie: Husband, age 59, married, 1st marriage at 24, born Colorado, father born Illinois, mother born Texas, carpenter for contractorNote: Charles appears to be back in Nellie’s good graces as he is in the household again, though not as head.

Apr 29, 1930: Federal Census for Oakland, Alameda County, California:

Day, George W.: Head, rents, monthly rent $35, age 31, married, age at 1st marriage 27, born California, father born California, mother born California, Merchant in IceDay, Verda A.: wife, age 21, married, 1st marriage at 18, born Montana, father born Colorado, mother born Missouri, Assistant in Ice Cream store

Day, George Lewis: son, age 5, born California, father born California, mother born Montana

Day, Marcelyn D.: daughter, age 1 1/12, born California, father born California, mother born Montana

1931: Chico City Directory, Chico, Butte County, California:

Chatfield Chas. H.: residence Boucher Ave near IrwinChatfield  Ina J: r C H Chatfield

Chatfield Roy E: driver Chico Ice & Cold Stge Co r Boucher av

Abt 1931: Marriage of Nellie Mary “Nellie May” Chatfield and Louis Lee Mote. Nellie May (age 28) is the 5th child of Charles Chatfield & Nellie Chamberlin. Louis is 6 years her junior. After Nellie May married Louis, she found out her first husband, Edward Waldon McElhiney had in fact not been killed in a railroad coupling accident. Oops.

Jan 15, 1932: Death of Sarah (Wisenor) Chatfield (age 73), widow of Isaac W. Chatfield, in Oakland, Alameda County, California.

1932: Index to Register of Voters, Oroville No. 4 Precinct, Butte County, California (pg 13):

Chatfield, Mrs. Velma; Housewife; 1656 Pine St., Oroville – Dem

1932: Index to Register of Voters, Humbolt Precinct, Butte County, California:

Chatfield, Charles H.; Retired; 1252 E. Humbolt Ave. Chico – Rep

Note: In 1932 Nellie moves to Colusa with her two youngest daughters, leaving Charles at the Boucher house in Chico

1932: Index to Register of Voters, Thermalito No. 1 Precinct, Butte County, California (pg 410):

Chatfield, Leo W.; Nailer; Rt. 1, Oroville – Dem

1932: Nellie Chatfield and her two youngest daughters, Ina (age 19) and Noreen (age 16), move to Colusa and run the café in the Golden Eagle Hotel and Restaurant, the three of them living in the rooming house over the restaurant. Nellie’s specialties were her one-pot dishes: her beef stew, velvety tamale pie, hamburger chili, and steaming chicken soup. It is in Colusa that both girls meet their future husbands.

May 22, 1932: Marriage of Jacqueline “Ina” Chatfield and James Leroy Fouch at the Cathedral of St. Thomas Aquinas in Reno, Washoe County, Nevada. Her friend Micki Anderson and his friend Steele Houx stand up for them. Ina (age 19) is the 9th child of Charles Chatfield & Nellie Chamberlin. Jim Fouch is age 23.

Jul 24, 1932: Newspaper clipping, Colusa, Colusa County, California:

Jimmie Fouch, Ina Chatfield, Wed in Nevada Ina, 19-year old daughter of Mrs. N.C. Chatfield of this city and James Fouch, Jr., 23-yer old son of Mr. and Mrs. James Fouch, well known residents of Colusa, surprised their friends yesterday with the announcement that they were united in marriage at noon Sunday in Reno, Nev., by Father J. Graves. The newlyweds returned to Colusa Sunday afternoon and “Jimmie,” as he is familiarly known, was at work in the Public Service store here. The couple left for Colusa about 9 o’clock Saturday night by automobile. They encountered a snowstorm beyond Auburn and did not reach their destination until 6 a.m. Sunday. Ed N. Anfinson drove the couple to their destination. Steele Houx and Miss Margaret Anderson were the other members of the bridal party. Although the Chatfield family recently established itself in Colusa the members have made many friends, particularly the bride, who brings many virtues to the new home for Colusa. Young Fouch is a Colusa high school boy and has scores of friends to wish him well in his new venture.

Abt 1933: Marriage of Leo Willard Chatfield and Ethel Helen (Stirewalt) Zornes, a divorcee with two children. Leo (age 36) is the 2nd child of Charles Chatfield & Nellie Chamberlin. Ethel is 24 with a 9-year-old daughter and 7-year-old son. Ethel was age 15 at 1st marriage.

1932-34: Index to Register of Voters, (?) Precinct, Nevada County, California:

Chatfield, Mrs. Ethel HChatfield, Leo W.

Note: Unable to find the record, though both names are listed in the index

Feb 4, 1933: Marriage of Noreen Ellen Chatfield and Carl John Clemens at the Lady of Lourdes Catholic Church in Colusa, Colusa County, California. Noreen (age 17) is the 10th child of Charles Chatfield & Nellie Chamberlin. Carl is 27, 10 years her senior.

Feb 1933: Colusa newspaper, Colusa, Colusa County, California:

Noreen Chatfield Weds Stockton Youth at Colusa Ceremony COLUSA–At an early hour Saturday morning Miss Noreen Chatfield became the bride of Carl Clemens of Stockton at a ceremony performed at the Lady or Lourdes Catholic Church immediately following 8 o’clock mass services. Father Renwald, assistant priest, officiated in the absence of Father James Vaughan. At the close of the service the bride and bridegroom left for Stockton where they will make their home. Their honeymoon has not been planned although they expect to visit the east sometime this summer. Clemens has many friends and relatives there. Miss Chatfield is the daughter of Mrs. N.C. Chatfield of Colusa. They have resided here for the past year, coming from Chico. During that time two of Mrs. Chatfield’s daughters have become brides. Mrs. James Fouch, Jr., who was married here recently, is a daughter of Mrs. Chatfield. At the impressive ceremony this morning Margaret Anderson of Chico, a close friend of the bride, was the bridesmaid. Lawrence Clemens, brother of the groom, was best man. The bride is a girl of many charms and has a large coterie of well wishing friends.

1933: Chico City Directory, Chico, Butte County, California:

Chatfield Chas H (Nellie)  carp h Boucher av cor IrwinChatfield Howard F (Evelene)  del slsmn Chico Ice & Cold Stge Co  h953 S Chestnut

Chatfield Roy E r C H ChatfieldNote: Nellie is living in Colusa

1934: Index to Register of Voters, Guill Precinct, Butte County, California (pg 262):

Chatfield, Charles H.; Carpenter; General Delivery, Chico…RepChatfield, Mrs. Nellie; Housewife; General Delivery, Chico…Dem

Chatfield, Roy E.; Truckman; Chico…Dem

1934: Index to Register of Voters, Camptonville Precinct, Yuba County, California (pg 143):

Chatfield, Mrs. Ethel H.—Log Cabin, Housewife, Dem.Chatfield, Leo W.—Log Cabin, Laborer, Dem.

1934: Index to Register of Voters, Chico No. 24 Precinct, Butte County, California (pg 156):

Chatfield, Mrs. Evelene; Housewife; 1436 Salem St., Chico…Dem

1934-35: Chico City Directory, Chico, Butte County, California:

Chatfield Chas H (Nellie)  h921 Boucher avChatfield Roy E r921 Boucher av

Chatfield Howard F (Evelyn)  slsmn Chico Ice & Cold Stge Co  h953 S Chestnut

1936: Index to Register of Voters, Chico No 15 Precinct, Butte County, California (pg 222):

Chatfield, Charles H.; Farmer; Boucher and Sixteenth St., Chico…Rep

1936: Index to Register of Voters, Guill Precinct, Butte County, California:

Chatfield, Mrs. Nellie C.; Housewife; General Delivery, Chico   RepChatfield, Roy E.; Truck Driver; General Delivery, Chico   Dem

1936: Index to Register of Voters, Camptonville Precinct, Yuba County, California (pg 163):

Chatfield, Mrs. Ethel H.—Camptonville, Housewife, Dem.Chatfield, Leo W.—Camptonville, Asst., Forest Ranger, Dem.

1936: Index to Register of Voters, Chico No. 6 Precinct, Butte County, California (pg 117):

Chatfield, Gordon G.; Upholsterer, 4928 Fourth St., Chico  DemChatfield, Mrs. Hylda; Housewife; 4928 Fourth Street, Chico  Dem

1937-1938: Chico City Directory, Chico, Butte County, California

Chatfield Nellie C Mrs h921 Boucher av.Chatfield Howard F (Evelyn) chauf Chico Meat Co h1838 S Normal av

Chatfield May F r1838 S Normal ace

Chatfield Roy  r291 Boucher av

Nov 1938: Index to Register of Voters, Guill Precinct, Butte County, California:

Chatfield, Charles H.; Retired; 1252 E. Humbolt Ave., Chico Rep

1939: Chico City Directory, Chico, Butte County, California:

Chatfield Nellie C Mrs h921 Boucher av.Chatfield Roy r291 Boucher av

Chatfield Howard F (Evelyn) h1838 S Normal av

Chatfield May F r1838 S Normal av

 

1940: Chico City Directory, Chico, Butte County, California:

Chatfield Nellie C Mrs h921 Boucher avChatfield Ray r921 Boucher av (Roy)

Chatfield Howard F (Evelyn) clk L H Mulkey h484 E 8^th

Chatfield Mae F asst cash J C Penney Co r484 E 8^th

Chatfield Patricia J clk L H Mulkey r484 E 8th

1940: Index to Register of Voters, Chico No. 26 Precinct, Butte County, California (pg 170):

Chatfield, Mrs. Evelene A.; Housewife, 1838 Normal Ave., Chico  DemChatfield, Howard F; Deliveryman; 1838 Normal Ave., Chico Rep

1940: Index to Register of Voters, Guill Precinct, Butte County, California (pg 288):

Chatfield, Charles H.; Retired; 1252 E. Humbolt Ave, Chico   Rep

1940: Index to Register of Voters, Guill Precinct, Butte County, California (pg 283):

Chatfield, Mrs. Nellie C.; Housewife; General Delivery, Chico   RepChatfield, Roy E.; Truck Driver; General Delivery, Chico   Dem

Feb 18, 1940: Death of Emily S. (Hoy) Chamberlin (age 89 yr, 6 mo), mother of Nellie (Chamberlin) Chatfield, of chronic nephritis and acute uremia, in her home in Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California.

1941-1942: Chico City Directory, Chico, Butte County, California:

Chatfield Nellie C Mrs h921 Boucher avChatfield Ray 921 Boucher av (Roy)

Chatfield H F (Evelyn) slsmn 484 E 8^th st

Chatfield Patricia clk 484 E 8^thst

Feb 1940: Chico Enterprise, Chico, Butte County, California:

Chicoan Returns From Her Mother’s Funeral in L.A. Chico—Mrs. N.C. Chatfield and her son, Roy, have returned from Los Angeles, where they were called because of the illness and death of Mrs. Chatfield’s mother, Mrs. Emily S. Chamberlin. Mrs. Chamberlin was the widow of Finley Chamberlin, a Civil War veteran, who died in 1905. She was born in Howard, Penn., in 1850, and was the mother of seven children, five of whom are living. They are Mrs. Chatfield of this city, Mrs. Ada Whitaker of Oregon, Mrs. Mary Rosborough of Morton, Washington; Willard Chamberlin of Corvallis, Oregon, and Fred Chamberlin of Los Angeles, with whom she made her home. The funeral was held in Los Angeles with Requiem mass in St. Columbkiill’s Church. Mrs. Chamberlin had been a member of the Third Order of St. Francis for 30 years.

1942: Index to Register of Voters, Guill Precinct, Butte County, California (pg 250):

Chatfield, Mrs. Nellie C.; Housewife; General Delivery, Chico  RepChatfield, Roy E.; Laborer; 666 E. Sixteenth St., Chico  Dem

1942: Index to Register of Voters, Camptonville Precinct, Yuba County, California (pg 144):

Chatfield, Mrs. Ethel H.—Camptonville, Housewife, Dem.Chatfield, Leo W.—Camptonville, Forest Ranger, Dem.

1942: Index to Register of Voters, Chico No. 17 Precinct, Butte County, California (pg 228):

Chatfield, Howard Francis; Clerk, 179 E. Sacramento Ave., Chico   Rep

Jul 23, 1942: Death Of Charles Henry Chatfield (age 71) at the Butte County Hospital in Oroville, Butte County, California, of cardiac failure. He had heart disease, and contributory causes to his death were senility and malnutrition. He was living up near his son Leo at the time he took ill.

July 24, 1942: Chico Enterprise, Chico, Butte County, California:

C.H. Chatfield Taken by Death Charles H. Chatfield, widely known Chico resident for the past 25 years, and retired rancher, died at a local hospital yesterday following a short illness. Chatfield was born in Florence, Colorado, September 21, 1870 and has been a resident of this community for 25 years. The family residence was at 666 East 16th street. He followed his occupation as a rancher until his retirement a few years ago. He leaves to mourn him, his wife Nellie Chatfield of Chico and the following children, Charles J. of San Francisco, Leo W. of Camptonville, Howard F. and Roy E. of Chico, Gordon of Martinez, Arden with the U.S. Army, Mrs. Nellie McElhiney of Oakland, Mrs. Verda Day of Vallejo, Mrs. Noreen Clemens of Vallejo, and Mrs. Irma Fouch of Yuba City. Twelve grandchildren also survive. One brother, Elmer Chatfield of Wyoming, and two sisters, Mrs. Ella Small of Superior, Arizona, and Mrs. Calla Joslyn of Santa Monica, California. Friends are invited to attend the funeral services Saturday morning at 9:30 o’clock at the Black and Johnson Funeral home. Rev. Father Patrick J. Cronin of St. John the Baptist Catholic church will read the last rites and the interment will be held in Chico cemetery.

Note: The house was on the corner of Boucher Ave. and 16th St.

Jul 25, 1942: Charles Henry Chatfield is buried at the Chico Cemetery in Chico, Butte County, California. He lay in an unmarked grave for 61 years until two grandchildren have a headstone made for him.

July 25, 1942: Chico Enterprise, Chico, Butte County, California (pg 3):

Services Held for Chatfield Funeral services were held this morning at the 9:30 o’clock at the Black and Johns funeral home for Charles H. Chatfield, who died at a local hospital Thursday following a short illness. Father Patrick J. Cronin of St. John the Baptist Catholic church read the last rites and selections were played on the pipe organ by Mrs. Louis Kloor. Many friends attended the services and numerous beautiful floral offerings banked the casket. The interment was held in the Chico cemetery with the following members of the family acting as casket escorts, Howard Chatfield, Roy Chatfield, Leo Chatfield, Charles Chatfield, Carl Clemens, and Roy McElhiney.

Note: Casket escort Carl Clemens is a son-in-law, Roy McElhiney is a grandson.

1944: Index to Register of Voters, Chico No. 17 Precinct, Butte County, California (pg 220):

Chatfield, Howard Francis; Clerk, 179 E. Sacramento Ave., Chico  Rep

1944: Index to Register of Voters, Guill Precinct, Butte County, California (pg 246):

Chatfield, Mrs. Nellie C.; Housewife; General Delivery, Chico   RepChatfield, Roy E.; Laborer; 666 E. Sixteenth St., Chico   Dem

1945: Chico City Directory, Chico, Butte County, California:

Chatfield Nellie C (wid Chas)  r666 E 16thChatfield Roy E  millwkr rh666 E 16th

Chatfield Howard F  (Evelyn A) pntr CAAF h179 E Sacramento av

Chatfield Martha B  clk PO r309 WallNote: Martha is the wife of Lee T. Chatfield, cousin of Charles H. Chatfield

1948: Chico City Directory, Chico, Butte County, California:

Chatfield Nellie C  (wid C H) h666 E 16thChatfield Roy E  lab DMCo h666 E 16th

Chatfield Howard F (Evelyn)  mt ctr Roy Miller h179 E Sacramento av

Chatfield Lee T (Martha)  see Elks Lodge h1187 E 7thNote: Lee T. Chatfield is a cousin of Charles H. Chatfield

Jun 1948: Letter from Ina (Chatfield) Fouch to her mother Nellie:

Dear Mom,I thought I would drop you a line or two, even tho there isn’t much to write about. Was wondering how you’re surviving the hot weather. Weren’t some of those days terrific though?

Did Arden ever show up Chico again? He got off at Gridley and was wondering if he got a job there, or moved on? One never can tell about him.

I hope to have some tomatoes, etc., for you when Verda comes thru altho the tomatoes aren’t doing very good. We are hoping these later ones will be better. Hope to be able to get you some peaches too.

I gave Jim a little birthday party last week. He was quite thrilled as it was his first birthday party. Shirley sent him the nicest suede cowboy jacket, but it is a little hot to wear it right now. He wears it for about 5 minutes at a time.

Well, I have an ironing to do & want to get at it before it gets too hot so will sign off.

Hope you are feeling better and the heat isn’t bothering you much.

Love to you both,

InaNote: Ina is the sister of Arden

Nov 19, 1948: Death of Gordon Gregory Chatfield (age 42), in the Letterman’s Veterans Hospital in San Francisco, California of injuries he sustained from falling from the bay of a truck during WWII. He is buried in the Presidio Cemetery in San Francisco, California. Gordon is the 6h child of Charles Chatfield & Nellie Chamberlin.

Nov 1948: San Francisco newspaper clipping, obituary for Gordon Chatfield:

CHATFIELD—In this city, Nov. 19, 1948, Gordon Chatfield, dearly beloved son of Mrs. Nellie Chatfield of Chico, Calif., loving brother of Charles Chatfield of San Francisco, Leo Chatfield of Comptonville, Calif., Howard, Roy, and Arden Chatfield, all of Chico, Calif. Mrs. Verda Day of Redwood City, Mrs. Ina Fouch of Yuba City, and Mrs. Noreen Clemens of Sonora; a native of Casper Wyo., aged 42 years.A member of V.F.W. of Van Nuys, Calif. (Chico, Calif., papers please copy.)

A Mass of Requiem will be offered.

1950: Chico City Directory, Chico, Butte County, California:

Chatfield Nellie Mrs  h1543 Boucher avChatfield Roy E  h666 E 16th

Chatfield Howard F (Evelyn)  mtctr h179 E. Sacramento av

Chatfield Martha (wid L T)  h 1187 E 7thNote: Lee T. Chatfield died Sep 6, 1949

1952: Chico City Directory, Chico, Butte County, California:

Chatfield Nellie (wid Chas)  h1543 Boucher avChatfield Howard F  mtctr R V Moore h179 E Sacramento av

Chatfield Martha (wid L T)  slswm Arnette’s h11187 E 7thNote: Roy is not listed in the directory

Jan 16, 1953: Death of Howard Francis Chatfield (age 53) in Chico, Butte County, California, of Bright’s disease. He is buried in the Chico Cemetery in Chico. Howard is the 3rd child of Charles Chatfield & Nellie Chamberlin.

Jan 16, 1953: Chico Enterprise, Chico, Butte County, California:

Howard Chatfield Dies Yesterday at Chico Residence Howard Chatfield, Chico resident since 1905, died at his home Friday after an illness of several months. Chatfield was born in El Dora, Colo., June 13, 1899. He was educated in Chico schools after coming here with his parents. He was employed at the Chico Ice Company for 15 years, then became a butcher after learning the trade at the Chico Meat Company. Chatfield is survived by his wife, Evelyn; his mother, Mrs. Nellie Chatfield, Chico; five daughters, Mrs. Richard Percy, Mrs. John Dussault, Mrs. Donald Costa and Mrs. Richard Quiring, all of Chico, and Mrs. Jack Sutherlund, Marysville. The following brothers and sister also survive: Leo Chatfield, Nevada City; Arden and Ray Chatfield, Chico; Charles Chatfield, San Francisco; Mrs. George Day, Chico; Mrs. Carl Clemens, Sonora; Mrs. James Fouch, Yuba City; and Mrs. Nellie McElhiney, Oakland. Mr. Chatfield was an active member of Chico Lodge 423, BPOE, and Local 352 of the Butchers Union. Rosary Services will be conducted Sunday evening at 8 o’clock at the Brusie Funeral Home. Monday at 9:30 a.m. the Chico Lodge of Elks will hold service in the Brusie Chapel. The cortege will then form and proceed to the St. John the Baptist Catholic Church where mass will be said for the repose of his soul. Interment will follow in the Catholic section of the Chico Cemetery.

1953-54: Chico City Directory, Chico, Butte County, California:

Chatfield Nellie C (wid Chas)  h1543 Boucher avRoy E h1543 Boucher av

Chatfield Evelyn A (wid Howard F)  h179 E Sacramento av

Chatfield Martha (wid Lee T)  slswn Arnette’s h1187 E 7thNote: Martha is the wife of Lee T. Chatfield, cousin of Charles H. Chatfield

Jul 31, 1955: Marriage of Noreen Ellen (Chatfield) Clemens and Raymond D. Haynie in Carson City, Ormsby County, Nevada. Noreen (age 39) is the 10th child of Charles Chatfield & Nellie Chamberlin. Noreen divorced her first husband, Carl John Clemens in 1951 after 5 children and 18 years of marriage. Her marriage to Ray lasted a year.

1955: Chico City Directory, Chico, Butte County, California:

Chatfield Nellie  C (wid Chas H)  h1543 Boucher avRoy E h1543 Boucher av

Chatfield Evelyn A (wd Howard F) h179 E Sacramento av

Chatfield Martha (wid Lee T) slswn Arnette’s h1187 E 7th

Dec 14, 1955: Letter From Nellie Chatfield to her oldest daughter, Nella May McElhiney:

Dec. 14, 1955Dear Nellie May,

For goodness sake don’t worry about me. Roy gets worried & excited so easy & there is no need notifying any others. I don’t know what really was the matter with me this last time. I was not in much pain, only just couldn’t seem to get my breath. I don’t suppose you ever heard a wind broken horse, well that is exactly the way I sounded. You could hear me all over the house.

The Dr. heard me before he reached the house. He gave me a BIG shot in each arm. Roy held my arms & said I never flinched, but it sent me out of my head. Those hypos never did that before, but if I said the things Roy said I did, I was out of my head. Those shots must have did the work because I was breathing alright by the time I reached the hospital. I was in no pain, but was still coughing & when I did cough you should have seen those nurses move off.

They took all kinds of X Ray pictures & blood tests & for 36 hours they fed me thru the veins. Then when they wanted to put tubes in my nose & down my throat, that made me mad. Both doctors were new to me & I didn’t like them & they didn’t like me. I told them if they put any down my throat I would throw up all over everything. (One of the Drs. is a Sheeny & one is a Wop). The Wop said, “your stomach is about 4 times as big as it should be.”  I said all right, cut it open & take a chunk out. I suppose they thought I would say they could put those tubes down my throat & in my nose. Roy telephoned to find out if he could take me home.

Well this is the 16 so I just as well quit. Roy turns the TV on so loud I can’t write. I am feeling the best I have in a long time. They have given me so many shots. I think that may have helped my head aches, but I have a terrible roaring in it all the time it seems others can hear it.

When we first came to California, Feb was the finest month of the year. I can get in & out of the car with a little help but I can’t get up & down steps & that is why I can’t go to church. If the weather ever gets really good & all can get together on the time, we may get over to see you. We often talk of it.

Now remember no presents this year. There is nothing I want or need & I think most of us are in no physical or finantial position to do so. And now good night with love and

God bless you & yours,

Your loving Mother, N.C.Note: Two weeks later Nellie died in her home after the last rites were administered to her three times. She was highly vexed that she didn’t die the first two times, having gone to all that preparation.

Jan 2, 1956: Death of Nellie Belle (Chamberlin) Chatfield (age 82), at her home on Boucher in Chico, Butte County, California. Her death certificate does not list her cause of death. She is buried in the Catholic Section of the Chico Cemetery in Chico, nowhere near her husband.

The “C.” on her headstone stood for Chamberlin, her maiden name. Her family never knew her middle name was Belle until after she died. No one did; she detested being called Nellie Belle.

Jan 3, 1956: Chico Enterprise, Chico, Butte County, California:

NELLIE CHATFIELD Recitation of the rosary will be held in the Brusie Funeral Home this evening at 8 o’clock for Mrs. Nellie Chatfield, who died at her home on Boucher Street Monday. Mrs. Chatfield was born on Mar 7, 1873 in Kansas City, Mo., to Frank and Emma Chamberlin. She resided in Chico in the same house the entire time. Mrs. Chatfield was a charter member of the Catholic Ladies relief society. She is survived by eight children: Charles J. of, South San Francisco; Leo W., of Camptonville; Mrs. Nellie McElhiney, of Oakland; Arden, of Yountville; Mrs. Ina Fouch, of Yuba City; Mrs. Ray Hayknee, of San Jose; and Roy E. and Mrs. Verda Day, both of Chico; a brother, Willard Chamberlin of Corvallis, Ore., two sisters, Mrs. Ada Whitaker and Mrs. Mamie Rosborough, both of Baker, Ore. 21 grandchildren and 17 great-grandchildren. Mrs. Chatfield lost a son, Gordon in World War II and another son, Howard, three months ago. At 9:50 a.m. Wednesday the cortege will proceed to St. John the Baptist Catholic Church where requiem mass will be offered for the repose of the soul. Those who desire may have masses said in lieu of flowers.

Note: Mrs. Ray Hayknee (sic) Haine is Noreen (Chatfield) Clemens Haine, married to her second husband, Ray Haine.

Jul 20, 1956: Death of Leo Willard Chatfield (age 58), in Camptonville, Yuba County, California of a heart attack. He is buried in the Golden Gate Cemetery in San Bruno, San Mateo County, California. Leo is the 2nd child of Charles Chatfield & Nellie Chamberlin.

Jul 22, 1956: Newspaper clipping, Camptonville, Yuba County, California:

CHATFIELD GRAVESIDE RITES HELD July 22—A veil of sorrow fell over a shocked and grief-stricken community Friday evening with news of the sudden and untimely death of Leo Willard Chatfield, who died at a Grass Valley hospital with a heart ailment following a sudden illness of only two days. He was born at Ten Sleep, Wyoming, October 23, 1897. He came to this community over 25 years ago, first following mining, later being lookout for the forest service at Alaska Peak station, and then being assistant ranger of the Camptonville District of Tahoe National forest, which post he held for a number of years. For the last few years, he has been a log scaler for Cal-Ida Lumber Company. He was a veteran of World War I and a member of the local Veterans of Foreign Wars post. Chatfield was a man of fine reputation and sterling character, of kind and charitable disposition and has a host of friends throughout this section. He was an outstanding citizen and took a prominent part in the affairs of the community, always willing to do his part for the good of the place in which he lived. He recently built a new home on upper Main Street and spent much time in beautifying the premises with orchard and garden. His passing will leave a vacancy that cannot easily be filled. He is survived by: a wife, Ethel; stepson, Dr. Eugene Zornes of Fillmore; stepdaughter, Mrs. Etta M. Murdock of North San Juan; four sisters, Mrs. Nellie McElheney of Mission San Jose, Mrs. Verda Day of Chico, Mrs. Ina Fouch of Yuba City, Mrs. Noreen Clemens of San Jose; three brothers, Charles of South San Francisco, Arden and Roy of Chico.

Aug 1, 1956: Marriage of Roy Elmer Chatfield and Josephine Elizabeth “Jo” Chambers in Reno, Washoe County, Nevada, after a 38-year courtship. Roy promised his mother he would not marry until after her death, and waited for six months to pass before he married his sweetheart, Jo Chambers. Roy was 54, Jo age 55. Roy the 4th child of Charles Chatfield & Nellie Chamberlin.

Aug 1956: Chico Enterprise, Chico, Butte County, California:

Chico Couple Marry in Reno Rites A courtship of 38 years ended Wednesday as Roy Chatfield, of 1543 Boucher Avenue, took as his bride Josephine Chambers of Shasta Way. The Chicoans were married at 9:30 a.m. in St. Thomas Aquinas Catholic Church by Fr. John O’Conner. Mrs. Chatfield is an inspector at Diamond Match Co. Both grew up in Chico and have lived there all their adult lives. They are at home to their friends on Boucher Street.

Jul 11, 1978: Death of Roy Elmer Chatfield (age 77), in Chico, Butte County, California of heart failure. He is buried in the Garden of the Holy Cross, Glen Oaks Memorial Park in Chico. Roy is the 4th child of Charles Chatfield & Nellie Chamberlin.

Jul 1978: Chico Enterprise, Chico, Butte County, California:

Rosary will be recited at 8 p.m. Thursday in the chapel of the Bruise Funeral Home for Roy Elmer Chatfield, 77, of 1542 Boucher Street. Chatfield died Tuesday at a local hospital.Born March 20, 1901 in Rifle, Colo., to Charles H. and Nellie Chatfield, he received his early education in Los Molinos. He came to Chico in 1915 where he was employed by Union Ice Company for 15 years, then later by Grey Eagle Co. for approximately 10 years. Chatfield was a 50-year member of Modern Woodmen of America and St. John the Baptist Church.

Survivors include his wife, Josephine of Chico, two brothers, Charles of Paradise and Arden of Chico, and three sisters, Verda Day of Chico, Ina Fouch of Yuba City and Nellie McElhiney of Martinez.

Sep 26, 1978: Death of Verda Agnes (Chatfield) Day (age 70), in Chico, Butte County, California of heart failure. Verda is buried in the Chico Cemetery (Catholic section) in Chico. Verda is the 7th child of Charles Chatfield & Nellie Chamberlin.

Sep 26, 1978: Chico Enterprise, Chico, Butte County, California:

Rosary will be recited at 6:45 p.m. Wednesday in the chapel of the Bruise Funeral Home for Verda Agnes Day, 70, of 123 Henshaw Ave.Mrs. Day died today at a local hospital.

Born Aug 23, 1908, in Sanders, Mont., to Charles and Nellie Chatfield, she moved to Chico with her family at the age of three and was educated here. She married George W. Day in 1927 and moved to the Bay Area, living in Watsonville and Redwood City, before returning to Chico in 1950. Mrs. Day was involved with college housing until her retirement in 1972.

She was a member of the Catholic Ladies Relief Society, AARP, Senior Citizens organizations, St. John the Baptist Catholic Church and Our Divine Savior Catholic Parish.

Survivors are her four sons, Robert E. of Paradise, George E. of Warwick, R.I., Leo Ronald of Sacramento and Jeffery B. Of Chico; two daughters, Marceline Mangini of Hayward and Judith L. O’Brien of Sacramento; two brothers, Charles Joseph Chatfield of Paradise and Arden Chatfield of Chico; two sisters, Nellie May McElhiney of Martinez and Ina Fouch of Yuba City; 11 grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.

Father Edward O’Hara of Our Divine Savior Catholic Parish will act as celebrant of the mass at 9 a.m. Thursday at St. John the Baptist Catholic Church.

Visitation will be between 5 and 9 p.m. Wednesday in the chapel of the Brusie Funeral Home.

Nov 9, 1978: Death of Noreen Ellen (Chatfield) Clemens (age 53), in Whittier, Los Angeles County, California of suicide. Her ashes are interred in the Memory Garden Memorial Park in Brea, Orange County, California. When she died everything she owned was in her small gray Manx convertible: her clothes and costume jewelry, her Singer sewing machine, her Dutch oven and cast iron pots, her button collection, and an overnight case filled with prescription pills—including all the receipts. Her five children gathered to have her ashes ensconced high on a memorial wall in the small town of Brea. No obituary was written. Noreen is the 10th child of Charles Chatfield & Nellie Chamberlin.

Oct 3, 1981: Death of Arden Sherman Chatfield (age 71), in Chico, Butte County, California of a heart failure. He is buried in the in Chico Cemetery (Veteran’s section) in Chico. Arden is the 8th child of Charles Chatfield & Nellie Chamberlin.

Oct 5, 1982: Chico Enterprise, Chico, Butte County, California:

Services will be held at 11:a.m Wednesday at Brusie Funeral Home for Arden Sherman Chatfield, 71, of Chico.He died Saturday in a local hospital.

Born Aug 29 1920, to Mr. and Mrs. Charles Chatfield in Sanders, Mont., his family moved to Chico when he was five. He was reared and educated here.

He served in World War II and worked as a farm laborer for 30 years. He retired when he was 65 years old.

Survivors include two sisters, Ina Fouch of Yuba City and Nellie McElhiney of Martinez; and a brother, Charles of Paradise.

The Rev. John Crowley will officiate at the service. Burial will be at the Chico cemetery. Visitation will be held from 5 to 9 p.m. today at the Brusie Funeral Home.

Nov 21, 1983: Death of Nellie Mary “Nellie May” (Chatfield) McElhiney (age 80), in Martinez, Contra Costa County, California of a stroke. She is buried in the Queen of Heaven Cemetery in Lafayette, Contra Costa County, California. Nellie May is the 5th child of Charles Chatfield & Nellie Chamberlin.

Aug 6, 1986: Death of Charles Joseph “Charley” Chatfield (age 90), in Paradise, Butte County, California of a heart attack. He is buried in Glen Oaks Memorial Park in Chico, Butte County, California. Charley is the 1st child of Charles Chatfield & Nellie Chamberlin.

Feb 17, 1993: Death of Jacqueline “Ina” (Chatfield) Fouch (age 80), in Yuba City, Sutter County, California of old age and heart problems. She is buried in the Catholic Cemetery in Colusa, Colusa County, California. Ina is the 9th child of Charles Chatfield & Nellie Chamberlin.