10. Ina Jacqueline Chatfield & James Leroy Fouch

9. Jacqueline “Ina” Chatfield Ina, child number nine, was 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 her birth certificate with her legal name as Jacqueline.

In May of 1932 Ina married Jim Fouch, the only son-in-law other than my dad whom Grandma liked, and had three children: Joanne, Shirley, and James Edward “Jimbo”

In high school Jim Fouch had been in a car accident, crushing his bones in his right leg, leaving him with one leg two inches shorter than the other and a noticeable limp. It didn’t handicap him; he played high school baseball, tramped all over the mountains in search of deer, and ran survey crews for the Army Corps of Engineers. He was a draftsman for the Division of Highways, a surveyor for Yuba County and a workman in construction.

Jul 24, 1932: Newspaper, Colusa, Colusa Co., 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-year 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.

Jim & Ina lived in Colusa for ten years before moving to Yuba City. A fisherman and gamesman, he loved pheasant and geese hunting up in the beautiful Butte Meadows. He hunted deer around Chico, Madera, and Colusa—his hunting dog, Timberline Shorty, at his side. Whenever he was in the area Jim stayed with Grandma. He enjoyed visiting her and said she was a darn good cook—this was from a man whose mother was the best cook in the world. Grandma got along with Jim (he was Catholic). He smoked, but out of respect, he smoked outside.

Ina and Jim were married for fifty-two years until his death in 1982. Eleven years later, Aunt Ina died in Colusa at the age of 79, of heart failure

Ina is buried with her husband in Catholic Holy Cross Cemetery in Colusa, California