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Bloodlines

Bloodlines Though I knew not the uncles who slept in gold dust, I’ve been told whom they hated and whom they could trust. I read which ones fiddled, who sang and who danced; I hear they worked hard—wonder if they romanced. I’ve met not the aunts, the women of kind, but can guess of their hopes […]

My New Love

On his way home from the park, Emmett and his grandparents stop by my real estate office to say hi. “Hey, I haven’t seen you since you were a little kid, and look at you, now you’re a big kid! I ask, “How old are you?” “I’m four-and-a-half.” “I’m 71,” I say, as I reach […]

Chatfield Line: The End…

CHATFIELD FAMILY LINE AND HISTORY “You,” said my cousin LeRoy after apparently one too many calls to him about his family line in one too many days, “are neurotic!” “Neurotic? Neurotic? I may be a tad obsessive-compulsive, but I’ve never thought of myself as neurotic,” I laughed back. Those of us who work on our family […]

Stanley Tuck

FAMILY LINE AND HISTORY Stanley Tuck 2nd of 2 children of Margaret Emma Chatfield & Thomas Mitchell Tuck Born: Feb 9, 1919, in Berkeley, Alameda Co., California Died: Apr 25, 1921 (age 2), in Dallas, Dallas Co., Texas; of encephalitis lethargica Buried: Apr 25, 1921, in the Tuck family plot, West Hill Cemetery in Sherman, […]

John Chatfield Tuck & Grace Graves

FAMILY LINE AND HISTORY John Chatfield “Jack” Tuck 1st of 2 children of Margaret Emma Chatfield & Thomas Mitchell Tuck Born: Dec 26, 1916, Plumas Co., California Died: Sep 6, 1990 (age 73), Piedmont, Alameda Co., California; liver cancer Cremated: Mountain View Cemetery in Oakland, Alameda Co., California; ashes released to family Military Service: Air […]

Leslie Mallon

FAMILY LINE AND HISTORY Leslie Mallon 4th of 4 children (a male) of James Frederick Mallon & Jacquelin Chatfield Born: abt 1911, Princeton or Colusa, Colusa Co., California Died: abt 1911, California; failure to thrive (possible coroner record below) Buried: Princeton Cemetery in Princeton, Colusa Co., California ********** Timeline and Records Four children of James […]

Neva Mallon & Errington Aubin

FAMILY LINE AND HISTORY Neva Harriet Mallon 3rd of 4 children of James Frederick Mallon & Jacquelin Chatfield Born: Sep 19, 1908, Princeton, Colusa Co., California Died: Nov 11, 2008 (age 100), Oakland, Alameda Co., California Buried: Nov 22, 2008, Graves Cemetery in Orland, Glenn Co., California Occupation: Graduated from New England Conservatory of Music, […]

Marjorie Mallon & Stanley Truman

FAMILY LINE AND HISTORY Marjorie Maxine Mallon 2nd of 4 children of James Frederick Mallon & Jacquelin Chatfield Born: Jun 10, 1906, Basalt, Eagle Co., Colorado Died: Mar 14, 1988 (age 81), Walnut Creek, Contra Costa Co., California Buried: Graves Cemetery in Orland, Glenn Co., California Married: Jun 30, 1927, Stanley Roosevelt “Stan” Truman, Oakland, […]

James DeVere Mallon & Chellie Howard

FAMILY LINE AND HISTORY James DeVere “DeVere” Mallon 1st of 4 children of James Frederick Mallon & Jacquelin Chatfield Born: Dec 5, 1904, Chinese Camp, Tuolumne Co., California Died: Jan 4, 1982 (age 77), Oakland, Alameda Co., California; from a bad fall/head trauma Buried: Graves Cemetery in Orland, Glenn Co., California Married: Mar 21, 1950, […]

Ira Ray Sawyer & Virginia Leslie

FAMILY LINE AND HISTORY Ira Raymond “Ray” Sawyer (aka Ray I. Sawyer) 1st of 2 children of Mabel Clair Chatfield & George Reuben Sawyer Born: Oct 12, 1906, Los Angeles, Los Angeles Co., California Died: Oct 10, 1991 (age 84), Reno, Washoe Co., Nevada; heart failure Cremated: Ray’s ashes sprinkled along Mt. Rose Highway in […]