Wisconsin, Births and Christenings Index:
Name: Walte Leroy Chatfield
Birth Date: 14 Dec 1889 [Whilst birth and grave show 1889 other census etc show 1883]
Birth Place: Whitewater, Walworth, Wisconsin
Gender: Male
Race: White
Father's Name: Omer Corning Chatfield
Father's Birth Place: Adams, Wisconsin
Mother's Name: Isabelle Lackey
Mother's Birth Place: Delevan, Elkorn Co., Wisconsin
FHL Film Number: 1305599
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Florida Death Index:
Name: Walter L Chatfield (Does not give age or birth year)
Death Date: Mar 1967
County of Death: Charlotte
State of Death: Florida
Race: White
Gender: Male
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DoB suspect or Esther Elizabeth is wrong.
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Census 1900 has him born Dec 1883 on handwritten original and aged 21 on 1905, 36 in 1920, 57 in 1940 and on birth and death as 1889.
I am now 99% certain Walter Leroy was born in 1883. All census records except 1940 show him born Dec 1883 or of an age to be born 1883. Except 1940 which states 1889. If you look at the original 1940 handwritten copy the age space has a 5 linked to a vertical stroke. I have made the same mistake myself in handwriting where in speed I do not lift the pen between the 5 and the next digit. I am then uncertain later whether it is a 1 or 7 i.e. 51 or 57. In the 1940 census case it could be a 1 or 7 but the 7 in 7th grade education is the same. Therefore I believe the transcriber made the error not the enumerator.
Now why was his birth record showing 1889, well I haven't seen the original. The death record doesn't show the age or birth. The tomb does show born 1889 though. No doubt that was made after he died and perhaps after Vera Blanche had died. The clincher for me is the Service record below.
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CENSUS 1900:
RESIDENCE: Beloit Ward 2, Rock, Wisconsin; Roll: 1814; Page: 25A; Enumeration District: 0161; FHL microfilm: 1241814
Omer C Chatfield 40, Apr 1860 Wisconsin Head
Belle Chatfield 40, Apr 1860 Wisconsin Wife (md 20 yrs - 7 of 7 issue living)
Walter Chatfield 16, Dec 1883 Wisconsin Son
Olver Chatfield 14, Dec 1885 Wisconsin Son
Libbie E Chatfield 10, Apr 1890 Minnesota Dau
Herbert Chatfield 6, Aug 1893 Wisconsin Son
Maude L Chatfield 5, Jul 1894 Wisconsin Dau
Ruby Chatfield 1, Oct 1898 Minnesota Dau
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USA World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918
Name: Walter Leroy Chatfield
Event Place: Charleston City, West Virginia
Gender: Male
Birth Date: 14 Dec 1883
Birthplace: , , USA
Nationality: USA
GS Film number: 1992381
Digital Folder Number: 005153759
Image Number: 05074
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CENSUS 1920:
RESIDENCE: Charleston Ward 14, Kanawha, West Virginia; Roll: T625_1958; Pg: 15A; ED: 113; Img.: 886.
W D Chatfield 36 Abt. 1884 Wisconsin Head
Jane N Chatfield 26 Abt. 1894 New York Wife
James W Chatfield 2[2 2/12] Abt. 1918 West Virginia Son
Jennie M Baker 48 Abt. 1872 New York Mother-in-Law
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USA Border Crossings from Canada to USA
Name: Walter L Chatfield
Arrival Date: 15 Feb 1929
Arrival Port: Buffalo, New York,
Age: 39
Birth Year (Estimated): 1890
Birthplace: , Whitemater Wisc
Birth Country: USA
Gender: Male
Photograph Included: N
Affiliate Publication Title: Manifests of Alien Arrivals at Buffalo, Niagara Falls, and Rochester, New York
Affiliate Publication Number: M1480
Affiliate Film Number: 21
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USA Census, 1940
Name: Walter L Chatfield
Event Place: Cass Township, Richland, Ohio
Gender: Male
Age: 51 [The handwritten age could be 57 which makes birth 1883]
Marital Status: Married
Race: White
Relationship to Head of Household: Head
Birthplace: Wisconsin
Birth Year (Estimated): 1889
Last Place of Residence: Lorain, Lorain, Ohio
District: 70-4
Family Number: 158
Sheet Number and Letter: 8B
Line Number: 50
Digital Folder Number: 005460663
Image Number: 00079
Household Gender Age Birthplace
Head Walter L Chatfield M 51 Wisconsin
Wife Vera B Chatfield F 39 England
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