My Family Tree - Mallon, James DeVere

Narrative

California, Death Index
Name: James Devere Mallon
Event Date: 04 Jan 1982
Event Place: Alameda, California
Birth Date: 05 Dec 1904
Birthplace: California
Gender: Male
Mother's Name: Chatfield
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Burial Plot: 36, Grave 2B
Find A Grave Memorial# 41525641
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OBITUARIES: James DeVere Mallon
James DeVere Mallon, 77, longtime Orland rancher, passed away in Oakland, Calif on Monday, January 4. He was born December 5, 1904 in Chinese Camp, California.

He attended Princeton and Colusa Schools and was a graduate of the University of California, Berkeley, in 1927. He moved to Orland and became a rancher west of Orland where Black Butte Dam is now located. He was a longtime member of the Orland Evangelical Free Church. He retired from ranching in 1979 and has been living in Oakland for the past three years.

He is survived by a son and two sisters, Marjorie Mallon Truman and Neva Mallon Aubin, both of Oakland. His wife preceded him in death on October 2, 1977. She helped start the Oakland chapter of the Children's Home Society.

A Memorial Service is pending at Graves Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, those who wish may donate to the Children's Home Society or to a favorite charity.

Events

Event	Date	Place
Birth	5 December 1904	Chinese Camp, Tuolumne Co., California, USA

Death	4 January 1982	Oakland, Alameda Co., California, USA
	Cause: Bad fall/head trauma
Burial		Graves Cmtry., Orland,Glenn Co., California, USA

Parents

Relation to main person	Name	Birth date	Death date
Father	Mallon, James Frederick	19 November 1873	12 April 1944
Mother	Chatfield, Jacquelin	3 February 1886	7 December 1964
	Mallon, James DeVere	5 December 1904	4 January 1982
Sister	Mallon, Marjorie Maxine	10 June 1906	14 March 1988
Sister	Mallon, Neva Harriet	19 September 1908	11 November 2008
Brother	Mallon, Leslie	about 1911	about 1912

Families

Family of Mallon, James DeVere and Howard, Chellie D

Married

Wife

Howard, Chellie D ( * 21 August 1912 + 2 October 1977 )

Event	Date	Place	Description	Sources
Marriage	21 March 1950	Reno, Washoe Co., Nevada, USA

Narrative

They were married latish in life. Sally had been his college sweetheart, but it took them a long time to get together. It was a quarrelsome marriage and they had a lifetime of arguments to accomplish in a relatively small number of years.

Children