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CHATFIELD William Stephen| United States Public Records Name William S Chatfield Residence Date 01 Sep 2005 Residence Place Fairfax, Virginia Birth Date 06 Oct 1970 Address Fairfax, Virginia 22032 Address Date 01 Sep 2005 2nd Address Bangor, Maine 04401 2nd Address Date 01 Mar 1997 3rd Address Costigan, Maine 04418 3rd Address Date 01 Oct 1992-13 Nov 2000 Possible Relatives Joseph Erick CHATFIELD, Nicole CHATFIELD, Richard S CHATFIELD, Ronda L CHATFIELD, Teresa Kay CHATFIELD, William S CHATFIELD, Wm K Chatfield Record Number 27236023 |
| Burial Plot: Lot N1/220, Sec 7, Grave 7 ===== THE CHATFIELD STORY "At the age of 18, on February 28, 1865, William enlisted in the Army, to be mustered into Company "F" of the 156th Illinois infantry. His company was soon stationed in Memphis, where Edward (his brother) had been stationed earlier. By the middle of July, William had grown desperately ill, remaining in the hospital until discharged. William married Laura Emily Dole, the daughter of Abijah Dole and Sibyl Packard. Born in Shelburne, Franklin County, Massachusetts, Laura had been living in La Salle, Illinois, 79 miles west of Kankakee. After living briefly in Littleton, William continued to hold property there while visiting from Kankakee. William and Laura had five children: . Frank Stoddard Chatfield (1872 - 1886) . Bertha Laura Chatfield (1875 - 1931) . William Nathan Chatfield (1879 - 1969) . Royal Edward "Roy" Chatfield (1882 - 1950) . Raymond Alfred Chatfield (1887 - 1902) Having purchased a small house in Littleton, Colorado, William had a place to stay while visiting family there, but his heart and home remained in Kankakee, where he farmed and served as a community leader and active participant in the G.A.R., until his death on January 26, 1925. Both he and his wife were buried in the family plot in Kankakee's Mound Grove Cemetery." --- Source: THE CHATFIELD STORY, Terry & Margaret "Peg" (Chatfield) McCarty, Georgetown, Texas, www.chatfieldstory.com ----- USA Census, 1870 Name: William Chatfield Birth Year (Estimated): 1848 Gender: Male Age (Original): 22y Race: White Birthplace: Ohio Event Place: Illinois Household Gender Age Birthplace William Chatfield M 22y Ohio Laura Chatfield F 24y Massachusetts ----- USA Census, 1880 Name: Wm Chatfield Event Place: Pilot, Kankakee, Illinois Gender: Male Age: 33 Marital Status: Married Occupation: Farmer Ethnicity: American Relationship to Head of Household: Self Birthplace: Ohio Birth Date: 1847 Spouse's Name: Laura Chatfield Spouse's Birthplace: Massachusetts Father's Birthplace: Connecticut Mother's Birthplace: Massachusetts Page: 197, Page Letter: A Entry Number: 3295 Affiliate Film Number: T9-0219 GS Film number: 1254219 Digital Folder Number: 004240496 Image Number: 00399 Household Gender Age Birthplace Self Wm Chatfield M 33 Ohio Wife Laura Chatfield F 35 Massachusetts Son Frank Chatfield M 8 Illinois Dau Bertha Chatfield F 5 Illinois Son William Chatfield M 1 Illinois ----- USA Census, 1900 Name: William S Chatfield Event Place: ED 42 Kankakee Township Kankakee city Ward 6, Kankakee, Illinois Birth Date: Sep 1847 Birthplace: Ohio Relationship to Head of Household: Head Father's Birthplace: Vermont Mother's Birthplace: Massachusetts Race: White Gender: Male Marital Status: Married Years Married: 30 Marriage Year (Estimated): 1870 Page: 4, Sheet Letter: B Family Number: 103 Reference ID: 90 GS Film number: 1240312 Digital Folder Number: 004113771 Image Number: 00667 Household Gender Age Birthplace Head William S Chatfield M 53 Ohio Wife Laura Chatfield F 55 Massachusetts Dau Bertha Chatfield F 25 Illinois Son William N Chatfield M 21 Illinois Son Royal Chatfield M 19 Illinois Son Raymond A Chatfield M 13 Illinois ----- USA Census, 1910 Name: W S Chatfield Birthplace: Ohio Relationship to Head of Household: Self Residence: Kankakee Ward 6, Kankakee, Illinois Marital Status: Married Race : White Gender: Male Father's Birthplace: Connecticut Mother's Birthplace: Massachusetts Family Number: 268 Page Number: 14 Household Gender Age Birthplace SELF W S Chatfield M 62y Ohio WIFE Laura Chatfield F 64y Massachusetts DAU Bertha Chatfield F 34y Illinois ----- USA Census, 1920 Name: William Chatfield Event Place: Long Beach Township And City Precinct 25, Los Angeles, California Gender: Male Age: 72 Marital Status: Married Race: White Birthplace: Ohio Birth Year (Estimated): 1848 Relationship to Head of Household: Self Household ID: 198 Sheet Number: 8 GS Film number: 1820104 Digital Folder Number: 4293704 Image Number: 00551 Household Gender Age Birthplace SELF William Chatfield M 72y Ohio WIFE Lois Chatfield F 63y Illinois |
| CHATFIELD, WILLIAM - DOLE, LAURA E - 1869-06-24 00B/0076 00002347 - KANKAKEE Co. |
| Illinois, Cook County Marriages Name: William S. Chatfield Age: 64 Birth Date: 1848 Spouse's Name: Lois M. Dole Spouse's Age: 53 Spouse's Birth Date: 1859 License Type: Marriage Event Date: 07 Mar 1912 Event Place: Chicago, Cook, Illinois GS Film number: 1030518 Digital Folder Number: 4271714 Image Number: 599 Reference ID: 589749 |
| QUERY Birth: unknown Death: unknown Burial: West Laurel Hill Cemetery Bala Cynwyd Montgomery County Pennsylvania, USA Plot: Philadelphia 2 Created by: Graves Record added: Jun 06, 2012 Find A Grave Memorial# 91496606 ===== Not on 1870 census with father. QUERY United States Census, 1870 Name Wm Chatfield Event Place Ridgeway, Orleans Co., New York Gender Male Age 14 Race White Birth Year (Estimated) 1855-1856 Birthplace New York Page Number 96 N P Hopkins M 64 Connecticut (Retired Merchant) Huldah Hopkins F 48 Connecticut (Keeping House) Wm Chatfield M 14 New York E L Byron F 65 Connecticut ----- United States Census, 1880 Name W S Chatfield Event Place Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Gender Male Age 23 Marital Status Single Race White Relationship to Head of Household Other Birth Year (Estimated) 1857 Birthplace New York, United States Father's Birthplace --- Mother's Birthplace --- Sheet Letter A Sheet Number 360 Person Number 6 Volume 1 Robert Carson Self M 27 Pennsylvania J Montgomery Davis Other M 38 Pennsylvania Richard H Lee Other M 48 Kentucky Charls Schiddt Other M 28 Pennsylvania Lesley A Bonner Other M 29 Pennsylvania Wm C Myers Other M 67 Pennsylvania W S Chatfield Other M 23 New York and more names. ----- Event Place United States Census, 1910 Name William S Chatfield Event Place Philadelphia Ward 44, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Gender Male Age 53 Marital Status Single Race White Relationship to Head of Household Patient Birth Year (Estimated) 1857 Birthplace New York Sheet Letter A Sheet Number 1 |
| Christening: Name: William Symonds Chatfield Gender: Male Baptism/Christening Date: 05 Jan 1808 (Perhaps Birth) Baptism/Christening Place: ARDINGLY,SUSSEX,ENGLAND Father's Name: Charles Chatfield Indexing Project (Batch) Number: P01420-1 System Origin: England-ODM Source Film Number: 416348 -or- Name: William Symmonds Chatfield Gender: Male Baptism/Christening Date: 06 Mar 1808 Baptism/Christening Place: Ardingly, Sussex, England Father's Name: ... Chatfield Mother's Name: Mary Indexing Project (Batch) Number: I07740-6 System Origin: England-EASy Source Film Number: 1041576 Reference Number: item 3 |
| Birth GRO 3rd qtr 1914 CHATFIELD, William T Ryder Alverstoke 2b 1001 Death GRO 2nd qtr 1917 CHATFIELD, William T 2 Alverstoke 2b 698 |
| Birth and death not found. ===== Migration . New York Passenger Lists Name William Chatfield Age 23 Immigration Date 1821 Immigration Place New York City, New York, United States Birth Year (Estimated) 1798 Birthplace England Nationality England Ship Name Caspian ----- United States Census, 1840 Name Wm T F Chatfield Event Date 1840 Event Place Albany, Albany, New York Event Place (Original) Albany Event Type Census Page 298 Affiliate Film Number 264 Affiliate Publication Number M704 Affiliate Name The U.S. National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) |
| New York State Health Department, Genealogical Research Death Index Name William T Chatfield Sex Male Age 72 Death Date 06 Jun 1958 Death Place Albany, Albany, New York File Number 38210 Birth Year (Estimated) 1886 Death Year 1958 ----- Burial Plot: Section G, Lot #47, Grave #1 Find A Grave Memorial# 38819296 ===== United States World War I Draft Registration Cards Event Type Draft Registration Name William Theodore Chatfield Sex Male Event Date 1917-1918 Event Place Albany, Albany, New York, Citizenship Place United States Birth Date 20 Apr 1886 Birthplace , , United States ----- USA Census, 1930 Name: William Chatfield Event Place: Albany, Albany, New York Gender: Male Age: 44 Marital Status: Single Race: White Relationship to Head of Household: Head Birth Year (Estimated): 1886 Birthplace: New York Father's Birthplace: New York Mother's Birthplace: New York Household Role Gender Age Birthplace William Chatfield Head M 44 New York Robert Chatfield Son M 37 New York Alfred Chatfield Son M 35 New York Mary Chatfield Mother F 74 New York District: 0043. |
| Son of Robert Rabey CHATFIELD & Mary MORROW |
| Sailor ----- QUERY England and Wales Census, 1841 Name William Chatfield Event Place Hamsey, Sussex, England Residence Note Rectory Oak Hill Gender Male Age 3 Age (Original) 3 Birth Year (Estimated) 1838 Birthplace Sussex Registration District Lewes Chailey West Firle & Newhaven Parish Hamsey County Sussex Page Number 4 Registration Number HO107 Piece/Folio 1110/5 Affiliate Record Type Household Thos Chatfield M 35-39 Sussex Jane Chatfield F 20-24 Sussex William Chatfield M 3 Sussex William Chatfield M 30-34 Sussex Susan Chatfield F 20-24 Sussex Elizabeth Chatfield F 4 Sussex William Chatfield M 2 Sussex ----- QUERY England and Wales Census, 1871 Name: William Thomas Chatfield Event Type: Census Event Date: 1871 Gender: Male Age: 32 Birthplace: Southwick, Sussex Schedule Type: Institution Registration District: Portsea Island County: Hampshire -and- England and Wales Census, 1871 Name William Thomas Chatfield Event Place Hampshire, England Gender Male Age 32 Marital Status Married Occupation Mate Birth Year (Estimated) 1839 Birthplace Southwick, Sussex Entry Number 2 Affiliate Image Identifier GBC/1871/1134/0078 |
| Marriages GRO 4th qtr 1858 CHATFIELD, William Thomas Steyning 2b 407 Tanner, Ann Steyning 2b 407 ----- Name: William Thomas Chatfield Birth Date: 1838 Age: 20 Spouse's Name: Ann Tanner Spouse's Birth Date: 1837 Spouse's Age: 21 Event Date: 29 Nov 1858 Event Place: Portslade, Sussex, England Father's Name: Thomas Chatfield Spouse's Father's Name: Robert Tanner Indexing Project (Batch) Number: I02335-4 , System Origin: England-EASy , GS Film number: 1894340 , Reference ID: 57 |
| Birth GRO 1st qtr 1851 CHATFIELD, William Thomas W. Hampnett 7 602 |
| Birth GRO 2nd qtr 1859 CHATFIELD, William Thomas Steyning 2b 224 ----- England Births and Christenings Name: William Thomas Chatfield Gender: Male Christening Date: 1869 Christening Place: PORTSLADE, SUSSEX, ENGLAND Birth Date: 1859 Birthplace: Portslade, Bts, Sussex, England Father's Name: William Thomas Chatfield Mother's Name: Anne Indexing Project (Batch) Number: C14849-3 , System Origin: England-VR , GS Film number: 1468913 , Reference ID: - 2:2W770HP ----- Death GRO 3rd qtr 1937 CHATFIELD, William T 78 Battersea 1d 351 ===== 1861 Census Piece: RG9/605 Place: Shoreham -Sussex Enumeration District: 20 Civil Parish: Portslade Ecclesiastical Parish: Portslade Folio: 130 Page: 32 Schedule: 152 Address: Vale Cottage Surname, Forename Rel Status Sex Age Occupation Where Born FARMER, Robert Head M M 51 Coal Metre Dorset - Poole FARMER, Jane Wife M F 50 Dorset - Wimborne FARMER, Thomas Son - M 12 Dorset - Poole FARMER, William Son - M 4 Sussex - Portslade CHATFIELD, Ann Dau M F 23 Dorset - Poole CHATFIELD, Thomas Grnson - M 1 Sussex - Portslade CHATFIELD, Annie Grndau - F 3m Sussex - Portslade ----- 1871 Census Piece: RG10/1092 Place: Shoreham 1D -Sussex Enumeration District: 18 Civil Parish: Hove Ecclesiastical Parish: Hove Folio: 34 Page: 2 Schedule: 8 Address: Jessops Cottage Surname, Forename Rel Status Sex Age Occupation Where Born CHATFIELD, Ann Head M F 33 Sailors Wife Dorset - Poole CHATFIELD, William T Son - M 11 Scholar Sussex - Portslade CHATFIELD, Annie Dau - F 10 Scholar Sussex - Portslade CHATFIELD, Emily J Dau - F 7 Scholar Sussex - Portslade CHATFIELD, Ruth E Dau - F 5 Scholar Sussex - Portslade CHATFIELD, Alice M Dau - F 4 Scholar Sussex - Hove CHATFIELD, Ellenor Dau - F 1m Sussex - Hove ----- England and Wales Census, 31 Mar 1901 Name: William Chatfield Event Place: Streatham, London, England County: London, Middlesex Civil Parish: Streatham Ecclesiastical Parish: St John The Divine Sub-District: Streatham Registration District: Wandsworth Gender: Male Age: 41 Occupation: FOREMAN BRICKLAYER Relationship to Head of Household: Head Birth Year (Estimated): 1860 Birthplace: Portslade Brighton, Sussex Schedule Type: 212 Page Number: 39 Household Role Sex Age Birthplace William Chatfield Head M 41 Portslade Brighton, Sussex Charlotte M Chatfield Wife F 37 Merton, Surrey Gertrude M Chatfield Dau F 10 Toronto Canada Ethel B Chatfield Dau F 6 Toronto Canada William V Chatfield Son M 3 Toronto Canada Elizabeth Chatfield Dau F 0 Balham, Surrey ----- England and Wales Census, 1911 Name: William Thomas Chatfield Event Place: Wallington, Surrey, England County: Surrey Parish: Wallington Sub-District: Mitcham Sub-District Number: 6 District Number: 39 Enumeration District: 12 Registration District: Croydon Gender: Male Age: 50 Marital Status: Married Occupation: BUILDERS FOREMAN Number in Family: 6 Birth Year (Estimated): 1861 Birthplace: Portslade, Sussex Relationship to Head of Household: Head Schedule Type: 6 Page Number: 1 Registration Number: RG14 Piece/Folio: 11 Household Role Sex Age Birthplace William Thomas Chatfield Head M 50 Portslade, Sussex Charlotte M Chatfield Wife F 47 Merton, Surrey Gertrude Maud Chatfield Dau F 20 Toronto Canada Ethel Beatrice Chatfield Dau F 16 Toronto Canada William Victor Chatfield Son M 13 Toronto Canada Elizabeth Annie Chatfield Dau F 10 Balham, Surrey Dorothy Mary Chatfield Dau F 6 Mitcham, Surrey |
| Marriages GRO 3rd qtr 1887 CHATFIELD, William Thomas Wandsworth 1d 1021 BATES, Charlotte Maud Wandsworth 1d 1021 |
| Birth GRO 1st qtr 1874 CHATFIELD, William Thomas Westminster 1a 469 Death GRO 3rd qtr 1972 CHATFIELD, William Thomas 24Feb1874 Chichester 5h 1560 |
| Birth not found on Victoria Index. VIC Death Index. CHATFIELD, William Thomas. CHATFIELD George Stevens & Annie DUNMORE, 1961, VIC 11126 ----- Find A Grave Memorial# 125557450 ----- Probate 578/235 VPRS 28/P4, unit 2504; VPRS 7591/P3, unit 410 On Probate listed as Retd Fisherman. ----- Australia, Victoria, Index to Probate Registers Name: William T Chatfield Occupation: Retd Fisherman Death Date: 24 Jun 1961 Event Place: Melbourne, Victoria, Australia Residence City: Rosebud West Event Date: 30 Aug 1961 Series Number: 578 Record Number: 235 Digital Folder Number: 004105595 , Image Number: 00170 |
| Birth GRO 1st qtr 1882 CHATFIELD, William Thomas Uckfield 2b 133 (Includes East Hoathly) ===== Census, 1911 name: William Thomas Chatfield gender: Male age: 29 birthplace: East Hoathly, Sussex record type: Household registration district: Uckfield sub-district: Framfield parish: East Hoathly, Sussex ----- Query died 16 May, buried 21 May 1960, cremated Eltham Crematorium. |
| Birth GRO 3rd qtr 1898 CHATFIELD, William Thomas Mile End 1c 521 Death GRO 4th qtr 1980 CHATFIELD, William Thomas 30JE1898 Gravesend 16 849 ----- Cremated 9 Dec 1980. Find A Grave Memorial# 127782702 ===== England and Wales Census, 1911 Name William Chatfield County London Parish Bethnal Green Sub-District Bethnal Green South West Registration District Bethnal Green Gender Male Age 13 Birthplace Ldn Bethnal Green Record Type Household |
| Marriages GRO 4th qtr 1920 CHATFIELD, William T Beles Bethnal G. 1c 313 (Should be Eeles) Eeles, Helena D Chatfield Bethnal G. 1c 313 |
| NSW Birth Index CHATFIELD WILLIAM T, 12452/1921, Father: WILLIAM W, Mother: MARY J, COONABARABRAN ===== Gilgandra Weekly (NSW : Thursday 3 February 1949) Sentencing William Thomas (Toadie) Chatfield to 24 days gaol for stealing three peaches from a car parked in the street at Coonabarabran, Messrs. D. W. Murphy and H. Dawson, J'sP., at the Coonabarabran Court, said if Chatfield ever came before them again on a stealing charge they would not hesitate in sending him to gaol for three months. ----- 1956 Feb - DAWN Magazine Toad Chatfield and family are settled into a cottage at Burra Bee Dee and Toad has already fenced an area with a post and rail fence as the first step towards a vegetable garden. |
| NSW Mariage Index 12522/1942 CHATFIELD, William Thomas Fuller, Nerida Pearl Coonabarabran |
| NSW Death Index CHATFIELD William Thomas, 22248/1985, Parents: William & Nerida |
| Ontario Births Name: William Victor Chatfield Event Type: Birth Event Date: 09 May 1897 Event Place: Toronto, York, Ontario, Canada Gender: Male Father's Name: William Thomas Chatfield Mother's Name: Charlotte Maude Bates GS Film Number: 1906131 , Digital Folder Number: 004656960 , Image Number: 00313 , Indexing Project (Batch) Number: C02211-2 ===== England and Wales Census, 31 Mar 1901 Name: William V Chatfield Civil Parish: Streatham Ecclesiastical Parish: St John The Divine Sub-District: Streatham Registration District: Wandsworth Residence County: London, Middlesex Gender: Male Age: 3 Relationship to Head of Household: Son Birthplace: Toronto Canada Record Type: Household ----- England and Wales Census, 1911 Name: William Victor Chatfield County: Surrey Parish: Wallington Sub-District: Mitcham Registration District: Croydon Gender: Male Age: 13 Birthplace: Toronto Canada Record Type: Household ----- United Kingdom, Merchant Navy Seamen Records Name: William Victor Chatfield Event Type: Military Service Event Year Range: 1918-1921 Event Place: United Kingdom Birthplace: Canada Birth Year: 1897 |
| South Africa, Cape Province, Western Cape Archives Records Name: William Victor Chatfield Event Type: Marriage Event Date: 04 Mar 1939 Event Place: Port Elizabeth, Port Elizabeth, Cape, South Africa Age: 41 Birth Year (Estimated): 1898 Spouse's Name: Mary Eliza Alldred Spouse's Age: 39 Spouse's Birth Year (Estimated): 1900 Entry Number: 54 |
| Birth 8230/1920 CHATFIELD, William W Cain, Mary J Coonabarabran ----- Query relation Spouse Given Names: Alfred William Remarks: née Cain; w/Alfred William; mother Parents: George William & Mary Jane |
| Death 4752/1869 CHATFIELD, William W Age 70 Years Died Mudgee ----- Convicted and deported for 7 years convicted for theft (London's central criminal court ref number t18250519-132) He was convicted for stealing a tea-caddy. William Walking stick dresser 1807 London Gaol Delivery 1825 May 19 Sentence 7 yrs. Transportd on the 'Midas' to New South Wales 1825 May 19 1827 Ticket of leave 30 Apr 1831 Bathurst, NSW ----- He arrived Australia 1826 and had children with Susan Slater, aboriginal. None are reg on BDMs and no marriage is either. The family said they came from Denison Town. He might be a convict listed as William CHATFIELD, arr Midas (2), 1827, sentenced to 7 years. Have been on Pt Jackson convict list sorting out details and still think this might be my William. Susan had children, all registerd with BDMs to Charles EVANSON in this area starting about 1871 a couple of years after William Webb died. Charles, b Wales, said his father was an Admiral or Captain in the Royal Navy so he was white He and Susan married in 1893 in Coonabarabran and both died here. All registered with BDMs. I would appreciate any help anyone can give with finding records of these children's births, locations of properties, William Webb himself and what and where he could have been between 1828 and 1859. This is the first time I have attempted to trace Aboriginal genealogy. I usually refer people to places that specialise in it. But this is a friend and the family is integral in Coonabarabran history so I decided to try it. I find that trying to marry oral history and family memories with official records is just that much more interesting in this case. TIA, Alice |
| Marriage not found on NSW records. |
| Spouse of Mary Jane Cain |
| Spouse of Mary Jane CAIN, married 1920. |
| Birth 2545/1897 CHATFIELD, William W. William W & Elizabeth A Coonabarabran Death 10451/1953 CHATFIELD, William Wallace William Webster & Elizabeth Ada Dubbo Find A Grave Memorial# 124802156 ----- The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate (NSW : Tuesday 14 April 1953) BODY FOUND IN RIVER The body of a 57-years-old man, William CHATFIELD, of no fixed abode, was discovered in the Macquarie River, Dubbo, last Friday afternoon by a passer-by. He informed Constable Fitzgerald and the body was removed to the morgue. Clyde CHATFIELD, employed at Mungeribar via Narromine, identified the body as that of his father. The body had been in the water for two or three days when it was found. A postmortem is to be held on the body by the Govt. Medical Officer, Dr. Conlon and an inquest will follow. ----- The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate (NSW : Tuesday 14 April 1953) Mr. W. W. CHATFIELD Mr. William Wallace CHATFIELD, aged 58, was drowned in the Macquarie River at Dubbo on Thursday. The late Mr. Chatfield had for many years worked on the property of Mr. B. Lindsay, of Mungeribar Station. His wife died some years ago. He is survived by five sons, William, Clyde, Kenneth, Robert and Ronald, and six daughters, Emily (Mrs. Johnson), Cornelius, Mavis (Mrs. McAlister), Eliza (Mrs. Walker), Mary and Madge. The funeral left for the Church of England portion of the Coonabarabran cemetery on Sunday morning. Messrs. C. J. Shakespeare and Sons were in charge of funeral, arrangements. ----- The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate (NSW : Wednesday 20 May 1953) DROWNED IN RIVER The body of a man fully dressed, was recovered by Dubbo police with grappling irons from the Macquarie River on April 10. He was William Robert CHATFIELD, 58, who had been employed, on Mungeribar Station, Narromine. At Dubbo Coroner's Court yesterday the District Coroner (Mr. G. J. Christie) found that death was due to drowning. Sgt. F. Phelan assisted the Coroner. Sgt. McPhee said that shortly before 2 pm on April 10 the went with other police to the traffic bridge at Dubbo. The body of a man was brought out by a grappling iron. There were no marks of violence on the body with the exception of a small bruise on the left shin. About two weeks prior to April 10, the deceased had visited his people at Coonabarabran. He was addicted to drink. "It would be quite easy for anyone to fall into the river as the banks are very steep," said Sgt. McPhee. Clyde Chatfield gave evidence of identifying the body as that of his father. His father had had an accident from a motor lorry and had never been the same. Dr. Springhall said he examined the body at the Base Hospital and in his opinion death was due to drowning. ===== Signed up 9 Jun 1918 in AIF as an ANZAC. Stated he was a labourer. ----- The Canberra Times (ACT : Wednesday 4 May 1988) FOR KING AND COUNTRY IN THE last few months of 1917 the Australian Light Horse - the famous Australian mounted force which made the epic charge on Turkish positions in the Sinai Desert at Beersheba - played a major part in the Allied push into southern Palestine which ultimately loosed the German-Turkish hold in the Middle East. Back in Australia only a year earlier, the new nation had been coming to grips with the tragic result of its military baptism in the Gallipoli campaign. For young William CHATFIELD, then an 18-year-old Aboriginal stockman from the Burra Bee Dee Mission near Coonabarabran, names such as Gallipoli, Lone Pine, Romani, Gaza, Magdahba and Beersheba were unknown. It was unlikely he would have learned about them in geography class at the old mission school. Chatfield was one of six Aborigines from the Coonabarabran district who joined the Australian Light Horse and who fought in several overseas theatres, including the Allied offensive in Palestine. Like most of the Light Horsemen who rode with Lieutenant-General Harry Chauvall, and who returned home having written Australia's name in the annals of military history, Chatfield and his five Aboriginal friends are long since dead. For Chatfield's son, Jack, the story does not die. Jack, a 58-year-old groundsman with the Parks and Conservation Service of the ACT Administration in Canberra, recalls his dad's tales of life and work on the Aboriginal mission at Burra Bee Dee. "The only job Dad and his mates could get was to work as horsemen on the stations in the far west," he said. "They learned to ride early in life because their livelihood depended on it. "At the outbreak of World War I, Dad's five Aboriginal friends - Jack McClaren, James Goulding, Tom Fuller, Walter Williams and Bob Wadley - all joined the army in Coonabarabran in 1917. But Dad was too young to enlist, so he travelled the 27 miles to nearby Baradine, lied about his age, signed up and was off to the Middle East." After Gallipoli, Australian troops including remnants of the Light Horse were moved to Egypt to counter Turkish moves in the Sinai and Palestine. The defences were boosted by merging veteran Gallipoli units with the newly arrived contingents from Australia. With Britain's Major-General Allenby in command, the War Office had approved the establishment of an ANZAC mounted division consisting of Australian light horsemen and some mounted rifle brigades from New Zealand. After an Allied victory over the Turks at Romani in August, 1917, the Light Horse was to be part of an offensive to outflank Turkish defences in the strategic town of Gaza and to capture the valuable water supplies at the Wells of Beersheba. "Dad was a trooper with the Australian Light Horse, and he would tell of the hard march through the desert in the lead-up to Beersheba," Jack Chatfield said. "Although he never mentioned if all his Aboriginal friends from the mission took part in the attack, he recalled the burning heat which he said was worse than outback New South Wales and the urgent need for water - not just for the troopers but for their horses. He would say that because of the need for water, Beersheba had to be taken in a day." The Beersheba attack routed the Turks, setting the stage for the capture of Gaza and the Allied drive north. "Although he never boasted about it, I know Dad was proud to be part of that famous charge." Three weeks before Christmas, 1917, Jerusalem fell, General Allenby entering the Holy City on foot - a victor's mark of respect to its sacredness. Nearly a year later, Damascus fell, then Aleppo, the Turks' regional capital. On October 31, 1918 - a year after the Beersheba charge - the Turkish Government sued for armistice terms and the conflict in the Middle East came to an end. General Allenby described the Australian Light Horse as "equal to the best". They earned themselves the gratitude of the Empire and the admiration of the world. Jack Chatfield has a right to be proud of his dad. But history often deals irony to its warriors, and it did so to the Coonabarabran Aborigines. The freedoms for which they had fought under the banner of King, Country and Empire were to elude them when they returned to Australia. For returned soldiers like William CHATFIELD, the freedoms which they, as troopers of the Australian Light Horse, had encountered and enjoyed in foreign countries were as far away from Coonabarabran as was Beersheba. "Back at home those Aboriginal men were not even allowed in the pubs," Jack Chatfield recounts. Like most Aborigines of that period they had to have a government ticket to enable them to come and go from the missions and reserves. "They had fought with pride and conviction for a cause their country believed in. But they had fought for nothing - they weren't even citizens in their own country." According to Jack CHATFIELD, most of the Aborigines returned to the Coonabarabran district and worked as roustabouts, some cutting sleepers for the railway, others taking on sheep shearing. William Chatfield wed and got a job on the old mission at Burra Bee Dee. Recalling family life on the settlement, Jack said: "He raised 11 of us kids on eight bob a day, working on that reserve." But Jack harbours no bitterness - he simply wants the story told. "Maybe time eventually does change some of the things we strive for. The government tickets are no longer required. Opportunities are being offered to Aboriginals and social attitudes are changing." And in the Coonabarabran cemetery there are six graves which honour those Light Horsemen of 71 years ago. ----- Andrew Roberts - Blacktown Private Andrew Roberts from the 2nd Cavalry Regiment Task Force provides security during a task at the Multi National Base - Tarin Kot. A modern day warrior from Blacktown in Sydney and currently serving in Afghanistan is related to a warrior from Australia’s indigenous past. 21-year-old Private Andrew Roberts can trace his indigenous family history to the young warrior, Gambu Ganuurru or Red Kangaroo, whose life was recorded in the 1953 Australian classic The Red Chief by Ion L. Idriess. The story of the Red Chief is an18th century tale of adventure but has its basis in a true story handed down from generation to generation by his tribe and given by the last survivor, "King" Bungaree, to the white settlers of the Gunnedah district of New South Wales. Today, Andrew is in Uruzgan, adding to his family history, and says he is proud to be an indigenous soldier in the Australian Army. "When I was young I didn’t really understand what my indigenous culture was all about until my school was involved in a NAIDOC festival," Andrew said. "Aboriginal elders taught us about our culture and traditions and we learnt to understand where we were from and to be proud of who we are. My father is from the Kamalroi tribe and my mother was from the Bundjalung tribe," he said. "It’s sad a lot of indigenous people don’t know what tribe they are from because of the stolen generation children who were removed from their families in the early 1900s," Andrew added. The Kamilaroi people are from the area between Tamworth and Goondiwindi and west to Narrabri, Walgett and Lightning Ridge. In the south-west, their country extends to Coonabarabran and the eastern foothills of the Warrumbungle Ranges and includes the Warrumbungle National Park. Bundjalung people are the original custodians of northern coastal areas of New South Wales in the area including the Bundjalung National Park and Mount Warning. After completing school in Blacktown and working as a Telstra administrator, Andrew decided to follow his childhood dream to become a soldier and his family always supported his decision to join the Army. "Especially my younger brother Nathan, who is very proud of me, as is my older brother Adam and my sister Alynda," Andrew said. Andrew’s great grandfather, Trooper William Chatfield from Coonabarabran also served in the Defence Forces. He joined the AIF in 1918 and served with the Light Horse Regiment in the Middle East. He was one of the more than 400 indigenous Australians who fought during WWI. They came from a section of society with few rights, low wages and poor living conditions. Most could not vote and none were counted in the census. But once in the AIF, they were treated as equals, paid the same as other soldiers and generally accepted without prejudice. For many Australians in 1914 the offer of 6 shillings a day for a trip overseas was simply too good to miss. |
| Spouse of Mary Jane CAIN |
| 8230/1920 CHATFIELD, William W Cain, Mary J Coonabarabran ===== Wedding portrait of William Wallace Chatfield and his bride, Mary Jane Cain. All the men in the photograph are wearing AIF uniforms and are from left to right: N984571 Private (Pte) Harry McLaren, who was born at Cobar, NSW, and enlisted at Coonabarabran, NSW, on 17 September 1918. He was at the Liverpool Camp, NSW, when war ended and was subsequently discharged. The bride groom, 57312 Trooper (Tpr) William Wallace CHATFIELD, originally enlisted at the Recruiting Office at Mudgee on 14 March 1918. The next day after a medical examination by the Medical Board at Victoria Barracks was rejected; "Unfit for Active Service, Unsuitable Physique (Colour)". Another medical examination on the same day strangely found, also found him unfit, but due to "Physique not suitable to stand English or continental climate". Chatfield enlisted again on 9 June 1918, this time at Coonabarabran, as a reinforcement for the 1st Light Horse Regiment (1LHR). He sailed for Egypt on 17 August 1918 from Sydney on board the troopship Port Sydney. He joined the 1LHR on 13 October 1918. Pte Chatfield returned to Australia and was discharged on 8 May 1919. Standing between the bride and the bridesmaid, and likely the best man, is 60566 Pte Walter James Williams. Pte Williams, who was born at Gulargambone, NSW, enlisted at Coonabarabran on 9 June 1918. He sailed from Sydney on 4 September 1918 on board the troopship Bakara (A41) bound for England. Although he arrived in England on 14 November 1918, after the war had ended, he was sent to France in January 1919 as a reinforcement to the 2nd Battalion. He returned to Australia and was discharged on 20 September 1919. Standing next to Williams is the bridesmaid Ida Fuller. |
| Birth HRO 3rd qtr 1869 CHATFIELD, William Walter Cuckfield 2b 149 ----- England Births and Christenings ame William Walter Chatfield Sex Male Christening Date 3 Oct 1869 Christening Place Hurstpierpoint, Sussex, England Father's Name Charles Chatfield Mother's Name Mary ----- Death GRO 1st qtr 1870 CHATFIELD, William Walter 0 Cuckfield 2b 107 |
| USA Social Security Death Index Age 84 Given Name William Middle Name W Surname Chatfield Birth Date 15 Dec 1919 State West Virginia Last Place of Residence Guilford, North Carolina Previous Residence Postal Code 27282 Event Date 24 Apr 2003 ===== USA Public Records Name William W Chatfield Residence Date 13 Jul 2001 Residence Place Huntington, West Virginia Birth Date 15 Dec 1919 Address 923 8th St., Huntington, West Virginia 25701 Address Date 13 Jul 2001 2nd Address 923 8th Ave., Huntington, West Virginia 25701 2nd Address Date 01 Jan 1998-13 Jul 2001 Possible Relatives Lois R Chatfield Record Number 370604816 |
| West Virginia Marriages Name William Walter Chatfield Spouse's Name Lois Rogers Event Type Marriage Event Date 1942 Event Place Cabell, West Virginia, USA Affiliate Repository Type County Records |
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