Spouse: Naomi WATSON. Children were: Thomas CHATFIELD, Melissa CHATFIELD, Lieut. Charles A "Charly" CHATFIELD, Jane CHATFIELD.

Spouse: Living. Children were: Donald John CHATFIELD, Bernard CHATFIELD, Graham Vincent CHATFIELD, Alfred CHATFIELD, Living.

Spouse: Ann TANNER. Ann TANNER and William Thomas CHATFIELD were married on 29 November 1858 in Portslade, Sussex East, England. Marriages GRO 4th qtr 1858
Chatfield, William Thomas Steyning 2b 407
Tanner, Ann Steyning 2b 407
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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
Children were: William Thomas CHATFIELD, Annie CHATFIELD, Emily Jane CHATFIELD, Ruth E CHATFIELD, Alice Mary CHATFIELD, Ellenor CHATFIELD, Mercy Louise CHATFIELD, Jessie CHATFIELD.

Spouse: Living.

Spouse: Charlotte Maud BATES. Charlotte Maud BATES and William Thomas CHATFIELD were married in 1887 in Wandsworth, London, England. Marriages GRO 3rd qtr 1887
CHATFIELD, William Thomas Wandsworth 1d 1021
BATES, Charlotte Maud Wandsworth 1d 1021
Children were: Gertrude Maud CHATFIELD, Ethel Beatrice CHATFIELD, William Victor CHATFIELD, Elizabeth Annie CHATFIELD, Dorothy Mary CHATFIELD.

Spouse: Nellie Phoebe BOXSHALL. Nellie Phoebe BOXSHALL and William Thomas CHATFIELD were married on 27 April 1901 in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Children were: Stella Louisa CHATFIELD.

Spouse: Mary Eliza ALLDRED. Mary Eliza ALLDRED and William Victor CHATFIELD were married on 4 March 1939 in Port Elizabeth, Cape, South Africa. 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

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

Spouse: Susan SLATER. Susan SLATER and William Wallace CHATFIELD were married after 1854 in NSW, Australia. Children were: John CHATFIELD, Emily CHATFIELD, Alfred William CHATFIELD, Jane CHATFIELD, William Webster CHATFIELD, Susan CHATFIELD.

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.
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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.
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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.
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Signed up 9 Jun 1918 in AIF as an ANZAC. Stated he was a labourer.
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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.
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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.
Parents: William Webster CHATFIELD and Elizabeth Ada HADFIELD.

Spouse: Mary Jane CAIN. Mary Jane CAIN and William Wallace "Bill" CHATFIELD were married in 1920 in Coonabarabran, Warrumbungle Shire, NSW, Australia. 8230/1920 Chatfield, William W Cain, Mary J Coonabarabran
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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.
Children were: Living, Living, Living, Living, Cornelius Alfred CHATFIELD, Living, Living, Living, Living, Living, Clyde "Jack" CHATFIELD, Living.

Spouse: Lois ROGERS. Lois ROGERS and William Walter CHATFIELD were married in 1942 in Cabell Co., West Virginia, USA. 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
Children were: James William CHATFIELD I, Living, Living.

Spouse: Mary Ann Estelle CORBIN. Mary Ann Estelle CORBIN and William Wayland CHATFIELD were married on 25 October 1875 in Muscatine Co., Iowa, USA. Children were: Arthur Levi CHATFIELD, Walter Huston CHATFIELD, Lily Olivia CHATFIELD, Ella Mary Agnes CHATFIELD, Florence Irene CHATFIELD, Maggie May CHATFIELD, Emory Wayland CHATFIELD, Elmer Leopold CHATFIELD, Harold Vernon CHATFIELD.

Spouse: Elizabeth Ada HADFIELD. Elizabeth Ada HADFIELD and William Webster CHATFIELD were married in 1896 in Coonamble, NSW, Australia. 2999/1896 Chatfield, William W Hadfield, Elizabeth A Coonamble
Children were: William Wallace "Bill" CHATFIELD, Albert E CHATFIELD, Alfred J CHATFIELD, Eliza J CHATFIELD, David CHATFIELD.

Possibly in Pinellas, Florida in 1920 Census.

USA Census, 1880
Name: Willis Chatfield
Event Place: Raisin, Lenawee, Michigan, USA
Gender: Male
Age: 32
Marital Status: Single
Occupation: Farmer
Race (Original): W
Ethnicity: American
Relationship to Head of Household: Self
Birthplace: Michigan, USA
Birth Date: 1848
Father's Birthplace: New York, USA
Mother's Name: Phoeba Chatfield
Mother's Birthplace: New York, USA
Page: 365
Page Letter: C
Entry Number: 2897
Affiliate Film Number: T9-0591
GS Film number: 1254591
Digital Folder Number: 004241731
Image Number: 00413
Household Gender Age Birthplace
Self Willis Chatfield M 32 Michigan, USA
Mother Phoeba Chatfield F 68 New York, USA
Sister Mary J. Chatfield F 24 Michigan, USA
Other Owen Coffin M 20 Michigan, USA
Parents: Eli CHATFIELD and Pheba DODY / DOTY.

Spouse: Ethel M GRAY. Ethel M GRAY and Willis B CHATFIELD were married on 23 November 1904 in La Junta, Otero Co., Colorado, USA. Colorado, Statewide Marriage Index
Name: Willis B Cahtfield
Event Type: Marriage
Event Date: 23 Nov 1904
Event Place: La Junta, Otero, Colorado, USA
Age: 30
Birth Year (Estimated): 1874
Spouse's Name: Ethel M Gray
Spouse's Age: 19
Spouse's Birth Year (Estimated): 1885
Page: 1101
GS Film number: 001690059
Digital Folder Number: 005203108
Image Number: 02073
Children were: Alfred Russell CHATFIELD, Leora Estelle CHATFIELD, Floyd Charles CHATFIELD.

USA Census, 1930
Name: Willis B Chatfield
Event Place: Prattsville, Greene, New York
Gender: Male
Age: 76
Marital Status: Widowed
Race: White
Birthplace: New York
Birth Year (Estimated): 1854
Relationship to Head of Household: Boarder
Father's Birthplace: New York
Mother's Birthplace: New York
District: 0026
Household ID: 4
Sheet Number and Letter: 1A
Line Number: 11
Affiliate Publication Number: T626, roll 1441
GS Film number: 2341176
Digital Folder Number: 4661111
Image Number: 00527
Household Gender Age Birthplace
Head M Luther Dibble M 57 New York
Wife Ida A Dibble F 59 Pennsylvania
Boarder Willis B Chatfield M 76 New York
Parents: Samuel Willis CHATFIELD and Charlotte BLEIGH.

Spouse: Ida Catherine TURK. Ida Catherine TURK and Willis Bleigh CHATFIELD were married on 7 November 1877. Children were: Charlotte May "Lottie" CHATFIELD, Vernon Edward CHATFIELD, Mabel Ida CHATFIELD, Minnie CHATFIELD, Perry Willis CHATFIELD.

Spouse: Arlene Marie BURTON. Children were: Living.

Spouse: Nettie M BREMMER. Nettie M BREMMER and Willis Daggett "Billy D" CHATFIELD were married on 8 September 1904 in Palmyra, Marion Co., Missouri, USA. Children were: Stella Frances CHATFIELD, Estes B CHATFIELD, Gerald CHATFIELD, Willard G CHATFIELD, Leonard J CHATFIELD, Minnie Belle CHATFIELD, Sylvia Catherine CHATFIELD, Living, Hubert Richard CHATFIELD.

Spouse: Dorcas May COOK. Dorcas May COOK and Willis Dunham CHATFIELD were married on 14 August 1920 in Windham Twp., Greene Co., New York, USA. New York, County Marriages
Name: Willis Dunham Chatfield
Event Date: 14 Aug 1920
Event Place: Greene, New York, USA
Age: 21
Birth Year (Estimated): 1899
Father's Name: Austin Newcomb Chatfield
Mother's Name: Grace Sarah Dunham
Spouse's Name: Dorcas May Cook
Spouse's Age: 18
Spouse's Birth Year (Estimated): 1902
Spouse's Father's Name: Manley B Cook
Spouse's Mother's Name: Geditha Voorhees
GS Film number: 1032909
Digital Folder Number: 004489195
Image Number: 00421
Children were: Living, John Dewitt CHATFIELD, Mildred L CHATFIELD, Katherine E CHATFIELD.

Spouse: Goldie Mary WEICHNER. Goldie Mary WEICHNER and Willis Edgar CHATFIELD were married on 21 February 1923 in Jackson, Jackson Co., Michigan, USA. Children were: Elsie Goldie CHATFIELD.

Spouse: Living. Children were: Living, Living.

Spouse: Alberta F BARTLETT. Alberta F BARTLETT and Willis Raymond CHATFIELD were married on 9 November 1933 in Lewis Co., Washington, USA. Washington, County Marriages
Name: Willis Chatfield
Age: 22
Birth Year (Estimated): 1911
Spouse's Name: Alberta Bartlett
Spouse's Age: 18
Spouse's Birth Year (Estimated): 1915
Event Date: 09 Nov 1933
Event Place: , , Washington
Marriage License Date: 09 Nov 1933
Registration Place: , Lewis, Washington
Father's Name: Ray Chatfield
Mother's Name: Rosa Coates
Spouse's Father's Name: Earl Bartlett
Spouse's Mother's Name: Amy Pendergraft
Digital Folder Number: 4136865
Image Number: 00552
Children were: Darlene J CHATFIELD.

Spouse: Mary Elizabeth "Libby" BENNETT. Mary Elizabeth "Libby" BENNETT and Willis Wilson CHATFIELD were married on 14 August 1878 in South Haven, Van Buren Co., Michigan, USA. Marriage witnesses were George Bassett & Jennie E. Bennet of Geneoa.
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Michigan, Marriages
Name: Willis Wilson Chatfield
Birth Date: 1852
Age: 26
Spouse's Name: Mary Elizabeth Bennett
Spouse's Birth Date: 1860
Spouse's Age: 18
Event Date: 14 Aug 1878
Event Place: Van Buren,Michigan
Indexing Project (Batch) Number: M51883-2
System Origin: Michigan-ODM
GS Film number: 1019198
Children were: Bertha CHATFIELD, Mary E CHATFIELD, I. E. CHATFIELD.

Spouse: Lucinda A "Linda" BULLOCK. Lucinda A "Linda" BULLOCK and Willis Wilson CHATFIELD were married on 11 September 1897 in Lawrence, Van Buren Co., Michigan, USA. Michigan, Marriages
Name: W. W. Chatfield
Age (Expanded): 44 years
Birth Year: 1853
Birthplace: Pennsylvania
Spouse's Name: Lucinda A. Bullock
Spouse's Age (Expanded): 39 years
Spouse's Birth Year: 1858
Spouse's Birthplace: Michigan
Event Date: 11 Sep 1897
Event Place: Lawrence, Van Buren, Michigan
Father's Name: David Chatfield
Mother's Name: Sarah Wilson
Spouse's Father's Name: M. D. Bullock
Spouse's Mother's Name: Sarah J. Vilas
GS Film number: 2342508
Digital Folder Number: 4207943
Image Number: 578
Reference ID: v 4 p 327 rn 2662
Married by Herbert L. Potter.
Children were: Laura L CHATFIELD.

Wilma Hazel Hopkins of Deshler, NE formerly of Ord, NE was born September 26, 1928 in Garfield County, Nebraska to Floyd and Effie (Wilson) Chatfield. She departed this life Thursday August 23, 2012 at Parkview Haven Nursing Home in Deshler, NE at the age of 83 years.

She was confirmed June 9, 1946 at Bethany Lutheran Church in Ord, NE.

Wilma grew up in the Ord area attending Roseville District Seven grade school, and graduating from Ord High School. She attended the University of Nebraska in Lincoln for one year. She worked for a short time as an accountant and school teacher, her main occupation was homemaker taking care of her husband and children.

She married Harry John Hopkins on July 25, 1947 at Bethany Lutheran Church in Ord, NE. This union was blessed with the birth of six children.

Wilma was proud to be a 4-H leader for forty three years.

She belonged to the Happy Circle extension club, the women's Martha Circle at church, and served as church secretary.

Interests include sewing, cooking, canning, having a large garden, helping with the farm animals, enjoyed having poodles when she lived at home, and most of all spending time with her children and family.

Wilma's favorite trips included her honeymoon to the Black Hills and returning on their 28th wedding anniversary. Later she traveled to Colorado, Washington, Canada, Las Vegas, Kentucky and Texas visiting family and friends.

She is preceded in death by her husband Harry, son Robert Hopkins, brother Wilson Chatfield, brother-in-law Lee Buhlke.

She is survived by five daughters; Cynthia Mohler of Colorado Springs, CO, Nancy Carlson and husband Jerry of Genoa, NE, Patsy Moore of Los Angeles, CA, Deann Hopkins and friend Donna of Cynthiana, KY, Ellen Schmidt and husband Andy of Deshler, NE, sister Beth Buhlke of Hasting, NE; two brothers; Alan Charfield and wife Teri of Leander, TX and Albert Chatfield and wife Barbara of Lincoln, NE, brother-inlaw Carroll Hopkins of Burwell, NE, thirteen grandchildren; Kelsy Moses and husband Virgil of Parker, CO, Kyle Mohler of Ord, NE Karri Neumann and husband Mike of Rochester, MN, Cherri Thieman and husband Jesse of McCool Junction, NE, Ariane Moore of Los Angeles, CA, Brienne Moore of Los Angeles, CA, Dominique Moore of Seattle, WA, Lauren, Leah, Lacey and Logan Schmidt of Deshler, NE, Elizabeth White of Windsor, MO, and Lisa Preissler and husband Jason of Harvard, NE, nine great-grandchildren, nieces, nephews and friends.

Following Wilma's wishes her body was donated to the Anatomical Board of the State of Nebraska Medical Center. Memorial service will be held September 29, 2012 at 11:00 A.M. at Bethany Lutheran Church in Ord, NE.
Parents: Floyd Wade CHATFIELD and Effie V WILSON.

Spouse: Harry John HOPKINS. Wilma Hazel CHATFIELD and Harry John HOPKINS were married on 25 July 1947 in Bethany Lutheran Church, Ord, Valley Co., Nebraska, USA. Children were: Living, Living, Living, Living, Living, Robert HOPKINS.

Spouse: Laura Anne "Annie" WEBSTER. Laura Anne "Annie" WEBSTER and Wilson Fritcher "Nelson" CHATFIELD were married on 8 December 1934 in Philhower Chapel of Vincent Methodist Episcopal Church, Vincent Place, Nutley, Essex Co., New Jersey, USA. NUTLEY, N. J., Dec. 8
Miss Laura Anne Webster, daughter of Robert Cecil Webster of Westfield, and niece of Mr. And Mrs. Eugene Lewis Hale of Nutley, was married to Wilson Fritcher Chatfield, son of Mr. And Mrs. Clarence Fritcher Chatfield of this place, in the Philhower Chapel of Vincent Methodist Episcopal Church this evening. The Rev. Dr. Elmer E. Pearce officiated.

Mrs. Wayne Theophilus of Bellview, Pa., was matron of honor and the bride's sister, Miss Edith Webster, was maid of honor. Ann Marie Chatfield, niece of the bridegroon, was the flower girl.

George C. Chatfield served as his brother's best man. The ushers were Vose Shattuck and Albert Latimer of Nutley. A reception in the chapel for relatives and friends followed the ceremony.

The bride attended Scudder School in New York and Boucher College. Mr. Chatfield attended New York University. He and his bride will live in Nutley.

Special to The New York Times 1934
Children were: Eugene Hale "Hale" CHATFIELD, Living.

Spouse: Helena BREWSTER. Children were: Robert Brewster CHATFIELD, Living, Malcolm A CHATFIELD.

Spouse: Constance Mary "Connie" MATTHEWS. Constance Mary "Connie" MATTHEWS and Wilson Porch "Chatty" CHATFIELD were married in 1997 in North Branford, New Haven Co., Connecticut, USA. Connecticut Marriage Index
Name: Wilson P Chatfield
Event Type: Marriage
Event Date: 1997
Event Place: North Branford, New Haven, Connecticut, United States
Residence Place: North Branford, New Haven, Connecticut
Age: 87
Race: White
Spouse's Name: Mary C Bucklin
Spouse's Residence Place: North Branford, New Haven, Connecticut
Spouse's Age: 80
Spouse's Race: White

Spouse: Francis Jean "Frannie" MCCARTY. Francis Jean "Frannie" MCCARTY and Wilson Wade CHATFIELD were married on 17 June 1945 in USA. They were divorced. Obituary of Francis Jean states married in 1946.
Children were: Living, Randal Ray "Randy" CHATFIELD, Living, Faith Sharee CHATFIELD, Living.

Spouse: Living. Children were: Living, Living, Living.

Spouse: Living.

Spouse: Emory Nolan "Pete" WOMBLE. Winifred Elfreda CHATFIELD and Emory Nolan "Pete" WOMBLE were married in 1926 in Avon Park, Highlands Co., Florida, USA. My parents were married in Avon Park Fla on June 5, 1926 by a justice of the peace. My grandmother died when my mother was 2 years old. Her grandmother raised her till she was 13 and sent her to a cousin in Fla. That is how she ended up in Sebring.
Nolan (Son)
Children were: Nolan E WOMBLE.

Spouse: Harold Sydney BEACH. Winifred Georgiana Mattee CHATFIELD and Harold Sydney BEACH were married in 1918 in Wandsworth, London, England. Marriages GRO 2nd qtr 1918
Chatfield, Winifred G M Beach Wandsworth 1d 1036
Beach, Harold S Chatfield Wandsworth 1d 1034
Children were: Living, Living.

Spouse: George Bernard CHATFIELD. Winifred Mary CHATFIELD and George Bernard CHATFIELD were married in 1927 in Uckfield, Sussex East, England. Marriages GRO 4th qtr 1927
Chatfield, George B Chatfield Uckfield 2b 329
Chatfield, Winifred M Chatfield Uckfield 2b 329
Children were: Living.

Spouse: Living.