Carlyle Chaffin

26 May 1894–13 February 1980 (Age 85)
Cedar City, Iron, Utah, United States

The Life Summary of Carlyle

When Carlyle Chaffin was born on 26 May 1894, in Cedar City, Iron, Utah, United States, his father, John Rice Chaffin, was 44 and his mother, Ellen Jane Murie, was 38. He married Erma Olivia Waldram on 26 May 1917, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 3 daughters. He lived in Lincoln, Bonneville, Idaho, United States for about 10 years and Lincoln Election Precinct, Bonneville, Idaho, United States in 1940. He died on 13 February 1980, in Idaho Falls, Bonneville, Idaho, United States, at the age of 85, and was buried in Rose Hill Cemetery, Idaho Falls, Bonneville, Idaho, United States.

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Family Time Line

Carlyle Chaffin
1894–1980
Erma Olivia Waldram
1897–1980
Marriage: 26 May 1917
Maxine Chaffin
1918–1998
Gayle Carlyle Chaffin
1920–2006
Clarice Chaffin
1923–1924
Faye Maurine Chaffin
1925–2006
Larry Melvin Chaffin
1932–2011

Spouse and Children

  • Marriage
    26 May 1917Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States
    • Children

    (5)

    Parents and Siblings

    Siblings

    (8)

    +3 More Children

    World Events (8)

    1896 · Plessy vs. Ferguson
    Age 2
    A landmark decision of the U.S. Supreme Court upholding the constitutionality of racial segregation laws for public facilities if the segregated facilities were equal in quality. It's widely regarded as one of the worst decisions in U.S. Supreme Court history.
    1899 · Hague Peace Convention
    Age 5
    The Hague Peace Convention was a series conferences that produced treaties and declarations. The convention took place in Hague, Netherlands. The conferences were among the first formal statements of the laws of war and war crimes in secular international law.
    1917
    Age 23
    U.S. intervenes in World War I, rejects membership of League of Nations.

    Name Meaning

    English (Dorset and Somerset, of Norman origin): nickname for a bald man, from a diminutive of Anglo-Norman French chauf ‘bald(-headed)’ (from Latin calvus).History: All present-day English bearers of the name Chaffin are descended from John Chaffin (died 1658), a blacksmith of Bruton, Somerset.

    Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

    Possible Related Names

    Chaffey
    Chafin
    Chaffins

    Sources (62)

    • Carlyle Chaffin in household of John R. Chaffin, "The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Church Census Records (Worldwide), 1914-1960"
    • Carlyle Chaffin in entry for John William Duckworth and Maxine Chaffin, "California, County Marriages, 1850-1952"
    • Carlyle Chaffin in entry for Gayle Carlyle Chaffin, "Idaho, World War II Draft Registration Cards,1940-1945"

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