Brief Life History of Melvin Hunter
When Melvin Hunter Chaffin was born on 22 February 1886, in Cedar City, Iron, Utah, United States, his father, John Rice Chaffin, was 36 and his mother, Ellen Jane Murie, was 30. He married Mabel Wright on 22 June 1921, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 1 daughter. He lived in Delta, Millard, Utah, United States in 1930 and Hinckley, Millard, Utah, United States in 1936. He died on 11 June 1936, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, at the age of 50, and was buried in Salt Lake City Cemetery, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States.
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- Melvin Hunter Chaffin, "The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Church Census Records (Worldwide), 1914-1960"
- Melvin Hunter Chaffin, "Utah, County Marriages, 1887-1937"
- Melvin Hunter Chaffin, "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918"
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1889
Historical Boundaries - 1889: Bingham, Idaho Territory, United States; 1890: Bingham, Idaho, United States; 1911: Bonneville, Idaho, United States
1890 · The Sherman Antitrust Act
This Act tried to prevent the raising of prices by restricting trade. The purpose of the Act was to preserve a competitive marketplace to protect consumers from abuse.
1900 · Gold for Cash!
This Act set a price at which gold could be traded for paper money.
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.
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