Brief Life History of George Riley
When George Riley Chaffin was born on 30 October 1864, in Farmington, Davis, Utah, United States, his father, Darwin Epaphroditus Chaffin, was 22 and his mother, Victoria Elizabeth Wilson, was 19. He married Rose Mary Walker about 1884, in Farmington, Davis, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 4 daughters. He lived in Utah, United States in 1870 and Farmington Election Precinct, Davis, Utah, United States for about 40 years. He died on 29 September 1944, in Ogden, Weber, Utah, United States, at the age of 79, and was buried in Farmington, Davis, Utah, United States.
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- Geo Riley Chaffin, "The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Church Census Records (Worldwide), 1914-1960"
- George Riley Chaffin, "Utah, County Marriages, 1887-1937"
- George Riley Chaffin, "Utah Death Certificates, 1904-1964"
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1865
Abraham Lincoln is assassinated by John Wilkes Booth.
1869 · Transcontinental Railroad Reaches San Francisco
The first transcontinental railroad reached San Francisco in 1869. The Western Pacific Railroad Company built the track from Oakland to Sacramento. The Central Pacific Railroad Company of California built the section from Sacramento to Promontory Summit Utah. The railroad linked isolated California to the rest of the country which had far-reaching effects on the social and economical development of the state.
1886
Statue of Liberty is dedicated.
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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