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CHATFIELD Jo Anne| Minnesota, Birth Index Name: Jo Anne Chatfield Event Date: 26 Apr 1952 Event Place: Hennepin, Minnesota Father's Name: Donald Walter Chatfield Mother's Name: Hazel Virginia Brown File Number: 1952-MN-034953 |
| Inherited small bequest from her brother George Chatfield. QUERY in this my will, to Johan Chatfelde, sister of said Francis and George, 50 pounds each within five years after my decease. |
| She married an Italian guy and was whisked off to Sydney. She had two children and I do have a pic of them somewhere. Not exactly sure but I think her husband’s surname was De Bondi, but I could be wrong there, I will find out. ----- It is possible she died in the past two years from 2015 as that is how long I have spoken to her. I will try and find out through her son or daughter. ===== Sydney Morning Herald Friday October 13, 1995 ANDREW BYRNE A flick of red ink in Canberra, and their lives are changed forever. Now, as their neighbours' houses are demolished, local businesses collapse and the planes shake the sky, the people of the flight path struggle with life inside a nightmare. They told their stories to ANDREW BYRNE. IN six weeks, Ada and Frank Facer will close their front door for the final time and walk slowly away from the spick-and-span bungalow that has been the only home they have known in 53 years of marriage. As they shuffle down the scrubbed porch steps, where more than half a century ago Frank swept his young bride into his arms, the couple's four daughters will quietly begin packing up their belongings. "I came to this street when I was 13. My grandfather owned the local shop," says Ada, of Henry Street, Sydenham. "I don't want to leave. When you are 80 you don't need very much. Our church is here, and a doctor who could not be bettered anywhere, and the local hospital up the road has saved my husband's life. I can't bear to touch anything. There are memories everywhere. The girls are going to pack it up after we are gone." Ada is interrupted as a whistle blows over the roofs of the boarded-up houses on the opposite side of the street. From around the corner, limping heavily past a ripped old mattress and mounds of dumped refuse, comes the newspaper delivery "boy". He pauses to blow the whistle again. Bert O'Keefe, 59, pulls a cart containing copies of the daily papers. A one-time NSW boxing champion until he was partly paralysed in a bout in 1959, Bert's paper round is suffering the same sharp decline as the local surroundings. "The few who are left cry on my shoulder and say they don't want to leave," O'Keefe says. "I used to sell 60 papers every afternoon; now I am lucky if it is 35." He stops as the faraway rumbling sound which has been increasing steadily starts to become unbearable. It progresses to an ear-splitting roar as the shiny underbelly of a Qantas jumbo dominates the sky. As it pulls up from the runway a little over a kilometre away, the aircraft is visibly spewing out black fumes that drift down towards us. It is falling on Sydenham, a community the Federal Government has put into terminal decline as a sacrifice for the expansion of the international airport and the opening of the third runway last November. It is one of the city's oldest neighbourhoods, with neat little federation-style homes crammed into streets with solid old traditional names such as George, Henry and Frederick. Several months ago, the Government announced a voluntary "buy-out" scheme covering 112 of these houses - the ones its experts say are worst affected by aircraft noise. The Government claims it is paying above the market price for the properties to enable owners to buy similar homes in quieter areas. The rest of the $260 million fund is being used to insulate 4,200 homes in other parts of Sydenham and suburbs stretching north through Marrickville, Leichhardt, Drummoyne and Hunters Hill. Theoretically, the Government's compensation plans must have seemed simple, but dealing with real people rather than dots on a map is always much harder. In practice, many of the residents whose homes are to be insulated would prefer to escape. Tearing their hair out, unable to bear the screeching noise of the planes, they are desperate and furious that the Government will not buy them out. Meanwhile, some of those the Government would like to buy out say they want to stay. Older, maybe slightly deaf, they would rather put up with the noise than leave memories behind. And although it is meant to be a voluntary scheme, if they don't take the money and run, they won't qualify for insulation. Maria Mazzu has lived in Sydenham almost all her life. Her parents bought the three-bedroom bungalow in George Street when she was seven and she remembers running around collecting rusty old horseshoes in the surrounding bushland. Now the Government wants to buy their home. "We don't want to leave, but there is nothing here any more," she says. "How can we stay when it is becoming a slum, and they have already tried to start demolishing houses next door to us?" Retired railworker Joe Fell has lived in George Street all his life. He is 77 and his front door is less than 12 metres from the Mazzus'. But although the noise from the planes skimming overhead is no different, he and his wife are trapped by the line of misery on the map. Aircraft noise is measured using the Australian Noise Exposure Forecast (ANEF), a system that takes account of the number, noise-level and time of day flights affect a specific location. The Mazzus' side of George Street is regarded as 40 ANEF, enough to qualify for buy-out, while on the opposite footpath it is calculated to be 35 ANEF. That is above the Australian standard, but the Government has agreed to buy out only residents covered by the higher figure. Others residents down to 30 ANEF will have their homes insulated. As you stand outside Joe's garden gate as a British Airways jumbo roars in to land, it is impossible to note any difference as you take the few steps to Maria's side of the street. Of course, many locals are bitter and complain they were ignored and sidelined during the vociferous debate over whether the third runway should go ahead - people such as George Sydney, a gritty little Scotsman who has lived in Sutherland Street since arriving in Australia 20 years ago. As president of the local St Peters and Tempe neighbourhood centre, he spent hundreds of hours over the past three years at working party discussions and consultative meetings with governmentappointed officials about the runway. The experience has left him frustrated and angry, as recommendations were not acted upon and reports that contradicted official policy were dismissed. "Every time we thought we knew what was going to happen they moved the goalposts," he says. "The people making the decisions believed they could throw in bigger and noisier planes over our heads all the time and get away with it by saying we bought into the area knowing it was next to an airport. "But we were lied to and deceived all the way down the line. They said the old east-west runway would not close for five years and then they did it almost straight away. They gave us reports saying we would only have 12 per cent of the take-offs over our heads, but we are getting more than twice that number. "The first consultants' report said the buy-up area would include 500 houses, but that was whittled down to 112. And the biggest con on the local community here was calling it the 'third runway'. With the closure of the east-west, the only runway that can take the big jumbos is the new one, which means they all go over Sydenham." Now George, whose home is not one of those in the 112-house buy-up zone, says he has probably lost more than $50,000 on the value of his home. "Lots of young couples who bought in just before the new runway opened have lost their deposits, and many old people who have lived here most, if not all, of their lives have had their nesteggs swept away." Aware he is defending a disintegrating neighbourhood, George continues to battle to try to salvage something for the future. "We are a disposable community as far as the Government is concerned. People have lost all their civic pride, they say: 'Why should we care - no-one else does'." The feeling of neglect and decay is tangible. Seventy-seven of the homes in the buy-up area are already empty. Planks of thick timber cover doors and windows, but through the occasional gap you catch a glimpse of an interior, dusty, sad-looking rooms with floors ripped out to prevent squatters moving in. Many locals believe the Department of Administrative Services (DAS), the Federal agency overseeing the buy-out and insulation program, is delib- erately running down the area to chip away at morale. On Wednesday last week, officials from DAS, who had been thwarted in an earlier attempt to begin demolition work, tried again. Directing operations this time was John Mackay, the deputy secretary of the Canberra-based department, who had flown in to take charge. When residents, including several local councillors, picketed the target house and prevented work starting, Mackay invited them to a meeting. So, on blue plastic chairs in the narrow living room of one of the recently bought-out houses due for demolition, David sat down with Goliath. Flanked by two junior staff members, Mackay listened impassively as one by one his emotional opponents made their pleas. Tempers occasionally threatened to get out of hand as they asked him to halt the demolition on humanitarian grounds, to allow neighbours considering offers not to be intimidated. They argued for a cooling-off period until the Federal election, which might see a new government with different policies on the airport. He listened, but Mackay was in no mood to give in. He told them: "We are part of the Government and we implement its policy. If there is a change of government we will implement a different plan." He said the houses would be demolished and the area grassed over, although no decision had been taken on its final use. Locals fear the parkland option they have been promised will be ditched in favour of an extension of Sydenham Road and the building of an industrial park to service the airport. A No Aircraft Noise councillor on Marrickville Council, Allan Rees, asked: "Give us a plan of what will happen; we need to have a vision. Local people have been ill-informed, misinformed and non-informed and you are hiding behind the shield of the Crown." In an admission that will not please his political masters, Mackay conceded: "There has been a lot of deception all over the place - I agree with you on that." But that was all he gave. After announcing vaguely that the buy-up area might be enlarged, the man from Canberra walked out for a cigarette and the meeting ended in a stalemate. Later, in an interview with the Herald, he said: "They asked if I had any empathy with local people and the stress they are under. Well, they should do my job for a day and they would learn about stress." As he spoke, Mackay, who flies to Sydney two or three times a week, stood next to a whiteboard in the site office upon which someone had drawn an aeroplane and scribbled: "Paul 'Jackboots' Keating is kickstarting the republic. This is Lorrie Bury-town." He believes he is involved in a public relations war with the protesters. "It is like Greenpeace in its fight against Shell over the oil platform," he says. "We are Shell and we have to make sure we are not on the back foot just responding to their allegations all the time." This unequal duel, a local residents' group and a handful of councillors versus the might of the Federal Government, will continue until the bitter end. An insight into what the tiny bunch of teachers and professionals who lead the protesters have been up against is revealed in a number of documents obtained by the Herald. They show that as many as five years ago the then NSW Government was paying a public relations firm, Hill & Knowlton, to devise a campaign to persuade Sydney people to back the second parallel runway. The secret strategy included focusing on talk-back radio hosts, making sure they were supplied with briefing kits which rebutted all the environmental and social arguments against the runway. Members of the Canberra press gallery were also targets. In a letter dated February 16, 1990, detailing his progress to officials in the Department of State Development, Alex Paton from Hill & Knowlton reported: "I believe most of the reporters down there (Canberra) are 'on side' and are in support of our standing. Very encouraging to hear." Ray Smith, the vice-president of the St Peters and Tempe neighbourhood centre, is genuine when he says he believes his telephone is tapped. A New Yorker who now lectures in teacher education at the University of NSW, he has been in Sydenham for 17 years. "This is a dirty game and we are standing in the way of developments which are worth billions of dollars," he says. Smith lives in a double-storey freestanding house in Terry Street. Shortly after the parallel runway opened he flew to Canberra and was granted a meeting with the political architect of the airport extension, Laurie Brereton. "He gave me 60 seconds," says Smith. "He looked at me and said he was only interested in the big picture because he had 80 planes an hour to land. The noise since November has been horrific. You don't realise how tense you can get until you get away from the area. "We don't want the houses to come down because it is the thin line in the sand drawn between us and the Government's determination to expand the airport and disintegrate this neighbourhood. It will be a tangible manifestation of what the Government has set about to do. Most of the disadvantaged people here have a great deal of difficulty understanding what is going on. They do not know how to communicate their fears and questions to the authorities." Joan Kostanti, 59, who lives a few doors down, managed to live with the increased noise for three weeks before she went to the doctor and was prescribed tranquillisers. She admits: "Now I don't know where I am most of the time but it is better than the noise. I am a prisoner in my own home. If I want to get some peace of mind I have to leave." ----- Australia, Electoral Rolls, Census & Voter Lists Name: Joan Ann Kostanti Residence: 1963 - city, East Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Australia, Electoral Rolls, Census & Voter Lists Name: Joan Ann Kostanti Residence: 1963-1980 - city, Kingsford-Smith, New South Wales, Australia |
| Birth GRO 3rd qtr 1925 CHATFIELD, Joan C DAWKINS Croydon 2a 496 Death GRO 4th qtr 1930 CHATFIELD, Joan C 5 Croydon 2a 363 |
| Query married Mr Ruiz 1967, South West Surrey. |
| Marriages GRO 1st qtr 1967 CHATFIELD, Joan D Ruiz Surrey S.W. 5g 915 |
| Birth GRO 3rd qtr 1935 CHATFIELD, Joan E M Chaldecott Portsmouth 2b 616 |
| Marriages GRO 2nd qtr 1955 CHATFIELD, Joan E M PRESCOTT Portsmouth 6b 1025 PRESCOTT, Patrick J CHATFIELD Portsmouth 6b 1025 ===== No issue found. |
| Birth GRO 2nd qtr 1927 CHATFIELD, Joan E Alford Cardiff 11a 593 Death GRO 2nd qtr 1946 CHATFIELD, Joan E 19 Ledbury 6a 529 |
| Birth GRO 1st qtr 1918 CHATFIELD, Joan L Brewer Brighton 2b 301 |
| Marriages GRO 3rd qtr 1948 CHATFIELD, Joan L Port Brighton 5h 193 Port, Frederick C Chatfield Brighton 5h 193 No issue found on GRO. |
| USA Social Security Death Index Age 70 Given Name Joan Middle Name L Surname Mcmullen Birth Date 01 Mar 1933 State Kansas Last Place of Residence Topeka, Shawnee, Kansas Previous Residence Postal Code 66606 Event Date 13 May 2003 ----- Find A Grave Memorial# 24218834 ===== Joan L. McMullen, 70, Topeka, died Tuesday, May 13, 2003, at a Topeka hospice. She was born March 1, 1933, in Topeka, to Clarence C. and Lillian E. Holloway Chatfield. Mrs. McMullen worked for the Menninger Foundation for 26 years and retired as director of communications in 1992. She graduated from Topeka High School in 1951 and was a lifelong Topeka resident. Mrs. McMullen was a member of Most Pure Heart of Mary Catholic Church and the Hill Toppers Club. She married Myron C. McMullen on Feb. 23, 1952. He survives, of the home. Survivors also include two daughters, Myra Warner, Topeka, and Cindy Hiatt, Shawnee; six grandchildren; three step-grandchildren; and five great-grandchildren. Services will be at 3:30 p.m. Thursday at Most Pure Heart of Mary Catholic Church. Burial will be in Mount Calvary Cemetery. Visitation will be from 6:30 to 8 p.m. today at Penwell-Gabel Mid-Town Chapel. Topeka Capital-Journal, 5/14/2003 |
| Find A Grave Memorial# 159087043 ----- Obituary Joan L. Carter, 79, of Davenport, passed away Wednesday, March 9, 2016 at Clarissa C. Cook Hospice House in Bettendorf. Funeral services will be held at 11:00 a.m. Saturday, March 12, 2016 in the Runge Mortuary Chapel. Visitation will be from 5:00 - 8:00 p.m. Friday, March 11, 2016 at the mortuary. Burial will be in Davenport Memorial Park Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to St. Paul Lutheran Church or Quad City Animal Welfare Center, Milan IL. Joan was born in Davenport, a daughter of Lowell and Amanda (Lucht) Chatfield. Following her mother's premature death, she was raised by her maternal grandparents, Christine and Louis Lucht. She married Dennis Carter in September 1952. Together they had five children. Joan loved playing bingo, fishing and the Belgian Horse Show at the Mississippi Valley Fair every August. Most of all Joan loved her children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren. Survivors include her children, Mike (Renee) Carter, Davenport, IA, Charlotte (Bob) Pifkin, Port Byron, IL, Karen (Bill) Franck, Maysville, IA, Denise (Denny) Ahrens, Davenport, IA and Joel Carter, Davenport, IA; grandchildren, Daika Carter, Mt. View, AR, Letetia (Joe) Carter-Pritchard, Centerton, AR, Steve (Rachel) Pifkin, East Moline, IL, Matt (Jess) Pifkin, Ames, IA, Kyle (Fernando) Pifkin-Murcia, Chicago, IL, Ronald (Holly) Lilly, Lathrop, MO, Julie Mohr, Davenport, IA, Amanda (Chris) Baxa, Compton, IL and Kristina Carter, Moline, IL; great grandchildren, Madi Pritchard, Dylan, Shelby and Colton Pifkin, Caleb and Elijah Pifkin, Montana, Garrett and Brianna Lilly, Kailynn and Carter Mohr and Brooklyn and Madison Baxa; sister, Betty CHATFIELD, Davenport, IA; brother, Gerald (Francis) CHATFIELD, Floyd, IA; dear life-long friend, Mardel Peters; cousins, Shirley and Maxine Strunck, Joan Perkins, Carol Sue Hartvigson and Gene Lucht; many nieces and nephews; great nieces and great nephews; her large circle of friends and her beloved dog, Emma. The family would like to thank Dr. Chris Crome and his staff, Shannon and Connie, for their compassionate care, as well as Pastor Ron Huber for his prayers and his many visits over these last three and one half months. ===== USA Public Records Name Joan L Carter Also Known As J Carter Residence Date 01 Nov 2006-19 May 2008 Residence Place Davenport, Iowa Birth Date 04 Jan 1937 Phone Number 322-3832 Phone Number Recorded Date 19 May 2008 Address 2501 W 53rd St Apt T3, Davenport, Iowa 52806 Address Date 01 Nov 2006-19 May 2008 2nd Address 1649 Florence Ln., Davenport, Iowa 52804 2nd Address Date 01 Aug 1972-25 Mar 2008 Possible Relatives Denise A Carter, Diane Carter, Joel A Carter Record Number 190916084 |
| Birth GRO 4th qth 1929 Chatfield. Joan M M Martin Kingston 2a 733 ----- England Death Records Name: Ms Joan Marjorir Mary Hurlock Event Date: 2 Mar 2012 Event Place: Chessington, Surrey, England Residence Postal Code: KT9 1 Gender: Female Age: 83 Birth Date: 21 Oct 1929 Source Postal Code: KT9 |
| Marriages GRO 3rd qtr 1955 CHATFIELD. Joan M M HURLOCK Surrey N. 5g 849 HURLOCK, Charles W R CHATFIELD Surrey N. 5g 849 |
| Birth GRO 3rd qtr 1912 CHATFIELD, Joan M Pullen Thakeham 2b 563 QUERY Last name First name Born Died Category Location SLINN Joan Marian 1912 2005 Deaths & burials East Dorset, Dorset, England |
| Marriages GRO 4th qtr 1935 CHATFIELD, Joan M Slinn Thanet 2a 3022 Slinn, Frederick H Chatfield Thanet 2a 3022 |
| Birth GRO 2nd qtr 1956 CHATFIELD, Joan M Kelly Brighton 5h 67 |
| VIC Marriage Index COMINOS, Philip John HODGES, Joan Margaret 1958 1611/1958 HODGES |
| Birth GRO 2nd qtr 1925 CHATFIELD, Joan R Reeder Mile End 1c 573 |
| Marriages GRO 2nd qtr 1949 CHATFIELD, Joan R Reeder Romford 5a 1166 Reeder, Stanley W Chatfield Romford 5a 1166 |
| Birth GRO 1st qtr 1927 CHATFIELD, Joan R PULLEN Steyning 2b 387 |
| Joan mentioned that her son visited Eastbourne some years ago and met another Joan nee Ford who is Carrie or Caroline Chatfield's daughter. She is 93 and I met her as well. She is currenly living in a nursing home off Seaside. I have to search for her married name. Perhaps John Arthur lived with her? ===== USA Public Records Name Joan R Dubin Residence Date 29 Oct 2007 Residence Place Wilmington, Delaware Address 108 Bellant Cir Address Continued Wilmington, Delaware 19807 Possible Relatives Alan S Dubin Record Number 1205830782 |
| California Marriage Index Name Joan R Chatfield Event Type Marriage Event Date 21 Dec 1966 Event Place Los Angeles City, California Gender Female Age 23 Birth Year (Estimated) 1943 Spouse's Name Alan S Dubin Spouse's Age 28 Spouse's Birth Year (Estimated) 1938 |
| CHATFIELD (nee Win Taylor) - On the 15th March, to Mr. and Mrs. E. W. CHATFIELD, of 8 Kalang avenue, Hartwell - a daughter (June Winifred). |
| The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : Saturday 19 May 1951) CHATFIELD-HOLDAWAY.-June Winifred, only daughter of Mr and Mrs E W CHATFIELD, Wilson street Surrey Hills to Robert John, younger son of Mr and Mrs A T Holdaway, Guildford road, Surrey Hills. ----- The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : Monday 16 March 1953) MISS JOAN WINIFRED CHATFIELD, bacteriologist at the Royal Melbourne Hospital, was married to Mr. Robert John Holdaway at Surrey Hills Congregational Church. The bride, who is a Bachelor of Science, is the only daughter of Mr. and Mrs. E. W. CHATFIELD, Hampton. Attended by Misses Dorothy Stone and Joyce Holdaway, she wore a white Swiss embroidered organdie gown with a portrait neckline and bouffant skirt. |
| Have seen name as JOHN. |
| Birth and death not dound in NZ ----- ENGAGEMENTS ANNOUNCED Auckland Star, Volume LXXV, Issue 160, 8 July 1944, Page 7 May have been engaged to Joseph George King, USA Naval Reserve from Long Island, New York. |
| Marriage not found in NZ before 1936. |
| Birth GRO 4th qtr 1923 CHATFIELD, Joan Wood Sevenoaks 2a 1285 |
| Birth GRO 2nd qtr 1929 CHATFIELD, Joan Burt Epsom 2a 59 ===== |
| Marriages GRO 1st qtr 1950 CHATFIELD, Joan EDWARDS Surrey N. 5g 508 EDWARDS, Cyril H CHATFIELD Surrey N. 5g 508 |
| Inherited in will of her uncle George Chatfield 50 pounds per annum for 5 years. |
| Unconfirmed. |
| Under 21 in Fr's will 1628. Execx to mother 134/5, but a minor. Will, as "of Sompting, spinster," dt. 5 Apr., prd 17 May 1637 (P.C.C. 75 Goare). Overseers, cousin John Brooker and friend Richard Streater, of Broadwater. Mentions cousins Richard Guy of Arundel, and Thomas Olliver and his dau. Margaret. |
| USA Public Records Name: Joann L Chatfield Titles and Terms (Original): II Residence Date: 01 Sep 1990 Residence Place: Dallas, Texas Address: 5800 Preston Oaks Rd., Dallas, Texas 75254 Address Date: 01 Sep 1990 Possible Relatives: R L CHATFIELD, Robin Dooley CHATFIELD, Robin L Chatfield Record Number: 37724505 ----- USA Public Records Name: Joann Lauren Chatfield Also Known As: Joann L Mcquarie Residence Date: 16 Jul 2004-05 Dec 2008 Residence Place: Plano, Texas Birth Date: 14 Feb 1966 Phone Number: 490-4209 Phone Number Recorded Date: 05 Dec 2008 Address: 1200 Lakeway Dr., Plano, Texas 75075 Address Date: 16 Jul 2004-05 Dec 2008 2nd Address: 15501 Marilla St., North Hills, California 91343 2nd Address Date: 01 Aug 1993 3rd Address: 316 RR 14 POB., Sante Fe, New Mexico 87505 3rd Address Date: 01 Mar 1991 4th Address: 5800 Preston Oaks Rd # 209, Dallas, Texas 75254 4th Address Date: 01 Jan 1986-13 Nov 2000 Possible Relatives: Aaron E Mcquarie, Eric Marshall Mcquarie, Harold Felton Mcquarie, Hattie Quarie, Jeffrey Alan Mcquarie, John Harold Mcquarie, Laverne Marshall Mcquarie, Maria Isabel Mcquarie, Penny L Jacinto, Quarie Shelley Mc, R L CHATFIELD, Robin Dooley CHATFIELD, Robin L Chatfield Record Number: 32442210 |
| Name: John H Mcquarie Event Type: Marriage Event Date: 02 Nov 1991 Event Place: Collin, Texas Age: 26 Birth Year (Estimated): 1965 Spouse's Name: Joann L Chatfield Spouse's Age: 25 Spouse's Birth Year (Estimated): 1966 Certificate Number: 138938 Affiliate County Code: 043 |
| Connecticut, Births and Christenings Name: Joannah Chatfield Gender: Female Birth Date: 21 May 1766 Birthplace: WATERBURY TWP,NEW HAVEN,CONNETICUT Father's Name: Samuell Chatfield Mother's Name: Joannah Indexing Project (Batch) Number: 7450315 System Origin: Connecticut-ODM |
| Birth GRO 3rd qtr 1963 CHATFIELD, Joanne L WOOD Cuckfield 5h 232 |
| USA Public Records Name Joanne Louise Chatfield Residence Date 01 Jan 1995-15 Oct 2005 Residence Place Greenville, North Carolina Birth Date 07 Apr 1958 Address 206 N Ash St # 7, Greenville, North Carolina 27858 Record Number 788304997 |
| At age 17 she disappeared presumed dead by law. Joanne Chatfield disappeared on the night of November 18, 1988. Twenty years on, she is yet to be found and a coroner has declared her dead. Missing Auckland teenager Joanne Chatfield has been officially declared dead - presumed murdered - 20 years after she was last seen alive. In November last year, police announced a $50,000 reward in the hope it would prompt someone with information on the case to speak up. But the incentive produced no new leads and officers are no closer to knowing what happened to the 17-year-old, who was last seen walking up Princes St as she left a function at Auckland University just before midnight on November 18, 1988. Since then, there has been much speculation over what happened to Ms CHATFIELD, including rumours that she had run away or moved to Australia, but nothing has ever been confirmed. However, Auckland coroner Murray Jamieson has reviewed the case of Ms Chatfield's disappearance and at a court hearing in the Papakura District Court in October, revealed that he believed Ms Chatfield was murdered. Dr Jamieson said that he had drawn that conclusion based on the fact that Ms Chatfield had not made contact with friends of family, did not have the economic resources to survive if she moved in New Zealand and because he found no evidence that Ms Chatfield had left New Zealand. At the inquest, Ms Chatfield's mother Claire Chatfield suggested her daughter had been kidnapped by a cult, but Dr Jamieson said there was also no evidence of that. In his report into the matter, released to the Herald this month, Dr Jamieson states: "Her mother still faithfully holds the hope that some day her only child may return, and I admire her for that demonstration of her love for Joanne." Dr Jamieson said Ms Chatfield had died on or after November 19, 1988, but the cause and circumstances of her death remain unknown. My friend Joanne Chatfield disappeared from Auckland in 1988. She has been declared officially dead, but the case remains unsolved. In 1988, my friend Joanne Chatfield -- an absolutely lovely, friendly girl who was an inspiration to anyone who met her -- disappeared after attending a gig at Auckland University. She was last seen walking up Princes Street, crying. She has been officially declared dead, yet the case is unsolved, and there appear to be absolutely no leads. You can see her picture and read more about the case here. Every time there's a list of unsolved murders or disappearances in New Zealand media, Joanne is never mentioned. Kirsa Jensen, Mona Blades, Amber-Grace Cruickshank, they're all listed. Not Joanne. The police did not take her disappearance seriously at the time; they considered her just some young punk chick that had run away and would turn up in some squat somewhere. By the time they took the case seriously, the evidence was long cold. I have written twice to the detective in charge of the case -- Len Leleni -- to ask about its status, and, if it's genuinely cold, to get access to the case files. I knew some of Joanne's friends and associates; I know the lifestyle she lived and I even know at least one piece of information that the police do not, yet I can't even get the detective to return my messages. I'm not entirely sure why I'm posting here, other than out of frustration with the silence from the police, and to keep Joanne's memory alive. The fact she's never mentioned in any lists of missing New Zealanders is, in my opinion, shameful. If anyone has any advice as to how to gain access to the case files -- because the police are not ever going to solve this -- I'd appreciate either a comment here or a PM. Joanne was undoubtedly murdered, and the person who killed her is still at large. Joanne's parents don't even have a body to bury, a gravesite to visit. It's like she never existed. Missing Auckland teenager Joanne Chatfield was a spirited and strong-willed teenager, whose "tough" punk image hid a soft and likeable nature, her former employer says. In her spare time the Auckland girl, who disappeared almost 19 years ago aged 17, visited an elderly person in a retirement home and was fiercely "anti-McDonalds". Warwick Jordan, who owns Hard to Find Books in Onehunga where "Joe" was about to begin working full time, told the Herald he was pleased police last Thursday announced a $50,000 reward in relation to the case. The investigation was always treated as a missing persons inquiry although Mr Jordan maintains she was murdered. Joe's parents were separated and she lived with her mother Claire. Her father Bruce Chatfield lived in the flat upstairs from the bookstore when his daughter went missing. Joe was meant to move into the flat the weekend she disappeared. "She was really excited about it. She was a really neat person," Mr Jordan said. "I was very fond of her. We had some really good conversations. She'd turn up and she'd have her hair done in a mohawk and bright colours and things. She was really into the punk image but she wasn't a punk in terms of the aggression side of things. She was very much anti-McDonalds, the classic teenage rebellion stuff. She certainly had her opinions on things. "She had a great sense of humour and I think she loved dressing up to appear rather outrageous, but more for herself than for others. I think she loved being a non-conformist. She was a really decent person, intelligent, with a lot of prospects. A week before she disappeared we had a disagreement because she'd been walking around Auckland city at night on her own and she mentioned it to me. "She said she had the right to do it - she was a woman and women should be allowed to do those things. I said to her 'I'm allowed to do them too but I wouldn't because it's just not safe'. At the time it was one of those conversations that you have with someone which don't count for anything but afterwards of course, it counted for a lot." Mr Jordan said he remembered arriving home in November, 1988, to find Mr Chatfield concerned that Joe had not moved in. "It wasn't like her to not turn up. He was quite worried." Police were called and the investigation began. Since then theories on what had come of Joe were rife. Mr Jordan and later, Joe's father, travelled to Australia after reports that Joe was seen working in Sydney's red light district, Kings Cross. He found someone matching her description, but it was "definitely" not Joe, Mr Jordan said. "I don't think she killed herself. I don't think she's disappeared, run away. I'd like to think she's run away ... I believe she was murdered. "I have seen the suffering from Bruce's perspective, let alone her Mum's, which must have been worse. I don't believe she was the sort of person who could just stand back and go 'too bad about them'." The worst part of knowing someone who had gone missing were the unanswered questions. "It's bugged the shit out of me for 20 years." The Mangere-based officer in charge of Operation CHATFIELD, Detective Sergeant Len Leleni, said police had received about five calls since the reward was offered but none had offered new information. Mr Leleni said he believed Joe had been murdered and that someone had information which could help police. Joe was last seen on Princes St after leaving a concert at Auckland University on November 19, 1988. "I'm sure that someone has interrupted her travelling on the way home," Mr Leleni said. The reward for information that closes the case, is on offer until February. Anyone with information is asked to call their nearest police station. |
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