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CHATFIELD Mary Augustine 
| Mary CHATFIELD, 90, died peacefully on Wednesday, October 13, 2010 at Cayuga Ridge, lovingly tended by staff and Hospicare. She was born in Painted Post, NY, on March 18, 1920, the only daughter of John L. and Grace M. She has been preceded in death by her parents and her brothers, John, Charles, Richard and Arthur as well as sisters-in-law Jean and Joyce. In Ithaca she worked at Rothschild’s Department store and the Cornell Campus Store. She also kept house for her mother and brother Charlie. She loved the outdoors, shopping, doing crafts, travel, teddy bears, and the color purple. She is survived by a niece Nan Cavenaugh of Harrisburg, PA, her husband Jim, grand-nephews David (of Pittsburgh) and Rob (of Washington, DC), and a great grand niece and nephew. Also, in Massachusetts are nephews Charles J. Chatfield IV (Bud), John, and Steve CHATFIELD, their wives and five grand nieces and nephews. |
| Spouse of David L Farnsworth 1938- |
| I grew up the oldest of four children in a military family. When I was two, my father returned from the war and we moved to Southern California. My sister and brother were born in San Diego and 3.5 years later we moved again. This was pretty much my life until I was nearly 16. Different schools, making new friends, saying goodbye to old friends, learning how to navigate a new school, new teachers, new everything. Challenges! When I was nearly 12, my father was sent to (of all places) Dodge City, Kansas where he served as the Navy Recruiter for 2.5 years. We moved there from Guantanamo Bay, Cuba (In 1956)! Dodge City was a lovely little city and my youngest was born there. We hadn’t lived there even two weeks when the Methodist minister came to visit us and invite us to come to church. That is what helped change my life. Church to me is community. I had wonderful Sunday School teachers, made great friends and felt like I "belonged." Of course, we moved again (4 more times), but when we walked into our "new" church, I was back in my community. -Mary ----- New York, New York Passenger and Crew Lists Name Mary K Chatfield Event Type Immigration Event Date 13 May 1956 Event Departure Guantanamo Bay, Cuba Event Date 17 May 1956 Event Place New York City, New York Gender Male Age 11 Birth Year (Estimated) 1945 Birthplace Michigan Ship Name Pvt Elden H Johnson ----- USA Public Records Name Mary C Farnsworth Residence Date 01 Apr 1997-01 Jan 2009 Residence Place Fletcher, North Carolina Birth Date 19 Nov 1944 Phone Number (828) 654-0218 Phone Number Recorded Date 01 Jan 2009 Address 110 Southwick Ct., Fletcher, North Carolina 28732 Address Date 01 Apr 1997-01 Jan 2009 2nd Address 1817 Cold Springs Rd., Liverpool, New York 13090 2nd Address Date 01 Dec 1993-01 Jan 1998 3rd Address 84 W 7th St., Oswego, New York 13126 3rd Address Date 01 Sep 1986-13 Nov 2000 Possible Relatives Brenda Farnsworth Bihr, David L Farnsworth, Lesley A Farnsworth, Racheal E Farnsworth Record Number 92126675 |
| Second spouse of Adam OWREY1832-1915 |
| Ohio, Deaths Name: Catherine Owrey Event Date: 19 Jan 1949 Gender: Female Age: 85 Race: White Birth Date: 1863 Birthplace: Lawrence County Ohio Birth Year (Estimated): 1864 Father's Name: Seth Chatfield Mother's Name: Amanda Friend File Number: Certificate GS Film number: 2246545 Digital Folder Number: 004109126 Image Number: 01142 ===== USA Census, 1930 Name: Catherine M Owrey Event Place: Upper, Lawrence, Ohio Gender: Female Age: 64 Marital Status: Widowed Race: White Relationship to Head of Household: Head Birth Year (Estimated): 1866 Birthplace: Ohio Father's Birthplace: Pennsylvania Mother's Birthplace: Kentucky District: 0023 , Sheet Number and Letter: 16A , Household ID: 401 , Line Number: 38 , GS Film number: 2341561 , Digital Folder Number: 004639646 , Image Number: 00865 ----- USA Census, 1940 Name: Cathrine Owrey Event Place: Ward 3, Ironton City, Upper Township, Lawrence, Ohio Gender: Female Age: 74 Marital Status: Widowed Race: White Relationship to Head of Household: Head Birthplace: Ohio Birth Year (Estimated): 1866 Last Place of Residence: Same House District: 44-16 , Family Number: 125 , Sheet Number and Letter: 6A , Line Number: 18 , Digital Folder Number: 005460625 , Image Number: 00468 |
| Ohio, County Marriages Name: Adam Owrey Event Date: 20 Jun 1901 Event Place: Lawrence, Ohio Age: 69 Birth Year (Estimated): 1832 Birthplace: Crawford Co., Pa. Father's Name: Henry Owrey Mother's Name: Hester Steed Spouse's Name: Catherine Chatfield Spouse's Age: 39 Spouse's Birth Year (Estimated): 1862 Spouse's Birthplace: South Point, O. Spouse's Father's Name: Seth Chatfield Spouse's Mother's Name: Manda Frienor Reference ID: V19 P9 GS Film Number: 317723 Digital Folder Number: 004016337 Image Number: 00012 |
| USA Social Security Death Index Given Name: Mary Middle Name: C Surname: Thompson Birth Date: 7 June 1957 Social Security Number: 368-70-3957 State: Michigan Last Place of Residence: Grand haven, Ottawa, Michigan Previous Residence Postal Code: 49417 Event Date: 17 June 2004 Age: 47 ----- Find A Grave Memorial# 20008635 ----- LIFESTORY: THOMPSON, MRS. MARY C. Grand Haven Mrs. Mary C. Thompson, age 47, died Thursday, June 17, 2004 at St. Mary's Hospital in Grand Rapids. She was born in Ludington, Michigan on June 7, 1957 to Sheldon and Annie Gudas CHATFIELD, they preceded her in death. She married Steve Thompson on March 2, 1985 in Custer, MI. Mrs. Thompson had been a homemaker, a member of St. Patrick's Catholic Church and the Muskegon 4 H Club ''Red Hot Riders''. She enjoyed horses and gardening, but foremost was her family. SURVIVORS Husband of 19 years, Steve; children, Matt and Ali Thompson at home; stepson, Ryan Thompson of Grand Haven, MI; mother and father in law, Tom Thompson of Grand Haven and Joan Thompson of Spring Lake, MI; sister, Ruth McClellan of Indiana; brother, Clarence Lita Chatfield of California; several nieces and nephews. SERVICE Monday, June 21, 2004, 10:30 AM at St. Patrick's Catholic Church, Grand Haven, with Fr. William Langlois officiating. Interment will be held at 4:00 PM at the Fountain Cemetery in Fountain, MI. VISITATION Sunday, 1-5 PM, with a rosary at 4:30 pm at Clock Funeral Home, Grand Haven. MEMORIAL: American Diabetes Association. ===== USA Public Records Name: Mary C Chatfield Residence Date: 13 Jul 2001 Residence Place: Grand Rapids, Michigan Birth Date: 07 Jun 1957 Address: 4757 Britton, Grand Rapids, Michigan 49546 Address Date: 13 Jul 2001 2nd Address: 4757 Burton St SW., Grand Rapids, Michigan 49534 2nd Address Date: 01 Jan 1998-13 Jul 2001 Record Number: 389755773 ----- USA Public Records Name: Mary Catherine Thompson Residence Date: 01 Sep 1991-25 Mar 2008 Residence Place: Grand Haven, Michigan Birth Date: 07 Jun 1957 Phone Number: (616) 842-0048 Phone Number Recorded Date: 25 Mar 2008 Address: 11946 N Cedar Dr., Grand Haven, Michigan 49417 Address Date: 01 Sep 1991-25 Mar 2008 Possible Relatives: Carol J Thompson, Francis G Thompson Jr, John F Thompson, Steven Gilbert Thompson Record Number: 181183168 |
| Birth 615/1857 CHATFIELD, MARY C HENRY & ELEANOR SYDNEY ===== The Sydney Morning Herald Tuesday 7 April 1857 BIRTH On 6th April, 1857, at her residence, 33, Union-street, Sydney, Mrs. Henry CHATFIELD, of a daughter. |
| Spouse of Raymond William BURTON 1933-2014 |
| USA Social Security Death Index Given Name: Mary Middle Name: Christine Surname: Burton Birth Date: 13 February 1935 Social Security Number: 301-30-9533 State: Ohio Last Place of Residence: Waverly, Pike, Ohio Previous Residence Postal Code: 45690 Event Date: 19 December 2009 Age: 74 ----- Find A Grave Memorial# 45621952 ===== Mary Christine Burton, 74, of Tipton Lane, Waverly, Ohio died Saturday morning December 19, 2009 at her home. She was born February 13, 1935 in Pickaway County, Ohio, daughter of the late John Chatfield and Ruby Jones Chatfield. On July 10, 1954 Christine was united in marriage to Raymond Burton who survives. Also surviving are four children, Jeff Burton and wife Barbara of Dublin, Ohio; Tom Burton and wife Deborah of San Diego, California; Susan Farmer of Piketon, Ohio; Joe Burton and wife Kathy of Waverly; eight grandchildren, Josh, Molly and Megan Burton, Terry Farmer, Brooke Walls, Bobbie Jo, Donnie and Amanda Burton, four great grandchildren, Gage, Natalie, Maverick and Callie, as well as eight brothers and sisters. In addition to her parents, a son, Robert Michael Burton, preceded Christine in death. Christine was a homemaker, a 4H advisor and a voter registration monitor for many years, and a member of the Piketon-Jasper United Methodist Church. ----- USA Public Records Index Name: Mary Christine Burton Residence Date: 03 Nov 2004 Residence Place: Waverly, Ohio Birth Date: 13 Feb 1935 Phone Number: (614) 289-2449 Phone Number Recorded Date: 01 Jul 2008 Address: 000475 Tipton Ln Address Continued: Waverly, Ohio 45690 Address Date: 03 Nov 2004 2nd Address: 475 Tipton Ln 2nd Address Continued: Waverly, Ohio 45690 2nd Address Date: 27 Aug 1964-01 Jul 2008 Possible Relatives: Chris Burton, Jefferson W Burton, Joseph Allan Burton, Raymond William Burton, Raymond William Ton, Thomas Eugene Burton Record Number: 138567097 |
| California, Death Index Name: Mary C Wilbur Event Type: Death Event Date: 07 Oct 1962 Event Place: Los Angeles, California, USA Birth Date: 06 Jan 1881 Birthplace: Connecticut Mother's Name: Clark ----- USA Social Security Death Index Given Name: Mary Middle Name: Surname: Wilbur Birth Date: 6 January 1881 Social Security Number: 555-07-4662 State: California Event Date: October 1962 Age: 81 ----- Burial Plot: Map D21, Lot 3917, Space 4 ===== Letter Emily C. (Chatfield) Sperry wrote in 1899. Mary (the daughter is) 17. She has been attending school for 2 years in N.H. and boarded with us. The first year, 1897, she attended a young ladies school, stayed there one year. Her health would not permit of her graduation. This year she is home. She may teach next season if her mother can spare her help. ----- USA Census, 1910 Name: Mary C Wilbur Event Place: Ansonia Ward 5, New Haven, Connecticut Gender: Female Marital Status: Married Race: White Relationship to Head of Household: Wife Birthplace: Connecticut Father's Birthplace: Connecticut Mother's Birthplace: Connecticut Household ID: 8 Page: 1 Household Gender Age Birthplace SELF Oliver H Wilbur M 29y Connecticut WIFE Mary C Wilbur F 29y Connecticut Edward W Shatfield M y Connecticut ----- USA Census, 1920 Name: Mary C Wilbur Event Place: , New Haven, Connecticut Gender: Female Age: 38 Marital Status: Married Race: White Birthplace: Connecticut Birth Year (Estimated): 1882 Relationship to Head of Household: Wife Household ID: 36 Sheet Number: 2 GS Film number: 1820193 Digital Folder Number: 4295761 Image Number: 00546 Household Gender Age Birthplace SELF Oliver H Wilbur M 39y Connecticut WIFE Mary C Wilbur F 38y Connecticut SON Edwin Wilbur M 8y10m Connecticut DAU Louise Wilbur F 3y4m Connecticut Dorothy Radcliff F 25y Connecticut Jennie Radcliff F 20y Connecticut Ruth Chatfield F 41y Connecticut [Probably Ruth Wooster Chatfield] ----- USA Census, 1930 Name: Mary C Wilbur Event Place: Huntington Park, Los Angeles, California Gender: Female Age: 49 Marital Status: Married Race: White Birthplace: Connecticut Birth Year (Estimated): 1881 Relationship to Head of Household: Wife Father's Birthplace: Connecticut Mother's Birthplace: Connecticut District: 1337 Household ID: 297 Sheet Number and Letter: 12A Line Number: 45 Affiliate Publication Number: T626, roll 171 GS Film number: 2339906 Digital Folder Number: 4531818 Image Number: 01102 Household Gender Age Birthplace Head Otto H Wilbur M 49 Connecticut [Should be Oliver not Otto] Wife Mary C Wilbur F 49 Connecticut Son Edwin C Wilbur M 18 Connecticut Dau Louise A Wilbur F 14 Connecticut Dau Alma J Wilbur F 8 Connecticut |
| USA Census, 1860 Name: Mary Billingslea Event Place: Southern Division, Chambers, Alabama Gender: Female Age: 51 Race: White Birth Year (Estimated): 1809 Birthplace: Georgia Page: 77 Household Role Gender Age Birthplace Cyrus Billingslea M 57 Georgia Mary Billingslea F 51 Georgia Louisa J Billingslea F 25 Georgia Clement J Billingslea M 16 Georgia Martha Brown F 60 Georgia Martha A Brown F 20 Alabama Household ID: 532 , GS Film Number: 803004 , Digital Folder Number: 004211177 , Image Number: 00689 |
| Spouse of Henry A KUENTZEL 1865-1948 |
| South Dakota, State Census, 1935 Name: Mary D Kuentzel Age: 64 Birth Year (Estimated): 1871 Gender: Female Race (Original): White Birthplace: Minnesota Race: White Marital Status: Married Marriage Date: 1895 Event Place: White Rock ward 3, Roberts, South Dakota Post Office: White Rock, South Dakota Father's Birthplace: New York Mother's Birthplace: Ohio Sheet Number: 57 GS Film number: 2369972 , Digital Folder Number: 4447507 , Image Number: 3048 |
| NSW Marriage Index 18194/1936. SAUNDERS, REGINALD JAMES & CHATFIELD, MARY DOROTHY. ANNANDALE |
| Mary E Strong in household of Wm Strong, "USA Census, 1870" Birth Year (Estimated): 1821 Gender: Female Age (Original): 49y Race: White Birthplace: Connecticut Event Place: Connecticut Household Gender Age Birthplace Wm Strong M 55y Connecticut Mary E Strong F 49y Connecticut Mary E Strong F 24y Connecticut Fanny L Strong F 14y Connecticut Wm B Strong M 12y Connecticut Bridget Moran F 21y Ireland ----- Mary E. Strong in household of William Strong, "USA Census, 1880" Event Place: Stratford, Fairfield, Connecticut Gender: Female Age: 58 Marital Status: Married Occupation: Keeping House Race (Original): W Ethnicity: American Relationship to Head of Household: Wife Birthplace: Connecticut Birth Date: 1822 Father's Birthplace: Connecticut Mother's Birthplace: Connecticut Page: 376 Page Letter: A Entry Number: 3109 Affiliate Film Number: T9-0095 GS Film number: 1254095 Digital Folder Number: 004240007 Image Number: 00195 Household Gender Age Birthplace Self William Strong M 63 Connecticut Wife Mary E. Strong F 58 Connecticut Dau Mary E. Strong F 32 Connecticut Other Lizzie Hughes F 25 Ireland Other Nellie Hughes F 22 Ireland |
| Ohio, County Death Records Name Mary Webb Event Date 07 Feb 1886 Event Place Altoona, Wilson, Kansas Residence Place Harrison Gender Female Age 63 Marital Status Married Race W Birth Year (Estimated) 1823 Birthplace Lawrence, Ohio |
| Name: William Webb Event Type: Marriage Event Date: 04 Jul 1844 Event Place: Lawrence, Ohio, USA Spouse's Name: Mary Chatfield Reference ID: cn 13 , GS Film Number: 317716 , Digital Folder Number: 004922497 , Image Number: 00282 |
| Spouse of Allan K HOXIE 1879-1963 |
| Burial Plot: Section D-10. Find A Grave Memorial# 131647488 ===== USA Census, 1940 Name Mary E Hoxie Event Place Ward 2, Ludington, Ludington City, Mason, Michigan Gender Female Age 58 Marital Status Married Race White Relationship to Head of Household Guest Birthplace Michigan Birth Year (Estimated) 1882 Last Place of Residence Rural, Mason, Michigan |
| Michigan, Marriages Name: Allen K Hoxie Age (Expanded): 21 years Birth Year: 1879 Birthplace: Iowa Spouse's Name: Mary Chatfield Spouse's Age (Expanded): 19 years Spouse's Birth Year: 1881 Spouse's Birthplace: Geneva Event Date: 26 Dec 1900 Event Place: Paw Paw, Van Buren, Michigan Father's Name: Paul P. Hoxie Mother's Name: Nora Washburn Spouse's Father's Name: Willis Chatfield Spouse's Mother's Name: Mary E Bennett Indexing Project (Batch) Number: M01704-8 System Origin: Michigan-ODM GS Film number: 2342516 |
| Mary E Chatfield in household of Helen C Barnes, "USA Census, 1940" Event Place: Tract 803, River Rouge, River Rouge City, Wayne, Michigan Gender: Female Age: 18 Marital Status: Single Race: White Relationship to Head of Household: Niece Birthplace: Michigan Birth Year (Estimated): 1922 Last Place of Residence: Same House District: 82-211 Family Number: 343 Sheet Number and Letter: 34A Line Number: 17 Affiliate Publication Number: T627 Affiliate Film Number: 1835 Digital Folder Number: 005461720 Image Number: 00884 Household Gender Age Birthplace Head Helen C Barnes F 64 Michigan Niece Mary E Chatfield F 18 Michigan Niece Helen Chatfield F 16 Michigan |
| Birth GRO 3rd qtr 1927 CHATFIELD, Mary E Banks Croydon 2a 442 |
| Birth GRO Mar 1940 CHATFIELD, Mary E SHRUBB Surrey S.W 2a 1007 |
| Marriages GRO 3rd qtr 1960 CHATFIELD, Mary E SAYERS Surrey S.W. 5g 2159 SAYERS, Lenard CHATFIELD Surrey S.W. 5g 2159 |
| Spouse of George Edgar ECHERD 1930-2016 |
| Texas, Birth Index Name: Mary Edith Chatfield Event Type: Birth Event Date: 29 Aug 1931 Event Place: Dallas, Texas Gender: Female Father's Name: Frank Bonell Chatfield Mother's Name: Allene Lanita Millard ----- Find a Grave Memorial ID 233019896. ----- ECHERD, Mary Edith Chatfield Aug. 29, 1931 - Oct. 11, 2021 Mary Echerd, the daughter of Frank B. And Alleen CHATFIELD, was born August 29, 1931 in Dallas, Texas. A lifelong Dallas resident, Mary graduated from Woodrow Wilson High School and attended Southern Methodist University. She majored in English, was active in the Chi Omega sorority and graduated Phi Beta Kappa. At SMU. she met George Echerd on a blind date. They continued to date and married on July 3, 1953, a union that lasted 63 years. Mary and George moved to Washington, D.C. and then to Munich, Germany where George served as an officer in the US. Army Corps of Engineers. Together they toured much of Europe, a place they returned to many times over their many happy years together. They returned to Dallas where Mary taught English to seniors at Woodrow Wilson High School, and George worked for UARCO business forms. Mary and George's first child, Glynn Steven, was born in December 1958 and was joined by his brother, Mark Randal, in January 1960. The family was completed by the birth of their daughter, Diane Leslie, in 1966. Mary was a homemaker and dedicated wife and mother who was active in the Pierian Club, the Daughters Of The American Revolution and the Dallas Garden Club. Mary and George were active members of the 2x2 class at Highland Park Methodist Church for over 60 years In 1972 Mary and George started a successful business forms design and sales company, Multiforms Inc., which they owned and operated for over 40 years. Mary and George loved to travel and enjoyed many trips abroad. They particularly liked cruises and formed lasting friendships with people they met on board ship. Mary was a prolific reader all of her life and a skilled needle-pointer, her home is filled with many elaborate pieces she created. She enjoyed cooking and hosting groups large and small in her beautiful home. She loved dogs, owning many Boston Terriers from her first childhood pet Mickey, followed by half a dozen more Bostons and even one well-loved Beagle, Barney. Mary is survived by her son Glynn, his wife Margaret, their children Robert and Elizabeth; son Mark and his wife Bridget, their children Kyle and Courtney; Diane's husband Mark Neely and her children Anthony, Brittany and Andrew Faller. Funeral services will be held at 10:00 AM on Monday, October 18, 2021 at Restland Memorial Park. Visitation will be from 12:00 PM to 2:00 PM on Sunday, October 17, 2021, also at Restland. Memorials may be made to the S.P.C.A. or to Highland Park United Methodist Church. Dallas Morning News - Dallas, TX - 16 to 17 Oct 2021. ===== USA Public Records Name: Mary Chatfield Echerd Also Known As: Mary E Echerd Residence Date: 01 Jan 2004-01 Oct 2004 Residence Place: Dallas, Texas Birth Date: 29 Aug 1931 Phone Number: (972) 233-7458 Phone Number Recorded Date: 29 Oct 2007 Address: 541955 PO Box Address Continued: Dallas, Texas 75354 Address Date: 01 Jan 2004-01 Oct 2004 2nd Address: 10839 Hayfield Dr 2nd Address Continued: Dallas, Texas 75238 2nd Address Date: 15 Oct 1997-29 Oct 2007 3rd Address: 10176 PO Box 3rd Address Continued: College Station, Texas 77842 3rd Address Date: 01 Jan 1993-18 Jul 2001 Possible Relatives: Bridget G Echerd, Diane Leslie Echerd, George E Echelmeyer, Leslie Echerd, Margaret Ann Echerd, Mark Randal Echerd, Trust Echerd, Valeta Moulton Echerd Record Number: 37756105 |
| Daughter of Col. Harvey Strong CHATFIELD & Sarah Mary TOWNE. |
| Burial plot: Sec. T 18 20. New York Times Mary E. CHATFIELD, daughter of Col. Harvey Chatfield. Funeral at Cambridge, Never married Occupation: Artist's bookbinder ======================== Dec 30, 1913, New York Times: Miss Mary E. CHATFIELD, an artist's bookbinder, whose work is to be found in the libraries of many prominent families in this city, committed suicide some time on Sunday in her studio on the sixth floor of the building at 400 West Twenty-third Street. She stabbed herself in the left breast with a slender-bladed, keen-pointed paper cutter. Her body was found yesterday morning at 11:30 o'clock flung across a couch in the front room where she did her work. On a nearby table was a piece of paper on which was scrawled in an almost illegible hand, the words "Mrs. Howard is to blame for this". The paper was spotted with blood, indicating that Miss Chatfield had written the message after she stabbed herself, and then dragged herself to the couch to die. Death must have followed shortly, for an examination showed that the blade of the paper cutter had entered her heart. Friends of Mollie CHATFIELD, as she was known to her intimates, when they heard of her violent death, and of the strange note she had left, refused at first to believe that she had taken her own life. They urged the police to make a thorough investigation, hinting that she may have been murdered. Her brother, Harvey S. Chatfield of 105 East Fifty-third Street, who identified the body, put aside the murder theory. After he had recovered from the first shock he told of a remarkable story of the happenings which he believed led to his sister's death. For the past two months, he said, Miss Chatfield has been the victim of strange hallucinations. She had been pursude, he said, by a voice which she believed to be that of a woman. She had felt herself bound to do whatever the voice told her to and it was in an effort to escape from its influence that she rented a studio on the top floor of the Twenty-third Street building, hoping that it would not reach her there. Mr Chatfield also said that his sister had been accustomed to taking long walks, and had worn herself out by the rapid pace at which she had strode along in the hope of eluding the Voice. "I have not the slightest doubt that my sister committed suicide," he said. "I do not know who the Mrs. Howard she referred to may have been for I do not remember any one of that name who has come into touch with our lives for at least five years. It may have been that she believed that a Mrs. Howard was the woman whose voice was following her wherever she went. Mr. Chatfield said that his sister had devoted her time of late to the making of artistic bindings for rare books. He mentioned tha name of Robert J. Colter as one for whom she had done much work of this kind, and said that her work was to be found in the libraries of many of the most prominebt families in New York. A Mrs. Taylor, a friend of Miss CHATFIELD, who was present during the interview, said that she thought it best not to mention other names. Miss Chatfield's studio was one of the most artistically furnished of those in the big building. She had her workshop in the large front room into which the sunlight poured through a great skylight. An old spinning wheel stood in one corner, and the furniture included an antique desk of considerable vale and an old mahogany piano. On the mantel was a pair of brass candle-sticks of unique design. A complete bookbinding outfit was neatly arranged on the work table beneath the skylight. Off this room was a smaller one, where Miss Chatfield had lived. She did her own cooking on a small gas range. Miss Chatfield was a member of an old Southern family, friends said. She was a handsome woman, 42 years of age. Mrs CHATFIELD, the brother, talked with a Times reporter in the front room of the studio apartment. He is almost deaf and questions had to be written for him on a piece of paper. His sister had been well known in art circles in New York for many years, he said. There had been another sister, Elizabeth and about a year ago she had become so reduced by tuburculosis that she was taken to Saranac in the hope that the change might do her good. Mollie Chatfield had given up her work to accompany her sister. The months which followed were hard ones for her, and upon the death of Miss Elizabeth Chatfield a short time ago she had suffered a breakdown. About two months ago, he said, his sister Mollie had recovered sufficiently to take up her work again and come on to New York, where she placed herself under the care of Dr. John E. Wilson, a nerve specialist of 616 Madison Avenue. It was about that time that she began to experience the strange hallucinations, and she complained that a strange voice was driving her on and directing her to do things which she did not want to do. Her first effort to escape from the strange influence was made when she rented the studio on the top floor. Later she started to go on the long walks. Mr. Chatfield said that he had believed that his sister was regaining her health. He had taken her out to dinner on Christmas Eve, he said, and she seemed to be in a cheerful mood. A physician she consulted that had had also given an encouraging report. It was learned that for three years up to 1911 Miss Chatfield had had a studio with her brother and Harriet Kaucher, an artist on the second floor of the building at 37-45 West Twenty-second Street. A woman who had lived in an adjoining apartment for twenty-five years gave some information about her life there. She said Miss Chatfield was prominent in her line. The brother, she said, was married about two years ago and was well-to-do. Employees at the Twenty-third Street building furnished the rest of the story. Miss CHATFIELD, the polioce were told, had been seen alive last at 7:30 o'clock on Saturday night. At 11:30 o'clock yesterday morning a Mrs. Taylor came to the studio with some books she wished to have bound. She was unable to gain entrance and summoned the Superintendant. The door was opened with a pass-key and Miss Chatfield's body was found on the couch. She had been dead for at least twenty-four hours. When all of the facts became known the brother was permitted to remove the body to an undertakers. ======================= Source: Sussex Chatfield Family Genealogy |
| Death NSW 15018/1909 CHATFIELD MARY E CHARLES ROSANNA RYDE ----- Plot: Portion: Ang Row: Sec D Plot: 773 Find A Grave Memorial# 123622055 ===== Unmarried ----- Census 1851, Tamar, Stoke Damerel, Devon, GBR with newly widowed mother. |
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