Melvin Lavar Chaffin
(1912-1989)

 

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Spouses/Children:
1. Lydia Edaline Bergeman

Melvin Lavar Chaffin

  • Born: 2 Jun 1912, Woodville, Bingham, Idaho, United States 4 5 6
  • Marriage (1): Lydia Edaline Bergeman on 10 Jan 1934 in Saint George, Washington, Utah, United States 1 2 3
  • Died: 14 Nov 1989, Idaho Falls, Bonneville, Idaho, United States at age 77 5
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bullet  Noted events in his life were:

• Census: 1940 United States Federal: Rose, Bingham, Idaho, United States. 7

• Obituary: The Post-Register: Idaho Falls, Bonneville, Idaho, United States. 8

Melvin L. Chaffin
BLACKFOOT - Melvin Lavar
Chaffin, 77, of Blackfoot, died Nov.
14, 1989, at an Idaho Falls nursing
home of complications related to
Parkinsons disease.
He was born June 2, 1912 at
Woodville to John Chaffin
and Sara Louisa Collins Chaffin.
He attended school at Lin-
coln and the Taysom School
in Woodville.
As a teen-ager he worked for a
short time on a ranch at Jackson, Wyo.
Following his schooling he farmed in
the Rose area with his father.
On Jan. 10, 1933, he married
Lidia Edeline Bergeman in the St.
George LDS Temple. They pur-
chased a farm in the Groveland area
in 1946 where they lived until his
retirements in 1977. They then
moved to St. George, Utah, for six
years, and returned to Blackfoot one
year ago,
He was an active member of the
LDS Church.
He was an avid horseman and
rode with the Bingham County
Sheriff's Posse for many years. He
enjoyed and participated in rodeos.
Survivors include his wife of
Blackfoot; two daughters, Darla
Shelley of Firth and Joyce Huskin-
son of Rexburg; two sons, Kay Mel-
vin Chaffin of Blackfoot and Chris
L. Chaffin of Germany; five sisters,
May Humphries of Shelley, Verda
Jensen, Freeda Jorgensen and June
Johnson, all of Blackfoot, and
Wanda Creasey of Carson City,
Nev.; eight grandchildren; and three
great-grandchildren. He was pre-
ceded in death by his parents, four
brothers, and three sisters.
Funeral services will be Saturday
at 1 p.m. at the Rose LDS Church.
The family will meet with friends
Friday evening from 7-8:30 at the
Nalder Mortuary in Shelley and Sat-
urday from 11:30 a.m. to 12:40 p.m.
at the church. Burial will be in
Fielding Memorial Cemetery in
Idaho Falls.


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Melvin married Lydia Edaline Bergeman, daughter of Julius Edward Bergemann and Emma Kastning, on 10 Jan 1934 in Saint George, Washington, Utah, United States.1 2 3 (Lydia Edaline Bergeman was born on 2 Apr 1915 in Fairmont, Martin, Minnesota, United States 9 and died on 24 Sep 2013 in Shelley, Bingham, Idaho, United States 10.)


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Sources


1 "Utah, Select Marriages, 1887-1966," database, <i>Ancestry.com</i> (http://www.ancestry.com/);

Name: Melvin L. Chaffin
Gender: Male
Age: 21
Birth Date: 1913
Marriage Date: 11 Jan 1934
Marriage Place: St. George, Washington, Utah
Spouse: Lydia Bergeman
FHL Film Number: 484822
Reference ID: p.385a

2 "Western States Marriages," database, <i>Western States Marriages</i> (http://abish.byui.edu/specialCollections/westernStates/search.cfm : accessed 17 Jan 2019);

Details For Marriage ID#351390
Groom Last Name: CHAFFIN
Groom First Name: Melvin L.
Groom Residence:
Bride Last Name: BERGEMAN
Bride First Name: Lydia
Bride Residence:
Place: St. George
Date: 11 Jan 1934
County of Record: Washington
State: Utah
Volume: C
Page: 385

3 "Utah, Select County Marriages, 1887-1937," database, <i>Ancestry.com</i> (http://www.ancestry.com/);

Name: Melvin L Chaffin
Gender: Male
Age: 22
Birth Date: 1912
Marriage Date: 10 Jan 1934
Marriage Place: Washington, Utah, United States
Father: J W Chaffin
Mother: Sarah Collins
Spouse: Lydia Bergerman
FHL Film Number: 0484827

4 "Idaho, Birth Index, 1861-1917, Stillbirth Index, 1905-1967," database, <i>Ancestry.com</i> (http://www.ancestry.com/ : accessed 18 Jan 2019);

Name: Melvin Levar Chaffin
Birth Date: 2 Jun 1912
Birth Place: Woodville, Bingham, Idaho, USA
Father: John Walter Chaffin
Mother: Sarrah L. Callings
Certificate Year: 1912
Certificate Number: D71-0876

5 <i>U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014</i> (Ancestry.com. U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2014.),

Name: Melvin L. Chaffin
SSN: 518-20-4927
BORN: 2 Jun 1912
Died: 14 Nov 1989
State (Year) SSN issued: Idaho (Before 1951).

6 "U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men, 1940-1947," database, <i>Ancestry.com</i> (http://www.ancestry.com/ : accessed 24 Feb 2019);

Name: Melvin Lavor Chaffin
Gender: Male
Race: White
Age: 28
Relationship to Draftee: Self (Head)
Birth Place: Shelley, Idaho, USA
Birth Date: 2 Jun 1912
Residence Place: Blackfoot, Bingham, Idaho, USA
Registration Date: 16 Oct 1940
Employer: Self
Weight: 175
Complexion: Light
Eye Color: Blue
Hair Color: Blonde
Height: 6
Next of Kin: Lydia Chaffin

7 1940 U.S. census, population schedule, Rose, sheet 2A, household 22; digital images, <i>Ancestry.com</i> (http://www.ancestry.com/); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm T627.

8 The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, "Idaho, Southern Counties Obituaries, 1943-2013," database and images, <i>FamilySearch</i> (https://familysearch.org/ : accessed 21 Mar 2016).

9 Minnesota Historical Society, "Minnesota People Records Search," database(http://www.mnhs.org/search/people : accessed 9 Apr 2019);

Bergman, Lydia Edline
Birth Certificate Index
Certificate Number: DC-40174
Birth: April 2, 1915
County of Birth: Martin County, Minnesota, United States
Subject: Birth records
Type: Text, Government Record, Historical Records
Mother's Maiden Name: Kastning

10 "U.S., Cemetery and Funeral Home Collection, 1847-2018," database, <i>Ancestry.com</i> (http://www.ancestry.com/ : accessed 19 Mar 2016).


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