James Gardner ChaffinAge: 71 years1911–1983
- Name
- James Gardner Chaffin
- Given names
- James Gardner
- Surname
- Chaffin
 Birth | August 13, 1911 42 29 |
 Death of a maternal grandfather | James Campbell Troutman December 1915 (Age 4 years) |
 Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 4 years)Note: Over 7,000 deaths and 27,363 cases reported in America's worst polio (infantile paralysis) epidemic - http://goo.gl/ZBEQA1 |
| Historical Event | World War I between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 5 years)Note: The United States enters 'The Great War' where more than nine million combatants were killed- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_I |
| Historical Event | Spanish Influenza Epidemic 1918 (Age 6 years)Note: Spanish Influenza killed over 500,000 people in the United States, and somewhere between 20 and 40 million in what has been cited as the most devastating epidemic in history - http://virus.stanford.edu/uda/ |
 Census | January 23, 1920 (Age 8 years) |
| Death of a brother | Eugene L Chaffin October 12, 1921 (Age 10 years) |
| Death of a paternal grandfather | McHenry Chaffin May 3, 1922 (Age 10 years) Associate: Minerva Jane Trosper
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| Death of a paternal grandmother | Minerva Jane Trosper April 4, 1925 (Age 13 years) |
| Death of a mother | Jesse Mae Troutman 1929 (Age 17 years) |
| Historical Event | The Great Depression October 1929 (Age 18 years)Note: The Wall Street Crash sets off the Great Depression, the most severe worldwide economic depression in the 20th century - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Depression |
| Census | April 14, 1930 (Age 18 years) |
| Census | April 15, 1940 (Age 28 years) |
| Historical Event | World War II between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 30 years)Note: The United States enters World War II after the attack at Pearl Harbor, a global war that involved the vast majority of the world's nations and including all of the great powers - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_II |
| Census | April 5, 1950 (Age 38 years) |
| Death of a father | Otis Lee Chaffin 1951 (Age 39 years) |
| Birth of a daughter #1 | Valetta Jean Chaffin August 31, 1952 (Age 41 years) |
| Historical Event | Korean War between 1950 and 1953 (Age 38 years)Note: The Korean War was a war between the Republic of Korea (South Korea), supported by the United Nations, and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea), at one time supported by the People's Republic of China and the Soviet Union - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Korean_War |
| Death of a daughter | Valetta Jean Chaffin June 18, 1956 (Age 44 years) Associate: James Gardner Chaffin
Associate: Hannah Lee Standefer
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 Death | Valetta Jean Chaffin June 18, 1956 (Age 44 years) |
| Death of a sister | Hilma E Chaffin July 1974 (Age 62 years) |
| Historical Event | Vietnam War between 1946 and 1975 (Age 34 years)Note: The Vietnam War was a long, costly armed conflict that pitted the communist regime of North Vietnam and its southern allies, known as the Viet Cong, against South Vietnam and its principal ally, the United States. The divisive war, increasingly unpopular at home, ended with the withdrawal of U.S. forces in 1973 and the unification of Vietnam under Communist control two years later. More than 3 million people, including 58,000 Americans, were killed in the conflict. - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vietnam_War |
| Death | June 1983 (Age 71 years) |
 Burial | Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Forest Hill Cemetery |
| Family with parents |
| father |
Otis Lee Chaffin Birth: 1869 20 20 — Caldwell, Missouri, United States Death: 1951 — Kansas City, Jackson, Missouri, United States |
| mother |
Jesse Mae Troutman Birth: March 5, 1882 28 27 — Decatur, Macon, Illinois, United States Death: 1929 — Missouri, United States |
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Marriage: July 18, 1900 — Jackson, Missouri, United States |
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2 years elder brother |
Eugene L Chaffin Birth: November 8, 1902 33 20 — Missouri, United States Death: October 12, 1921 — Kansas City, Jackson, Missouri, United States |
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5 years elder sister |
Hilma E Chaffin Birth: December 7, 1907 38 25 — Daviess, Missouri, United States Death: July 1974 — Kansas City, Jackson, Missouri, United States |
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4 years himself |
James Gardner Chaffin Birth: August 13, 1911 42 29 — Missouri, United States Death: June 1983 — Jackson, Missouri, United States |
| Family with Hannah Lee Standefer |
| himself |
James Gardner Chaffin Birth: August 13, 1911 42 29 — Missouri, United States Death: June 1983 — Jackson, Missouri, United States |
| wife |
Hannah Lee Standefer Birth: June 16, 1918 23 22 — Missouri, United States Death: February 1, 1995 — Kansas City, Jackson, Missouri, United States |
| daughter |
Private |
| daughter |
Valetta Jean Chaffin Birth: August 31, 1952 41 34 — Kansas City, Jackson, Missouri, United States Death: June 18, 1956 — Henry, Missouri, United States |
| Census | 1920 United States - Census transcript - Otis Lee Chaffin - Household
House #1324 - Otis Chaffin+Family, House # 1318 - McHenry Chaffin Kansas City, Jackson, Missouri, United States
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| Census | 1930 United States - Census transcript - Otis Lee Chaffin - Household
Kansas City, Jackson, Missouri, United States
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| Census | 1940 United States - Census transcript - Otis Lee Chaffin - Household
Kaw, Jackson, Missouri, United States
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| Census | 1950 United States - Census transcript - Otis Lee Chaffin - Household
Kansas City, Jackson, Missouri, United States
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