FAMILY LINE AND HISTORY
Lola Chatfield
2nd of 5 children of Clark Samuel Chatfield, Jr. & Madge Rosa
Born: May 9, 1914, Cardiff/Glenwood Springs, Garfield Co. Colorado
Died: Jan 10, 2005, (age 90) at home, Berkeley, Alameda Co., California; pneumonia, Alzheimer’s disease
Cremated: Ashes scattered over the Pacific Ocean
Occupation: Concert pianist, recorded two concert record albums
Married: Dec 21, 1937, Alvin Jerome “Al” Fabris, Berkeley, Alameda Co., California
Three children: James Chatfield “Jim” Fabris, John Bennett Fabris, Thomas Edmund “Tom” Fabris
Alvin Jerome “Al” Fabris
1st of 3 children of William G. Fabris & Minnie C. Hauser
Born: May 24, 1912, San Francisco, California
Died: Sep 3, 1983 (age 71), Berkeley, Alameda Co., California; cancer
Cremated: Ashes scattered over the Pacific Ocean outside the Golden Gate Bridge, San Francisco
Military: WWII, U.S. Navy, Lieutenant Commander
Occupation: Attorney and manager of legal department for Shell Oil and Assistant Secretary for Shell Oil, San Francisco, California
Married: Dec 21, 1937, Lola Chatfield, Berkeley, Alameda Co., California
Three children: James Chatfield “Jim” Fabris, John Bennett Fabris, Thomas Edmund “Tom” Fabris
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Timeline and Records
Five children of Clark Samuel Chatfield, Jr. & Madge Rosa:
1. Lillian Chatfield
1912 – 1980
2. Lola Chatfield
1914 – 2005
3. Norma Madge Chatfield
1921 – 2004
4. Aura May Chatfield
1923 – 2014
5. Clark Samuel “Sonny” Chatfield, III
1931 – 2003
Three children of William G. Fabris & Minnie C. Hauser:
1. Alvin Jerome “Al” Fabris
1912 – 1983
2. William Fabris
1914 – 1921
Le Roy Charles Fabris
1916 – 1979
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May 24, 1912: Birth of Alvin Jerome “Al” Fabris, 1st of 3 children of William G. Fabris & Minnie Hauser, in SanFrancisco, California
May 9, 1914: Birth of Lola Chatfield, 2nd of 5 children of Clark Samuel Chatfield, Jr. & Madge Rosa, in Cardiff or Glenwood Springs, Garfield Co., Colorado
circa 1919: photo of Lillian, older half-sister Charlotte (daughter of her father and 1st wife, Ida Hyatt), and younger sister Lola:
Lillian, Charlotte, Lola Chatfield, circa 1919
Note: Ida Ernestine (Hyatt) Chatfield (age 27), Charlotte’s mother and the 1st wife of Clark S. Chatfield, Jr., died Feb 9, 1908, from tuberculosis. Her son Harold was seven, her daughter Charlotte was a month short of her fourth birthday, and the youngest, Norman, was not yet two. The two boys died from Diptheria on Feb 17, 1909.
circa 1920: photo of Madge and Clark with family:
Santa Rosa (mother of Madge), Charlotte, Madge, Clark, Lillian and Lola (in front) Chatfield, circa 1920
Jan 10, 1920: Federal Census for South Glenwood, Garfield Co., Colorado:
Chatfield, Clark S.: head, age 43, married, born Nebraska, father born Ohio, mother born Ohio, farmer, general farm, 4 animals
Madge: wife, age 27, married, emigrated 1900, naturalized 1903, born Italy, father born Italy, mother born Italy
Charlotte, M.: daughter, age 15, born Colorado, father born Nebraska, mother born Italy
Lillian: daughter, age 7, born Colorado, father born Nebraska, mother born Italy
Lola: daughter, age 5, born Colorado, father born Nebraska, mother born Italy
1921: Lola Chatfield (abt age 8), grade school class photo:
Lola Chatfield 1921, grade school, 1st row, 2nd from left
Apr 9-11, 1930: Federal Census for Williams, Colusa Co., California:
Chatfield, Clark S.: head, age 53, married, owns, value of Real Estate $1,000, born Nebraska, father born Ohio, mother born Ohio, farmer, 56 animals
Madge: wife, age 37, married, immigrated 1900, naturalized 1903, born Italy, father born Italy, mother born Italy
Lillian: daughter, age 17, born Colorado, father born Nebraska, mother born Italy
Lola: daughter, age 15, born Colorado, father born Nebraska, mother born Italy
Norma: daughter, age 8, born California, father born Nebraska, mother born Italy
Aurmay: daughter, age 6, born California, father born Nebraska, mother born Italy (Aura May)
As I Was Told:
The parting words of advice to my mother from her father (Clark Samuel Chatfield, Jr.) as she boarded the train in Williams to head to Utah to join her half-sister Charlotte and enroll for her freshman year at the University of Utah: “I want you to always remember one thing about others—their attitude is: What’s mine is mine, and what’s yours is mine if I can get it.”
My mother only spent one year at the University of Utah before transferring to the University of California, Berkeley, where she earned her degree and met my father (Alvin Jerome Fabris) while he was attending the UCB Boalt School of Law. My mother was introduced to my father by her sister Lillian— and the rest is history. I know she was always grateful to Lillian for that special act which helped shape the remainder of her lifetime.
It was always a great source of pride for my mother that both she and my father were U.C. Berkeley graduates, and that all three of her children also earned their degrees there. That accomplishment throughout her family served as an element of validation of her success as both a wife and mother. ~John Fabris, son of Lola & Al
circa 1933: Williams newspaper article about Lola Chatfield, Williams, Colusa Co., California:
Jun 27, 1933: University of California Berkeley Yearbook:
Name: Alvin Jerome Fabris
Estimated Age: 20
Birth Year: 1913
Yearbook Date: 1933
School: University of California
School Location: Berkeley, California, USA
May 23, 1936: Oakland Tribune, Oakland, Alameda Co., California (pg 12):
May 23, 1936: Oakland Tribune, Oakland, California (pg 12)
Dec 21, 1937: Marriage of Lola Chatfield & Alvin Jerome “Al” Fabris, in Berkeley, Alameda Co., California
1940: WWII Draft Card:
Name: Alvin Jerome Fabris
Gender: Male
Race: White
Age: 28
Relationship to Draftee: Self (Head)
Birth Date: 24 May 1912
Birth Place: San Francisco, California, USA
Residence Place: Berkeley, Alameda, California, USA
Registration Date: 16 Oct 1940
Registration Place: Berkeley, Alameda, California, USA
Employer: Shell Oil Company Incorporated
Weight: 175
Complexion: Light
Eye Color: Blue
Hair Color: Blonde
Height: 6 2
Next of Kin: Lola Chatfield Fabris
Apr 10, 1940: Federal Census for Berkeley, Alameda Co., California:
Fabris, Alvin J: head, male white, age 27, married, born California, attorney in petroleum industry, college 5th or subsequent year
Lola: wife, female, white, age 25, married, born Colorado, college 5th or subsequent year
1941: City Directory for Oakland, Alameda Co., California (pg 315):
Fabris Alvin J (Lola C) lawyer h1129 Euclid av B (Berkeley)
Lola Fabris record album cover:
Lola Fabris And Jean Hargrove – Rachmaninoff-Suite No. 2 Mozart-Sonata In D Major
Label: Not On Label – FH002
Format: Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo
Released:
Genre: Classical
Tracklist:
Rachmaninoff: Suite No. 2 For Two Pianos, Opus 17
A1 Introduction
A2 Walts
A3 Romance
A4 Tarantella
Mozart: Sonata In D Major For Two Pianos K.488
B1 Allegro Con Spirito
B2 Andante
B3 Allegro Molto
Notes: Second by this duo-piano team
Note: The Vienna Philharmonic Quartet in D Major B Flat
Clark & Madge in Williams, abt 1944
Nov 22, 1944: Death of Clark Samuel Chatfield, Jr. (age 68), father of Lola (Chatfield) Fabris, in Colusa, Colusa Co., California; of edema, after failing in health for some years. Clark passed away in the Colusa Memorial Hospital.
Mar 11, 1963: Death of Madge (Rosa) Chatfield (age 70), mother of Lola (Chatfield) Fabris, in Colusa, Colusa Co., California; of a heart attack.
Sep 3, 1983: Death of Alvin Jerome Fabris (age 71), 1st of 3 children of William G. Fabris & Minnie Hauser and husband of Lola Chatfield, in Berkeley, Alameda Co., California; of cancer. Alvin was cremated and his ashes scattered over the Pacific Ocean outside the Golden Gate Bridge, San Francisco.
Sep 3, 1983: California Death Index:
Name Alvin Jerome Fabris
Gender: Male
Birth Date: 24 May 1912
Birth Place: California
Death Date: 3 Sep 1983
Death Place: Alameda
Mother’s Maiden Name: Hauser
Sep 3, 1983: Department of Veterans Affairs Death File:
Name: Alvin Fabris
Gender: Male
Birth Date: 24 May 1912
Death Date: 3 Sep 1983
Enlistment Date 1: 15 Aug 1943
Release Date 1: 29 Apr 1946
Sep 4, 1983, The San Francisco Examiner, San Francisco, California (pg 29):
Sep 4, 1983, San Francisco Examiner, pg 29
1984: Alvin Jerome Fabris Grove established in the Humbolt Redwood State Park:
Map created in 2017 by Save the Redwoods League, Avenue of the Giants Redwood Grove in Humbolt Redwoods State Park:
Jan 10, 2005: Death of Lola (Chatfield) Fabris (age 90), 2nd of 5 children of Clark Samuel Chatfield, Jr. & Madge Rosa, at her home in Berkeley, Alameda Co., California; of pneumonia and Alzheimer’s disease. Lola was cremated and her ashes scattered over the Pacific Ocean.
2020. Catherine (Clemens) Sevenau.
Catherine Sevenau says
From John Fabris: Thank you so much for the page dedicated to my mother and father. I am not surprised to read new pieces of information and to see additional pictures I have not previously seen. With each piece of your work new visions of the past are always revealed. I am greatly appreciative that you have given such great effort to document the lives of my parents and their place in our common family history.
Gordon Clemens says
This was very interesting. Maybe we can take a trip together someday and go camping in our relatives’ Humbolt redwood grove. We need to get out more and travel to more parks!!!
Catherine Sevenau says
If we stay in a hotel, I’m in! If not, you’re on your own.
John Fabris says
Dear Catherine Sevenau,
Thank you for sharing your wonderful research on the family tree of our common ancestors. My name is John Fabris, the middle son of Lola Chatfield Fabris, the second daughter of Clark Chatfield and Magdelena (Madge) Rosa Chatfield of Williams CA (Colusa County). It is so very enriching and gratifying to read of my ancestors through your knowledgeable writings, including treasured pictures, and have a greater idea of the family members that came before. The glimpse into their lives and origins are greatly appreciated and we have you to thank for sharing our story.
There were so many familiar names and relatives I only knew, or knew of, as a child. Beyond the more immediate family of aunts, uncles and cousins, the memories of the Tuck and Mallon families are etched into recollections of my distant past. And, of course, the warm memories of spending summer days at the ranch in Williams with my dear grandmother, Madge, are some of the most treasured memories of my childhood. I was 11 years old when she died and was overwhelmed with sadness and grief with her loss.
I have shared your fine work with members of my own family and they too delighted in your research. They keep telling me of the family resemblance they clearly see in looking at the old pictures you published of family members from the years in proximity to the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries. I will also treasure the picture of my loving mother, Lola, when she was 5 years old. I had never seen pictures of her from her childhood and am in awe seeing her at that early age. I was with her in her last moments when she passed in 2005 at the age of 90 and can say she had a wonderful life with dreams fulfilled and goals reached.
It appears that you and I are related — how distant I do not know, but related nevertheless and I send you my greetings. I want to thank you again for publishing our family tree. I am certain that any relative that reads the story you have told will be as grateful and delighted as I am. Thank you, thank you, thank you.
With warmth & appreciation,
John B. Fabris
Catherine Sevenau says
John, your heartfelt note is so lovely, thank you so much. Yes, we are related as third cousins; I descend from Isaac Willard Chatfield and you descend from his brother, Clark Samual Chatfield, Sr. Nice to meet you! Catherine