9. Myrtle Lovina Chatfield & Grace Chatfield

by Catherine Sevenau on February 14, 2011

FAMILY LINE & HISTORY

Myrtle Lovina Chatfield

  • 7th of 9 children of Isaac Willard Chatfield & Eliza Ann Harrington
  • Born: Nov 7, 1873, Littleton, Arapahoe County, Colorado
  • Died: Oct 23, 1877 (almost age 4), Littleton, Arapahoe County, Colorado
  • Buried: Littleton Cemetery in Littleton, Arapahoe County, Colorado (lot 1, blk 13, grave 5)
  • Note: Family bible reflects her birth as Nov 9, 1873
  • Note: Records reflect Myrtle re-interred in the Littleton Cemetery in 1885

Grace Chatfield

  • 8th of 9 children of Isaac Willard Chatfield & Eliza Ann Harrington
  • Born: prob bet 1874 and 1877, Littleton, Arapahoe County, Colorado
  • Died: stillbirth, Littleton, Arapahoe County, Colorado
  • Buried: Littleton Cemetery in Littleton, Arapahoe County, Colorado (lot 1, blk 13, grave 6)
  • Note: Records reflect Grace re-interred in the Littleton Cemetery in 1885

Myrtle Lovina Chatfield & Grace Chatfield

History, Burial Records, Cemetery information:

LITTLETON CEMETERY

Littleton Cemetery Caretakers at the Littleton Cemetery believe that unofficial burials began there before the first records were kept and, in fact, before it was a designated burial ground. Numbered interments in the record books begin in 1869. In 1875 the cemetery was deeded to the local Weston Masonic Lodge. The cemetery belonged to the Lodge for about thirteen years before they deeded it to the Littleton Cemetery Association in January 1888. It was still referred to as the Masonic Cemetery for some time afterwards.

Littleton Cemetery is located at 6155 South Prince Street, Littleton, Colorado
(Weston Lodge Number 22, A.F. & A.M., Littleton, Colorado, 1872-1973)

Littleton Cemetery entrance sign

Three children of I.W. & ELiza Chatfield are buried in the Littleton Cemetery:
* Grace Chatfield: born prob between 1874 & 1877 – stillborn
* Myrtle Lovina Chatfield: born Nov 7, 1873 – died Oct 23, 1877 (almost age 4)
* Phil Van Wert “Wirt” Chatfield: born Jul 22, 1865 – died Dec 2, 1883 (age 17)

LITTLETON CEMETERY PROJECT, C’s, 1870’s-1950’s:

NAME Last First * SEX/AGE/DEATH DATE * LOT, BLK, GRV * Relative or informant

Chatfield Grace F no info * no info * 1, 13, 6 * I.W. Chatfield; Parents
Chatfield Myrtle F no info * no info * 1, 13, 5 * I.W. Chatfield; Parents
Chatfield Wirt M no info * no info * 1, 13, 7 * I.W. Chatfield; Parents
Online source: Nancy Garrett, September 19, 2003
ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/co/arapahoe/cemeteries/litteltoncem-c.txt

Historical note: Isaac Willard Chatfield did not list his daughter Grace on his pension records as she was stillborn; the instructions to list all children born living or now deceased.