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SURROUNDINGS WITH GEORGE, POINTING OUT TO HIM THE AGRICULTURAL POTENTIAL THAT LATER
WAS DEVELOPED BY THE CHAFFEYS. IN 1938 SHORTLY BEFORE HIS DEATH CHARLES WROTE,”WE
TOOK A TEAM OF HORSES AND A WAGON WITH A CAMPING OUTFIT AND LEFT ARLINGTON FOR
POMONA. WE CROSSED THE SANTA ANA RIVER, DRIVING OVER THE SO-CALLED CUCAMONGA
DESERT. WE DROVE UP TO THE PRESENT SITE OF THE TOWN OF ONTARIO, CROSSING A RAILWAY
TRACK ABOUT WHERE EUCLID AVENUE CROSSES AT PRESENT. WE DROVE NORTH SEVERAL MILES
AND TURNED WEST TO VISIT THE PALOMARETE’S RANCH AT POMONA. AFTER DRIVING OVER WHAT IS
NOW THE TOWN OF POMONA, WE CAMPED FOR A NIGHT ALONG-SIDE AN IRRIGATION DITCH
BRINGING WATER FROM SAN ANTONIO CANYON, JUST EAST OF INDIAN HILL, JUST NORTH OF WHAT
IS NOW FOOTHILL BOULEVARD. AFTER BREAKFAST THE NEXT MORNING, WE STARTED FOR THE SAN
ANTONIO CANYON TO LOOK AT THE WATER. WE DROVE TO THE END OF THE CANYON TO SEE HOW
MUCH WAS COMING DOWN. WE LOOKED OVER AN ORCHARD AND VINEYARD THAT CONTROLLED A
LARGE PORTION OF THE WATER. “ HE ALSO STATED, “THE NEXT DAY WE DROVE UP INTO THE CANYON
AS ON THE PREVIOUS VISIT, SAW THE TREES AND VINES IN THE CANYON AND DROVE ALL OVER THE
UPPER PART OF THE TRACT. I POINTED OUT THE ADVANTAGES OF THE POSITION AS GEORGE JR., AT
THAT TIME, KNEW MORE ABOUT SHIPBUILDING THAN IRRIGATION. RETURNED HOME THE SAME
EVENING.” 37
HE LATER WENT TO AUSTRALIA AND WAS DEEPLY INVOLVED IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF RENMARK,
SOUTH AUSTRALIA WHERE HE WAS AN AGRICULTURALIST. OLIVEWOOD, HIS HOME AT RENMARK,
IS STILL THERE AS A MUSEUM. HE RETURNED TO THE U.S. AND HELPED GEORGE IN HIS ILL-FATED
DEVELOPMENT AT MANZANAR IN THE OWENS VALLEY OF SOUTHEASTERN CALIFORNIA. HE LIVED
THERE AS REPRESENTATIVE OF THE COMPANY. WHEN CHAFFEY INTERESTS LEFT THE PROJECT,
CHARLES MOVED HIS FAMILY TO BURNABY, BRITISH COLUMBIA, CANADA, NEAR VANCOUVER. HE
BECAME A PROMINENT AGRICULTURALIST THERE WITH A STREET AND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
NAMED IN HIS HONOR WHICH ARE STILL IN EXISTENCE. AFTER 1930, CHARLES MOVED BACK TO THE
SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA AREA, NEAR OTHER BRANCHES OF THE FAMILY. BECAUSE HIS OLDER
BROTHERS WERE SO INFLUENTIAL, HISTORY DOES NOT ALWAYS GRANT CHARLES THE RECOGNITION
HE DESERVES. HE BECAME A LEADER IN EACH OF THE COMMUNITIES WHERE HE LIVED, WITH
PUBLIC BUILDINGS AND STREETS NAMED AFTER HIM AND HOMES RECOGNIZED AS HISTORIC
LANDMARKS. 47
On 11 Jan 1886 when CHARLES FRANCIS was 26, he married MARGARET ELIZABETH (ELLA)
ENGLISH, daughter of CALEB ELIAS ENGLISH & HENRIETTA JANE TAYLOR, in SAN GABRIEL, CALIF.
Born on 29 Oct 1860 in TORONTO, CANADA. MARGARET ELIZABETH (ELLA) died in PASADENA, CA,
on 4 Sep 1942; she was 81. Occupation: WRITER.
AS A CHILD, ELLA LIVED IN SEVERAL DIFFERENT EUROPEAN COUNTRIES WHERE SHE WAS
EDUCATED AND LEARNED THE LANGUAGES. AS AN ADULT, SHE WAS A PUBLISHED WRITER. SHE IS,
PERHAPS, BEST KNOWN FOR HER CHILDRENS BOOKS. SHE HAS MANY WORKS TO HER CREDIT. ONE
BOOK THAT SHE WROTE WHILE LIVING IN RENMARK, SOUTH AUSTRALIA, IS TITLED THE
YOUNGSTERS OF MURRAY HOME. IT WAS BASED ON THEIR LIFE ALONG THE MURRAY RIVER AND
BECAME A BEST SELLER IN ENGLAND. IN HER LATER YEARS, ELLA WROTE HER OWN MEMOIRS
WHICH DESCRIBE LIFE AS A PIONEER FAMILY IN THE AREAS WHERE THEY LIVED. THE MEMOIRS ARE
FILED AT OLIVEWOOD, THE CHAFFEY HOME IN RENMARK.
They had the following children:
273 i. GEORGE EDWIN (1886-1930)
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