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274 ii. CHARLES RUSSELL (1888-1917)
275 iii. MARGARET ELIZABETH (MARGA) (1889-1978)
276 iv. WALTER FRANCIS (1891-1915)
277 v. HARRIET (1892-1983)
278 vi. OLIVE STE. BARBE (1900-1993)
134. EMMA ANN CHAFFEY (GEORGE 4, BENJAMIN 3, BENJAMIN 2, RICHARD 1). 48 Born on 15 Jul 1862
in Kingston, Ontario, Canada. EMMA ANN died in WHITTIER, CA, on 26 Mar 1946; she was 83.
Occupation: HOUSEWIFE. Education: HIGH SCHOOL KINGSTON, ONTARIO, CANADA.
EMMA’S EARLY YEARS WERE SPENT IN THE BROCKVILLE/KINGSTON AREA OF ONTARIO, CANADA
WHERE SHE ATTENDED LOCAL SCHOOLS. AS AN ADOLESCENT STILL LIVING AT HOME, SHE MOVED
WITH HER PARENTS TO RIVERSIDE, CALIFORNIA WHEN HER FATHER RETIRED TO THAT WARMER
LOCATION FOR HIS HEALTH. AFTER HIS DEATH, EMMA AND HER MOTHER MOVED TO A HOUSE IN
NEARBY ETIWANDA, CALIFORNIA, WHICH WAS BUILT FOR THEM BY HER BROTHER, GEORGE JR. THIS
HOUSE STILL STANDS TODAY AND IS BEING PRESERVED NEXT TO THE CHAFFEY-GARCIA HOUSE
(NOW A MUSEUM). WHEN HER THREE BROTHERS AND HER MOTHER MOVED TO THE IRRIGATION
COLONIES IN AUSTRALIA, EMMA AND HER MOTHER ACCOMPANIED THEM.
SHE MET PETER McLAREN IN AUSTRALIA WHILE HE WAS WORKING FOR HER BROTHER GEORGE. SHE
WAS KNOWN AS A LADY IN THE TRUEST SENSE OF THE WORD AND SPENT OVER 50 YEARS OF
MARRIAGE ACCOMPANYING HER HUSBAND AS HE MOVED FROM ONE PART OF THE WORLD TO
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On 17 May 1889 when EMMA ANN was 26, she married PETER McLAREN 48, in Melbourne, Australia.
Born in Sep 1864 in HYLTON CASTLE, COUNTY DURHAM, ENG. PETER died in WHITTIER, CA, in Dec
1939; he was 75. Occupation: MECHANICAL ENGINEER, MARINE CHIEF ENGINEER. Education:
APPRENTICE, MCLAREN MACHINE WKS, LEEDS, ENG.
PARTIAL RECOLLECTION FROM THE FILES OF PETER KREIDER, EMMA CHAFFEY’S GRANDSON.
“AS ONE OF THE YOUNGER OF 9-10 BROTHERS AND SISTERS, HE WAS EXPECTED TO GO OUT INTO THE
BRITISH EMPIRE AND PRACTICE ENGINEERING. (THE OLDER BOYS OF SUBSTANTIAL FAMILIES
STAYED HOME TO RUN THE FAMILY BUSINESS, IN THIS CASE THE MCLAREN MACHINE WORKS.)
THUS, PETER SPENT A SUBSTANTIAL PART OF HIS CAREER IN VARIOUS BRITISH COLONIES--IN THE
MIDDLE EAST, SOUTHERN ASIA AND AUSTRALIA. HE WORKED ON PROJECTS TO IMPROVE THE
CONDITIONS IN THE COLONY, SUCH AS IRRIGATION TO CONVERT ARID AND OTHERWISE NON-
PRODUCTIVE LAND. BY ALL ACCOUNTS AS A YOUNG MAN HE WAS DASHING, PERSONABLE, AND
ENERGETIC. HE WAS CHIEF ENGINEER FOR THE CHAFFEY BROTHERS IN MILDURA AND RENMARK,
AUSTRALIA DURING THE CHAFFEYS’ DEVELOPMENT OF THE PIONEER IRRIGATION COLONIES. IN
MILDURA HE MET EMMA, THE CHAFFEY BROTHERS YOUNGER SISTER AND BY ACCOUNTS SWEPT HER
OFF HER FEET. THEY WERE MARRIED IN MELBOURNE AFTER WHAT WAS SAID TO HAVE BEEN A WEEK
LONG PARTY IN MILDURA.
WITH THE CHAFFEY AUSTRALIAN BANKRUPTCY IN 1895, PETER WAS OUT OF A JOB AND HE, EMMA
AND THEIR 2 SONS, GEORGE AND FREDERICK MOVED TO MELBOURNE. IT WAS AT THIS POINT THAT
PETER SPENT SOME YEARS AS A CHIEF ENGINEER ON MERCHANT SHIPS. (HE TOLD SOME HAIR-
RAISING STORIES OF SEA-GOING EVENTS SUCH AS THEIR SHIP RIDING OUT A TSUNAMI IN THE
SOUTH PACIFIC.) IN 1898 THEIR DAUGHTER ISOBEL WAS BORN IN MELBOURNE. CIRCA 1905, PETER
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