CHAIKIN, Eugene Bernard

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Last Name
 
CHAIKIN
Given Names
 
Eugene Bernard
AKA's
 
Better known as
 
Date of Birth
 
12/18/1932
Age at Death
 
45
Place of Birth
 
Los Angeles, California
Race
 
Caucasian
Gender
 
Male
Religion
 
Family Tree
  Chaikin Family Tree
Birth Mother
 
Birth Father
 
Siblings
 
Partner
 
Phyllis Alexander Chaikin aka Phyllis Bloom
Children
 
Gail Stephanie Chaikin, David Lee Chaikin
Non-Temple Relatives
 
Frieda Mae Rivkin, David Wolf Chaikin (parents)
Body Identification Number
 
Burial Location
 
Remains claimed by next of kin; burial location unknown
Source of Death Information
 
House Foreign Affairs Committee report; FBI document 89-4286-1302 (prepared 12/78)
Entry into Guyana
 
Residence (US)
 
Residence (JT)
 
Cottage 52
Occupation in U.S./Skills, Talents & Interests
 
Farming, Lawyer (FBI document 89-4286-1207)
Occupation in Jonestown (Temple Records)
 
ACAO (RYMUR 89-4286-C-8-a-26a); Farm Management—Crops, Nursery; Agriculture and Livestock Commission Analyst (RYMUR 89-4286-C-7-h-4a); Experimental Science (Smokehouse Processing) (RYMUR 89-4286-C-7-A-11); Nursery & orchards; attorney (RYMUR 89-4286-X-4-l-4a)
Jonestown Roles (FBI Records)
 
"Inner-core" (FBI Report, 89-4286-1681); Planning commission (FBI document 89-4286-1552)
Government Income
 
Discrepancies
 
Remembrances
 
“Gene and Phylis were friends of mine when I lived in Northern California. They were gentle sweet people, and Gene was my teacher in Transendental Meditation. I often baby sat for them as well. I am still grieved over the senseless loss of these two beautiful people and thier children, thirty one years later. After they became members of the Peoples Temple in Ukiah, California, I tried to go and visit them. I was turned away at the gate by armed guards, telling me that I would have to call and make an appointment, and it had to be approved by Jim Jones. I knew something was terribly wrong then. I will always remember them with a great deal of fondness. ” - Sandra Crane

Eugene Chaikin: A Story from Jonestown ” - Bonnie Yates

In Memory of Gene and Phyllis Chaikin ” - Sandra Crane

The Loss of My Dear Friends” - Sandra Crane