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Chester James Sylvester
Male 1884 - 1952

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  • Birth  20 Oct 1884  West Brookfield, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Gender  Male 
    _MILT  Between 6 Sep 1918 and 30 Sep 1921  Apprentice Seaman, USNRF Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    World War I 
    Died  22 Dec 1952  [2
    Person ID  I10053  West Brookfield Families
    Last Modified  11 Mar 2024 
     
    Father  Chester Sylvester,   b. 1857, Spencer, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 27 May 1933, Malden, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Mother  Jennie Idella Richards,   b. 22 Jul 1858, West Brookfield, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1926 
    Married  31 Oct 1880  Spencer, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID  F1412  Group Sheet
     
  • Sources 
    1. [S1191] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, (Name: New England Historic Genealogical Society; Location: Boston, Massachusetts; Date: 2004;), Massachusetts, Worcester,, West Brookfield, Births, 1884, Vol. 351, p. 409, Record No. 33.
      Born Oct. 20 [crossed out and marked corrected], 1884, son of Spencer residents Chester Sylvester, boot mf., born Spencer and Jennie (Richards) born W. Brookfield.
      [Most records give birth date as 20 Oct. 1884, but Application for Military Headstone says 12 Oct. 1884 and then in blue pencil says 20 Oct. 1884]

    2. [S2048] U.S., Headstone Applications for Military Veterans, 1925-1963, Ancestry.com, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2012;), Online Image, Accessed 23 Jan. 2015.
      Application submitted by Evelyn M. Sylvester on 2/17/1953 gives date of death as 22 Dec. 1952. Also provides dates of sevice and birth and burial information.