Chester Raymond Anderson

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• Census, 5 May 1910, Oxbow, ME. ²
Main Road - home rented - farm - schedule 96
1) Hugh Anderson, head, male, white, age 26, married - 1 year, born in Maine, father born in Scotland - English, mother born in Maine, speaks English, farmer, working on own account, can read, can write
2) Lena Anderson, wife, female, white, age 23, married - 1 year, born in Maine, father born in Maine, mother born in Maine, speaks English, no occupation, can read, can write
3) Chester Anderson, son, male, white, age 1, single, born in Maine, father born in Maine, mother born in Maine, no occupation

• Census, 16 Jan 1920, Oxbow, ME. ³
Main Ox Bow Road - home owned - mortgage - farm schedule 71
1) Hugh Anderson, head, male, white, age 36, married, can read, can write, born in Maine, father born in Scotland - Scotch, mother born in Maine, able to speak English, farmer - general farm, working on own account
2) Lena Anderson, wife, female, white, age 32, married, can read, can write, born in Maine, father born in Maine, mother born in Maine, able to speak English, no occupation
3) Chester R. Anderson, son, male, white, age 11, single, attended school in past year, can read, can write, born in Maine, father born in Maine, mother born in Maine, able to speak English, no occupation
4) Donald W. Anderson, son, male, white, age 7, single, attended school in past year, born in Maine, father born in Maine, mother born in Maine, no occupation
5) Maurice Anderson, son, male, white, age 5, single, attended school in past year, born in Maine, father born in Maine, mother born in Maine, no occupation
6) Gertrude Anderson, daughter, male, white, age 3, single, born in Maine, father born in Maine, mother born in Maine, no occupation
7) Bernice Anderson, daughter, male, white, age 3 months, single, born in Maine, father born in Maine, mother born in Maine, no occupation

• Census, 2 Apr 1930, Oxbow, ME. ⁴ 1) Chester Anderson, head, home rented, $4/month, radio set, not a farm, male, white, age 21, married, age 20 at first marriage, attended school in the past year, able to read and write, born in Maine, father born in Maine, mother born in Maine, able to speak English, laborer - farm, wage worker, did not work yesterday, line 4 on unemployment schedule, not a veteran
2) Evelyn Anderson, wife, female, white, age 16, married, age 15 at first marriage, attended school in the past year, able to read and write, born in Maine, father born in Maine, mother born in Maine, able to speak English, no profession

• Census, 27 Apr 1940, Port Henry, NY. ⁵ Home rented, $5/month, not a farm
1) Chester Anderson, head, male, white, age 31, married, did not attend school in past year, completed 8th grade, born in Maine, Residence in 1935: Same House, at work, change house - steel works, private worker, worked 48 weeks in 1939, earned $520 in 1939, no supplemental income
2) Evelyn Anderson, wife, female, white, age 26, married, did not attend school in past year, completed 1 year of high school, born in Maine, Residence in 1935: Same House, not at work, not in emergency work, not seeking work, no job, engaged in home housework, worked 0 weeks in 1939, earned $0, no supplemental income

• Census, 14 Apr 1950, Port Henry, NY. ⁶

• Obituary: Bangor Daily News, 13 Oct 1994, Bangor, ME.
CHESTER R. ANDERSON
PORT HENRY, N.Y., and OXBOW
Chester R. Anderson, 85, of 152 North Main St., Port Henry, died Oct. 5, 1994, at Moses-Ludington Hospital, Ticonderoga after a short illness. He was born Jan. 18, 1909, at Oxbow, the son of Hugh and Lena (Pelletier) Anderson. Mr. Anderson was a retired employee of Republic Steel Corp., Mineville. He will be greatly missed by his many friends and co-workers in his community for his many acts of kindness. His hobby, if he had one, was rebuilding his house and the rock garden both of which were acts of great achievement. Survivors include his wife, the former Evelyn Willard; a brother, Maurice of Oxbow; four sisters, Gertrude Christie of Mapleton, Bernice Greenlaw of Masardis, Velma Sherman of Port Charlotte, Fla., and Margaret MacDonald of Thomaston, Conn.; many nieces and nephews including a special nephew, "Woodie" Willard. He formerly was a member of Morning Sun Lodge No. 142 of Port Henry; a member of the Scottish Rites Bodies of the Valley of Albany and New York Consistory 32nd Degree of the Valley of Albany. A funeral service was conducted Satuday, Oct. 8, at the Harland Funeral Home, Port Henry, with burial at Union Cemetery, Moriah, N.Y. Memorial donations may be made to the Town of Moriah Ambulance Service, Port Henry, N.Y. 12974.

Chester married Beryl Evelyn Willard, daughter of Samuel Harris Willard and Alvada Myra Condon, on 1 Jul 1928 in Woodstock, NB.¹ (Beryl Evelyn Willard was born on 21 Jul 1913 in Mapleton, ME,^{7 8} died on 18 Nov 2000 in Elizabethtown, NY and was buried in Moriah Union Cemetery, Moriah, NY.)