Elmer John Chester

1907 - 1980  (73 years)

• Name	Elmer John Chester
  Born	26 Aug 1907	Puslinch Twp., Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada
  Gender	Male
  Eby ID Number	Waterloo-157415
  Died	15 Oct 1980	Hamilton, Wentworth Co., Ontario, Canada
  Buried	Memory Gardens Cemetery, Breslau, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  Person ID	I157415	Generations
  Last Modified	9 Jun 2025

  
  

  Father	John Edmund Chester,   b. 2 Mar 1878, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 13 Dec 1950, Puslinch Twp., Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada  (Age 72 years)
  Mother	Martha Jane Hodgson,   b. 4 Feb 1886, Guelph Township, Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada ,   d. 16 Dec 1971, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 85 years)
  Married	24 Feb 1904	Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1]
  Family ID	F23289	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Hannah "Anna" Gamble,   b. 19 Feb 1908, Elma Twp., Perth Co., Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Last Modified	10 Jun 2025
  Family ID	F51739	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  On Wednesday, October 15, 1980, at the Henderson General Hospital in Hamilton, of R. R. #6, Cambridge, in his 74th year. Husband of Hannah Gamble. Father of Anne (Mrs. Len Mills) of Chatham; Marilyn (Mrs. George Merson) of Thornhill; Mrs. Doreen Brusso of Kitchener; Linda (Mrs. Barry Hill) of New Hamburg; John and Robert, both of Cambridge. Brother of Robert and Ernest; Margaret (Mrs. Clifford Main); Ethel (Mrs. Alex Hyslop); and Helen (Mrs. Robert Quinnell), all of Cambridge. Also survived by sixteen grandchildren and one great-grandchild. Predeceased by a sister, Mrs. Edna Burmaster. Mr. Chester was born in Puslinch Township on August 26, 1907 and lived for the last twenty-five years at R. R. #6, Cambridge. He retired eight years ago from the Department of Transport. He was a member of Lincoln Ave. United Church. Service at the Coutts and Son Funeral Home on Sat. , Oct. 18 at 2. Interment Memory Gardens at Breslau.

  
  

• Sources

  [S4] Vit - ON - Marriage Registration. Name:Martha Jay Hodgson Age:18 Birth Date:abt 1886 Birth Place:Guelph Marriage Date:24 Feb 1904 Marriage County or District:Waterloo Father:Robert Hodgson Mother:Hannah Tovell Spouse:John Edmond Chester Spouse's Age:25 Spouse Birth Date:abt 1879 Spouse Birth Place:Waterloo Township Spouse Father:John Chester Spouse Mother:Catharine Steep

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 26 Aug 1907 - Puslinch Twp., Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada Died - 15 Oct 1980 - Hamilton, Wentworth Co., Ontario, Canada Buried - - Memory Gardens Cemetery, Breslau, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth