Mary Catherine Chester^[1]

1873 - 1952  (78 years)

• Name	Mary Catherine Chester
  Born	22 Aug 1873	Puslinch Twp., Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada   [1, 2, 3, 4]
  Gender	Female
  Name	Catherine Chester
  Name	Mary Catherine Hilborn
  Occupation	1907	Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1]
  	Housekeeper
  Residence	1911	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [2]
  	Mennonite
  Eby ID Number	Waterloo-203618
  Died	3 Apr 1952	Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [3, 4]
  Buried	New Hope Cemetery, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [3, 4]
  Person ID	I203618	Generations
  Last Modified	3 Mar 2025

  
  

  Father	Benjamin Chester,   b. 6 Dec 1841, Hamilton, Wentworth Co., Ontario, Canada ,   d. 6 Sep 1912, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 70 years)
  Mother	Catherine Hammett,   b. 1848, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 5 Apr 1914, Puslinch Twp., Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada  (Age 66 years)
  Married	19 Feb 1869	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [5]
  Family ID	F7285	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Francis Hilborn,   b. 11 May 1872, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 1 Nov 1950  (Age 78 years)
  Married	12 Apr 1907	Puslinch Twp., Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada   [1, 6]
  Children	1. Charlotte Catherine Hilborn,   b. 30 Mar 1908, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 12 Nov 2003  (Age 95 years)   2. Vera Florence "Florence" Hilborn,   b. 8 May 1909, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 1993  (Age 83 years)   3. Viola Minerva Hilborn,   b. May 1911, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 21 Dec 1994, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age ~ 83 years)   4. Eliza Frances Hilborn,   b. 1914,   d. 10 Sep 2004  (Age 90 years)   5. Alice Beatrice Hilborn,   b. 23 Aug 1918,   d. 21 Sep 1918, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 0 years)
  Last Modified	4 Mar 2025
  Family ID	F188802	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  HILBORN, MARY CATHERINE (Nee Chester) A member of well-known Hespeler and district families, suddenly, on Thursday, April 3, 1952, at her residence on Hungerford Road, in her 79th year. She was born in Puslinch Township and resided in that locality for many years prior to taking up residence in Hespeler. Her husband, Francis Hilborn, predeceased her in Nov. 1950. She was a member of the United Missionary Church. Surviving are children, Gladys Hilborn of Toronto; Ronald Hilborn of Brantford; Alger Hilborn of Waterloo Township; Charlotte (Mrs. Ross Miller) of New Dundee; Vera Hilborn of Kitchener; Viola and Eliza Hilborn of Hespeler; two sisters, Martha Chester of Hespeler; Mrs. Charles Brown of Puslinch; two brothers, John Chester of Puslinch; William Chester of Hespeler; six grandchildren and one great-grandchild. The service on Saturday at the Stager-Russ Funeral Home, Galt St., Hespeler at 2: 30 was largely attended. Rev. W. J. Purdy, minister of the United Missionary Church, officiated. Pallbearers: Keith Hilborn, Clarence Hilborn and Russell Hilborn of Preston; James Brown, John Gowing and Norman Chester of Hespeler. Interment Hespeler Cemetery. -Information from the marriage certificate: Born in Puslinch c. 1874, daughter of Benjamin Chester and Catharine Hammett. A Celebration of Lives Obituaries of Puslinch Township, Wellington Co., Ontario Vol 1, Anna Jackson & Marjorie Clark Used with kind permission of Marjorie Clark

  
  

• Sources

  [S3108] Vit - ON - Marriage Registration, 020675-07. Francis Hilbourn, 34, occ. Farmer, b. Waterloo Co., res. Preston, widower, son of James S. Hilbourn and Charlotte Dearling married M.C. Chester, 33, occ. Housekeeper, b. Puslinch, res. Hespeler, daughter of Ben Chester and Catharine Hammett, Witness(es) Ben Chester Jr. of Puslinch and Florence Hilbourn of Preston, 12 April 1907 in Puslinch [S272] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo Twp. - 1911, Div. 7 Page 5. [S3231] Find A Grave, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/66856321/mary-catherine-hilborn. [S237] Cemetery - ON, Waterloo, Cambridge - New Hope CC#4498 Internet Link . [HILBORN/ in loving memory of/ Francis HILBORN/ May 11, 1872 - Nov. 1, 1950/ his wife/ Catharine CHESTER/ Aug. 22, 1873 - Apr. 30, 1952/ Alice Beatrice dau./ Aug. 29, 1918 - Sept. 28, 1918/ [back] HILBORN/ daughter/ Vera Florence/ 1905 - 1933/ Viola Minerva/ 1911 - 1994/ Eliza Frances/ 1914 - 2004/ At rest/ [A] Mother [B] Father [S4] Vit - ON - Marriage Registration, 9/315. Benjamin Chester, 26, Farmer, b. Puslinch, res. Hamilton, son of Richard and Maria, Married Catherine Hammett, 20, res. Waterloo Twp., b. Waterloo Twp., daughter of Thomas and Catherine, Witn: John D. Newstead of Waterloo Twp and John Chester of Puslinch Twp., 19 Feb 1869 At Waterloo Twp [S57] Vit - ON - Birth Registration. Name: Vera Florence Hilborn Event Type: Birth Event Date: 8 May 09 Event Place: Waterloo Tp., Waterloo, Ontario, Canada Sex: Female Father's Name: Francis Hilborn Mother's Name: Catherine Chester Married 12 Apr 07 Puslinch

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 22 Aug 1873 - Puslinch Twp., Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada Occupation - Housekeeper - 1907 - Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Married - 12 Apr 1907 - Puslinch Twp., Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada Residence - Mennonite - 1911 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Died - 3 Apr 1952 - Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Buried - - New Hope Cemetery, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth