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Surnames: Chestnut, Chesnutt, Adams, Farster, Riddele, Patton
Classification: Query
Message Board URL:
http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/ycI.2ACIB/13
Message Board Post:
Descendants of Thomas Patton Chestnut
Generation No. 1
1. Thomas Patton2 Chestnut (Thomas ?1)1,2 was born 1875, and died 1936 in Armstrong Co., PA. He married Ada E. Farster Abt. 1900. She was born 1881, and died 1957 in Armstrong Co., PA.
More About Thomas Patton Chestnut:
Burial: 1936, Cochran Cemetery, Pine Twp., Armstrong Co., PA
Occupation: Farmer and Railroad employee
More About Ada E. Farster:
Burial: 1957, Cochran Cemetery, Pine Twp., Armstrong Co., PA
More About Thomas Chestnut and Ada Farster:
Marriage: Abt. 1900
Children of Thomas Chestnut and Ada Farster are:
i. Mae Chestnut, b. Abt. 1900, Pennsylvania; d. Templeton, PA; m. William "Bill" Wilkerson.
ii. Violet Chestnut, b. Abt. 1901, Pennsylvania; d. West Virginia; m. Joseph Cummings.
More About Violet Chestnut:
Residence: West Virginia
2. iii. Robert Roy Chesnutt, b. September 30, 1902, Mahanoy, Schuylkill Co., PA; d. October 22, 1989, Rochester, MN.
iv. Fred Chesnutt, b. Abt. 1905, Pennsylvania; d. Cape Coral, Florida; m. Kathryn Unknown, Pennsylvania.
More About Fred Chesnutt:
Residence: West Virginia
More About Fred Chesnutt and Kathryn Unknown:
Marriage: Pennsylvania
v. Carl Chesnutt, b. April 04, 190933; d. November 196833; m. Leona Unknown; b. August 01, 1915; d. December 02, 1994.
Notes for Carl Chesnutt:
[Broderbund Family Archive #110, Vol. 1 A-L, Ed. 6, Social Security Death Index: U.S., Date of Import: Jan 19, 2001, Internal Ref. #1.111.6.44394.142]
Birth date: Apr 4, 1909
Death date: Nov 1968
Residence code: Pennsylvania
More About Carl Chesnutt:
Individual Note: dates are not proven. Came from SS death index.
Residence: Mahoney, PA
Notes for Leona Unknown:
[Broderbund Family Archive #110, Vol. 1 A-L, Ed. 6, Social Security Death Index: U.S., Date of Import: Mar 28, 2001, Internal Ref. #1.111.6.44395.110]
Individual: Chesnutt, Leona
Social Security #: 189-30-8811
Issued in: Pennsylvania
Birth date: Aug 1, 1915
Death date: Dec 2, 1994
ZIP Code of last known residence: 16259
Primary location associated with this ZIP Code:
Templeton, Pennsylvania
Generation No. 2
2. Robert Roy Chesnutt (Thomas Patton Chestnut, Thomas ?) was born September 30, 1902 in Mahanoy, Schuylkill Co., PA, and died October 22, 1989 in Rochester, MN. He married Garnett Ruth Adams November 08, 1928 in Pennsylvania, daughter of Clark Adams and Bessie Shaffer. She was born September 29, 1906 in Templeton, Armstrong Co., PA, and died January 23, 1990 in Rochester, MN.
Notes for Robert Roy Chesnutt:
Robert Roy "Pop" Chesnutt told me that the family name was Scottish. He said the original family name was McChesney. He went on to say that his father told him that brothers in his family got into an argument. As a result one of them changed the spelling of his name to Chestnut, so as not to appear related to the family. Pop spelled his name Chestnut until he went to work for the RR. They spelled it "Chesnutt" on all his records including Social Security. It was easier for Pop to change his spelling than go through the paperwork. Robert Paul may be the first birth with the Chesnutt spelling
Please note that the PRRT&HS does not have any records of PRR employees. The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania may at the William Penn Museum and Archives in Harrisburg, Pa. You may also try the Temple University library. How many employee records and what years are covered is not known. Unfortunately, many PRR employee records were destroyed first when the PRR Broad Street station burned in 1922 (if I recall correctly) and then when a warehouse in West Philly. burned in 1996.
More About Robert Roy Chesnutt:
Burial: Rochester, MN
Individual Note: Changed spelling of name from Chestnut to Chesnutt when he went to work for the PA Railroad.
Military service: Bet. 1941 - 1945, East Brady Home Guard
Occupation: Pennsylvania Railroad
Religion: Christian Missionary Alliance
Residence: 1949, East Brady, PA
More About Garnett Ruth Adams:
Burial: Rochester, MN
More About Robert Chesnutt and Garnett Adams:
Marriage: November 08, 1928, Pennsylvania
Children of Robert Chesnutt and Garnett Adams are:
i. Dale Roy Chesnutt b.1929, Kittanning, Armstrong Co., PA; d,1930.
More About Dale Roy Chesnutt:
Burial: Cochran Cemetery, Pine Twp., Armstrong Co., PA
Cause of Death: Died at 6 months of age.
ii. Robert Paul Chesnutt, b:Phillipston, Pennsylvania; m. Helen Loretta Riddle; b, Grove City, Mercer Twp. PA.
Grandfather Robert Robertson Orr married to Anna B. Yates Illinios, with three Children, name for only one(Charles L.) plus birthdates for all. Children and wife are not living with him Mo. 1880. Find a Roxinea Orr living with William Chesnutt and family as Niece, Illinios(right age) and later 1910 find Chesnutt family living in Mo, same county, same area etc. as Robert. Any information on this connection helpful.