Brief Life History of Estella R.
When Estella R. Chase was born on 21 May 1895, in Upton, Oxford, Maine, United States, her father, Edward Clarence Chase, was 26 and her mother, Mary Ann McLeod, was 26. She married John Verner Wiken on 12 April 1913, in Maine, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons. She lived in Rumford, Oxford, Maine, United States in 1920 and Peru, Oxford, Maine, United States for about 10 years.
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Sources (9)
- Estella R Wiken in household of John V Wiken, "United States Census, 1940"
- Estella R Wiken in household of John V Wiken, "United States Census, 1930"
- Estella R Chase, "Maine, Marriage Index, 1892-1966, 1977-1996"
Spouse and Children
1889– Male
1895– Female
Children (2)
1916– Male
1922–1999 Male
Parents and Siblings
1868– Male
1868–1905 Female
Siblings (7)
1891–1966 Male
1893– Male
1895– Female
1898–1995 Female
1900–1901 Male
+2 More Children
World Events (8)
1896 · Plessy vs. Ferguson
Age 1
1898 · Sinking of USS Maine
Age 3
1927
Age 32
Name Meaning
English (southern): metonymic occupational name for a huntsman, or perhaps a nickname for an exceptionally skilled huntsman, from Middle English chase ‘hunt’ (Old French chasse, from chasser ‘to hunt’, Latin captare).
History: Thomas Chase came to MA from Chesham, Buckinghamshire, England, in the 1640s, and had many prominent descendants. Samuel Chase, born in Somerset County, MD, in 1741, was one of the first members of the US Supreme Court; Philander Chase, born in Cornish, NH, in 1741 was a prominent Episcopal clergyman, and his nephew Salmon Portland Chase (1808–73), also born in Cornish, was governor of OH, a US senator, and secretary of the US Treasury during the Civil War.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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