Brief Life History of Chester Allen
When Chester Allen Asplund was born on 27 June 1894, in Fairview, Sanpete, Utah, United States, his father, Olof Peter Asplund, was 27 and his mother, Janet Christina Anderson, was 24. He married Celeste Alston on 23 August 1920, in Cardston County, Alberta, Canada. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 1 daughter. He immigrated to Babb, Glacier, Montana, United States in 1941 and lived in Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada in 1911 and Fort Macleod, MD of Willow Creek No. 26, Alberta, Canada for about 5 years. He died on 13 April 1967, at the age of 72, and was buried in Royal Oak Burial Park, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada.
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- Chester A Asplund, "Canada Census, 1931"
- Chester Allen Asplund, "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918"
- Chester Allen Asplund, "British Columbia Death Registrations, 1872-1986"
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World Events (8)
1895
Historical Boundaries 1895: Sweet Grass, Montana, United States
1896 · Utah Becomes a State
After three prior attempts to become a state, the United States Congress accepted Utah into the Union on one condition. This condition was that the new state rewrite their constitution to say that all forms of polygamy were banned. The territory agreed, and Utah became a state on January 4, 1896.
1915 · Dinosaur National Monument
Dinosaur National Monument is a park that contains over 800 paleontological sites and fossils. It was declared a National Monument on October 4, 1915.
Name Meaning
Some characteristic forenames: Scandinavian Nils, Britt, Elof, Lennart.
Swedish: ornamental name composed of the elements asp‘aspen’ + lund ‘grove’.
Norwegian: habitational name from any of several farms named Asplund, of the same derivation as 1 above.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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Request Photo British Columbia Registration of Death 1967-09-004925 Asplund, Chester Allen Born: 27 June 1894, U.S.A. Son of Olaf Asplund & Jeannette Anderson, both born Sweden Husband of Celeste Alst …
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