Chester Peter "Chet" Boss

Brief Life History of Chester Peter "Chet"

When Chester Peter "Chet" Boss was born on 3 March 1909, in Garland, Box Elder, Utah, United States, his father, Peter Boss, was 30 and his mother, Ida Caroline Kunz, was 25. He married Aileen Christine Calderwood on 28 September 1933, in Salt Lake Temple, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 daughter. He lived in United States in 1949. He died on 2 June 1997, in Logan, Cache, Utah, United States, at the age of 88, and was buried in Centerville City Cemetery, Centerville, Davis, Utah, United States.

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Family Time Line

Chester Peter "Chet" Boss
1909–1997
Carmen Farnsworth
1914–2019
Marriage: 10 February 1978
Brent Lloyd Richardson
1949–1974

Sources (46)

  • Chester P Bass, "United States 1950 Census"
  • Chester Peter Boss, "Utah, Birth Certificates, 1903-1914"
  • Chester Peter Boss, "Utah, County Marriages, 1887-1937"

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World Events (8)

1910 · The BSA is Made

Being modeled after the Boy Scout Association in England, The Boy Scouts of America is a program for young teens to learn traits, life and social skills, and many other things to remind the public about the general act of service and kindness to others.

1914

Switzerland organizes Red Cross units during World War I.

1932

Amelia Earhart completes first solo nonstop transatlantic flight by a woman.

Name Meaning

English (of Norman origin): from the Old French personal name Bos, from ancient Germanic Boso, based on the element bōs ‘bad, evil, wild, angry’.

English: nickname for a hunchback, from Middle English, Old French boce, bos ‘protuberance, swelling’ (compare Bossard 2).

German (also Böss): from a short form of the personal name Borkhart, a variant of Burkhart . This surname is also found in France (Alsace and Lorraine).

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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