Harry Chester Hayes (1878 - 1965)

Born 22 Sep 1878 in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts

Husband of Samantha J. (Wallace) Hayes — married 15 Jan 1904 in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts

Died 22 Feb 1965 at age 86 in Massachusetts, United States

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Biography

Harry Chester Hayes, the son of William B. and Wilhelmina Hayes, was born at Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, on 22 Sept 1878. The family lived at 5 Eutaw Pl., Boston. William b. Hayes, born in "Wolfboro" (Wolfeboro), New Hampshire, worked as a teamster. Wilhelmina was born in Sweden.^[1]

On 15 Jan 1904, Harry C. Hayes, 25, the son of William B. Hayes and Minnie J. Swanson, married Samantha J. Wallace, 22, the daughter of Joseph and Olivia A. Wallace, at Boston. Harry was born in Boston, but Samantha was born in Cape Neddeck, Maine.^[2] Harry and Samantha had at least the following children born at Boston:

• Olivia Minnie Hayes, b. 18 June 1904^[3]
• Adelbert John Hayes, b. 11 Jan 1906^[4]
• Sarah Elizabeth Hayes, b. 15 Jan 1907^[5]
• Harry Chester Hayes, b. 24 Sept 1908^[6]
• Anna Wilhelminia Hayes, b. 10 Aug 1910^[7]

When he registered for the World War 1 Draft on 12 Sept 1918, Harry said that he was 39 years old, born on 22 Sept 1878. He lived at 920 Dorchester Ave, Boston. He worked as a teamster for American Railway Co. at 43 Franklin St., Boston. His nearest relative was his wife, Samantha J. Hayes, of the same home address. Harry was short and slender, with blue eyes and dark brown hair.^[8]

In 1930, Harry C. Hayes, 52 b. Massachusetts, lived in Leominster, Worcester, Massachusetts, with his mother, Minnie J. Hayes, 76 b. Sweden, and his son H. Chester Hayes, 21 b. Massachusetts. Both Harry and H. Chester say their parents were born in New Hampshire. They lived in the same souse with Edward Brouillet, a 40 year old widower, and his family. Harry worked as a laborer in the yard of a celluloid shop. H. Chester was a crater in a carriage shop. Edward Brouillet was a foreman in a celluloid ship.^[9]

Harry Hayes, died on 22 Feb 1965 in Massachusetts. He is buried at the Evergreen Cemetery, Leominster, Worcester, Massachusetts: Plot: Section 17 Lot 369.^[10] His last place of residence, for Social Security purposes, was Worcester County, Massachusetts.^[11]

Sources

1. ↑ "Massachusetts Births, 1841-1915," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FX8K-ZWH : accessed 29 February 2016), Harry Chester Hayes, 22 Sep 1878; citing Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, reference 159, Massachusetts Archives, Boston; FHL microfilm 1,428,171.
2. ↑ "Massachusetts Marriages, 1841-1915," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:N4H4-LYZ : accessed 29 February 2016), Harry C. Hayes and Samantha J. Wallace, 15 Jan 1904; citing Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States, State Archives, Boston; FHL microfilm 2,057,621.
3. ↑ "Massachusetts Births, 1841-1915," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FXFL-CSG : accessed 29 February 2016), Harry C. Hayes in entry for Olivia Minnie Hayes, 18 Jun 1904; citing Boston, Massachusetts, reference v 543 p 338, Massachusetts Archives, Boston; FHL microfilm 2,057,437.
4. ↑ "Massachusetts Births, 1841-1915," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FXHS-FGT : accessed 29 February 2016), Harry C. Hayes in entry for Adebert John Hayes, 11 Jan 1906; citing Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, reference v 561 p 32, Massachusetts Archives, Boston; FHL microfilm 2,315,131.
5. ↑ "Massachusetts Births, 1841-1915," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FXJ7-KWP : accessed 29 February 2016), Harry C. Hayes in entry for Sarah Elizabeth Hayes, 15 Jul 1907; citing Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, reference pg 142 no 6365, Massachusetts Archives, Boston; FHL microfilm 2,315,134.
6. ↑ "Massachusetts Births, 1841-1915," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FXJD-WRR : accessed 29 February 2016), Harry C Hayes in entry for Harry Chester Hayes, 24 Sep 1908; citing Boston, Massachusetts, reference item 1 p 207, Massachusetts Archives, Boston; FHL microfilm 2,315,252.
7. ↑ "Massachusetts Births, 1841-1915," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FXJY-W9G : accessed 29 February 2016), Harry C Hayes in entry for Anna Wilheminia Hayes, 10 Aug 1910; citing Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, reference v 593 p 184, Massachusetts Archives, Boston; FHL microfilm 2,315,296.
8. ↑ "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-1961-25958-13853-3?cc=1968530 : accessed 29 February 2016), Massachusetts > Dorchester City no 11; A-R > image 2361 of 4930; citing NARA microfilm publication M1509 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
9. ↑ "United States Census, 1930", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XQT3-5BP : accessed 29 February 2016), Harry C Hayes in entry for Minnie J Hayes, 1930. ED 220, Sheet 4A, Household ID 24; Line 15.
10. ↑ www.FindAGrave.com; Created by: Patricia Moore; Record added: Dec 02, 2009; Find A Grave Memorial# 45051663
11. ↑ "United States Social Security Death Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JPSG-XYF : accessed 29 February 2016), Harry Hayes, Feb 1965; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing).