Ernest
Paul
Rochester
Born in Illinois
Son of [father unknown] and [mother unknown]
[sibling(s) unknown]
Husband of
Alta Belva (Nichols) Rochester
— married
[date unknown] [location unknown]
Father of
Delmore Franklin Rochester, Pauline Maude (Rochester) Povall, Virginia M. Rochester, Earl Nichols Rochester and Donald Rochester
Died
at age 72
in San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas
Profile last modified
| Created 8 Mar 2015
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Biography
Ernest Paul (he used either name) Rochester was born in 1877 to Benjamin F. Rochester and Lois Bonney in Illinois. He was with his parents in Bath (Mason County) in 1880. In 1900 he was a boarder in Scott, Kansas. He married Alta B. Nichols. In 1905 they were in Scott with a two-year-old son. In 1910, with two children, they were in Alta's mother's home there. He served as an army officer in World War I. From at least 1920 to 1940 they were in San Antonio, Texas.They had five children. He died in 1949 in San Antonio and was buried in Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery, San Antonio.
Sources
U.S.Census, Illinois, Mason County, Bath, 1880, https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MXVR-M2D
U.S.Census, Kansas, Scott County, Scott, 1900 (Ernest P. Rochester)--Ancestry.com
U.S. Census, Kansas, Scott County, Scott, 1910 (E. Paul Rochester)--Ancestry.com
U.S. Census, Texas, Bexar County, San Antonio, 1920, 1930, and 1940 (Earnest P. Rochester)--Ancestry.com
Texas Death Certificates, 1890-1976 (Earnest Paul Rochester) (Has birth date 21 Sep 1877; other official records including army have 21 August 1877.)
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=Rochester&GSiman=1&GScid=109410&GRid=3045643&
Acknowledgments
Profile begun in 2015 by R.S. Peterson-2111.
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