Chester Philip REMINGTON, Sr.
1894 - 1948 (54 years)
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Name Chester Philip REMINGTON Suffix Sr. Born 10 Feb 1894 Anthony Village, Coventry, RI 
Gender Male Died 9 May 1948 Providence, Providence Co., RI Buried 11 May 1948 Woodland Cemetery, Washington & Knotty Oak Sts., Coventry, RI Person ID I00004 Sorensen-Remington Family Tree Last Modified 7 Aug 2018
Father John Allen REMINGTON, b. 1 Dec 1866, Warwick, Kent Co., RI , d. 1 May 1895, Cranston, Providence Co., RI (Age 28 years) Mother Angeretta Williams WHITFORD, b. 10 Nov 1870, West Greenwich, Kent Co., RI , d. 12 Oct 1958, Warwick, Kent Co., RI (Age 87 years) Married 10 Nov 1891 Coventry, Kent Co., RI [1, 2] Family ID F00026 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Laura Russel CHAFEE, b. 28 Apr 1899, Bristol, Bristol Co., RI , d. 14 Mar 1975, Natick, Middlesex Co., MA (Age 75 years) Married 28 Apr 1917 Coventry, Kent Co., RI [3] Notes - They were married on Laura's eighteenth birthday. Chester was 23.
Children 1. Norman Chester REMINGTON, b. 6 Aug 1918, Coventry, RI , d. 21 May 2007, Providence, RI (Age 88 years)2. Raymond Chafee Remington, b. 24 Oct 1919, Coventry, Kent Co., RI , d. 25 Oct 2016, MA (Age 97 years)3. Russel Philip Remington, b. 20 Oct 1921, Coventry, RI , d. 31 Mar 1943, El Guettar, Tunisia, North Africa (Age 21 years)4. Elliott Lee Remington, b. 24 Mar 1923, Coventry, Kent Co., RI , d. 20 Mar 1982, Kingston, Washington Co., RI (Age 58 years)5. Chester Philip Remington, Jr., b. 15 Oct 1926, Coventry, Kent Co., RI , d. 30 Jul 2001, Marblehead, Essex Co., MA (Age 74 years)6. Richard Allen Remington, b. 17 Jan 1931, RI , d. 3 Jun 2021, Virginia Beach, VA (Age 90 years)Last Modified 7 Aug 2018 Family ID F00024 Group Sheet | Family Chart
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Photos 
Angie with her two sons, John Francis and Chester Philip Remington (my grandfather).
4 July 1911
Two brothers: John Francis on the left, Chester Philip on the right; the dog? Probably c1910.Grandpa Remington 
Great-grandma Angie Remington with younger son Chester, my grandfather.
My grandparents, Chet and Laura (Chafee) Remington, c1917.
Four guys -- back l-r: John Francis Remington, Uncle Charles "Will" Whitford (Angie's bro); front l-r: Uncle Al Hopkins (husband of Olive), Chester Philip Remington, my grandfather.
The family home off Knotty Oak Rd. was called The Linden Farm because the driveway was lined with linden trees. The driveway is a small dead-end street now, with just a few houses on it. Some of the farm fields are still open areas.
The Linden Farm where my dad was born, off Knotty Oak Rd., Coventry
All that was left of the house after the fire.
The shanty where the family lived after the house burned down.
The family lived in a shanty on the property. That's probably my grandma going in the door.
Back row: Raymond, Chester Sr., Norman; middle: Russel, Elliott, Chester; Richard in front; Easter 1934.
Remington family 1942
Chester Sr. and Chester Jr., 1943
Grandpa Chester Remington and his brother-in-law Uncle Al Hopkins
1945
My Grandpa Remington with two of his daughters-in-law, Fran and Edna, 1945
Elliott, Laura and Chet, Norman, and Richard
My Grandpa Chet Remington and his mom Angie, my Great-grandma Remington
Wedding invitation, Chester and Laura's wedding, 28 April 1917. My grandma was married on her 18th birthday.
My grandpa Chester is on the left. He worked with dairy cows on various farms for many years.
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Notes - I have a photocopy of his original birth entry at Coventry, Book of Births for 1894, p. 98. His gravestone has been photographed.
Apparently Chester & Laura and family were not listed in the 1920 Federal Census, nor were their Whitford cousins who lived with them in the duplex farmhouse on Knotty Oak Rd., Coventry, RI.
However, in the 1925 Rhode Island Census they are on Hope Rd., Coventry.
This family farm, located on what is now Old Hope Lane, was called the Linden Farm in the old days, because the driveway was lined with beautiful linden trees. My grandfather kept a herd of cows and had a milk route. Their two-family farmhouse burned to the ground during the night on 27 Dec 1924, when my dad was six years old. Because the insurance had lapsed, my grandfather was not able to rebuild, so the family lived in a shanty on the property for a couple of years before moving away. This property has changed somewhat since the 1920s, but much of it remains the same -- the old stone walls, the pastures, and the lay of the land. A new house has been built in one of the pastures, the old barn has been replaced by a smaller one, and a couple of additional houses have been built along the driveway leading into the farm. It is now called Old Hope Farm.
In the 1930 Federal Census, the family is living at 365 Jackson Ave., Johnston, RI. In 1935 they were living at 1226 Plainfield St., Johnston.
In 1940 they were living at 24 Kilvert St. in Warwick, RI. Norman, Raymond, Chester, and Richard were living with their parents.
- I have a photocopy of his original birth entry at Coventry, Book of Births for 1894, p. 98. His gravestone has been photographed.
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