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Chester Leroy Shields 1928–1968 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 7 Jan 1928

Birth Location: R. R., Orrstown

Death Date: 13 Jan 1968

Death Location: Chambersburg, Franklin, Pennsylvania, USA

Father: Benjamin Shields

Mother: Naomi Shields

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Chester Leroy Shields was born in 1928 in R. R., Orrstown, the child of Benjamin Franklin Shields And Naomi Grace Tarner Shields. Chester Leroy Shields passed away in 1968 in Chambersburg, Franklin, Pennsylvania, USA.

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Biography

  • Chester Leroy Shields was born in 1928 in R. R., Orrstown, the child of Benjamin Franklin Shields And Naomi Grace Tarner Shields.
  • Chester Leroy Shields passed away in 1968 in Chambersburg, Franklin, Pennsylvania, USA.

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Chester Shields's Ancestors

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Chester Shields
1928–1968
Birth Place: R. R., Orrstown
Parents
Benjamin Franklin Shields
1895–1962
Spring Run, Franklin, Pennsylvania, USA
Naomi (Grace Tarner,) Shields
1899–1990
Orrstown, Franklin, Pennsylvania, USA
Grandparents
Edgar (or Edward) Hockenburg
1852–1895
Mountain green, Willow Hill, Franklin, Pennsylvania, USA
Anamelia (H) Warnick
1854–1940
Path Valley, Pennsylvania, USA
Great-Grandparents
William Shields
1828–1907
Margaret Jones
1828–1920
William Wornick
1819–1870
Katharine 4GGM
1817–1880
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Leonard Shields
1779–1860
Susannah Miller
1789–1870
Phillip 5GGF
1823–1905
Catherine Nighswander
1829–1898

Chester Shields's Timeline

2 Records

1928
7 Jan 1928
Birth of Chester Leroy Shields in R. R., Orrstown
R. R., Orrstown
1968
13 Jan 1968
Age 40
Death of Chester Leroy Shields in Chambersburg, Franklin, Pennsylvania, USA
Chambersburg, Franklin, Pennsylvania, USA

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 7 Jan 1928
    Event Place: R. R., Orrstown

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 13 Jan 1968
    Event Place: Chambersburg, Franklin, Pennsylvania, USA

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