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William Silvester

William Silvester

Male 1903 - 1973  (70 years)  Submit Photo / DocumentSubmit Photo / Document    Has no ancestors but 6 descendants in this family tree.

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  • Name William Silvester 
    Birth 16 Aug 1903  Plymouth, Box Elder, Utah, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Initiatory (LDS) 22 May 1936  LOGAN Find all individuals with events at this location 
    FamilySearch ID KWCS-B6L 
    Death 8 Nov 1973  Riverside, Box Elder, Utah, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Burial Plymouth Cemetery, Box Elder, Utah, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
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    Person ID I159403  mytree
    Last Modified 25 Feb 2024 

    Family Alice Lenore Hess,   b. 16 May 1906, Plymouth, Box Elder, Utah, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 11 Mar 1991, Riverside, Box Elder, Utah, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 84 years) 
    Marriage 22 Sep 1926  Brigham City, Box Elder, Utah, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. Jay W Silvester,   b. 26 Apr 1927, Plymouth, Box Elder, Utah, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 6 May 1927 (Age 0 years)
     2. Clarence F Silvester,   b. 2 Jan 1931, Plymouth, Box Elder, Utah, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 9 Jul 2011, Layton, Davis, Utah, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 80 years)
    +3. Sandra Silvester,   b. 11 Jun 1935, Plymouth, Box Elder, Utah, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 5 Sep 2001 (Age 66 years)
     4. Kyle Silvester,   b. 12 Jan 1938, Riverside, Box Elder, Utah, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 24 Jun 2005, Clearfield, Davis, Utah, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 67 years)
    Family ID F40663  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 2 Jun 2024 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 16 Aug 1903 - Plymouth, Box Elder, Utah, United States Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 22 Sep 1926 - Brigham City, Box Elder, Utah, United States Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsInitiatory (LDS) - 22 May 1936 - LOGAN Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 8 Nov 1973 - Riverside, Box Elder, Utah, United States Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBurial - - Plymouth Cemetery, Box Elder, Utah, United States Link to Google Earth
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  • Notes 
    • Obituary:
      William Silvester was born 16 August 1903 in Plymouth Utah, located in B o x Elder County in the United States. His father Fredrick Arthur Silvest e r had immigrated to America from England when he was only seven years o ld . William’s mother Alvira Bigler was born in Farmington Utah. Willia m wa s the first of thirteen children born to Fredrick and Alvira, he ha d si x sisters and six brothers; Leland, Violet, Maria, Edward, Lily, Nin a, Al len, Dale, Daniel, Wendell, Arlene, and Leah. He grew up on a far m in Ply mouth where his father worked.
      At the age of twenty-three, William married his wife Alice Lenore Hess a g e twenty on the twenty-second of September 1926 in Brigham City, Utah . Th ey started their family in Plymouth and lived there for over ten yea rs. T he next year they had a little boy Jay W who died ten days later . A yea r later their first daughter Peggy Ann was born, then Clarence F , and San dra. William had been working on a farm as a laborer and in 193 0 they pai d $4 a month for rent. In 1936 William and Lenore purchase d a house value d at $400 in Riverside Utah and were also sealed in the L ogan Temple th e same year. William changed jobs from the farm industry t o road construc tion, at first he drove a team of horses with a scraper t o move gravel. S oon they added three more boys to their family Kyle, Wil liam H, and Ne d H He worked for Box Elder County for 15 years. William w as then hired b y Gerner, Abbot, and Waldren construction running a roa d grader, he spen t time away from the home building roads all over Uta h and Idaho as the f inishing grader. Sometimes the family would go wit h him when he was worki ng away from home.
      On the 8th of November 1973, William died in Riverside Utah at his hom e . At the time of his death, he had twenty-five grandchildren and thre e gr eat-grandchildren. He was buried at Plymouth Cemetery on November 12 th, 1 973.