 1903 - 1973 (70 years) 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  |
| Gender |
Male |
| Initiatory (LDS) |
22 May 1936 |
LOGAN |
| FamilySearch ID |
KWCS-B6L |
| Death |
8 Nov 1973 |
Riverside, Box Elder, Utah, United States |
| Burial |
Plymouth Cemetery, Box Elder, Utah, United States |
| Headstones |
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| Person ID |
I159403 |
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| Last Modified |
25 Feb 2024 |
| Family |
Alice Lenore Hess, b. 16 May 1906, Plymouth, Box Elder, Utah, United States d. 11 Mar 1991, Riverside, Box Elder, Utah, United States (Age 84 years) |
| Marriage |
22 Sep 1926 |
Brigham City, Box Elder, Utah, United States |
| Children |
| | 1. Jay W Silvester, b. 26 Apr 1927, Plymouth, Box Elder, Utah, United States d. 6 May 1927 (Age 0 years) |
| | 2. Clarence F Silvester, b. 2 Jan 1931, Plymouth, Box Elder, Utah, United States d. 9 Jul 2011, Layton, Davis, Utah, United States (Age 80 years) |
| + | 3. Sandra Silvester, b. 11 Jun 1935, Plymouth, Box Elder, Utah, United States d. 5 Sep 2001 (Age 66 years) |
| | 4. Kyle Silvester, b. 12 Jan 1938, Riverside, Box Elder, Utah, United States d. 24 Jun 2005, Clearfield, Davis, Utah, United States (Age 67 years) |
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| Family ID |
F40663 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Last Modified |
6 Mar 2025 |
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| Event Map |
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 | Birth - 16 Aug 1903 - Plymouth, Box Elder, Utah, United States |
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 | Marriage - 22 Sep 1926 - Brigham City, Box Elder, Utah, United States |
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 | Initiatory (LDS) - 22 May 1936 - LOGAN |
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 | Death - 8 Nov 1973 - Riverside, Box Elder, Utah, United States |
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 | Burial - - Plymouth Cemetery, Box Elder, Utah, United States |
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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.
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