Collection: Chester H. Ramsdell Family Collection | ArchivesSpace Public Interface

Scope and Contents

This collection contains materials from middle 1800s to middle 1960s regarding the family lines of Chester Howard Ramsdell, considered by the donor as the family historian. Also in this collection is additional material supplied by Joanne Eakin, a genealogist, as some items are dated after C.H. Ramsdell’s death. Other family names include Allen, Beets, Calhoun, Eaton, Edwards, Gerhardt, Hall, Hardin, Heibel, Hentges, Jarrett, Kickbusch, Kizer, Lynch, McDaniel, Merrill, Pierce, Pollock, Schmidt, Shelby, Sommerhauser, Steiner Gerhard, Trimble, and Walker.

Dates

Creation: 1852 - 1969

Creator

Ramsdell Family (Family)
Ramsdell, Chester Howard, 1883-1965 (Compiler, Person)
Eakin, Joanne Webb Chiles, 1934-2022 (Compiler, Person)

Biographical / Historical

Chester Howard Ramsdell was born in Wareham, Plymouth County, Massachusetts on October 29, 1883 and died in New Hampshire in November 1965. According to marriage record, his parents were William C. Ramsdell and Abbie M. Gregory. Ramsdell married Katie Perry Besse on June 12, 1907 in East Wareham, Massachusetts.