Wayne A. Chambers - Revision history

Mouser: Removed "census complete" marker in preparation for 1940 census data release

2012-03-17T15:54:11Z

Removed "census complete" marker in preparation for 1940 census data release

Liz: census complete, page complete templates

2009-07-07T13:35:48Z

census complete, page complete templates

Brady: /* Ancestry chart segment */ adding last names for wives of Samuel and James chambers

2009-07-07T01:26:29Z

‎Ancestry chart segment: adding last names for wives of Samuel and James chambers

Liz: delete census records for Ross, Samuel & James Chambers, duplicated on their pages. Source 12: interview of Wayne Chambers

2009-07-06T21:47:53Z

delete census records for Ross, Samuel & James Chambers, duplicated on their pages. Source 12: interview of Wayne Chambers

Liz: delete portion of biography beyond page link to complete biography

2009-07-06T21:27:52Z

delete portion of biography beyond page link to complete biography

Liz: biography of Wayne A. Chambers

2009-07-06T21:24:09Z

biography of Wayne A. Chambers

Liz: photo of miniature train & truck made by Wayne A Chambers

2009-07-06T20:06:08Z

photo of miniature train & truck made by Wayne A Chambers

Liz: photo Bertya & Wayne Chambers about 1943

2009-07-06T19:22:28Z

photo Bertya & Wayne Chambers about 1943

Brady: Enlistment record WWII for Wayne Chambers

2009-07-06T16:34:00Z

Enlistment record WWII for Wayne Chambers

Liz: page link Samuel Chambers

2009-07-06T16:25:28Z

page link Samuel Chambers

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                                                   +-- [[Samuel Chambers]] --+
                                                   |   (1846-1910)       |
-                           +-- [[Ross A. Chambers]] --+                     +-- Susan unknown
+                           +-- [[Ross A. Chambers]] --+                     +-- Susan Sheffer
                            |   (1879-1957)        |                         (~1819->1870-????)
-   Wayne Alfred Chambers --+                      +-- Dorcas unknown
+   Wayne Alfred Chambers --+                      +-- Dorcas McClelland
    (1917-2009)             |                          (1851-1890)
                            +-- Emma Anderson

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 | '''Birth'''  ||25 Feb. 1917 || || || <sup class="reference">[4]</sup>
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 | '''Marriage''' ||7 Sept 1943 ||Franklin, Venango Co. PA || To [[Bertha Irene Beals]] ||<sup class="reference">[6]</sup>
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 |'''Wedding announcements for Wayne A. Chambers & Bertha I. Beals''', newspapers not specified, (expect The Derrick (Oil City), The Clarion News); photocopies submitted to us by Nancy Beals Walls 2004. <br>Miss Bertha I. Beals, daughter of Mr & Mrs Elgie Beals of near Emlenton, R. D. 1, wed  Corporal Wayne A. Chambers of Fort Benning, Ga., son of Mr. & Mrs. R. A. Chambers, of Van, Pa;  at 8 p.m. Tue. at the residence of Rev. B. E. Coleman, superintendent of the Johnstown district of the Evangelical Church, who read the double-ring ceremony.  Bridesmaid was Miss Miriam Weaver, Knox.  The bridegroom's father acted as best man.   Mrs. Chambers is employed in the research laboratory of Qaker State Refinery at Emlenton.
 |[[Image:Wedding announcement Wayne & Bertha Chambers.jpg|50px|left]][[Image:Wedding announcement 2 Wayne & Bertha Chambers.jpg|50px|left]]
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 ! '''8'''
 | '''U.S. World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946'''
 about Wayne A Chambers
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 Marital Status: 	Single, without dependents
 Height: 	69  Weight: 	143
+|-
 |}
 =Source Notes=
 * In the 1910 Census (President Twp, Venango Co, PA, pages 7,8) shows Ross A. Chambers as a widower living with his father and sister (names are illegible).  This would indicate that Myrtle has died and that he has not yet married Emma.

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 ** Son-in-law  of [[James Elgie Beals]] and [[Winnifred May Kline]]
 |}
-Wayne Alfred Chambers was born in 1917 in Williamsburg, Blair Co. PA, the 4th child and second son of Ross A. & Emma Anderson Chambers. Wayne said that his father had named him for his boss, Alfred W. Cook, "not that it ever did me any good".  (However we note that Ross A. Chambers' middle name was Althard, so perhaps Wayne was named for his father.) <br> Wayne finished the 3rd grade of school, skipped 4th grade, and was starting 5th grade when a family disaster required him to drop out of school and begin working to help support the family. (See [[Biography of Wayne Alfred Chambers|Complete Biography]]).  His brother Roland had been working away from home on a farm.  Roland went to watch a ballgame somewhere and climbed a pole for a better view.  He was shocked severely by electrical wires.  The farm family became concerned when he didn't bring the cows home on time.  Eventually Roland came in, and immediately passed out; he required hospitalization for several months.  Their father, [[Ross A. Chambers]], signed working papers, which under hardship conditions permitted a child to be absent from school.  (Wayne said Roland had finished 8th grade, and of all his siblings, only  Charlotte finished high school.)<br>As a teenager Wayne worked digging coal.  In 1933 he worked at Pitchpine, Clarion Co., for John White.  In 1934 he worked for Danny Lechner.  In 1935 his family moved to Clarion Co. PA.<br> In the spring of 1942 he joined the Army, and he was shipped to Europe on the Queen Mary, to serve as a tank driver in Germany, Belgium, Holland and near the Russian line. He also served as a truck driver (ration trucks, mail trucks) in the rear.  <br>At some point he met Bertha Irene Beals.  He had attended a church service or concert where Bertha was singing with a chorus, and Wayne said she was the prettiest girl he had ever seen. They married in September of 1943. They first rented a house at Fern, PA. Their second residence was at Van, 1/2 mile south of the intersection of PA Rt. 38 and U.S. Rt. 322, "past the (present day)Snack Shack". Then they purchased a property in Kossuth.  He built a 12 ft. x 24 ft. "shanty" where he, Bertha, and their son born in June 1944 could live until he completed building their house. The house was apparently completed before 1947 when a daughter was born; Wayne said that only the 3 of them lived in the shanty.    Two more children were born, a son in 1950 and a daughter in 1954.  In 1968 two additional rooms were added, the present-day kitchen and living room.  In the 1970's Wayne decided to brick the house, but to utilize the same foundation, he moved each wall back 4 inches, one wall at a time. <br> Wayne was a constable for Ashland Township for 36 years. He and Bertha drove school buses for Keystone School District.  Wayne worked for C&K Coal Co., as a foreman running dozers, doing mostly back fill, but also stripped coal at Ridgeway and New Bethlehem.  From 1972-1979 Wayne worked for Carl Wagner at Wagner & Hartle. In 1979 C&K laid him off, and he retired from Wagner & Hartle the same year.  In the 1980's he and Bertha did commission upholstery work.   Wayne constructed and sold miniature vehicles (trains, cars, trucks, dune buggies, a fork lift) using golf cart motors. These were featured at a variety of parades around the area, and were sold to buyers from various states. In 2003, the year of Wayne & Bertha's 60th wedding anniversary, their extended family included their four children, 10 grandchildren, and five great-grandchildren. At the time of his death in 2009, there were 10 great-grandchildren.
+Wayne Alfred Chambers was born in 1917 in Williamsburg, Blair Co. PA, the 4th child and second son of Ross A. & Emma Anderson Chambers. Wayne said that his father had named him for his boss, Alfred W. Cook, "not that it ever did me any good".  (However we note that Ross A. Chambers' middle name was Althard, so perhaps Wayne was named for his father.) <br> Wayne finished the 3rd grade of school, skipped 4th grade, and was starting 5th grade when a family disaster required him to drop out of school and begin working to help support the family. (See [[Biography of Wayne Alfred Chambers|Complete Biography]]).
-<br>This biography is compiled from a 2008 interview, the 2003 anniversary announcement, and the 2009 obituary of Wayne A. Chambers.
-His adult occupation was as a carpenter.
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 =Photos=
-[[Image:Wayne A. Chambers & Bertha I. Beals at Beals farm.jpg||100px|left|thumb|Wayne & Bertha Beals Chambers, about 1943]]<br style="clear:both;"/>
+[[Image:Wayne A. Chambers & Bertha I. Beals at Beals farm.jpg||200px|left|thumb|Wayne & Bertha Beals Chambers, about 1943]][[Image:Vehicles by Wayne Chambers, Stoneboro Fair parade.jpg|200px|left|thumb|Miniature vehicles by Wayne A Chambers, Stoneboro fair parade]]<br style="clear:both;"/>
 [[Image:AUM 01 Ashland U Methodist Church.jpg|80px|left|thumb|Ashland United Methodist Church, Ashland Twp., Clarion Co. PA]][[Image:AUM 01A Overview.jpg|100px|left|thumb|Overview of the Chambers plot, Ashland UM Cemetery]][[Image:AUM 05 Wayne A & Bertha I Chambers .jpg|100px|left|thumb|Gravestone of Wayne A. & Bertha I. Chambers, Ashland UM Cemetery]]<br style="clear:both;"/>[[Image:AUM 02 Samuel & Dorcas Chamberrs.jpg|100px|left|thumb|Gravestone of Samuel & Dorcas Chambers, Ashland UM Cemetery]][[Image:AUM 03 Ross & Emma Chambers.jpg|100px|left|thumb|Gravestone of Ross & Emma Chambers, Ashland UM Cemetery]][[Image:AUM 04 Roland A Chambers.jpg|100px|left|thumb|Gravestone of Roland A. Chambers, Ashland UM Cemetery]] [[Image:AUM 06 Edward C & Ruth K Chambers.jpg|100px|left|thumb|Gravestone of Edward C. & Ruth K. Chambers at Ashland UM Cemetery]]
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 | '''1870 United States Federal Census''',  Allegheny Twp, Butler Co, PA, page 4.  Census dated 24 Aug 1860.<br>Lines 13-20: James Chambers, head, 56, farmer, $3200 real, $400 personal property, b. NJ; Susan, 46; Samuel, 23; Charles, 19; Florence, 16; Jane, 14; Sarah, 12; Abraham L., 4.  Born PA except for James. Charles, Florence, Jane and Sarah attended school.<br>There is some variance here in ages and names.
 | [[Image:1870 census pa butler allegheny pg 4.jpg|50px|center]]
 |}
 =Source Notes=
 * In the 1910 Census (President Twp, Venango Co, PA, pages 7,8) shows Ross A. Chambers as a widower living with his father and sister (names are illegible).  This would indicate that Myrtle has died and that he has not yet married Emma.

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                                                                         +-- James Chambers
                                                                         |   (1816->1870)
-                                                  +-- Samuel Chambers --+
+                                                  +-- [[Samuel Chambers]] --+
                                                   |   (1846-1910)       |
                            +-- [[Ross A. Chambers]] --+                     +-- Susan unknown