Chester Arthur Conrad

  General Notes:

The WWI Draft Registration Card for Chester Arthur Conrad dated June 5, 1917 taken in Allentown, Lehigh Co., Pennsylvania records his date of birth as April 9, 1894 in Bethlehem, PA. He is married with a child working as a Mechanical Helper at Bethlehem Steel and living at 537 Fountane in Allentown, PA. He is tall with medium build and has blue eyes and brown hair.

The 1920 Federal Census for Allentown Ward 8, Lehigh Co., Pennsylvania, District 171, page 64B, dated January 14, 1920 records Chester A. (25 - PA/PA/PA) and Marie H. (26 - PA/PA/PA) Conrad with children Ruth E. (5) and Harold N. (2) living on 537 Fountain Street. Chester is employed as a House Painter.

The 1930 Federal Census for South Whitehall, Lehigh Co., Pennsylvania, District 83, page 22B, dated April 9, 1930 records Chester A. (35 - PA/Maryland/Maryland) and Mayme H. (37 - PA/PA/PA) Conrad with children Ruth E. (15), Harold N. (12), Jack W. (7), Lorene J. (5), Raymond K. (3 2/12), and George A. (8/12) living at 102 North 28th Street. Chester is employed as a Painter for a Contracting Company and has been married to Mayme for 15 years. Also living in the household is Chester's mother, Tillie Conrad (78 - Maryland/Ohio/PA).

The 1940 Federal Census for Slaisbury, Lehigh Co., Pennsylvania, District 39-113, page 1886B, dated April 12, 1940 records Chester A. (46 - PA) and Mayme H. (47- PA) Conrad with children Harold N. (21), Jack H. (17), Lorraine J. (15), Raymond H. (13), George A. (10), Gloria M. (7), and Chester R. (3) living on Highway No. 43. Chester is employed as a House Painter.

There is a WWII Draft Registration card for Chester Arthur Conrad dated April 17, 1942; however, it does not give his date of birth but does indicate that he is 48 years old [Allentown born in 1894] in Bethlehem, Northampton County. He is married to Mayme Conrad and living in Bethlehem, Lehigh Co., PA. His employer's name is listed as Chester Conrad and his physical description is 5' 9", 185 lbs, with brown eyes and gray hair and ruddy complexion.

Chester married Mayme H. circa 1915. (Mayme H. was born on 8 Oct 1892 in Pennsylvania and died in Dec 1974 in Lehigh Co., PA.)