(1929-1934) 

2nd wife: Agnes Marie Johansen 

2nd wife: 1950                possibly Eureka, CA 

Chester ‘Chet’ Elton Page 

October 11, 1908 – May 16, 2003 

JEFFERSON – Chet was born to Chester Albert and Mary Elizabeth (Ellison) Page. Raised in Rhode Island where his father managed a woolen mill. Chet traveled with him to Wisconsin and Michigan for his work. Chet carried on in his father’s industry and was very committed to sports in later years. During the eighth grade he won three first place prizes for the 50, 100, and 220-yard dashes at a Michigan State track meet. His whole family moved to California, Mo. When he was a freshman. While there he won 220 and 440-yard dashes at district meets and set a standing record at Aurora High School in 1927 for the 440-yard dash. They later moved to Oregon where Chet worked alongside his father at Kay Woolen Mill in Salem. Chet traveled back east to Wakefield for the Portland Multnomah Club and ran at meets all over New England. He took first place in the 220-yard dash at the Scotch Caledonian Games in Providence, R.I., and was a track coach at a high school there. He returned to Oregon and became assistant superintendent under his father at Kay Woolen Mill. Over the years Chet supervised mills in Eureka, Calif. And Vancouver, B.C. He also helped his family run the Brownsville Woolen Mill until it burned down in 1955. He met Agnes Marie Johansen while in Eureka and they were married in 1950. After being superintendent of Oregon Flax Textiles in Salem for three years, he and Agnes owned Page’s Sweet Shop in downtown Brownsville. They later settled in Jefferson where Chet built and managed his last woolen mill. A past mayor of Jefferson , Chet was also a deputy sheriff for Marion County. He maintained a carpet business out of his home until he retired at eighty. He enjoyed organizing city league teams and was the assistant track coach at Willamette University for three years. A member of the Elks and Lions Clubs, he will be remembered as a loving husband and father who was involved in the community. (Obituary – Statesman Journal May 28 2003 p. 5)  

1915 (RI State Census) Chester E Page. Born about 1909 in Rhode Island. Son of HOH. Chester A Page 33, Mary E Page 26, Chester E Page 6, Albert E Page 4, Harriet A Page 2, Helen E Page 1, Oscar C Ecklund 50 (Loom Fixer), Grace D Ecklund 43.

1920 Chester A Page. Born about 1909 in Rhode Island. Son of HOH. Chester A Page 38, Mary L Page 30. Chester Elton Page 12, Albert E Page 10, Harriet A Page 7, Helen E Page 5, Mary E Phillips 82, Harriet E Ellison 58.

1930 Chester A Page. Born about 1909 in Rhode Island. Single son to HOH. 1255 Court St, Salem, OR. Laborer, Woolen Mill. Chester A Page 48, Mary E Page 41, Chester E Page 21, Harriet A Page 17, Helen E Page 16, Frank L Page 9, Raymond E Page 5, Mary E Page 2. 

1940 Chester E Page. Born about 1909 in Rhode Island. Married HOH. Owns house at 2820 Union St. Eureka, Humboldt, CA. Highest grade completed: High School, 3rd year. Superintendent Woolen Mill. Chester E Page 31, Evelyn L Page 27, Jacqueline M Page 8. Judith L Page 2.
 

1932     Chester E Page (Evelyn L) 1255 Court St. Designer TKWM  

1934     Chester E Page (Evelyn L) 1255 Court St. Designer TKWM  

1936     Chester E Page (Evelyn L) 1255 Court St.  

Evelyne Lenore Young Page Chamberlain. Birth: 14 Dec 1912 Oregon. Death: 27 Mar 1973 (aged 60) San Francisco, San Francisco County, California. Burial: Cypress Hill Memorial Park Petaluma, Sonoma County, CA. Memorial ID: 100163542. 

Agnes Johansen Page. Could not locate. 

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