Ancestor Biography – Annie Evelyn Chase (1908-1976)

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Utterstrom – Chase Line

Blanchard Project 2017 – Ancestor #7
Annie Evelyn Chase (1908-1976)

Birth

Annie Evelyn Chase was born 24 May 1908 in Patten, Penobscot, Maine.[i] She was the second of six children of Albert and Sadie (Waters) Chase.  Annie was born a “blue” baby and was, according to oral family history, put into the warming oven above the wood stove to keep her warm in the winter.

Childhood

Certainly, her two sisters, Hilda, two years older, and Leita, one year younger, would have been important influences in her childhood.  After Leita, Albert and Sadie had three sons, Fred, Floyd, and Franklin, four, six, and seven years younger respectively.

All six children were born in Patten, and the children grew up there on Happy Corner Road.[ii] Albert was a farmer and owned the farm.[iii]

Annie completed three years of college.[iv]  By the 1930 Census, Annie was working as a nurse in Portland, Maine, and was living at 18 Casco Street. Rent was $32 per month.[v]

Marriage

On 1 October 1930, Annie Evelyn Chase married Albert Thomas Utterstrom in Portsmouth, Rockingham County, New Hampshire. Maxwell Ganter, a clergyman in Portsmouth, performed tThe ceremony.[vi]

Adulthood

Albert and Annie had two children, both of whom are living.

They established their home at 52 Wellwood Road in Portland, ME, by 1935 as they lived in the same house during the 1940 Census. Annie was keeping house.[vii]

During the 1940s, Annie’s husband Albert was deeply involved in various Masonic organizations including the Knights of the Red Cross of Constantine.  Annie was involved with St. Gabriel’s Guild of the Cathedral Church of St. Luke and was a regular bridge player.[viii]

Annie’s final residence before her death was in Falmouth, Cumberland County, Maine.[ix]

Death

Annie died in Portland, Cumberland County, Maine on 12 January 1976 following her husband Albert, who died two and a half years earlier.[x] She is buried with Albert in Pine Grove Cemetery, Falmouth, Cumberland County, Maine.[xi]

List of Grandparents

• Grand Parent: Annie Evelyn Chase
• 1^st Great: Albert Chase

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Endnotes:

[i] Social Security Death Index (SSA), Family Search, Annie Utterstrom. https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JBKL-KZ2.

[ii] 1910 Census (NARA), Family Search, 1910 Census – Albert B Chase – Patten, Penobscot, Maine, ED 183. https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MR3F-2WN.

[iii] 1920 Census (NARA), Family Search, Albert Chase – Patten, Penobscot, Maine, ED 115, Sheet 2A. https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MFZY-Q7Z.

[iv] 1940 Census (NARA ), Family Search, Albert T Utterstrom – Maine, Cumberland, Portland, Ward 9, ED 3-113, Sheet 9B. https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KMMC-DBL.

[v] 1930 Census (NARA), Family Search, Annie Chase – Portland, Cumberland, Maine, ED 3-49, Sheet 7B, Line 78. https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XM8L-YQW.

[vi] New Hampshire Marriage Records, 1637-1947, Family Search, Albert T. Utterstrom – Annie E. Chase. https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FLZL-95S.

[vii] 1940 Census (NARA ), Family Search, Albert T Utterstrom – Maine, Cumberland, Portland, Ward 9, ED 3-113, Sheet 9B. https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KMMC-DBL.

[viii] Various Portland Press Herald newspapers (Portland Maine) via Newspapers.com:
– – 1949-01-11, Page 06. Guild Elects Mrs. C. L. Wheeler
– – 1949-04-03, Page 44, column 4 (top right). https://www.newspapers.com/image/8850721.
– – 1949-04-03, Page 48. Mrs. C. J. Tarpinian Chairman For Supper | Mrs. Albert T. Utterstrom.
– – 1949-04-17, Page 39. Pathfinders Coffee-Bridge To Have 60 Tables In Play | Mrs. Albert Utterstrom

[ix] Social Security Death Index (SSA), Family Search, Annie Utterstrom. https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JBKL-KZ2.

[x] Maine Death Index, 1960-1996, Family Search, Annie E Utterstrom. https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KCVJ-ZK1.

[xi] Find a Grave, Find A Grave, Annie Evelyn Chase Utterstrom – Memorial# 146450682. https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=146450682.