Chester Elvin Zolman -- 71142
HUSBAND: ZOLMAN, Chester Elvin 
BIRTH DATE: 25-Dec-1896  PLACE: Whitley County, Indiana
DEATH DATE: 06-Apr-1957  PLACE: California 
                  BURIAL PLACE: Golden Gate National Cemetery, San Bruno, California 
FATHER:  ZOLMAN, James E. [7114]    MOTHER: SLESSMAN, Maud M. 

WIFE #1:  BIRKS, Elberta Irene 
BIRTH DATE: 28-Feb-1899  PLACE: Latham, Illinois
MARR. DATE: 26-Dec-1917  PLACE: Columbia City, Whitley County, Indiana 
DEATH DATE: 18-Jun-1988  PLACE: Gifford, Illinois
                  BURIAL PLACE: Macville Cemetery, Atwood, Illinois 
FATHER:  BIRKS, Francis Marion        MOTHER: WHITEHURST, Ella 


 1) ZOLMAN, David                 711421   stillborn 03-Dec-1918
 2) ZOLMAN, Geraldine             711422   md. HEINZELMANN, Victor & DOWNEY, John Bernard
 3) ZOLMAN, Chester Eugene        711423   md. SPEIR, Elinor & MONBARREN, Mildred


WIFE #2:  KNOCK, Irene 
BIRTH DATE:   -   -      PLACE: 
MARR. DATE:   -   -1925  PLACE: 
DEATH DATE: 05-Mar-1996  PLACE: 
                  BURIAL PLACE: 
FATHER:  KNOCK, ?                     MOTHER:  


 4) ZOLMAN, Pauline               711424   md. DOBROWALSKI, Edward J.


WIFE #3:  BIRKS, Bessie Anderson 
BIRTH DATE:   -   -      PLACE: 
MARR. DATE:   -   -      PLACE: Reno, Nevada
DEATH DATE: 27-Aug-1973  PLACE: California
                  BURIAL PLACE: California
FATHER:  ANDERSON, ?                  MOTHER:  


 5) ZOLMAN, Shirley Ann           711425   md. STUART, Arthur
 6) ZOLMAN, Beverly Jean          711426   md. KAIN, Dwight Eugene
 7) ZOLMAN, Donald David          711427   md. 4 times


Chester Elvin and Elberta Irene Birks Zolman.

He was a World War I veteran.












He came to Illinois about 1916 and worked on a farm near Tolono for a family by the name of Fisher.
He worked as a hostler for the Chicago & Eastern Illinois Railroad.
They lived in Danville, Illinois after his first marriage.

1920 census:

Chester Elvin and Elberta Irene Birks Zolman were divorced in May 1925 and he moved to Chicago.
Elberta married Chester's brother, Claude, in September 1928.
Chester Elvin and Irene Knock Zolman were divorced.

1948-50: He lived in Reno, Nevada and was a maintenance engineer at the Veteran's Hospital there.
Chester and Bessie moved to Oakland, California from Reno sometime after July of 1950 and he worked at a hotel there.
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10/12/99 - SAH