| Home Surname List Name Index Sources Email Us | Eighth Generation117. John Jack REGESTER was born in 1874 in Sheffield, Yorkshire, England. He died in 1951 at the age of 77 in 17 Woodbine St., Auburn, Cranston, RI. He was buried in East Greenwich Cemetery, E. Greenwich, RI. He became a polisher at Gorham Manufacturing Co. and by 1926 was an assistant foreman. He worked in the polishing department for 57 years. The 1930 Census lists the family as living at 171 Reservoir Avenue, Providence, RI. A Mary E. Reynolds from England was boarding with them. He is listed as boarding at 179 Bucklin in 1894, occupation silversmith, and living at 155 Reservoir Ave. from 1899 to 1915, occupation polisher. In 1919 he was living with the Magoons at 171 Algonquin St., occupation, silver polisher. John Jack REGESTER and Caroline Carrie MAGOON were married on 29 June 1899 in Providence, RI. Caroline Carrie MAGOON, daughter of Andrew Jackson MAGOON and Adelia SPRAGUE, was born on 9 May 1874 in Vermont. She died in 1939 at the age of 65 in Providence, RI. She was buried in Cemetery EGO38, East Greenwich, RI. The Magoon family came to New Hampshire about 1651 from Scotland. Andrew Jackson Magoon, father of Carrie, owned a business, Andrew J. Magoon and Son (home furnishings) (1890 Providence Directory). The busines was located on Reservoir Avenue at the corner of Crescent. Tracey Regester has traced her genealogy. John Jack REGESTER and Caroline Carrie MAGOON had the following children:
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