| Home Surname List Name Index Sources Email Us | Eighth Generation92. Joseph Henry REGESTER was born on 29 January 1863 in Sheffield, Yorkshire, England. He died on 14 December 1938 at the age of 75. He worked at Gorham from September 22, 1887 as a polisher and remained with Gorham until sometime before 1924. He advanced in salary from $9 a week to $42 a week over that period. Listed on Gorham records as born in England January 29, 1863. He lived at 96 Oakland Avenue, Cranston, before 1924. He lived at 591 Elmwood Avenue, Providence/Cranston, at the time of the 1930 Census. His obituary says he was an interior decorator for the past 25 years. International Genealogical Index carries erroneous info that he was born March 12, 1858, in England and married Bertha Steere about 1879 in England, unless that was another Joseph H. Regester. According to the 1900 Census, he came to America in 1882. Joseph Henry REGESTER and Bertha Frances LUTHER were married on 22 September 1890. Bertha Frances LUTHER was born in July 1871 in RI. Also listed as Steere. According to the 1900 Census, her father was born in MA and her mother in RI. Joseph Henry REGESTER and Bertha Frances LUTHER had the following children:
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