Family:Gerald Chase and Maude Howard (1)

Gerald and Maude did not have any children. She was in her 30's or early 40's when she married. Family lore was that she did not have any children by choice because her mother was not a nice mother and she had been treated harshly. Gerald and Maude lived simply on a farm in Charlotte township, near her sisters. They went to the annual HOWARD reunion held in Sinclairville. My memory of Gerald and Maude is them sitting quietly next to each other watching the younger generations play and run around. Maude always held her purse snug against her stomach. My father always said she probably only had a hankie in it but she guarded it. Maude never learned to drive.

1. ↑ Chautauqua, New York, United States. 1940 U.S. Census Population Schedule.

   Household Gender Age Birthplace
   Head Gerald Chase M 37 New York
   Wife Maude Chase F 41 New York

   "United States Census, 1940," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/KQLC-62J : accessed 04 Feb 2014), Gerald Chase, Charlotte Town, Chautauqua, New York, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 7-8, sheet 6A, family 126, NARA digital publication of T627, roll 2509.