Lester M. Aucker1,2,3

Family Chart
ID# 20759, (1905 - 1949)
FatherLucian Clarence Aucker4,2,3 (14 Aug 1879 - 27 Jan 1960)
MotherBertha M. Hauck5,2,3 (18 Mar 1881 - 4 Feb 1964)

Key Events:

Birth: 25 May 1905, Lewisburg, Union Co., Pennsylvania6,7,8
Marriage: 16 Apr 1927, Milton, Northumberland Co., Pennsylvania, Frances May Simons (5 Feb 1909 - 29 Dec 1981)9,10,11
Death: 29 Jun 1949, West Chillisquaque Twp., Northumberland Co., Pennsylvania3,12
Burial: 2 Jul 1949, Harmony Cemetery, Milton, Pennsylvania3
ChartsDescendants of Jacob K. and Christiana Ohl Riegel

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Narrative:

     Lester M. Aucker was born on 25 May 1905 in Lewisburg, Union Co., Pennsylvania.6,7,8
     He appeared on the 1910 Federal Census of Kelly Twp., Union Co., Pennsylvania, in the household of his parents, Lucian Clarence Aucker and Bertha M. Hauck.4 He appeared on the 1920 Federal Census of Turbotville, Northumberland Co., Pennsylvania, in the household of his parents.13
     Lester married Frances May Simons, daughter of Bertha Mae Simons, on 16 Apr 1927 in Milton, Northumberland Co., Pennsylvania, at the parsonage of the Evangelical Church, with Rev. C. B. Snyder officiating.9,10,11
     Lester and Frances appeared on the 1930 Federal Census of Milton, Northumberland Co., Pennsylvania, at 431 Queen St., enumerated 10 Apr 1930, reporting they were renting their home, for $15 per month. Betty M. Boyer, age 4, was listed as living with them, identified as a boarder.14
     Lester and Frances appeared on the 1940 Federal Census of Turbut Twp., Northumberland Co., Pennsylvania, enumerated 11 Apr 1940, reporting they owned a home valued at $1,600, and that they had lived in Milton in 1935. Their three children were listed as living with them. They were apparently living on or near his parents' farm, as they are listed as the next household in the census.15
     He was a laborer, working in a silk mill in 1930. By 1940 he was an automobile mechanic. That year he reported he had worked 30 hours the last week of March, and 49 weeks the prior year, earning $799.16,17,18
     Lester died on 29 Jun 1949 in West Chillisquaque Twp., Northumberland Co., Pennsylvania, at age 44, of pneumonia.3,12 He was buried on 2 Jul 1949 in Harmony Cemetery, Milton, Pennsylvania.3

Children:
     Children with Frances May Simons:

  • Cleta Bertha Aucker19 (27 Feb 1928 - 15 May 1928)
  • Infant Aucker20 (13 Jan 1929 - 13 Jan 1929)
  • Marlin C. Aucker15,21,22 (24 Nov 1930 - 20 Mar 2016)
  • Nelson G. Aucker15,23 (27 Jun 1934 - 25 Sep 2023)
  • Jay Richard Aucker15,24,22 (5 Apr 1936 - Sep 1982)

Citations

  1. [S6837] Lucian C. Aucker household, 1910 U.S. Census, Union Co., Pennsylvania, shows name as Lester Aucker.
  2. [S6902] Lester M. Aucker and Frances M. Simons, Application for Marriage License.
  3. [S6839] Lester M. Aucker, Certificate of Death.
  4. [S6837] Lucian C. Aucker household, 1910 U.S. Census, Union Co., Pennsylvania.
  5. [S6837] Lucian C. Aucker household, 1910 U.S. Census, Union Co., Pennsylvania, shows him as the son of her husband and that the parents had been married longer than the age of the child.
  6. [S6839] Lester M. Aucker, Certificate of Death, shows date, as 25 May 1925, and age at death 29 Jun 1949 as 44 yrs 1 mo 25 days, corrected to 24 yrs 1 mo 4 days, county, and state.
  7. [S6837] Lucian C. Aucker household, 1910 U.S. Census, Union Co., Pennsylvania, shows age 4 and state.
  8. [S6902] Lester M. Aucker and Frances M. Simons, Application for Marriage License, shows age 21 at marriage 16 Apr 1927, town, and state.
  9. [S6902] Lester M. Aucker and Frances M. Simons, Application for Marriage License, shows date, town, state, and officiant.
  10. [S12718] "Miss Simons Bride of Lester Aucker," Miltonian, 21 Apr 1927, shows married Saturday at parsonage.
  11. [S6842] Lester M. Aucker household, 1930 U.S. Census, Northumberland Co., Pennsylvania, shows married, with his first marriage at age 21 and hers at 17.
  12. [S6903] Chales J. Hauck and Frances M. Aucker, Application for Marriage License, shows date, as 28th.
  13. [S6841] Lucian Aucker household, 1920 U.S. Census, Northumberland Co., Pennsylvania.
  14. [S6842] Lester M. Aucker household, 1930 U.S. Census, Northumberland Co., Pennsylvania.
  15. [S6843] Lester M. Aucker household, 1940 U.S. Census, Northumberland Co., Pennsylvania.
  16. [S6902] Lester M. Aucker and Frances M. Simons, Application for Marriage License, shows occupation as laborer.
  17. [S6842] Lester M. Aucker household, 1930 U.S. Census, Northumberland Co., Pennsylvania, shows occupation as laborer, industry as silk mill.
  18. [S6843] Lester M. Aucker household, 1940 U.S. Census, Northumberland Co., Pennsylvania, shows occupation as mechanic, and industry as autommobile.
  19. [S6840] Cleta Bertha Aucker, Certificate of Death.
  20. [S12689] Infant Aucker, Certificate of Death.
  21. [S6853] Marlin C. Aucker obituary, Brooks Funeral Home & Cremation Service.
  22. [S6835] Burkholder, "Re: Are we related?," e-mail to author, 22 May 2016.
  23. [S12686] Nelson G. Aucker obituary, The Daily Item.
  24. [S1500] "U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007," Ancestry.com, record for Jay Richard Aucker, Soc. Sec. No. 172-30-7154.