6/14/1900 Smithfield, Huntingdon Co, PA. In that census were DanielC hilcot, 26, Rachel, 20, Edith A, 3, and Walter L, 1. Daniel andRache l had been married 4 years, she had given birth only to the twochildre n listed. Daniel worked as a day laborer.
4/27/1910 Same place. Before the next census the family had grownint o a large family. Daniel Chilcote, 36, had been married 14 yearsto Rac hel, 30, who had birthed 6 children: Edith, 13, Walter, 11,John, 8, R alph, 5, Alma, 3, and Mary, 6m. Daniel was a laborer onthe railroad.
9/12/1915 Huntingdon, Huntingdon Co, PA was the address he gave whenr egistering for the draft at age 44. He verified his birth date aspost ed, gave his occupation as officer at the town reformatory. WifeRache l Pearl Chilcote, same address, was his nearest relative. TheRegistra r described him as medium height, medium build with browneyes and blac k hair.
1/2/1920 Smithfield, Huntingdon Co, PA At census time the familycons isted of Daniel Chilcote, 46, Rachel, 39, John, 18, Ralph, 15,Alma, 13 , Mary, 10, and Vera, 7. Daniel had moved up to carpenter onthe Penna R R and still rented the home. John worked as a laborer ina silk mill.
4/4/1930 Same place. Before census time that year family dynamicshad c hanged dramatically. Daniel Chilcoate had changed careers toguard at a r eformatory, finally bought a house with a value of $4500,and had a rad io. Daniel married for the first (and only) time at age22 to Racheal, 5 0, who was 16 at that time. Son Ralph, 25, hadmarried and widowed sin ce the last census so he brought his daughterJean, 2y 5m home with him w hile he worked as a daffer at the silkfactory. Also in the family were d aughters Vera, 17, and Arlene, 9;and they had a boarder Bernice Dorman , 23, a reeler at the paperplant.
