Mr. Hastings was born in Princeton, Massachusetts and remained at his parents' home up until the 1900 U.S. census. In the census Silas was a farm laborer most likely helping out on his father's farm. The family lived in the village of Brooks Station.
In 1903 Silas married his wife, Nellie, at Gardner. He was forty-one and had never married. His bride was a divorcee with one child from her previous marriage. By 1910 the couple owned a home at 400 Chestnut Street in Gardner. Silas was a chairmaker and Mrs. Hastings managed a restaurant. They must have witnessed many comings and goings in that area of town with their proximity to Union Square and the train station. The Gardner House hotel and livery was right across from the depot. U.S. President Teddy Roosevelt had made a speech at the station in 1902.
The Hastings, at least up until 1940, never moved out of their Chestnut Street home. Without any children they had plenty of room at their home to take in lodgers, roomers, boarders and renters over the previous three decades. In the 1930 census Silas had left the chair making industry, that Gardner is so well-known for, and became a flagman for the Boston & Maine railroad.
In 1903 Silas married his wife, Nellie, at Gardner. He was forty-one and had never married. His bride was a divorcee with one child from her previous marriage. By 1910 the couple owned a home at 400 Chestnut Street in Gardner. Silas was a chairmaker and Mrs. Hastings managed a restaurant. They must have witnessed many comings and goings in that area of town with their proximity to Union Square and the train station. The Gardner House hotel and livery was right across from the depot. U.S. President Teddy Roosevelt had made a speech at the station in 1902.
The Hastings, at least up until 1940, never moved out of their Chestnut Street home. Without any children they had plenty of room at their home to take in lodgers, roomers, boarders and renters over the previous three decades. In the 1930 census Silas had left the chair making industry, that Gardner is so well-known for, and became a flagman for the Boston & Maine railroad.
Mr. Hastings was born in Princeton, Massachusetts and remained at his parents' home up until the 1900 U.S. census. In the census Silas was a farm laborer most likely helping out on his father's farm. The family lived in the village of Brooks Station.
In 1903 Silas married his wife, Nellie, at Gardner. He was forty-one and had never married. His bride was a divorcee with one child from her previous marriage. By 1910 the couple owned a home at 400 Chestnut Street in Gardner. Silas was a chairmaker and Mrs. Hastings managed a restaurant. They must have witnessed many comings and goings in that area of town with their proximity to Union Square and the train station. The Gardner House hotel and livery was right across from the depot. U.S. President Teddy Roosevelt had made a speech at the station in 1902.
The Hastings, at least up until 1940, never moved out of their Chestnut Street home. Without any children they had plenty of room at their home to take in lodgers, roomers, boarders and renters over the previous three decades. In the 1930 census Silas had left the chair making industry, that Gardner is so well-known for, and became a flagman for the Boston & Maine railroad.
In 1903 Silas married his wife, Nellie, at Gardner. He was forty-one and had never married. His bride was a divorcee with one child from her previous marriage. By 1910 the couple owned a home at 400 Chestnut Street in Gardner. Silas was a chairmaker and Mrs. Hastings managed a restaurant. They must have witnessed many comings and goings in that area of town with their proximity to Union Square and the train station. The Gardner House hotel and livery was right across from the depot. U.S. President Teddy Roosevelt had made a speech at the station in 1902.
The Hastings, at least up until 1940, never moved out of their Chestnut Street home. Without any children they had plenty of room at their home to take in lodgers, roomers, boarders and renters over the previous three decades. In the 1930 census Silas had left the chair making industry, that Gardner is so well-known for, and became a flagman for the Boston & Maine railroad.
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