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Albert Cornelius Chittenden

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Albert Cornelius Chittenden Veteran

Birth
Yuba County, California, USA
Death
5 May 1993 (aged 85)
Chico, Butte County, California, USA
Burial
Chico, Butte County, California, USA Add to Map
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Albert Cornelius Chittenden was the sixth of nine children born to Edward Thomas Chittenden and Ida Jane (Bigelow) Chittenden. He was named in honor of his uncle, who was, in turn, named for his uncle, the brother of Albert's great-grandfather, James Porter Chittenden. The progenitors of bothe the Chittenden and Bigelow families immigrated to the American colonies in the early 1600s.

Albert, although 36 years old and married, enlisted in World War II on 11 September 1943. He served in Company C of the 347th Engineers.

Birth record:
*"California Birth Index, 1905-1995," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V25M-B55 : 27 November 2014), Albert C Chittenden, 27 May 1907; citing Yuba, California, United States, Department of Health Services, Vital Statistics Department, Sacramento.

Enlistment record:
*"United States World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946," , FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K8LR-WV7 : 5 December 2014), Albert C Chittenden, enlisted 11 Sep 1943, Sacramento, California, United States; citing "Electronic Army Serial Number Merged File, ca. 1938-1946," database, The National Archives: Access to Archival Databases (AAD) (http://aad.archives.gov : National Archives and Records Administration, 2002); NARA NAID 1263923, National Archives at College Park, Maryland.
Albert Cornelius Chittenden was the sixth of nine children born to Edward Thomas Chittenden and Ida Jane (Bigelow) Chittenden. He was named in honor of his uncle, who was, in turn, named for his uncle, the brother of Albert's great-grandfather, James Porter Chittenden. The progenitors of bothe the Chittenden and Bigelow families immigrated to the American colonies in the early 1600s.

Albert, although 36 years old and married, enlisted in World War II on 11 September 1943. He served in Company C of the 347th Engineers.

Birth record:
*"California Birth Index, 1905-1995," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V25M-B55 : 27 November 2014), Albert C Chittenden, 27 May 1907; citing Yuba, California, United States, Department of Health Services, Vital Statistics Department, Sacramento.

Enlistment record:
*"United States World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946," , FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K8LR-WV7 : 5 December 2014), Albert C Chittenden, enlisted 11 Sep 1943, Sacramento, California, United States; citing "Electronic Army Serial Number Merged File, ca. 1938-1946," database, The National Archives: Access to Archival Databases (AAD) (http://aad.archives.gov : National Archives and Records Administration, 2002); NARA NAID 1263923, National Archives at College Park, Maryland.

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