In 1900, Chester (age 12) lived in Park City, Utah with his father Chester, a quartz mill miner from Michigan, and mother Mary (Kelso) from Missouri, and his 10 year old sister Margaret.
In 1910, Chester (age 22) was a clerk at a box factory and lived at 624 W. 10th St, Los Angeles with his parents Chester & Mary.
1917: WW1 Draft Registration


On 28 Jan 1920, Chester age 32 and motion picture director and his 28 year old actress wife Virginia (Philley), and his widowed mother Mary lived at 31 Bleeker Ave in Mamaroneck, Westchester County, New York. The next listing in the census (neighbors) was Ralph M. Robins. Also in the same town was Ralph's brother, Edward Robins, the guy who married Wm. D Taylor's ex-wife, Ethel.