LESTER/HIGGINBOTTOM, Lancaster Co, early1900s
A Canadian cousin wishes to communicate with descendants of LESTER &/or HIGGINBOTTOM relatives from Chester and Manchester in the early 1900s.Here’s what little family history I have:
Descendants of George LESTER & Edith CLARKE
1. George1 LESTER, born 1824 in Saint Nicholas, Rochester, Kent, England; christened 24 Oct 1824 in Saint Nicholas, Rochester, Kent, England, son of Abraham LESTER and Jane (---).He married in Jul/Sep 1859 in Liverpool, England Edith CLARKE, born 18 Jun 1838 in Kingston Upon Thames, Surrey, England; christened 2 Sep 1838 in Kingston Upon Thames, Surrey, England; died 11 Feb 1899 in Lancaster Co, England, daughter of Charles CLARKE and Martha JANE.
Notes for George LESTER
1881 census of Moss Side, Lancashire, England, Public Records Office # RG11, Folio 3939/84, page 23, residence at 71 Ellsmere St. - George Lester, age 56, born Rochester, Kent, Commercial Clerk; Edith Lester, age 40, born Kingston, Surrey; George A. Lester, age 16, born Manchester, Commercial Clerk; Katherine M. Lester, age 14, born Manchester, Scholar.
Children of George LESTER and Edith CLARKE were as follows:
+ 2 i Abraham "Edward" (Ned)2 LESTER, born 15 Apr 1860 in Birkenhead, Cheshire, England; died 23 May 1938 in Toronto, Ontario.He married (1) Marion Jane Jessy PRATT; (2) Adelia Alice PATTERSON.
+ 3 ii George "Arthur"2 LESTER, born 1864 in Manchester, Lancashire Co, England.He married Ada BYRNES.
4 iii Katherine "Kate" M.2 LESTER, born 1866 in Manchester, Lancashire Co, England.She married in Jan/Mar 1890 in Christ Church, Ashton under Lyne, Lancashire Co, England John HIGGINBOTTOM.
Generation 2
2. Abraham "Edward" (Ned)2 LESTER (George1), born 15 Apr 1860 in Birkenhead, Cheshire, England; died 23 May 1938 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.He married (1) on 5 Jul 1880 in St. Saviour Southwark, London, England Marion Jane Jessy PRATT, born Jun/Sep 1861 in Westminster, Middlesex, England, daughter of Henry PRATT and Charlotte (---); (2) on 25 Apr 1914 in Fordwich, Ont Adelia Alice PATTERSON, born 19 Jan 1881 in Haldiman, Gaspe, Quebec; christened 27 Mar 1881 in Sandy Beach, Gaspe, Quebec; died Jul 1938 in Long Branch, Ontario, daughter of Peter Felix PATTERSON and Margret Ellen GARRETT.
Notes for Abraham "Edward" (Ned) LESTER
MARRIAGE: [Marion Pratt] Parish Church of the Parish of St. George the Martyr Southwark.
BIOGRAPHY:1881 census: Dwelling at 63 Camplin St., Deptford St. Paul (i.e. London) Kent, England, Public Records Office Reference RG11, Folio 0710/55, page 15:Edward Lester, Head, Married, age 20, born Birkenhead, Cheshire, Medical Student; Marion J.J. Lester, wife, age 19, born Westminster, Middlesex;Charlotte Pratt, Wife's mother, age 49, born Norwich, Norfolk.
Children of Abraham "Edward" (Ned) LESTER and Adelia Alice PATTERSON were as follows:
5 i George Edward Patterson3 LESTER, born 16 Feb 1916 in Fordwich, Huron Co, Ontario; died 6 Feb 1919 in Toronto, Ontario.
3. George "Arthur"2 LESTER (George1), born 1864 in Manchester, Lancashire Co, England.He married in 1895 in Ashton under Lyne, Lancashire Co, England Ada BYRNES, born abt 1865 in Manchester, Lancashire Co, England, daughter of James BYRNES and Eliza (---).
Notes for George "Arthur" LESTER
MARRIAGE: at Barton-on-Irwell Register Office. Certificate # BAR/27/188.
BIOGRAPHY: 1901 census of 18 Ferndale Ave., Liscard, Wirral, Cheshire [which is in the Birkenhead area]:George Arthur Lester, age 36, born Manchester, Accountant in Bank; Ada Lester, age 35, born in Manchester; George Byrnes Lester, age 2, born Seacombe, Cheshire; Susan Smith, age 19, General Servant/Domestic.
Children of George "Arthur" LESTER and Ada BYRNES were as follows:
6 i George Byrnes3 LESTER, born 7 Jun 1898 in Seacombe, Chester, Lancaster, England.