Thame St Marys

Herbert LESTER

Birth Name LESTER, Herbert
Gender male
Age at Death about 44 years, 6 months, 19 days

Events

Event Date Place Description Sources
Birth about 1867 Thame, Oxon.   1a 2a 3a
Death 20 Jul 1911 Moreton, Thame, Oxon.   4a
Burial 21 Jul 1911 Thame, Oxon.   1b
Court about 1905 Watlington, Oxon.   4b

Parents

Relation to main person Name Birth date Death date Relation within this family (if not by birth)
Father Walter Andrew LESTERabout 183818 Aug 1921
Mother Maria BAVERSTOCKabout 183424 Mar 1920
    Sister     Emily LESTER about 1862
    Brother     Frederick Walter LESTER 9 May 1863 8 Feb 1917
         Herbert LESTER about 1867 20 Jul 1911
    Sister     Alice Louisa LESTER about 1876
    Brother     John LESTER about 1878

Families

Family of Herbert LESTER and Sarah BOWLER
Married Wife Sarah BOWLER ( * about 1864 + 1932 )
   
Event Date Place Description Sources
Marriage 23 Feb 1895 Thame, Oxon.   1c 4c
  Attributes
Type Value Notes Sources
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Narrative

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Source References

  1. parish register transcript
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        age given as 28 in 1895

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        1911 July 21 LESTER Herbert 43 years, Wellington St. [Thame]

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        1895 Feb 23
        LESTER Herbert 28 bach otp lab son of Walter a thatcher
        HOWLAND Sarah 31 wid otp d Fred HOWLAND (sic) [BOWLER] (see notes) lab Banns
        Wit John LESTER Alice LESTER

  2. 1911 Census
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        Note the census form also shows wife Sarah but has been crossed out.
        Name: Herbert Lester
        Age in 1911: 43
        Estimated birth year: abt 1868
        Relation to Head: Head
        Gender: Male
        Birth Place: Thame, Oxfordshire, England
        Civil Parish: Thame
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        County/Island: Oxfordshire
        Country: England
        Street address: Wellington St Thame
        Marital status: Married
        Occupation: Labourer Farm
        Registration district: Thame
        Registration District Number: 151
        Sub-registration district: Thame
        ED, institution, or vessel: 17
        Piece: 8105
        Household Members:
        Name Age
        Herbert Lester 43

  3. 1901 census
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        Name: Herbert Lester
        Age: 34
        Estimated birth year: abt 1867
        Relation to Head: Head
        Gender: Male
        Spouse: Sarah Lester
        Birth Place: Thame, Oxfordshire, England
        Civil Parish: Thame
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        Ecclesiastical parish: Thame St Mary
        Town: Thame
        County/Island: Oxfordshire
        Country: England
        Street address:

        Occupation:

        Condition as to marriage:

        Education:

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        Registration district: Thame
        Sub-registration district: Thame
        ED, institution, or vessel: 14
        Neighbors:
        Piece: 1375
        Folio: 44
        Page Number: 15
        Household schedule number: 98
        Household Members:
        Name Age
        Herbert Lester 34
        Sarah Lester 37

  4. Newspaper
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        Bucks Herald 22 July 1911
        SHOCKING SUICIDE ON THE RAILWAY. -- On Thursday a man named Herbert Lester, 45 years of age, a labourer out of work, jumped in front of the 11.20 a.m. train from Oxford to Paddington, at Moreton Crossing. The train carried him for sixty yards, and literally cut him to pieces. The train was stopped, and the guard and engine driver got down, but the unfortunate man was of course past help. The inquest was arranged to be held at the Four Horse Shoes. Thame, yesterday (Friday). Lester, who was a married man, had previously attempted to commit suicide some four years ago.

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        South Bucks Standard 20 October 1905
        CHINNOR
        MAINTENANCE OF A WIFE. - At the Watlington Petty Sessions on Saturday. Sarah Lester, of Chinnor, applied for a separation and maintenance order against her husband, Herbert Lester, of Wellington-street, Thame. Complainant otated that he had persistently been cruel to her at Thame, and on several occasions had threatened her life. She had since the 19th September been living at Chinnor, when she broke up her home, and went to live with her father. - Defendant was asked if he had anything to say, and replied that he would have nothing to do with it: the least said the soonest mended. - Order made for payment of 2s. 6d. per week, and the costs, 4s.

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        Oxford Journal 02 March 1895
        Feb 23, at the Parish Church, Thame, by the Rev J J SUMMERHAYES, Curate, Herbert LESTER to Sarah HOWLAND, both of Thame