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 July 1911 Moreton, Thame, Oxon.   4a
Burial 21 July 1911 Thame, Oxon.   1b
Court 1904 Thame, Oxon.   4b
Court about 1905 Watlington, Oxon.   4c

Parents

Relation to main person Name Birth date Death date Relation within this family (if not by birth)
Father Walter Andrew LESTERabout 183818 August 1921
Mother Maria BAVERSTOCKabout 183424 March 1920
    Sister     Emily LESTER about 1861
    Brother     Frederick Walter LESTER 9 May 1863 8 February 1917
         Herbert LESTER about 1867 20 July 1911
    Sister     Alice Louisa LESTER about 1876
    Brother     John LESTER 29 September 1877

Families

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

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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:

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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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        Bucks Herald 18 June 1904
        Thame
        Petty Sessions. Tuesday, June 14. Present - Mr. P. J. D. Wykeham (chairman) and Mr. S. H. Pearce.
        ATTEMPTED SUICIDE.- Herbert Lester, labourer, of Thame, was charged with attempting to commit suicide there on May 13 by cutting his throat with a knife.-Frederick George Lomas, stoker at the Thame Gas Works, proved being called by a younger brother to see defendant, who was lying on the ground in his back yard, partly on his right side. Witness asked him what was the matter, but he made no reply. There was a pool of blood on the ground just under his head. Witness's father assisted in lifting him up, and they then noticed that he had a knife clenched tightly in his left hand. He could not stand, so they put him on his back. Witness's father took the knife from him and threw it on one side. Witness then saw a terrible gash in his throat, where- upon he sent for the doctor and the police. When they had him on his back witness said to him "What made you do this, Herb?" He said "I know you, Fred; know you both. I asked everyone I could to give me a job, and no one would take any notice of me, and that is why I did it." They remained with defendant until his brother Fred came, and they then bathed his head with cold water until Dr. Lee arrived and ordered him to be lifted into the house. - Dr. Bruce said he saw defendant on the evening of May 13. Dr. Lee was in attendance. Defendant was suffering from a gaping wound in the throat. The windpipe was partially severed, but the large blood vessels had just escaped. He was in a very collapsed state, and suffering from loss of blood. The knife produced would be likely to cause such a wound. In reply to the Chairman, the witness said he had no means of judging whether defend- ant was in his right state of mind. - P.S. Lambourn also gave evidence. - The Bench questioned defendant's wife as to whether there was any reason for his attempting to take his life, but Mrs. Lester said there was none that she knew of, except that he was unable to get work.-In answer to the Bench, defendant said he was very sorry it had happened, and it should never occur again. - The Bench, having admonished him as to the seriousness of the offence, bound him over in the sum of £10 to come up for judgment when called upon.

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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