Birth: 19 November 1869 3 Melrose Cottages, Wells Road, Sydenham, Kent, UK
Father: John Lester 1845-1912
Mother: Ann Luff 1841-1925
Christening: 19 December 1869 St Bartholomew, Sydenham, Kent, UK
Marriage: Not married
Death: 29 April 1948 2 Flat, Tile House, 75 High Street, Chislehurst, Kent, UK
None known
Birth of Ada Mary Lester in FreeBMD in October-December 1869 in Lewisham (1d 866).
Entry in Ancestry England, Select Births and Christenings, 1538-1975 for Ada Mary Lester born on 19 November 1869 and christened on 19 December 1869 at Saint Bartholomew, Sydenham, London, parents John and Ann Lester.
Entry in Ancestry London, England, Births and Baptisms, 1813-1906 for Ada Mary Lester baptised on 19 December 1869 at Sydenham St Bartholomew, Lewisham, parents John and Ann Lester. "Page 33 Baptisms solemnized in the Parish of St Bartholomew, Sydenham in the County of Kent in the Year One thousand eight hundred and sixty nine [...] 1869 December 19th No.260 Ada Mary, parents John, a Plumber, and Ann Lester of Sydenham. Born Novr 19: 1869".
In the 1871 census as Ada M Lester aged 1, born in Sydenham, Kent, and living with her parents (John and Ann), sister (Florence A), and two visitors (Benjamin W Nicholl (aged 24 and born in Bushey, Hertfordshire, and and George Chamberlin aged 24 and born in Peckham, Surrey, both single and painters) at 3 Melrose Cottages, Wells Road, Sydenham, Lewisham, Kent. Another family lived at the same address.
Her brother and sister were born in Chislehurst in 1874 and 1877.
In the 1881 census as Ada Lester aged 11, born in Sydenham, Kent, and living with her parents (John and Ann), brother (Harry) and two sisters (Florence and Selina) at White Horse Hill, Chislehurst, Kent.
In the 1891 census as Ada Lester, aged 21, born in Sydenham, Kent, single, a teacher, and living with her parents (John and Ann), brother (Harry), two sisters ( Florence and Lilly), her aunt (Amy Lester (sic - in the index, Luff on the original), and three cousins (Harry Luff, Annie Luff and Florence Luff) at the High Street, Chislehurst, Kent.
In the 1901 census as Ada Lester aged 31, born in Sydenham, Kent, single, no stated employment, and living with her parents (John and Ann), brother (Harry), sister (Lilian), and a boarder (James H Pender aged 21, born in Scilly Isles, St Mary, single and a school teacher) at 2 Scadbury Villas, High Street, Chislehurst, Kent.
In the 1911 census as Ada Mary Lester aged 41, born in Sydenham, Kent, single, a domestic cook in the index, work on the orginal at home, and living with her parents (John and Ann), sister (Lilian), and a boarder (Ethel Mary Sole aged 25, born in Debden Saffron Walden, Essex, single and a teacher in a church school) in eight rooms at Westbourne, West Chislehurst, Kent.
Death of Ada M Lester in FreeBMD in April-June 1948 aged 78 in Bromley (5b 188).
Entry in Ancestry England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations), 1858-1966 for Ada Mary Lester died 29 April 1948 in Kent, probate 2 July 1948 London. "Lester Ada Mary of 2 Flat Tile House 75 High-street Chislehurst Kent spinster died 29 April 1948 Probate London 2 July to Harry Lester retired plumber and decorator. Effects £451 16s. 9d."
There are two entries in Ancestry Public Member Trees for Ada Mary Lester baptised 19 December 1869 at St Bartholomew, Sydenham, Kent, parents John Lester and Ann Luff, and died in Bromley, Kent in 1948.
Ada Mary Lester was my half second cousin once removed.
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