Birth: January-March 1845 Tipton, Staffordshire, UK
Father: John Lester 1821-1910
Mother: Harriet Ann Glover 1820-1903
Christening: Unknown
Marriage: 6 May 1866 at St George the Martyr, Southwark, Surrey, UK
Wife: Ann Luff 1841-1925
Death: 24 February 1912 Westbourne High Street, Chislehurst, Kent, UK
Florence Annie Lester 1867-1960
Ada Mary Lester 1869-1948
Harry Lester 1874-1970
Lilian Lester 1877-1961
Birth of John Lester in FreeBMD in January-March 1845 in Dudley (18 349).
His sister and brother were born in Birmingham in 1847 and 1849.
In the 1851 census as John Lester aged 6, born in Tipton, Staffordshire, and living with his parents (John and Harriett), and brother (Edward) and sister (Mary) in Reynolds Street, Harborne, Staffordshire.
His brother was born in Smethwick in 1851, another brother in Oldbury in 1853, and brother and sister in Sydenham in 1856 and 1859.
In the 1861 census as John Lester aged 16, born in Yapton (sic - in the index, Tipton on the original), Staffordshire, single, a plumber's boy, and living with his parents (John and Harriet), four brothers (Edward, George, Thomas, and William H), two sisters (Harriet and Mary), a boarder (Tom A Winter aged 7 months and born in Sydenham, Kent), and a visitor (Esther Stanley aged 33, born in Alcester, Warwickshire and a cook in a gentlemans home) at 8 Hanover Street, Sydenham, Lewisham, Kent.
Marriage of John Lester and Ann Luff in FreeBMD in April-June 1866 in St. George S. (1D 149).
Entry in Ancestry London, England, Marriages and Banns, 1754-1921 for the marriage of John Lester, father John Lester, and Ann Luff, father Thomas Luff, on 6 May 1866 at St George the Martyr, Southwark. "Page 119 [...] 1866 Marriage solemnized at the Parish Church in the Parish of St George the Martyr, Southwark in the County of Surrey [No.] 238 May 6 John Lester [of] full age, [a] Bachelor [and] Plumber [of] Great Suffolk Street, Sydenham, Kent, [father] John Lester, [an] Engineer, [and] Ann Luff [of] full age, [a] Spinster [of] Great Suffolk Street, Sydenham, Kent, [father] Thomas Luff, [a] Cattle Dealer. Married in the Parish Church according to the Rites and Ceremonies of the Established Church after banns in the Presence of us James Luff and Sarah Luff."
His two daughters were born in Sydenham in 1867 and 1869, - he was stated to be a plumber in the christening of his second daughter at Witley, All Saints, Surrey.
In the 1871 census as John Lester aged 26, born in Tipton, Staffordshire, a plumber, and living with his wife (Ann), two daughters (Ada M and Florence), and two visitors (Benjamin W Nicholl aged 24, born in Bushey, Hertfordshire, and George Chamberlin aged 24, born in Peckham, Surrey, both single and painters), at 4 Melrose Cottage, Wells Road, Sydenham, Lewisham, Kent.
His son and daughter were born in Chislehurst in 1874 and 1877 and he was stated to be a plumber in the christening of his third daughter at Witley, All Saints, Surrey.
In the 1881 census as John Lester aged 36, born in Tipton, Staffordshire, a painter and plumber, and living with his wife (Ann), son (Harry) and three daughters (Ada, Florence and Selina) at White Horse Hill, Chislehurst, Kent.
In the 1891 census as John Lester aged 46, born in Tipton, Staffordshire, a plumber, and living with his wife (Ann), son (Harry), three daughters (Ada, Florence, and Lilly), his sister-in-law (Amy Lester (sic - in the index, Luff on the original)), wife's nephew (Harry), and wife's two neices (Annie Luff and Florence Luff) at the High Street, Chislehurst, Kent.
In the 1901 census as John Lester aged 56, born in Tipton, Warwickshire, a plumber and employer doing general repairs from home, and living with his wife (Ann), son (Harry), two daughters (Ada and 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 John Lester aged 66, born in Staffordshire, a plumber and decorator, and living with his wife (Ann), two daughters (Ada Mary and 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 John Luff in FreeBMD in January-March 1912 in Bromley (2a 750).
Entry in Ancestry England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations), 1858-1966 for John Lester died 24 February 1912 in Kent, pobate 23 August 1912 in London. "Lester John of Westbourne High-street Chislehurst Kent died 24 February 1912 Probate 23 August to Harry Lester plumber. Effects £88 4s. 6d."
There are sixteen entries in Ancestry Family Trees for John Lester.
John Lester was the husband of Ann Luff, my half first cousin twice removed. His wife's brother James married his sister Mary.
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