Birth: 26 June 1877 Chislehurst, Kent, UK
Father: John Lester 1845-1912
Mother: Ann (Anne) Luff 1841-1925
Christening: 5 August 1877 All Saints, Witney, Surrey, UK
Marriage: Not married
Death: 20 March 1961 Benslow Nursing Home, Hitchin, Hertfordshire, UK
Believed none
Birth of Lilian Lester in FreeBMD in July-September 1877 in Bromley (2A 370).
Entry in Ancestry England, Select Births and Christenings, 1538-1975 for Lilian Lester on 5 August 1877 in Witley, Surrey, parents John and Anne Lester.
Entry in Ancestry Surrey, England, Church of England Baptisms, 1813-1912 for Lilian Lester on 5 August 1877 at Witley, All Saints, parents John and Anne Lester. "Page 124 Baptisms solemnized in the Parish of Witley in the County of Surrey in the Year 1877 [...] Aug 5 No. 986 Lilian [parents] John, [a] Plumber, [and] Anne Lester [of] Chislehurst".
In the 1881 census as Selina (could be Lilian on the original) Lester aged 3, born in Chislehurst, Kent, and living with her parents (John and Ann), brother (Harry) and two sisters (Ada and Florence) at White Horse Hill, Chislehurst, Kent.
In the 1891 census as Lilly Lester, aged 13, born in Chislehurst, Kent, and living with her parents (John and Ann), brother (Harry), two sisters (Ada and Florence), 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 Lilian Lester aged 23, born in Chislehurst, Kent, single, a dress maker working on her own account at home, and living with her parents (John and Ann), brother (Harry), sister (Ada), 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 Lilian Lester aged 33, born in Chislehurst, Kent, single, a dressmaker and employer working at home, and living with her parents (John and Ann), sister (Ada Mary), 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.
Her father died on 24 February 1912 in Westbourne High Street, Chislehurst.
In the 1921 census as Lilian Lester born in Chislehurst, Kent in 1877 and living with Ann Lester (mother?), Ada Mary Lester (sister?) and one other in Chislehurst, Bromley, Kent.
There are twelve entries in Ancestry Bexley, Kent, England, Electoral Registers, 1734-1965 for Lilian Lester address 67 High Street, Chislehurst from 1935 to 1938, other occupants Ada Mary and Florence Annie Lester (sisters?), and 75 High Street, Chislehurst from 1945 to 1953, Flat 2 at the same address from 1951, other occupants Florence Annie Lester (sister?), and Ada Mary Lester (sister?) to 1947, and three other families. Joyce Goss (aunt?) was living next door at No. 77 with another family.
In the 1939 England and Wales Register as Lilian Lester born 26 June 1877, single, a dressmaker, and living with Ada M and Florence A Lester (sisters?) at 67 High Street, Chislehurst and Sidcup, Kent.
Death of Lilian Lester in FreeBMD in January-March 1961 aged 83 in Hitchin (4B 185).
Entry in Ancestry England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations), 1858-1966 for Lilian Lester died 20 March 1961 in Hertfordshire, Probate 29 May 1961 London. "Lester Lilian of Benslow Nursing Home Hitchin Hertfordshire spinster died 20 March 1961 Probate London 29 May to Arthur Norman Goss newspaper proprietor. Effects £8923 13s. 8d." (Arthur Norman Goss was the husband of Joyce Lester, her neice by her brother Harry. He owned the Hampstead and Highgate Express).
There are nine entries in Ancestry Family Trees for Lilian Lester.
Lilian Lester was my half second cousin once removed.
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