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Samuel Lester,c1807-c.1877,Staffordshire

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Terence

Terence Report 2 Oct 2016 16:13

Hi,everyone.Can anybody help to determine if Samuel married twice.First to a Susannah Parker (possibly in1832) and second to a Sarah Green Cox (possibly in 1858). Found on Ancestry trees (not always the most factual of sites ) but unable to find myself.
Regards,Terry L.

Catherine

Catherine Report 2 Oct 2016 16:16

is this him in 1871??

Name: Samuel Lester
Age: 64
Estimated birth year: abt 1807
Relation: Head
Spouse's Name: Sarah Lester
Gender: Male
Where born: Dudley, Worcestershire, England
Civil Parish: Sedgley
Ecclesiastical parish: Upper Gornall
Town: Upper Gornall
County/Island: Staffordshire
Country: England
Registration district: Dudley
Sub-registration district: Sedgley
ED, institution, or vessel: 6
Household schedule number: 92
Piece: 3004
Folio: 97
Page Number: 18
Household Members:
Name Age
Samuel Lester 64
Sarah Lester 42
Levina Lester 28
Henry Lester 16
William Lester 15
Arthur Lester 12
Jane Lester 9
James Lester 7
Albert Lester 5
Frederick Lester 3
Charles Lester 1 Week

Catherine

Catherine Report 2 Oct 2016 16:19

and 1861

Name: Samuel Lester
Age: 51
Estimated birth year: 1810
Relation: Head
Spouse's Name: Sarah Lester
Gender: Male
Where born: Dudley, Worcestershire, England
Civil Parish: Sedgley
Ecclesiastical parish: Upper Gornal
County/Island: Staffordshire
Country: England
Street address:
Registration district: Dudley
Sub-registration district: Sedgley
ED, institution, or vessel: 10
Neighbors: View others on page
Household schedule number: 61
Piece: 2047
Folio: 57
Page Number: 11
Household Members:
Name Age
Samuel Lester 51
Sarah Lester 33 born: Sedgley, Staffordshire
Lavinia Lester 18
Joseph Lester 14
Jerimiah Lester 12
Thomas Lester 10
Henry Lester 6
William Lester 5
Arthur Lester 2

Possible marriage for above, but not Sarah Green Cox:-

Name: Sarah Mansell
Registration Year: 1857
Registration Quarter: Apr-May-Jun
Registration district: Market Drayton
Parishes for this Registration District: View Ecclesiastical Parishes associated with this Registration District
Inferred County: Shropshire
Volume: 6a
Page: 1339
Records on Page:
Name
Samuel Lester
Sarah Mansell
William Minshall
Mary Preston



One of their children's birth certificates would give mother's maiden name if you want to make sure that above is correct.

Catherine

Catherine Report 2 Oct 2016 16:21

1851

Name: Samuel Lester
Age: 43
Estimated birth year: abt 1808
Relation: Head
Gender: Male
Where born: Dudley, Worcestershire, England
Civil Parish: Sedgley
Ecclesiastical parish: Upper Gornal
Phillimore Ecclesiastical Parish Maps:
View related Ecclesiastical Parish
County/Island: Staffordshire
Country: England
Street address:
Occupation:
Registration district: Dudley
Sub-registration district: Sedgley
ED, institution, or vessel: 10
Neighbors: View others on page
Household schedule number: 28
Piece: 2030
Folio: 211
Page Number: 9
Household Members:
Name Age
Samuel Lester 43
Ann Lester 17
Elizabeth Lester 15
Samuell Lester 13
Susannah Lester 10
Levina Lester 8
Joseph Lester 4
Jeremiah Lester 2
Thomas Lester 4 Mo


Baptismm of Levinia gives mother as Susanna

Name: Levina Lester
Gender: Female
Birth Date: 7 Sep 1842
Baptism Date: 11 Dec 1842
Baptism Place: Sedgley, Stafford, England
Father: Samuel Lester
Mother: Susanna
FHL Film Number: 1040789
Reference ID: item 4 p 53

Catherine

Catherine Report 2 Oct 2016 16:23

1841 Samuel married to Susannah

Name: Saml Lester
Age: 30
Estimated birth year: abt 1811
Gender: Male
Civil Parish: Kingswinford
Hundred: North Seisdon
County/Island: Staffordshire
Country: England
Street address:
Occupation:
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Registration district: Stourbridge
Sub-registration district: Kingswinford
Neighbors: View others on page
Piece: 996
Book: 12
Page Number: 1
Household Members:
Name Age
Saml Lester 30
Susanah Lester 25
Ann Lester 7
Elizabeth Lester 5
Saml Lester 3
Susanah Lester 9 Mo


Name: Ann Lester
Gender: Female
Baptism Date: 19 Jan 1834
Baptism Place: Sedgley,Stafford,England
Father: Samuel Lester
Mother: Susanna
FHL Film Number: 435839, 435840, 435841


Name: Elizabeth Lester
Gender: Female
Baptism Date: 6 Dec 1835
Baptism Place: Gornall,Stafford,England
Father: Samuel Lester
Mother: Susanna
FHL Film Number: 426549


Name: Samuel Lester
Gender: Male
Baptism Date: 11 Mar 1838
Baptism Place: Gornall,Stafford,England
Father: Samuel Lester
Mother: Susanna
FHL Film Number: 426549


Name: Susanna Lester
Gender: Female
Baptism Date: 4 Oct 1840
Baptism Place: Gornall,Stafford,England
Father: Samuel Lester
Mother: Susanna
FHL Film Number: 426549

Catherine

Catherine Report 2 Oct 2016 16:26

Marriage:-

Samuel Lester
mentioned in the record of Samuel Lester and Susanna Parker
Name Samuel Lester
Spouse's Name Susanna Parker
Event Date 05 Aug 1832
Event Place Wolverhampton, Stafford, England


Susannah death:-

Name: Susannah Lester
Registration Year: 1850
Registration Quarter: Oct-Nov-Dec
Registration district: Dudley
Parishes for this Registration District: View Ecclesiastical Parishes associated with this Registration District
Inferred County: Staffordshire
Volume: 18
Page: 238


In 1851 census, Thomas Lester is 5mths old so born end of 1850. I would say the two records are related.

KathleenBell

KathleenBell Report 2 Oct 2016 16:29

There is this marriage:-

First name(s) Samuel
Last name Lester
Marriage year 1832
Marriage date 05 Aug 1832
Marriage place Wolverhampton, St Peter
Denomination Anglican
Residence Wolverhampton
Spouse's first name(s) Susanna
Spouse's last name Parker
Spouse's residence Wolverhampton
County Staffordshire
Country England
Archive reference D1157/1/1/36
Page 89
Register type Marriage
Record set Staffordshire marriages

Kath. x

Chris Ho :)

Chris Ho :) Report 2 Oct 2016 16:43

(also on below link)

http://www.freereg.org.uk/

Chris :)

Register type Unspecified
Marriage date 5 Aug 1832
Groom forename Samuel
Groom surname LESTER
Groom condition Bachelor
Bride forename Susanna
Bride surname PARKER
Bride condition Spinster
Witness Mary PARKER
Witness Jeremiah PARKER
Register note Banns


Baptism
County Staffordshire
Place Lower Gornal
Church name St James the Great
Register type Unspecified
Register entry number 1598
Baptism date 11 Mar 1838
Person forename Samuel
Person sex M
Person abode Delph
Father forename Samuel
Father surname LESTER
Father occupation Engineer
Mother forename Susanna


West Midlands Birth indexes for the years: 1838

LESTER Samuel Kingswinford Dudley Register Office KIN/001/431

http://www.westmidlandsbmd.org.uk/index.php

MargaretM

MargaretM Report 2 Oct 2016 16:52

A couple of trees on Ancestry have second wife as Sarah Mansell.

KathleenBell

KathleenBell Report 2 Oct 2016 17:01

There is this marriage (but it's in Yorkshire) to a Sarah Green (but NOT Green Cox):-

First name(s) SAMUEL
Last name LISTER
Marriage quarter 4
Marriage year 1854
Registration month -
MarriageFinderâ„¢ SAMUEL LISTER married one of these people
>>>>>SARAH GREEN<<<<<, EMMA STOCKWELL
District LEEDS
District number -
County Yorkshire
Country England
Volume 9B
Page 372
Record set England & Wales marriages 1837-2008

Kath. x

KathleenBell

KathleenBell Report 2 Oct 2016 17:03

This is the marriage to Sarah Mansell (already given by Catherine above):-

England & Wales marriages 1837-2008 Transcription
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First name(s) SAMUEL
Last name LESTER
Marriage quarter 2
Marriage year 1857
Registration month -
MarriageFinderâ„¢ SAMUEL LESTER married one of these people
>>>>>SARAH MANSELL<<<<<, MARY PRESTON
District MARKET DRAYTON
District number -
County Shropshire
Country England
Volume 6A
Page 1339

Kath. x

LondonBelle

LondonBelle Report 2 Oct 2016 17:11

There is a Marriage Announcement in the Staffordshire Advertiser dated 02 May 1857

On the 28th ultimo, at Stoke-on-Tern, by the Rev W Honeyman, Mr Samuel Lester, to Mary, only daughter of Mr George Preston, of Ollerton

So it looks like the Samuel Lester in the 1857 Marriage married Mary Preston not Sarah Mansell

KathleenBell

KathleenBell Report 2 Oct 2016 17:14

That rules out Sarah Mansell then.

Kath. x

KathleenBell

KathleenBell Report 2 Oct 2016 17:17

Wonder if it was a second marriage for "Sarah".

There is this marriage of a Sarah Cox, possibly to a Mr. Green:-

First name(s) SARAH
Last name COX
Marriage quarter 4
Marriage year 1848
Registration month -
MarriageFinderâ„¢ SARAH COX married one of these people
>>>>>JOHN GREEN<<<<<, GEORGE HUNT, FRANCIS HALFORD
District WEST BROMWICH
District number -
County Staffordshire
Country England
Volume 18
Page 783
Record set England & Wales marriages 1837-2008

Kath. x

ArgyllGran

ArgyllGran Report 2 Oct 2016 17:22

Re Sarah Green Cox (if this is her):

Sarah Green Cox
in the England, Select Births and Christenings, 1538-1975
Name: Sarah Green Cox
Gender: Female
Baptism Date: 5 Aug 1829
Baptism Place: Sedgley, Stafford, England
Father: James Cox
Mother: Sarah
FHL Film Number: 1040789
Reference ID: item 2 p 46


???
Sarah Cox
in the 1851 England Census
Name: Sarah Cox
Age: 21
Estimated birth year: abt 1830
Relation: Servant
Gender: Female
Where born: Sedgley, Staffordshire, England
Civil Parish: Sedgley
Ecclesiastical parish: Sedgley
County/Island: Staffordshire
Country: England
Registration district: Dudley
Sub-registration district: Sedgley
ED, institution, or vessel: 02
Neighbors: View others on page
Household schedule number: 30
Piece: 2030
Folio: 36
Page Number: 9
Household Members:
Name Age
John Soliday 44
Mary Soliday 46
Thomas Soliday 17
Sarah Cox 21


Can't tell what happened to her after that - lots of Sarah Cox-es married and/or died in Dudley reg district 1851-61, and in 1861 and later there are lots of married Sarahs born 1929 Sedgley.

None with middle name Green, unfortunately.

ArgyllGran

ArgyllGran Report 2 Oct 2016 17:31

???

Sarah Cox
in the 1841 England Census
Name: Sarah Cox
Age: 12
Estimated birth year: abt 1829
Gender: Female
Where born: Staffordshire, England
Civil Parish: Sedgley
Hundred: North Seisdon
County/Island: Staffordshire
Country: England
Registration district: Dudley
Sub-registration district: Sedgley
Neighbors: View others on page
Piece: 998
Book: 5
Folio: 38
Page Number: 27
Household Members:
Name Age
Sarah Cox 12


Omitted from Ancestry transcription are her father James, and sister Jane and brother Francis

safc

safc Report 2 Oct 2016 17:44

????


Harry Lester
Ohio Deaths
Name Harry Lester
Event Type Death
Event Date 28 Apr 1929
Event Place Lenox Twp., Ashtabula Co., Ohio
Address Lenox Center
Gender Male
Age 74
Marital Status Married
Race white
Occupation retired
Birth Date 24 Sep 1854
Birthplace England
Birth Year (Estimated) 1855
Burial Date 02 May 1929
Cemetery Knollwood cemetary
Father's Name Samuel Lester
Father's Birthplace Cngland
Mother's Name Sarah Cox
Mother's Birthplace England
Spouse's Name Ellen Lester

LondonBelle

LondonBelle Report 2 Oct 2016 18:41

Samuel & Sarah's first two children where born in London there are baptism for them

Henry was born on 24 Sep 1854 and Bap 1 Jul 1855 - West Brompton
William was Bap 04 May 1856 Walham Green

Samuel's occ is Engineer on both Baptism as per the Censuses

Terence

Terence Report 2 Oct 2016 19:05

Hey,everybody.that is fantastic help for me.Appreciation to all you researchers,who have helped me on numerous occasions when I have hit the proverbial "Brick Wall"

Many thanks to you all,regards,Terry L.