Upton Lester
1875 - 1964-
Name Upton Lester Birth Between 01 Jul and 30 Sep 1875 Stoke on Trent 
[1, 2] Gender Male Death 08 May 1964 Winnipeg, Canada Person ID I1452 Calow/Doig family tree Last Modified 23 Jun 2016
Father William Lester, b. 3 Apr 1840, Newcastle under Lyme d. 20 Nov 1905, Stoke on Trent (Age 65 years) Relationship natural Mother Helen Wagstaffe, b. 27 Jun 1842, Macclesfield d. 15 Oct 1909, Stoke on Trent (Age 67 years) Relationship natural Marriage 27 Dec 1870 Prestbury, Cheshire [3] Family ID F651 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Edith Annie Lunt, b. Between 01 Oct and 31 Dec 1876, Macclesfield d. 15 Jan 1950, Belair, Manitoba, Canada Marriage 15 Jul 1899 Ennistymon, Co. Clare Notes - Marriage not registered from D-1893 to D-1900.
Children 1. Joseph William Reginald Lester, b. 20 Oct 1907, Macclesfield Registration District d. 10 May 1986, Winnipeg (Age 78 years) [Father: natural]2. Alexander Upton Lester, b. 30 Aug 1905, Macclesfield d. 15 Oct 1988, Winnipeg (Age 83 years) [Father: natural]3. Edith Maud Lester, b. 12 Oct 1900, Macclesfield d. 03 Feb 1983, Winnipeg (Age 82 years) [Father: natural]Family ID F823 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 23 Jun 2016
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Notes - Emigrated to Canada from Liverpool on 01/04/1911 arriving Halifax, Nova Scotia 10/04/1911 on SS Canada. He was bound for Montreal. Settled near Winnipeg.
Arrived Liverpool from Montreal on 05/09/1920 on SS Melita
Left Liverpool for Quebec on 04/11/1920 on SS Minnedosa, arriving 16/11/1920
Left Montreal on 28/10/1921 on SS Minnedosa for Liverpool, arriving 05/11/1921. Going to Almora House, Prestbury Road, Macclesfield.
Left Liverpool on 11/04/1922 for St. John, New Brunswick, arriving 26/04/1922 on SS Empress of Britain
Left Montreal for Liverpool on 16/06/1922
Returned to Canada with whole family from Liverpool departing 11/08/1922
On last visit to Macclesfield was staying with T H Lunt, cousin, The cottage, Broken Cross, Macclesfield.
Emigrated to work as a pipefitter on the locks which were being built at Lockport, Manitoba. He bought the land and founded Lester Beach, a resort on Lake Winnipeg.
Built the first school in the area and daughter Maud taught there from 1944 to 1960.
Worked with his brother Percy as a quarryman in Ireland from 1898 to 1901.
The Lesters were one of the first pioneer families at Belair, Manitoba. They originally settled at Mapleton near Selkirk, Manitoba.
The family home was completed in 1923.
- Emigrated to Canada from Liverpool on 01/04/1911 arriving Halifax, Nova Scotia 10/04/1911 on SS Canada. He was bound for Montreal. Settled near Winnipeg.
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