Hugh William Lester

Male 1884 - 1972  (87 years)


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  • Name Hugh William Lester 
    Birth 07 Jun 1884  Fulham Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Gender Male 
    Death 17 Apr 1972  Mornington, Victoria Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Person ID I3816  Calow/Doig family tree
    Last Modified 23 Jun 2016 

    Father John Beaumont Lester,   b. 30 Dec 1851, Liverpool Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 10 Jul 1894, Whitechapel Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 42 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Mother Rose Freyberg,   b. Between 01 Jan and 31 Mar 1853, Belgravia, Middlesex Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 27 Apr 1931, Kensington Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Relationship natural 
    Marriage 24 Jul 1880  Earls Court Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Notes 
    • May have been other children born at Fulham between 1884 and 1893 who died before 1891 (there are several Lester births and deaths at Fulham in this period).
    Family ID F109  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Marjorie Elizabeth Ritchie,   b. Between 25 Jul 1892 and 24 Jul 1893, Port Fairy, Victoria, Australia Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 26 Dec 1945, Mansfield, Victoria Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 53 years) 
    Marriage 24 Jul 1918  London Find all individuals with events at this location  [4, 5
    Notes 
    • It is not known whether there were any children.
    Children 
     1. Dr John Ritchie Lester,   b. 21 Apr 1919, Mansfield, Victoria, Australia Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 29 Sep 1999, Aurora, Oregon Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 80 years)
     2. Jean Marjorie Lester,   b. 30 Nov 1920, Shanghai Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 2 May 2016, Melbourne, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 95 years)
     3. Geoffrey Hugh Lester,   b. 26 Sep 1922, Shanghai Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 17 Apr 1943, New South Wales, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 20 years)  [Father: natural]
     4. Richard William Lester,   b. 7 Feb 1925, Shanghai Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 16 Sep 2012, Melbourne, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 87 years)
    Family ID F1716  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 8 May 2017 

    Family 2 Living 
    Family ID F1717  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 23 Jun 2016 

  • Notes 
    • Was in World War 1 (received medals), Captain West Riding Regiment, later Captain, Acting Major in 3rd Duke of Wellington's. (This was a reserve battalion and remained in UK throughout the war)

      Left Liverpool for Melbourne 10/01/1919 with his wife on SS Osterley. At this time was still using the rank of Captain in the army. Settled at Mansfield, Victoria and was a grazier. He appears in the electoral lists up to 1954 which is as far as are available.

      In the Melbourne Argus of 30/08/1928 he is referred to as having been involved in the sale of Bullocks.

  • Sources 
    1. [S48] Birth certificate.

    2. [S107] Electoral register.
      Listed in 1954

    3. [S211] Marriage certificate 1890.

    4. [S168] GRO Marriage Index, St. Geo. Han. Sq., September 1918, volume 1a page 1073.

    5. [S209] Marriage certificate.