See also

Family of William Henry Lester and Edith Rebecca Bowtle

  • Husband:

  • William Henry Lester (1895-1970)

  • Wife:

  • Edith Rebecca Bowtle (1889-1974)

  • Marriage:

  • Q1 1934

  • Loughton, Essex, England1,2

  •  

  • Edith was about 45 yrs of age when she married William H Lester who had two daughters, one of which was Muriel and Geoff did not know the name of the other. This does not quite stack up, see the children I found for his first marriage - David Wilkinson 14th November 2017

Husband: William Henry Lester

  • Name:

  • William Henry Lester2,3

  • Sex:

  • Male

  • Father:

  • -

  • Mother:

  • -

  • Birth:

  • 26 Nov 18953,4

  •  

  • Census:

  • 29 Sep 1939 (age 43)

  • 18 Smart's Lane, Loughton, Essex, England4

  •  

  • a married L.P.T.B (London Passenger Transport Board) conductor as Henry Lester living with his wife and daughter. Born on 26th November 1895

  • Death:

  • Q4 1970 (age 74-75)

  • Loughton, Essex, England3,5

Wife: Edith Rebecca Bowtle

  • Name:

  • Edith Rebecca Bowtle6

  • Sex:

  • Female

  • Father:

  • George Bowtle (1857-1940)

  • Mother:

  • Charlotte Ann Fewell (1856-1937)

  • Note:

  •  

  •  

  •  

  • Geoff Bowtle - no children.

  • Birth:

  • 26 Jan 1889

  • 207 Smarts Lane, Loughton, Essex, England1,4,6,7,8

  • Census:

  • 5 Apr 1891 (age 2)

  • 207 Smarts Lane, Loughton, Essex, England5

  •  

  • aged 2. Born in Loughton, living with parents.

  • Census:

  • 31 Mar 1901 (age 12)

  • Earls Road, Loughton, Essex, England7

  •  

  • daughter living with her parents George and Ann, sisters Alice and Dorothy, and brothers William, Georgie and Bertram. Born in Loughton Essex

  • Census:

  • 2 Apr 1911 (age 22)

  • The Chesnuts, Loughton, Essex, England9

  •  

  • Servant unmarried, aged 22 Cook General Born in Loughton Essex living with Frank Foster

  • Census:

  • 29 Sep 1939 (age 50)

  • 18 Smart's Lane, Loughton, Essex, England4

  •  

  • married doing unpaid domestic duties and living with her husband and steop-daughter. Born on 26th January 1889

  • Death:

  • Q2 1974 (age 85)

  • Loughton, Essex, England1,8

Note on Husband: William Henry Lester

William previously married Alice Margaret Turner in 1916 (1883-1932) in Romford10,11,12

Sources

1.

Geoff Bowtle personal communication.

2.

England and Wales Marriage Index 1837 - 2005, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). Epping 1934 quarter:1 volume:4a page:621. Cit. Date: 14 November 2017.

3.

England and Wales Death Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Epping 1970 quarter:4 volume:4a page:1847. Cit. Date: 14 November 2017.

4.

UK 1939 Register, (on-line at www.findmypast.co.uk). class:RG101 piece:1063A page:15 line:24 letter code:CCFW. Cit. Date: 14 November 2017.

5.

Geoff Bowtle personal communication. letter.

6.

England and Wales Birth Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Epping 1889 quarter:1 volume:4a page:311. Cit. Date: 14 November 2017.

7.

England and Wales Census 1901, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). class:RG13 piece:1639 folio:79 page:20. Cit. Date: 25 June 2019.

8.

England and Wales Death Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Epping Forest 1974 quarter:2 volume:9 page:2113. Cit. Date: 14 November 2017.

9.

England and Wales Census 1911, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). class:RG14 piece:9777 class:RG78 piece:515 registration district:189 sub-district:1 enumeration district:14 schedule:251.

10.

England and Wales Birth Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Romford 1883 quarter:3 volume:4a page:271. Cit. Date: 14 November 2017.

11.

England and Wales Marriage Index 1837 - 2005, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). Romford 1916 quarter:1 volume:4a page:980. Cit. Date: 14 November 2017.

12.

England and Wales Death Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Epping 1932 quarter:3 volume:4a page:311. Cit. Date: 14 November 2017.