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Ernest Gordon LESTER 1910–1994 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 27 Jan 1910

Birth Location: Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand

Death Date: 05 Jun 1994

Death Location: Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand

Father: William LESTER

Mother: Ellen MATHESON

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In 1910, Ernest Gordon LESTER entered the world in Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand, born to William Jamieson Lester And Ellen Matheson. Ernest Gordon LESTER passed away in 1994 in Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand.

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Biography

  • In 1910, Ernest Gordon LESTER entered the world in Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand, born to William Jamieson Lester And Ellen Matheson.
  • Ernest Gordon LESTER passed away in 1994 in Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand.

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Ernest LESTER's Ancestors

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Ernest LESTER
1910–1994
Birth Place: Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand
Parents
William Jamieson LESTER
1882–1941
Warrington, Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand
Ellen MATHESON
1888–1980
Shingly Creek Morrisons, Waihemo, Otago, New Zealand
Grandparents
William LESTER
1855–1918
Goodwood, Otago, New Zealand
Margaret (Elizabeth) JAMIESON
1855–1926
Ulster, Northern Ireland
Robert MATHESON
1847–1929
Eignaig Farm, Morven, Argyleshire, Scotland
Mary MUIR
1853–1921
Dunedin, N.Z.
Great-Grandparents
Thomas LESTER
1819–1859
Eliza KENNARD
1834–1927
John JAMIESON
1831–1893
Margaret GALWAY
1833–1893
John MATHESON
1819–1901
Margaret MILNE
1822–1890
John MUIR
1825–1895
Elizabeth McWHIRTER
1815–1895
2nd-Great-Grandparents
John LESTER
1797–
Mary SIMPSON
1797–
William KENNARD
1813–1875
Maria BAKER
1815–1903
William JAMIESON
1765–1869
John MATHESON
1765–1869
Anne McLEOD
1799–1875
Robert MILNE
1793–1861
Margaret HARDIE
1784–
Thomas MUIR
1796–1879
Mary ANDERSON
1800–1850
David McWHIRTER
1776–1854
Margaret MUIR
1784–1866

Ernest LESTER's Timeline

2 Records

1910
27 Jan 1910
Birth of Ernest Gordon LESTER in Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand
Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand
1994
05 Jun 1994
Age 84
Death of Ernest Gordon LESTER in Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand
Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 27 Jan 1910
    Event Place: Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 05 Jun 1994
    Event Place: Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand

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