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William HESTER 1781 – 1854 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1781

Birth Location: Frampton, Gloucestershire

Death Date: July 1854

Death Location: Newport, Monmouthshire, United Kingdom

Father: John Hester

Mother: Sarah Rakestraw

Spouse(s): Ann Domoney

Children(s): William Hester, Thomas HESTER

According to available records, William HESTER was born in 1781 in Frampton, Gloucestershire, the child of John Hester and Sarah (1755) Rakestraw. Following those early years, William HESTER married Ann Domoney, and their family grew to include William Hester and Thomas HESTER. In the later years of life, William HESTER died in 1854 in Newport, Monmouthshire, United Kingdom.

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Parents

John Hester
1759 – 1843
Birth Location: Bledlow Buckinghamshire
JH
Sarah Rakestraw
1755 – 1840
Birth Location: Radnage, Buckinghamshire, England
SR

Spouses(s)

Ann Domoney
1786 – 1854
Birth Location: Stoke Poges, Buckinghamshire, England
AD

Children(s)

William Hester
1820 – 1892
Birth Location: Risca, Monmouthshire, Wales
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Thomas HESTER
1827 – 1901
Birth Location: 1651823, Monmouthshire, Wales
TH

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Year: 1781
    Event Place: Frampton, Gloucestershire
    Record Source: 1841 Wales Census, Class: HO107; Piece: 751; Book: 10; Civil Parish: Risca; County: Monmouthshire; Enumeration District: 10; Folio: 24; Page: 19; Line: 22; GSU roll: 438847

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Year: 23 Jun 1823
    Event Place: Harmondsworth
    Record Source: England, Pallot's Marriage Index, 1780-1837

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Year: 1841
    Event Place: Risca, Monmouthshire, Wales
    Record Source: 1841 Wales Census, Class: HO107; Piece: 751; Book: 10; Civil Parish: Risca; County: Monmouthshire; Enumeration District: 10; Folio: 24; Page: 19; Line: 22; GSU roll: 438847

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Death
    Event Year: July 1854
    Event Place: Newport, Monmouthshire, United Kingdom
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