Hester was born in 1852. Her Birth Certificate shows her name as Hester, but by the time of her marriage to Edward Stiles in 1872 she was shown on the marriage Certificate as Esther. She passed away in 1919, her Death Certificate showed her again as Hester, but by the time her headstone was in place she was back to Esther. By this time she and Edward and most of the children were known by the surname Styles at least by her Death in 1919. She is buried with her husband Edward in the Anglican Section, Kilabakh General Cemetery, Kilabakh, New South Wales, Australia.
Births registered in New South Wales. Citation details: V18521210 39A/1852 BISHOP HESTER JOHN CAROLINE
Marriages registered in New South Wales. Citation details: 2608/1872 STILES EDWARD BISHOP ESTHER MANNING RIVER
Deaths Registered in New South Wales. Citation details: 20770/1919 STYLES HESTER JOHN CAROLINE TAREE
Mid North Coast Pioneers - Newcastle to Lismore and beyond. http://mncp.scss.dyndns.info/tree/mncp.ged/individual/I41147/Hester-Caroline-BISHOP
New South Wales Registry of Births, Deaths and Marriages
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