Rebecca (Curry) Lester (1830 - 1903)

Born 22 Apr 1830 in Green Turtle Cay, Abaco, Bahamas

Ancestors

Wife of Graham Joseph Lester — married 7 Jun 1848 in Key West, Monroe County, Florida, USA

Descendants

Died 19 Dec 1903 at age 73 in Key West, Monroe County, Florida, USA

Rebecca (Curry) Lester is part of a Bahamian family.

Biography

Rebecca was born 22 April 1830 in Green Turtle Cay, Abaco, Bahamas.^[1] She was the daughter of Benjamin Curry Sr. and Martha Mary Albury.

She married Graham Joseph Lester on 7 June 1848 in Key West, Florida, in a ceremony performed by E. L. Blake, Minister of the Gospel.^[2]

Rebecca died on 19 December 1903 in Key West, and she is buried there in the City Cemetery.^[3]

Sources

1. ↑ Rebecca's full date of birth is carved on her grave stone. The date is consistent with her age in the 1850 census. L.L. Scott, "Rebecca Curry Lester," Memorial no. 13069499, posted 19 January 2006; memorial with photograph, Find A Grave (https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=13069499 : accessed June 2017). 1850 U.S. Census, Monroe County, Florida, population schedule, Key West Dis. no. 2, stamped page 165, dwelling 292, family 309, Joseph Lester household; digital image, Ancestry.com (https://www.ancestry.com/interactive/8054/4193084-00326/19398005?backurl=https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/person/tree/37835005/person/190100164787/facts/citation/680301807473/edit/record : accessed June 2017); citing National Archives microfilm M432, roll 59.
2. ↑ Monroe County Deeds D: 617, marriage license, Graham J. Lester and Rebecca Curry, 7 June 1848; digital image, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-99QR-MGSQ?mode=g&i=671&wc=QCLD-W36%3A350470101%2C350516701&cc=2046765 : accessed June 2017).
3. ↑ L.L. Scott, "Rebecca Curry Lester," Memorial no. 13069499, posted 19 January 2006; memorial with photograph, Find A Grave (https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=13069499 : accessed June 2017).