Jessie (Lawson) Prest (abt. 1865)

Born about 1865 in Canada West

Wife of William Dobson Prest — married 27 Sep 1892 in Lincoln, Ontario, Canada

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Biography

Jessie Lawson was born daughter of FATHER WILLIAM LAWSON, MOTHER AGNES LAWSON 1864 in Ontario. She married William Dobson Prest ca 1861-1935 on 27 September 1892, in Lincoln, Ontario, Canada. They had two children:Russell Lawson Prest and Jessie Ruth Prest. She died at age 42 on 21 Nov 1906 in Niagara, Lincoln, Ontario.

Sources

• "Canada Census, 1891," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MWLF-76V : 3 August 2016), Jessie Lawson, Niagara, Lincoln and Niagara, Ontario, Canada; Public Archives, Ottawa, Ontario; Library and Archives Canada film number 30953_148153.
• "Canada, Ontario Marriages, 1869-1927," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FMVY-H8K : 8 March 2021), William Dobsen Prest and Jessie Lawson, 27 Sep 1892; citing registration , Queenston, Lincoln, Ontario, Canada, Archives of Ontario, Toronto; FHL microfilm 1,870,472.
• "Canada, Ontario Births, 1869-1912," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FM8X-V2X : 2 March 2021), Jessie Lawson in entry for Jessie Ruth Prest, 07 Oct 1897; citing Birth, Lincoln, Niagara, Ontario, Canada, citing Archives of Ontario, Toronto; FHL microfilm 1,906,132.