Frederick Lester (abt. 1906 - 1982)

Born about 1906 in Virginia, United States

Ancestors

Died Apr 1982 at about age 76 in Chester, Pennsylvania, United States

Biography

Not in 1900 census with parents and siblings suggesting he was born after 1900.

Per 1920 census, he was born in 1905.

He moved by 1930 with his parents to Penn, Chester, Pennsylvania.

On 14 Aug 1930, he married Verna G. Hall; by 1940, he was working as a laborer in a fiber factory in Penn, Chester, Pennsylvania. His widowed mother and a niece lived with his family.

In 1950, he was enumerated in Parkesburg, Chester, Pennsylvania, working as a carpenter for a building contractor.

Died in 1982.

Sources

• "United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33S7-9RJ6-68Q?cc=1488411&wc=QZJY-5FK%3A1038215501%2C1036857901%2C1039646401%2C1589332479 : 14 September 2019), Virginia > Montgomery > Christiansburg > ED 113 > image 17 of 28; citing NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
• "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33S7-9R84-93N6?cc=1810731&wc=QZF4-ZPQ%3A649490601%2C649386701%2C649472901%2C1589282408 : 8 December 2015), Pennsylvania > Chester > Penn > ED 57 > image 5 of 12; citing NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002).
• "Pennsylvania, County Marriages, 1885-1950," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HT-6FD9-J1Y?cc=1589502 : 24 June 2016), > image 1 of 1; county courthouses, Pennsylvania.
• "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QSQ-G9MT-J754?cc=2000219&wc=QZX5-7VW%3A790227701%2C792839601%2C800706501%2C800706502 : accessed 17 January 2024), Pennsylvania > Chester > West Sadsbury Township > 15-122 West Sadsbury Township outside Atglen Borough > image 2 of 19; citing Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012.
• "United States Census, 1950," (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QHK-SQHW-X9N5-P?personaUrl=%2Fark%3A%2F61903%2F1%3A1%3A6XB1-8KCP)
• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/245396280/fred-lawrence-lester: accessed 17 January 2024), memorial page for Fred Lawrence Lester (10 Apr 1904–Apr 1982), Find a Grave Memorial ID 245396280, citing Oxford Cemetery, Oxford, Chester County, Pennsylvania, USA; Maintained by Pamplemouse (contributor 51324697).