Winifred Jeanne Lester (abt. 1924 - 1992)

Born about 1924 in Omaha, Douglas, Nebraska, United States

Wife of William Cosby Cochran — married about 10 May 1942 in El Paso, El Paso, Texas, United States [uncertain]

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Biography

Jeanne was born about 1924 in Omaha, NE. She married William C. Cochran of Fort Payne, AL about 10 May 1942. It is likely Jeanne and William divorced at some point and that she later remarried.

Sources

• "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XQKX-S3Z : accessed 27 January 2022), Jean Lester in household of Francis O Lester, Omaha, Douglas, Nebraska, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 112, sheet 11B, line 77, family 167, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 1277; FHL microfilm 2,341,012.

• "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K994-7KN : 6 January 2021), Jeanne Lester in household of Francis Lester, Omaha, Douglas, Nebraska, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 94-151, sheet 6B, line 72, family 131, 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, roll 2274.

• "Texas Birth Index, 1903-1997," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V84X-P5Q : 5 December 2014), Winifred Jeanne Lester in entry for Betty Lee Cochran, 11 May 1943; from "Texas Birth Index, 1903-1997," database and images, Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.com : 2005); citing Texas Department of State Health Services.

• Personal knowledge of nephew-in-law, Lee McCartney