Sarah (Muma) Kester (1838 - 1925)

Born 8 Oct 1838 in Blenheim, Oxford, Ontario, Canada

Ancestors

Wife of Nelson Kester — married 26 Oct 1858 in Lambton, Ontario, Canada

Descendants

Died 28 Jun 1925 at age 86 in Springfield, Lane, Oregon, United States

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Biography

Sarah Muma was born 08 Oct 1838, in Blenheim, Oxford County, Ontario, Canada. She is a daughter of Michael and Sarah Muma.

She married Nelson Kester, 26 Oct 1858 in Lambton County, Ontario, Canada. ^[1]

In 1881, the family was residing in Petrolia, Lambton County, Ontario, Canada. ^[2]

In 1910, Nelson and Sarah resided in Springfield, Lane County, Oregon. Living with them daughters Alberta and Alice. ^[3]

Sarah Kester passed away 28 Jun 1925, in Springfield, Lane County, Oregon. She is buried in the Laurel Grove Cemetery. ^[4]

Sources

1. ↑ "Ontario, County Marriage Registers, 1858-1869," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2CB-ZNQ6 : 17 March 2018), Nelson Kester and Sarah Muma, 26 Dec 1858; citing Lambton, Ontario, Canada, Archives of Ontario, Toronto; FHL microfilm 1,030,058.
2. ↑ "Canada Census, 1881," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MVDP-5G9 : 11 March 2018), DEFAULT RECORD TITLE - CHANGE ME, Petrolia, Lambton, Ontario, Canada; citing p. 9; Library and Archives Canada film number C-13277, Library and Archives Canada, Ottawa, Ontario; FHL microfilm 1,375,913.
3. ↑ 1910 Census; "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MLYR-KG4 : accessed 10 August 2018), Nelson Kester, Springfield, Lane, Oregon, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 165, sheet 5A, family 65, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 1283; FHL microfilm 1,375,296.
4. ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #33956021, database and images (accessed 10 August 2018), memorial page for Sarah Muma Kester (1836–28 Jun 1925), citing Laurel Grove Cemetery, Springfield, Lane County, Oregon, USA; Maintained by jessicado (contributor 47066171).

Research Notes

• Birth Information: I had 08 Oct 1838, Lobo, Middlesex, Ontario, Canada. Sources for this are in hardcopy files, I did not put them into computer. Virgil M. Kester III. Margaret Summitt has in profile Kester-1674, Sarah's birth as 08 Oct 1838, Blenheim Twp., Oxford County, Ontario, Canada.