Thomas Gordon Nester (1931 - 2013)

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Biography

Thomas was born in 1931. He was the son of Wilmer Nester and Lura Mabry. He passed away in 2013.

Research

Census: 23 Apr 1940, Black Hollow Rd., Dublin, Pulaski County, Virginia lines 38-46, family 39, enumeration district 78-3, 1935 lived Pulaski County, Virginia Rosco Nester - head of household, male, white, age 44, married, 2nd grade education, born Virginia, worked 70 hours farm labor week ending March 30, 1940, worked 52 weeks 1939, earned $340 year ending December 31, 1939, rents farm $8 month Lura Nester - wife, female, white, age 44, married 5th grade education, born Virginia, housework Phillip Nester - son, male, white, age 16, single, 4th grade education, born Virginia Calvin Nester - son, male, white, age 15, single, 5th grade education, born Virginia Ethel Nester - daughter, female, white, age 14, single, attending 6th grade, born Virginia, student Elizabeth Nester - daughter, female, white, age 12, single, attending 5th grade, born Virginia Charlie Nester - son ,male, white, age 10, single, attending 3rd grade, born Virginia Thomas Nester - son, male, white, age 9, single, attending 2nd grade, born Virginia Sherwood Nester - son, male, white, age 7, single, attending 1st grade, born Virginia^[1]

Sources

1. ↑ "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VRB1-5B7 : 14 March 2018), Lura Nester in household of Rosco Nester, Dublin Magisterial District, Pulaski, Virginia, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 78-3, sheet 3A, line 39, family 39, 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 4287.

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