Clarke - Lester Families

Margaret Catherine Lester

Female 1864 - 1945  (81 years)


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  • Name Margaret Catherine Lester 
    Birth 10 Apr 1864  Kings County, New Brunswick, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Gender Female 
    Death 9 Nov 1945  Kings County, New Brunswick, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Burial 11 Nov 1945  Gondola Point, Kings County, New Brunswick, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I72  Lester
    Last Modified 23 Mar 2016 

    Father Charles Gilbert O'Dell,   b. 22 Sep 1860, Kings County, New Brunswick Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 4 Aug 1943, Saint John, New Brundswick, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 82 years) 
    Mother Edna Anne Saunders,   b. 15 Mar 1832, Hampton, Kings County, New Brunswick, Canada Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 19 Feb 1905, Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.A. Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 72 years) 
    Marriage 22 Mar 1855  Trinity Anglican, Kingston, Kings County, New Brunswick, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Family ID F5  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family James Blakney Carpenter,   b. 30 Dec 1860, New Brunswick, Canada Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 27 Feb 1939, Kings County, New Brunswick, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 78 years) 
    Children 
     1. Evlyne Carpenter,   b. 16 May 1885, Kings County, New Brunswick, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location
     2. Emma Adelia Carpenter,   b. 11 Aug 1886, Kings County, New Brunswick, Canada Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 22 Feb 1937, Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 50 years)
     3. James Wendell Carpenter,   b. 11 Jan 1888, Kings County, New Brunswick, Canada Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 24 Apr 1922, Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 34 years)
     4. Blanch Lavinia Carpenter,   b. 12 Oct 1889, Kings County, New Brunswick, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location
     5. Howard Lester Carpenter,   b. 27 Apr 1891, Kings County, New Brunswick, Canada Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 10 Dec 1961, Kings County, New Brunswick, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 70 years)
     6. Helen H Carpenter,   b. 3 Jul 1893, Kings County, New Brunswick, Canada Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 12 Feb 1951 (Age 57 years)
     7. Lloyd Elias Carpenter,   b. 5 Apr 1895, Kings County, New Brunswick, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location
     8. Stanley Purdy Carpenter,   b. 27 Jun 1897, Kings County, New Brunswick, Canada Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 12 Sep 1953, Kings County, New Brunswick, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 56 years)
     9. Gordon Carpenter,   b. 10 Mar 1899, Kings County, New Brunswick, Canada Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1903, Kings County, New Brunswick, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 3 years)
     10. Leo Horace Carpenter,   b. 2 Oct 1907, Kings County, New Brunswick, Canada Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 3 Oct 1957, Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 50 years)
    Family ID F24  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 23 Mar 2016 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 10 Apr 1864 - Kings County, New Brunswick, Canada Link to Google Earth
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  • Notes 
    • She was called Maggie by the family.
      In a letter of 1944, Harriet Lester wrote to RG that Aunt Maggie planned to be married again at the age of 78.

      Death certificate - obtained June 26, 2002
      - cause of death, myocardia Nov 9 1945
      - informant= Lloyd E Carpenter, son
      - father = William B Lister, birthplace = England
      - mother = Edna Ann Saunders, birthplace = Kings Co NB

      She married her 2nd cousin.

      1891 Census of Canada



      From Gail Slade Mar 2009
      3 Evlyne Carpenter b 16 May 1885
      4.Emma Carpenter b 11 Aug 1886
      5 James Wendall Carpenter b 1887 married Hazel Lydia Sherwood 10 Feb 1915 she born 11 Feb 1895 Hammond River, Kings Co., NB, Canada, the daughter of Charles H Sherwood and Amy Caroline Saunders (daughter of Susanne Caroline Worden and Isaias Saunders, son of George and Amy!)
      6 Blanche L Carpenter b 12 Oct 1889 married Anthony Theodore Scribner, son of Albert Scribner and Almaretta Saunders
      7 Howard Carpenter b 27 Apr 1891 05 Jan 1915 married Lillian M Currie at St John d 10 Dec 1961
      8 Stanley Carpenter (spelled anyway you can think) b 27 Jun 1896
      9 Gordon B Carpenter b 10 Mar 1899 d 1903

      1911 / New Brunswick / Kings and Albert / 13 Rothesay Parish / page 17


      World Connect July 2013 - marriage
      30 DEC 1860 in of Rothesay, Kings, NB, Canada

  • Sources 
    1. [S6] Census - 1901.

    2. [S2] Vital Record -NB.
      on line record

    3. [S10] Church Records New Brunswick.



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