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Hi
I'm new to the list and would like to know if anyone has any information on the following members of the Chester family.
Michael CHESTER (my 4xgt-grandfather) b. 1781 Nether Broughton, Leics - d. 1859 Long Clawson, Leics
Michael was married at least twice - his second wife, Elizabeth RANDALL, he married in 1832. Don't know anything about his first wife, except that she was the mother of Charles CHESTER, my 3xgt-grandfather.
Charles CHESTER (1817-1872) was married in 1838 to Mary GOODACRE, whose father John was a weaver in Holwell, Leics. This marriage was followed within a couple of months with the birth of my 2xgt-grandfather, John. Mary died in 1847. Charles was now working in Foremark, Derbyshire and in 1853 he was married in the Parish Church there to Hannah JAMES. They had four children: George (b. 1853), Mary Ann (b. 1855) and twins Thomas and Hannah (b. 1859). The twins were christened the day after their mother Hannah was buried in the churchyard at Foremark in 1859.
John CHESTER (1838-1880) was born in Holwell, Leics and died at St Barts Hospital, London. He was a baker and a family story is that he met my 2xgt-grandmother, Hannah PRESTON, when he was delivering bread to the house where she was working. I've no idea if that is true or not, but it's a nice idea! He married Hannah in 1867 at St James' Church, Shoreditch and they had two children, Annie (b. 1868) and my gt-grandmother Ellen (b. 1869).
Ellen (1869-1956) was the last of this Chester line and the name disappeared with her marriage to William WAINWRIGHT in Woodhouse Eaves, Leics in 1895. Ellen and William had 6 children: Frederick (b. 1896), Archibald (b. 1898), Clarice Helena (b. 1904), Francis Leonard (b. 1906), Everard (b. 1909) and Olive (b. 1912).
I hope that someone can help me fill in some of the blanks.
Hazel Wainwright (in sunny Cornwall)
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