William Richards LESTER

[DaveHam9]

William Richards Lester c. 26 Jun 1817 Portsea, Hampshire
William LESTER & Mary Elizabeth

Arrived NSW ?

Marriage V1851220 37B/1851 LESTER WILLIAM E [?] - HALLORAN PHILLIS P W - MF= CofE Sydney St. Lawrence

Death 10479/1887 LESTER WILLIAM R - WILLIAM - MARY E - MUDGEE

The Sydney Morning Herald - Sat 13 Aug 1887 p.1
Deaths.
LESTER.-August 11, at his residence, Market-street, Mudgee, William Richards Lester, only son of the late Captain W. R. Lester, R.N., in his 70th year.

Thanks,

Dave

 

[horse]

Have you got him in 1841, Dave?

Geoff

 

[DaveHam9]

No Geoff.

Dave

 

[horse]

No Geoff.

Thanks, Dave.. A couple trees have him on a HULK in 1834, surely not right with that pedigree?

Geoff

 

[DaveHam9]

No idea Geoff.

This came up on googling.

https://parkviewhotelmudgee.com.au/history/

Dave

 

[DaveHam9]

Curious - born after his baptism ??

https://thetamaringasmiths.blog/lester-ward/

P P Ward Halloran?

Marriage V1851220 37B/1851 LESTER WILLIAM E [?] - HALLORAN PHILLIS P W - MF= CofE Sydney St. Lawrence

Page 98
Marriages solemnized in the Parish of St. Lawrence Sydney in the County of Cumberland in 1851
No. 285
William Richard Lester of this Parish Bachelor
Phillis Priscilla Ward Halloran of this Parish Spinster
married in this Church by License with consent of -
this Fifth day of June 1851 By me Alfred H. Stephen
Parties signed: W. R. Lester, P. P. W. Halloran
Witnesses: Henry Ferris of Pitt Street, Annie M Halloran of Wooloomooloo

 

[DaveHam9]

Born WARD but married as Halloran

WARD PHILLIS P 10446/1831 V183110446 1C JAMES ELIZABETH * looked up
WARD PHILLIS P 831/1831 V1831831 15 JAMES ELIZABETH * looked up
WARD PHILLIS P 831/1831 V1831831 16 JAMES ELIZABETH * error with volume
WARD PHILLIS P 156/1831 V1831156 157 JAMES ELIZABETH * can't look up


Catch you later Geoff.

Dave

 

[horse]

Yeah, was looking at that, tree has this for parents..

""James" Ward Sr
1784–1837

Elizabeth Somerville/ Mcgrath / Frazier/Ward.
1796–1868"

OK, Dave.. Speak later.

Geoff

 

[DaveHam9]

I can't see a Halloran - Ward marriage so something a bit odd.

Back in about three hours.

Dave

 

[horse]

This is the HULK, transcription..

William LesterAge: 18
Date Received: 4 Nov 1834
Ship: Leviathan
Place Moored: Portsmouth
Date Convicted: 20 Oct 1834
Place Convicted: Newington

Geoff

 

[horse]

Back in about three hours.

OK, Dave.. Going meself shortly.

Geoff

 

[gibbo]

Not sure if you want or need this.
William Richards Lester
BIRTH unknown
DEATH 1887
BURIAL
Mudgee General Cemetery
Mudgee, Mid-Western Regional Council, New South Wales, Australia
PLOT Meth, D
MEMORIAL ID 48577289 · View Source
Wife Mary is mentioned on the headstone but it states she is buried at the Waverley Cemetery.

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/48577289/william-richards-lester
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[gibbo]

P P Ward Halloran?

Marriage V1851220 37B/1851 LESTER WILLIAM E [?] - HALLORAN PHILLIS P W - MF= CofE Sydney St. Lawrence

Page 98
Marriages solemnized in the Parish of St. Lawrence Sydney in the County of Cumberland in 1851
No. 285
William Richard Lester of this Parish Bachelor
Phillis Priscilla Ward Halloran of this Parish Spinster
married in this Church by License with consent of -
this Fifth day of June 1851 By me Alfred H. Stephen
Parties signed: W. R. Lester, P. P. W. Halloran
Witnesses: Henry Ferris of Pitt Street, Annie M Halloran of Wooloomooloo

Annie M Halloran was a witness to the marriage so could the NSW index have been a transcribing error?? Or her mother remarried??

 

[DaveHam9]

Thanks gibbo.

Baptism has mother as Elizabeth. P P W could call herself Halloran if her mother remarried but no marriage in NSW index 1830 - 1851 for Elizabeth.

I have no idea how the witness fits in.

 

[DaveHam9]

??
129/1850 V1850129 79 HALLORAN ROBERT J - HALL ANNIE M - JB

1922/1850 V18501922 73C HALLORAN ROBERT J - HILL ANNIE M - JB

 

[DaveHam9]

Death WARD ELIZABETH 6343/1868 WILLIAM S DIED RICHMOND RICHMOND * 8 Feb

The tree has her parents as James and Ann. ??


Mother didn't remarry so the only other way is to marry a Halloran but 1851 marriage has her as a spinster.

 

[gibbo]

According to the link you posted previously. I can't prove much of it at all but if correct it would explain why so many names so maybe Halloran was another defacto relationship.

1356/1812 V18121356 3A MCGRATH MICHAEL -- SOMERVILLE ELIZABETH - CA [Michael died 1852]

1. Mary Ann MCGRATH
2 Margaret MCGRATH
3 Thomas James MCGRATH
4 Ann MCGRATH
5 Michael MCGRATH
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
1820 partner [no marriage] John Frazier - John died Wed 10 Dec 1823 Concord NSW AUS; age: 34y.
1 John FRAZIER
2 Daniel FRAZIER
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
James Ward partner [no marriage] 1825 - died 1837
1 Jane WARD
2 Sarah WARD
3 Eliza WARD born Sat 18 Oct 1828 Richmond NSW AUS; died 1885 Waterloo NSW AUS
4 Phillis Priscilla WARD
5 James WARD

 

[gibbo]

There is a lot that is not adding up Dave.

 

[DaveHam9]

Dunno gibbo.

How many ways can P P Ward be a spinster and marry as Halloran? Her mother remarries before 1851 - not found. Any other way?

Elizabeth dies as Ward with an error ? for her father's name.

If P P W was not a spinster then she married a Halloran before 1851 - not found.

Phillis Priscella Ward
Christening: 3 Apr 1831
Event Place: Richmond, New South Wales
Gender: Female
Father's Name: James Ward
Mother's Name: Elizabeth

 

[gibbo]

Interesting to look at Dave, the MGrath kids were put in a home and some adopted.

https://australianroyalty.net.au/tree/purnellmccord.ged/individual/I54669/Elizabeth-Somerville