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this looks like the family in 1901 sarah must have been with her uncle


Name Betsy Lester
Event Type Census
Event Date 31 Mar 1901
Event Place Diseworth (Leicester), Derbyshire, England
County Derbyshire
Civil Parish Diseworth (Leicester)
Ecclesiastical Parish Diseworth St Michael
Sub-District Castle Donington
Registration District Shardlow
Gender Female
Age 16
Occupation EMBROIDERER
Relationship to Head of Household Daughter
Birth Year (Estimated) 1885
Birthplace Diseworth, Leicestershire
Schedule Type 88
Page Number 13



Household

Role

Gender

Age

Birthplace

Frank Lester Head M 45 Long Whatton, Leicestershire
Ann Lester Wife F 35 Diseworth, Leicestershire
Betsy Lester Daughter F 16 Diseworth, Leicestershire
Richard Lester Son M 11 Diseworth, Leicestershire
John Lester Son M 8 Diseworth, Leicestershire
Mary Lester Daughter F 7 Diseworth, Leicestershire
Agnes Lester Daughter F 5 Diseworth, Leicestershire
Frank Lester Son M 0 Diseworth, Leicestershire

Thank you again Malyon that was my Aunt Betsy

the death in 1891 I added could not be ann lester sarah's mother

Thank you Margaret thats her wonder if she married and the n went to Canada

Okay Malyon so she is his sister looks like she was still in England in 1911 shes on a census in Beeston

Was you aware of GR Member Jennifer, who is researching Mary?, she was on a 'Help Thread' below (Derek)

Chris :)

http://www.genesreunited.co.nz/boards/board/records_office/thread/1191073?d=desc&page=125


Marriages Sep 1918 (>99%)
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Lester Mary Priestley Shardlow 7b 1005
Priestley Arthur Lester Shardlow 7b 1005


(and looks like Parents Frank and Annie on below, from 'google search')


http://www.leicestershirevillages.com/uploads/853aef3cb7cf12058076391.pdf

(St. Michael and All Angels, Diseworth burials 1813-2013)


Deaths Mar 1924 (>99%)
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Lester Frank 68 Shardlow 7b 700


Deaths Mar 1927 (>99%)
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Lester Annie 60 Shardlow 7b 804

(possibly more family names on above Burial link, a Fanny Morgan, James Poxon also)


(the Sarah 'Outward' 1910, is travelling with a William Lester 19. occ. Labourer)

She married Robert Croom shortly after the 1911 census:

First name(s) SARAH
Last name LESTER
Marriage quarter 2
Marriage year 1911
Registration month -
MarriageFinder™ SARAH LESTER married
ROBERT CROOM
District SHARDLOW
County Derbyshire
Volume 7B Page 1111
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She on this passenger list in 1925 with husband and children:

Canadian Passenger Lists, 1865-1935
Name: Sarah Croom
Gender: Female
Age: 34
Birth Year: abt 1891
Birth Country: England
Date of Arrival: 23 May 1925
Vessel: Aurania
Port of Arrival: Quebec, Canada
Port of Departure: Liverpool, England

Robert Croom 37 (born Newark) Occ: Engineers miller
Intended occupation: farming
Destination: Winnipeg

Sarah Croom 34 (born Diseworth) Occ: Housewife
Reginald Croom 13 (born Gateshead)
Albert Croom 10 (born Beeston)
Philip Croom 8 (born Beeston)
Joyce E Croom 5 (born Beeston)

Albert (Sarah's son) marriage listed October 8, 1938
The Winnipeg Tribune from Winnipeg

"Viola C. Stuart And Albert Croom Are Wed In Cartwright The home of Mr. and Mrs. Harold Stone, Cartwright, Man., was the scene of a wedding on Thursday afternoon, Sept. 29, when Miss Viola Christina Stuart was married to Mr. Albert Croom."
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2002 Obituary for Philip Croom (Sarah's son)-

http://www.ckdr.net/philip-croom
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Joyce (Sarah's daughter) passed away in 2014 - details/ photo here:

http://www.wheatlandfs.com/obits/obituary.php?id=625275

Gravestone of Robert & Sarah:

CROOM:
Robert- born July 9th 1887- died February 9th 1936
Sarah- born Nov 27th 1890- died December 3rd 1945

Burial:
Cartwright Cemetery
Cartwright
Pilot Mound Census Division
Manitoba, Canada
Plot: 117 S1/2 (purchased by Sarah Croom)

NOTE- Sarah's date of birth has been incorrectly transcribed (as 1903) on findagrave.com

https://s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/find-a-grave-prod/photos/2013/197/98786348_137409483822.jpg
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Sarah's birth date on Grave fits with birth registration:

First name(s) SARAH
Last name LESTER
Birth year 1891
Birth quarter 1
District SHARDLOW
County Derbyshire
Country England
Volume 7B Page 457

Thank you Chris will try and message her.

Thank you AustinQ for all the interesting information very exciting to see she had 3 children who are my second cousins.