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Lucetta S. Lester

BIRTH: Oct 1844, , , New York
DEATH: AFT 5 Jun 1900, of, Binghamton, Broome, New York
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Father: James W. Lester (Apr 1818 - AFT 5 Jun 1900)
Mother: Sarah Whipple (28 May 1824 - 1895)

Family 1: Frank Shearer (Aug 1842 - AFT 5 Jun 1900)

MARRIAGE: ABT 1865

+James William Shearer (Nov 1870 - AFT 22 Apr 1910)

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|--Lucetta S. Lester 
|  (1844 - 1900)
|                                                                                        _Samuel Whipple _____+
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|                                                                  _Samuel Whipple _____|_Bethia Patch _______
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|_Sarah Whipple ______|
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Notes

!SOURCE: A Partial list of the Descendents of Matthew Whipple, the Elder, of Bocking, Essex County, England / Compiled from Divers Sources by Henry Burdette Whipple (High Point, North Carolina, Oct. 1965-1969), 2:123.

!SOURCE: Email from email hidden to Weldon Whipple, 25 May 1998.

!SOURCE: Email from Fran Laux (email hidden) to the Whipple Website, 8 Feb 1999. Confirms that Lucetta is the mother of James William Shearer.

!SOURCE: Email from email hidden to Weldon Whipple, 25 Jan 2012. Cites 1855 NY State Census of the Town of Conklin, Broome County, NY (http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~nybroome/fnotes/nbk1go.htm):

James age 37 b. Schenectady Co. farmer
Sarah age 31 b. Pa.
D.A. age 12 b. Schenectady
L.S. age 10
Alanson age 8
A.P. age 4

!SOURCE: 5 Aug 1850 U.S. Federal Census of Duanesburgh, Schnectady, New York, p. 53-54, dwelling 367, family 377:

James Lester, 33, farmer, b. NY
Sarah Lester, 26, b. NY
David A. Lester, 7, b. NY
Lucetta S. Lester, 5, b. NY
Alanson C. Lester, 3, b. NY

Living next door (dwelling 368, family 378) to:

George W. Lester, 31, farmer, b. NY
Mordecai Lester, 79, farmer, b. CT
Mary Lester, 40, b. NY
Mahitable Lester, 36, b. NY
Alanson Lester, 26, school teacher, b. NY
Enoch Lester, 7, b. NY

Living next door (dwelling 369, family 379) to:

Mordecai Lester Jr., 29, farmer, b. NY
Margaret E., Lester, 18, b. NY
Henry R., Lester, 1, b. NY

!SOURCE: 16 Jul 1860 U.S. Federal Census of Binghamton, Broome, New York, p. 210 (15), family 1481:

James Lester, 43, b, NY
Sarah Lester, 36, b. PA
David A. Lester, 17, b. NY
Lucette Lester, 15, b. NY
Alanson Lester, 13, b. NY
Abram Lester, 9, b. NY

!SOURCE: 1 Jun 1880 U.S. Federal Census of Binghamton district 39, Broome, New York, p. 2, dwelling 21, family 21:

Lester, James, 63, farm hand, b. NY, parents b. NY
Lester, Sarah, 55, wife, keeping house, b. PA, father b. NY, mother b. PA
Lester, Laura, 17, dau, at home, b. NY, father b. NY, mother b. PA
Finch, Ezekil, 83, boarder, b. NY, parents b. NY

Living near (dwelling 18, family 18, on Broome Street):

Shearer, Frank, 37, gardner, b. NY, parents b. NY
Shearer, Lucetta, 35, keeping house, b. NY, father b. NY, mother b. PA
Shearer, James W., 9, son, at school, b. NY, parents b. NY

!SOURCE: 5 Jun 1900 U.S. Federal Census of District 15, Binghamton Ward 6, Broome, New York, sheet 3A (p. 5), residing at 17 Broome St., dwelling 46, family 58:

Shearer, Frank, head, b. Aug 1842, age 58, married 35 yrs., b. NY, parents b. NY, Market Gardner
Shearer, Lucetta S., wife, b. Oct 1844, age 55, married 35 yrs, 3 children (1 living), b. NY, father b. NY, mother b. PA
Spencer, Hebert C., nephew, b. Nov 1884, age 15, b. NY, father b. MA, mother b. NY, at school
Lester, James, father-in-law, b. Apr 1818, age 82, widowed, b. NY, parents b. NY

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