Brief Life History of Earl Calvin
When Earl Calvin Lester was born on 1 January 1877, in Elroy, Juneau, Wisconsin, United States, his father, Calvin G. Lester, was 26 and his mother, Florence E. Dix, was 24. He married Grace Gergen on 29 July 1908. He lived in Minneapolis, Hennepin, Minnesota, United States for about 30 years and Salt Lake, Utah, United States in 1937. He died on 26 May 1937, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, at the age of 60, and was buried in Ogden, Weber, Utah, United States.
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Family Time Line
Sources (13)
- Earl C Lester, "United States Census, 1910"
- Earl C Lester, "Utah, County Marriages, 1887-1940"
- Earl Calvin Lester, "Utah Death Certificates, 1904-1964"
Spouse and Children
1877–1937 Male
1887–1967 Female
Parents and Siblings
1850–1924 Male
1852–1926 Female
Siblings (2)
1874– Female
1877–1937 Male
World Events (8)
1881 · The Assassination of James Garfield
Age 4
1889
Age 12
1896 · Plessy vs. Ferguson
Age 19
Name Meaning
English: habitational name from Leicester, which is recorded as Ligeraceastre in the 10th century. The placename derives from an Old English folk name Legore ‘the dwellers by the river Legor (a lost river name)’ + Old English ceaster ‘city, Roman fortification’.
English (of Norman origin): habitational name from Lestre in Normandy.
English and Scottish: variant of Lister .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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