Brief Life History of Hester Lee
When Hester Lee Lock was born on 3 March 1895, in Tennessee, United States, her father, Charles Lee Lock, was 30 and her mother, Alcie Sarah Flatt, was 34. She married William Henderson Young Jr on 13 November 1909, in Jackson, Tennessee, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons. She lived in Civil District 12, Jackson, Tennessee, United States in 1900 and Civil District 1, Jackson, Tennessee, United States in 1910. She died on 23 April 1957, at the age of 62, and was buried in Cookeville City Cemetery, Cookeville, Putnam, Tennessee, United States.
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Family Time Line
Sources (9)
- Hester Young in household of Henderson Young Jr., "United States Census, 1910"
- Legacy NFS Source: Hester Lee Lock - Published information: Family genealogies: birth-name: Hester Lee Lock
- Hester Lock, "Tennessee, County Marriages, 1790-1950"
Spouse and Children
1890–1973 Male
1895–1957 Female
Children (3)
1914– Male
1916–1998 Male
1918–1987 Male
Parents and Siblings
1864–1947 Male
1860–1957 Female
Siblings (5)
1884–1960 Female
1886–1967 Male
1891–1970 Male
1895–1957 Female
1905–1969 Female
World Events (8)
1896 · Plessy vs. Ferguson
Age 1
1898 · War with the Spanish
Age 3
1912 · The Girl Scouts
Age 17
Name Meaning
English: topographic name for someone who lived near an enclosure, a place that could be locked, Middle English loke, Old English loca. Middle English loke also came to be used to denote a barrier, in particular a barrier on a river which could be opened and closed at will, and, by extension, a bridge. The surname may thus also have been a metonymic occupational name for a lock-keeper.
English, Dutch, and German: nickname for a person with fine hair, or curly hair, from Middle English loc, Middle High German lock(e) ‘lock (of hair), curl’. Compare Lok .
Americanized form of German Loch .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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