Hettie Frances Lester

Brief Life History of Hettie Frances

When Hettie Frances Lester was born on 13 October 1881, in Mercer, Kentucky, United States, her father, Thomas P Moore Lester, was 32 and her mother, Olive C Purdom, was 30. She married William Wheeler Gibson on 12 February 1902, in Mercer, Kentucky, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 7 daughters. She lived in Cornishville, Mercer, Kentucky, United States in 1920 and Harrodsburg, Mercer, Kentucky, United States in 1940. She died on 30 June 1947, in Harrodstown, Kentucky, Virginia, United States, at the age of 65, and was buried in Bruners Chapel Baptist Church Cemetery, Harrodstown, Kentucky, Virginia, United States.

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Family Time Line

William Wheeler Gibson
1877–1957
Hettie Frances Lester
1881–1947
Marriage: 12 February 1902
Venier Gibson
1903–1966
Margaret Gibson
1912–1982
Inez Gibson
1904–1986
Maggie Gibson
1907–
Maggie D Gibson
1908–
William Conrad Gibson
1910–1979
Kathryn Lester Gibson
1913–1986
Dorothy F Gibson
1919–1920

Sources (15)

  • Hettie F Gibson in household of William W Gibson, "United States Census, 1940"
  • Hettie Lester, "Kentucky, County Marriages, 1797-1954"
  • Hattie Laster, "Kentucky, Deaths, 1911-1967"

World Events (8)

1882 · The Chinese Exclusion Act

A federal law prohibiting all immigration of Chinese laborers. The Act was the first law to prevent all members of a national group from immigrating to the United States.

1892 · The Radio is invented

Kentucky native Nathan Stubblefield invented the radio in 1892

1899 · USS Shubrick is Launched

On March 11, 1899 the USS Shubrick was laid, on October 31, 1899 it was launched. The ship was named after William Branford Shubrick. It was sponsored by Miss Caroline Shubrick and commissioned in 1901 with Lt Allen M Cook in command.

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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