Lloyd Kenneth Lester

Brief Life History of Lloyd Kenneth

When Lloyd Kenneth Lester was born on 3 September 1911, in Camas, Clark, Washington, United States, his father, Fred Guy Lester, was 38 and his mother, Lydia Chaney, was 36. He married Mabel Lucille Clapp on 10 June 1940, in Yakima, Washington, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 daughter. He lived in Wapato, Yakima, Washington, United States in 1930 and Election Precinct 85 Sunnyside Rural 2, Yakima, Washington, United States in 1940. He died on 25 February 2009, in Yakima, Yakima, Washington, United States, at the age of 97, and was buried in Sunnyside, Yakima, Washington, United States.

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Family Time Line

Lloyd Kenneth Lester
1911–2009
Mabel Lucille Clapp
1915–1996
Marriage: 10 June 1940
Karen Lee Lester
1941–1942

Sources (18)

  • Kenneth L Lester, "United States 1950 Census"
  • Kenneth Lloyd Lester, "United States, GenealogyBank Obituaries, Births, and Marriages, 1980-2015"
  • Kenneth Lester, "Washington, County Marriages, 1855-2008"

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1937 · The Neutrality Act

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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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