Maryette Lester

Brief Life History of Maryette

When Maryette Lester was born on 25 December 1838, in Duane, Franklin, New York, United States, her father, Enoch Lester, was 33 and her mother, Prudence Grovesteen, was 20. She married John Patterson on 11 April 1859, in Franklin, New York, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 3 daughters. She lived in Malone, Franklin, New York, United States in 1915. She died on 16 August 1919, in Malone, Malone, Franklin, New York, United States, at the age of 80, and was buried in Bangor, Bangor, Franklin, New York, United States.

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Family Time Line

John Patterson
1838–1902
Maryette Lester
1838–1919
Marriage: 11 April 1859
Oscar Patterson
1859–
Bettie Prudence Patterson
1862–1939
Mary Patterson
1869–1940
Loretta Patterson
1874–
Oscar Lawrence Patterson
1877–1953

Sources (11)

  • Maryette Patterson in household of Lois Chapman, "United States Census, 1860"
  • Mary Patterson, "New York, State Death Index, 1880-1956"
  • Mary Lester in entry for Oscar Lawrence Patterson, "United States, Social Security Numerical Identification Files (NUMIDENT), 1936-2007"

World Events (8)

1846

U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.

1853

Incorporated in 1853.

1863

Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.

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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1875 census

listed in the household of Mariette and John Patterson was a boarder named Ignace Plumadore-age 95. Ignace was from the state of Michigan. He was a noted guide in the Duane, Mt View area, a trapper an …

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