Brief Life History of Willie Elizabeth
When Willie Elizabeth Jester was born on 7 November 1882, in Harrisonville, Cass, Missouri, United States, her father, William Madison Jester, was 48 and her mother, Mary Elizabeth Hughes, was 43. She married John Hamilton Duncan on 4 August 1901, in Cass, Missouri, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 2 daughters. She lived in Grand River Township, Cass, Missouri, United States in 1900. She died on 5 December 1918, in Freeman, Cass, Missouri, United States, at the age of 36, and was buried in Freeman, Cass, Missouri, United States.
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Family Time Line
Sources (4)
- Willie E Jester in household of William M Jester, "United States Census, 1900"
- Willie Jester, "Missouri, County Marriage, Naturalization, and Court Records, 1800-1991"
- Willie Elizabeth Jester Duncan, "Find A Grave Index"
Spouse and Children
1879–1945 Male
1882–1918 Female
Children (6)
1903–1988 Male
1910–1991 Female
1912–1995 Male
1914–1996 Male
1916–1993 Female
+1 More Child
Parents and Siblings
1834–1920 Male
1839–1921 Female
Siblings (8)
1861–1930 Female
1866–1922 Male
1869–1968 Male
1872–1919 Female
1874–1948 Female
+3 More Children
World Events (8)
1886
Age 4
1886 · Giving Working Men a Union
Age 4
1896 · Plessy vs. Ferguson
Age 14
Name Meaning
English (Warwickshire): occupational name for a jester, from Middle English gester ‘mimic, buffoon; professional reciter of romances’.
German: from the ancient Germanic personal name Gastharo, composed of the elements gast ‘guest, foreigner’, earlier ‘foreign warrior’ + heri ‘army’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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