Birth c 1890 in Lehigh, Webster County, Iowa.

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I am looking for birth details for Hugh Lester born c 1890 Lehigh, Webster County, Iowa. son of Jonathon and Martha Lester, both born Lancashire, England.

Hugh had an elder sister born c 1888 'in American waters'!

Would like to find details of this family's arrival in America 1888/1889, also their departure from America.

I have found the family back in England on the British 1891 census.

 

[jorose]

http://www.idph.state.ia.us/eh/vital_records_info.asp - info on Iowa birth certificates.
http://www.rootsweb.com/~iawebste/webgenso.htm - or try the Webster County Genealogical Society.

Can't spot the family on castlegarden.org, perhaps you could try using alternative spellings.

[JustJean]

I can't see them either on Castle Garden on any ship but you know I'd bet a sum of money they were on the Adriatic since that is the name given to Hugh's sister.  Do you have any idea what the initials A. O. stood for in her name?  You don't happen to know a more exact date of birth for her?  The Adriatic was on a regular run to NY during this time frame.  All the voyages between 1887 and 1889 are found microfilmed as follow below but I think Castle Garden has all of them indexed online.    Were there any Lester family members in the US or Iowa when they arrived?  Oddly enough there is an arrival of a Miss A.O. Lester age 20 in about 1887 who was a US citizen.  The early passenger lists unfortunately don't give final destinations.

1   M237   503   54   1887   January   17   305   Adriatic   Liverpool, England   1027371
2   M237   503   ?   1887   February   14   718   Adriatic   ?   1027371
3   M237   504   258   1887   March   12   413   Adriatic   Liverpool, England and Queenstown, England   1027372
4   M237   505   376   1887   April   9   459   Adriatic   Liverpool, England and Queenstown, England   1027373
5   M237   506   522   1887   May   7   472   Adriatic   Liverpool, England and Queenstown, England   1027374
6   M237   507   670   1887   June   4   903   Adriatic   Liverpool, England and Queenstown, England   1027375
7   M237   509   823   1887   July   2   115   Adriatic   Liverpool, England and Queenstown, England   1027377
8   M237   509   949   1887   July   30   941   Adriatic   Liverpool, England and Queenstown, England   1027377
9   M237   510   1085   1887   August   27   893   Adriatic   Liverpool, England and Queenstown, England   1027378
10   M237   512   1230   1887   September   23   174   Adriatic   Liverpool, England and Queenstown, England   1027380
11   M237   513   1364   1887   October   21   425   Adriatic   Liverpool, England and Queenstown, England   1027381
12   M237   514   1487   1887   November   19   278   Adriatic   Liverpool, England and Queenstown, England   1027382
13   M237   514   1603   1887   December   18   959   Adriatic   Liverpool, England and Queenstown, England   1027382
14   M237   515   61   1888   January   16   295   Adriatic   Liverpool, England and Queenstown, England   1027751
15   M237   515   166   1888   February   11   733   Adriatic   Liverpool, England and Queenstown, England   1027751
16   M237   518   528   1888   April   28   635   Adriatic   Liverpool, England and Queenstown, England   1027754
17   M237   520   677   1888   May   25   538   Adriatic   Liverpool, England   1027756
18   M237   522   844   1888   June   23   129   Adriatic   Liverpool, England and Queenstown, England   1027758
19   M237   523   988   1888   July   21   243   Adriatic   Liverpool, England and Queenstown, England   1027759
20   M237   524   1130   1888   August   18   208   Adriatic   Liverpool, England   1027760
21   M237   525   1255   1888   September   14   213   Adriatic   Liverpool, England   1027761
22   M237   526   1402   1888   October   13   214   Adriatic   Liverpool, England and Queenstown, England   1027762
23   M237   527   1531   1888   November   12   69   Adriatic   Liverpool, England and Queenstown, England   1027763
24   M237   528   1638   1888   December   8   183   Adriatic   Liverpool, England   1027764
25   M237   529   10   1889   January   5   77   Adriatic   Liverpool, England and Queenstown, England   1027765

At this point very much still a mystery.  A pity too that the US 1890 census was destroyed and there are no emgration records for the US...only incoming ones.

Best wishes
Jean

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Jorose and Jean,

Thanks to you both for the information - much appreciated.

Will follow up the leads.

Glenys
 

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Jorose - I have now sent emails to the two addresses you gave.

Jean - re people entering America - do you have website details where I can perhaps trace this Lester family?

I have searched the castlegarden site using variations of the surname etc. without success

Glenys

[JustJean]

Hi Glennys

I wish I did!  The reasons why I asked further questions on details of Hugh's sister is to try and pinpoint what month and year they likely arrived.  Then to confirm if all the passenger lists for the Adriactic are extant and indexed for this time frame.  It's possible the one you want is missing..or perhaps can be found elsewhere through NARA but not online at Castle Garden or Ancestry yet.... but I've never undertaken that level of immigration research.  I believe you can request research from NARA but I believe you have to know quite a few details first.  Not sure exactly how this process might work.  I think also that some passenger films might be available through your FHC or certainly must be held at SLC but again....not familiar with the process.  Perhaps someone else will come to your assistance with more info!

Best wishes
Jean

[avm228]

Do you have any idea what the initials A. O. stood for in her name? 

Presumably she is the 25 yr old spinster/servant with the splendid name of Adriatic Atlantic Ocean LESTER who sailed from Liverpool to New York on the Celtic, arriving on 30 March 1913.  Her next of kin was named as "Mother: Martha Lester, 30 Decher (?) St, Sutton St. Helens,   Lancs".  Final destination was Bridgeport, Conn, where she was joining her brother Jno. Lester of 79 Orange (or Grange?) St, Bridgeport.  Her birthplace was given as "Born on board SS Adriatic".  She said she was previously in the US in 1897 in Webster.

Edited to add: the manifest for this voyage can be viewed free at www.ellisisland.org

Anna

[JustJean]

Anna....positively brilliant    What a name!!

Best wishes
Jean

[avm228]

Following on from the above, there is also an outward passenger list for the same voyage at www.findmypast.com - credits required to view it.  It will be different from the passenger manifest and will most likely contain less detail, though there may be information on there which does not appear on the manifest.

She's indexed here as Adrentic A.O. Lester.

Anna