LESTER, Jessie Kerr McReath

Name – LESTER, Jessie Kerr McReath
Born – 1875
Died – 22/12/1934
Location – No 12 Methodist Section
Mother – Mary Kerr
Father – Charles William Heron

Notes – Jessie Kerr McReath Heron was born to Mary (nee Kerr) and Charles William Heron at Emerald Hill, Victoria in 1875. Jessie was a trained nurse and was working at Nyngan NSW in 1903-4.

In 1905 Jessie Kerr McReath Heron married John Andrew Lester. They moved to Elong Elong, NSW before coming to live in the Tara District at the Pethton area. They had five children being Ferdinand, Stanley, William, Herbert and Jessie.

Jessie’s census records are 1903 Wombiana St, Nyngan NSW where she was a nurse and after her marriage Jessie and John in 1913 at Elong Elong, Liverpool NSW Labourer and Home Duty. In 1928 John, Jessie and Jessie May at Journeys End, Perthton Siding near Tara.

Her son Stanley was the Tara Undertaker for many years and also a keen member of the Tara Bowls Club where he was also the greenkeeper and had a magnificent rose garden there and at his house opposite the hospital.

Jessie shares her resting place with her husband John. Their headstone reads – In Loving Memory of our dear parents, JOHN A. LESTER. Died Nov.3.1935. Aged 62 years. JESSIE K.LESTER. Died Dec.22.1934. Aged 59 years.

Newspaper Article – Obituary of husband John A Lester

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