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October 29th, 1832 Wilsford, Wilts Born: Place: Died: Place: Bapt: Place: Died: Place: Oct 3rd, 1813 Wilsford, Wilts, UK AMJ, 1847 Neath, Glamorgan ~1811 Alton, Hilcott, Wilts ??? AMJ, 1847 Neath, Glamorgan Plot: Plot: # # 2: John 1815 3: Sarah 1816 4: Edward (m) 1818 5: James (m) 1818 6: Mary 1819 2: Elizabeth ~1815

1: JOICE OSLAND

1: GEORGE LESTER

George and Joice were married in Wiltshire and their first four children were registered in Devizes. Around 1842 after the death of infant George, the family moved to S. Wales, I believe to the same area as Joice’s (Stockwell) cousins. Infant Joyce was registered in Wales (1843), as was Abraham in 1845. Two years later both parents died and the children (excepting William who is in London, I believe in some kind of tailoring apprenticeship), moved back to Hilcott to live with their grandparents. UPDATE: Unfortunately we have now encountered the burial of WILLIAM LESTER – aged 9, son of George and Joyce at Neath in 1846. If this is William James b 1837 in Pewsey – we have big problems!!

"Wales, Glamorgan Parish Registers, 1558-1900," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VFCT-B77 : accessed 19 January 2016), William Lester, 1846; Burial, citing Llantwit-J-Neath, Glamorgan, Wales, Glamorgan Family History Society

Why would they both die so young?

In the 1851 census the children are living with the grandparents back in Hilcott, Abraham is using his middle name George which apparently he continue to use on all subsequent census’s (No Abrahams can be found).