Born about in Ulster, Ireland
Ancestors 
Daughter of John Jamieson
and Margaret (Galway) Jamieson
Wife of
William Lester
— married
31 Mar 1879 in Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand
Descendants 
Mother of
Louisa Emeline Lester, William Jamieson Lester, Margaret Elizabeth (Lester) McLew and John Ernest Lester
Died
at about age 71
in Palmerston, Otago, New Zealand
Profile last modified
| Created 4 Oct 2018
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Biography
When Margaret Elizabeth Jamieson was born in 1855, her father, John, was 30, and her mother, Margaret, was 25.
Margaret married William Lester on 31 March 1879, in Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand.[1] They had four children during their marriage.
Margaret died (age 71) n March 11, 1926, in Otago, New Zealand at the age of 71.[2]
Margaret was mentioned on a memorial in Palmerston Cemetery, Palmerston, Waitaki District, Otago, New Zealand with a death date of 11 March 1926.[3]
Sources
- ↑
Marriage:
"New Zealand, Civil Records Indexes, 1800-1966"
citing Marriage, New Zealand, registration number 1879/806, Archives of New Zealand, Wellington
FamilySearch Record: Q24V-FK7B (accessed 1 April 2024)
https://www.bdmhistoricalrecords.dia.govt.nz/Search/Search.aspx?Path=%2FqueryEntry.m%3Ftype%3Dmarriages
Margaret Jamieson marriage to William Lester in 1879 in New Zealand. - ↑
Death:
"New Zealand, Civil Records Indexes, 1800-1966"
citing Death, New Zealand, registration number 1926/3612, Archives of New Zealand, Wellington
FamilySearch Record: QG6K-TPVH (accessed 1 April 2024)
https://www.bdmhistoricalrecords.dia.govt.nz/Search/Search.aspx?Path=%2FqueryEntry.m%3Ftype%3Ddeaths
Margaret Lester death 1926 in New Zealand. - ↑
Memorial:
Find a Grave (no image)
Find A Grave: Memorial #268702865 (accessed 1 April 2024)
Memorial page for Margaret Lester (unknown-11 Mar 1926), citing Palmerston Cemetery, Palmerston, Waitaki District, Otago, New Zealand (plot: Old Block 39, Plot 4-5); Maintained by Waipounamu (contributor 50093296).
- Margaret Elizabeths family trees
- Ancestry.com. New Zealand, Marriage Index, 1840-1937 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2014. Original data: New Zealand Marriage Index, 1840–1950. Microfiche.
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