Amy Jean (Bennett) Lester (1909 - 1986)

Born 8 Jan 1909 in South Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Ancestors

Wife of Terence James Lester — married 1935 in Victoria, Australia

Died 3 Aug 1986 at age 77 in Hartwell, Victoria, Australia

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Biography

Amy Jean Bennett was born on 8 January 1909 in South Melbourne, Victoria. She was the daughter of Eliza (Hill) Bennett and Charles Lewis Bennett.^[1][2]

She married Terence James Lester in 1935.^[3]

Amy Lester died on 3 August 1986 in Hartwell, aged 77.^[4][5][6] She was buried in Burwood Cemetery.^[1]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} Find a Grave, database and images (accessed 13 June 2023), memorial page for Amy Jean Bennett Lester (8 Jan 1909–3 Aug 1986) Find A Grave: Memorial #212588900, citing Burwood Cemetery, Burwood, Whitehorse City, Victoria, Australia; maintained by ! woowoo (contributor 49949980). Plot Church of England 5, Grave 357.
2. ↑ Victoria BDM birth registration number 4843/1909. Name: Amy Jean Bennett; father: Chas Lewis; mother: Hill Eliza; place: South Melbourne. Accessed 8 December 2021.
3. ↑ Victoria BDM marriage registration number 817/1935. Amy Jean Bennett; Terence Jas Lester. Accessed 7 December 2021.
4. ↑ Amy Jean Lester, died 3 August 1986. Death notice published on 4 August 1986 in The Age (Melbourne), cited in: Ryerson Index Inc., "The Ryerson Index to Death Notices and Obituaries in Australian Newspapers." Accessed 2 April 2023.
5. ↑ Public Record Office Victoria. Probate and Administration Files. VPRS28/P0016 971/992. Amy Jean Lester: Grant of probate. Residence: Burwood; Occupation: Widow. Date of grant: 30 October 1986. Date of death: 3 August 1986. CC BY 4.0. Accessed 2 April 2023.
6. ↑ Victoria BDM death registration number 19556/1986. Name: Amy Jean Lester; father: Bennett Charles Edwin; mother: Hill Eliza; place: Hartwell; age: 77; birthplace: Melbourne. Accessed 7 December 2021.