William Tester, son of William Tester, farm labourer and Rhoda Tester [Mitchell] [Heasman]
Date
Type
Information
Source
 
Jan to Mar 1847
Born
In the Parish of East Grinstead, Sussex; registered at East Grinstead District, Sussex; ref: 1847 Q1 Vol 7 Page 376
Forest Row Parish Registers
Jeff Hazeltine's research
 
8th Mar 1869
Christened
At Holy Trinity Church in the Parish of Forest Row, Sussex; aged 22 years on 6.3.69, son of William Tester (sawyer) and Rhoda Tester
Forest Row Parish Registers
Alan Beattie's research
 
July to Sep 1871
Married
Registered at East Grinstead District, Sussex; ref: 1871 Q3 Vol 2b Page 207
Jeff Hazeltine's research
 
1874
Birth of a son
In the Parish of Forest Row, Sussex
Forest Row Parish Registers
 
1888
Birth of a son
In the Parish of East Grinstead, Sussex
1891 Census
East Grinstead, Sussex
Jeff Hazeltine's research
 
1891
Birth of a son
Jeff Hazeltine's research
 
1872
Birth of a daughter
In the Parish of Forest Row, Sussex; registered at East Grinstead District, Sussex; ref: 1872 Q3 Vol 2b Page 129
Forest Row Parish Registers
Jeff Hazeltine's research
 
Apr to June 1877
Birth of a daughter
In the Parish of East Grinstead, Sussex; registered at East Grinstead District, Sussex; ref: 1877 Q2 Vol 2b Page 130
Jeff Hazeltine's research
 
1883
Birth of a daughter
In the Parish of East Grinstead, Sussex
1891 Census
East Grinstead, Sussex
Jeff Hazeltine's research
 
1886
Birth of a daughter
In the Parish of East Grinstead, Sussex
1891 Census
East Grinstead, Sussex
Jeff Hazeltine's research
 
30th Mar 1851
Census
At Ashdown Forest in the Parish of East Grinstead, Sussex; Son
1851 Census
East Grinstead, Sussex
 
3rd Apr 1881
Census
At Lingfield Road in the Parish of East Grinstead, Sussex; William Tester, M, Head, married, age 34, born East Grinstead; occupation: saw sharpener
1881 Census
East Grinstead, Sussex
 
5th Apr 1891
Census
At 53, Lingfield Road in the Parish of East Grinstead, Sussex; William Tester, M, Head, married, age 44, born Forest Row, Sussex; occupation: sawyer's labourer
1891 Census
East Grinstead, Sussex

The ancestral pedigree of William Tester
  
 John Testerm: c 1795Mary 
 b: 1758
d: May 1824 East Grinstead, Sussex
bur: 27th May 1824 St Swithin Parish Church, East Grinstead, Sussex
  b: 1765 Sussex
d: Oct 1846 East Grinstead, Sussex
bur: 3rd Oct 1846 St Swithin Parish Church, East Grinstead, Sussex
 
  
   
 Hannah William William
 b: 1803 East Grinstead, Sussex
ch: 17th Apr 1803 St Swithin Parish Church
 b: 1805 East Grinstead, Sussex
ch: 20th Nov 1805 St Swithin Parish Church
 b: 1807 Forest Row, Sussex
ch: 18th Oct 1807 St Swithin Parish Church, East Grinstead, Sussex
d: 26th Oct 1884 East Grinstead, Sussex
bur: 29th Oct 1884 Holy Trinity Church, Forest Row, Sussex
     
Grandfather record
   
   
    
2nd marriageWilliam Tester
farm labourer
m: 23rd Jan 1844 St Swithin Parish Church, East Grinstead, SussexRhoda Mitchell2nd marriage
 b: 1807 Forest Row, Sussex
ch: 18th Oct 1807 St Swithin Parish Church, East Grinstead, Sussex
d: 26th Oct 1884 East Grinstead, Sussex
bur: 29th Oct 1884 Holy Trinity Church, Forest Row, Sussex
  b: 1812 Hartfield, Sussex
d: 25th Feb 1884 Thompsett's Bank, Forest Row, Sussex
bur: 29th Feb 1884 Holy Trinity Church, Forest Row, Sussex
 
  
      
 Hannah Margaret William Tirzah Harriot Trayton
 b: 1843 East Grinstead, Sussex b: 1845 East Grinstead, Sussex b: Jan to Mar 1847 East Grinstead, Sussex
ch: 8th Mar 1869 Holy Trinity Church, Forest Row, Sussex
 b: 1848 East Grinstead, Sussex
ch: 5th Jul 1865 Holy Trinity Church, Forest Row, Sussex
d: 3rd Jan 1875
 b: 1851 East Grinstead, Sussex
ch: 5th Jul 1865 Holy Trinity Church, Forest Row, Sussex
d: Apr 1884 Forest Row, Sussex
bur: 23rd Apr 1884 Holy Trinity Church, Forest Row, Sussex
 b: 1855 East Grinstead, Sussex
ch: 9th Feb 1873 Holy Trinity Church, Forest Row, Sussex
          
Parental record
   
   
    
 William Tester
saw sharpener
m: Jul to Sep 1871Mary Wickenden 
 b: Jan to Mar 1847 East Grinstead, Sussex
ch: 8th Mar 1869 Holy Trinity Church, Forest Row, Sussex
  b: 1849 East Grinstead, Sussex
ch: 30th Sep 1849 St Swithin Parish Church
 
  
       
 Charlotte Allan John Florence Kate Edith Hetty Lilian William Harold Leonard Alfred C.
 b: 1872 Forest Row, Sussex
ch: 29th Sep 1872 Holy Trinity Church
 b: 1874 Forest Row, Sussex
ch: 27th Sep 1874 Holy Trinity Church
d: Mar 1875 Forest Row, Sussex
bur: 23rd Mar 1875 Holy Trinity Church, Forest Row, Sussex
 b: Apr to Jun 1877 East Grinstead, Sussex b: 1883 East Grinstead, Sussex b: 1886 East Grinstead, Sussex b: 1888 East Grinstead, Sussex b: 1891
        
Family record

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