John LESTER ^1,521

  Noted events in his life were:

1. Occupation: Farmer: Mount Pearl, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. ²⁵¹⁵

2. Alt. Birth, 1818, Poole, Dorset, England. ⁴⁵⁵

3. Immigration: Came over with Sir James Pearl, 1832, Mount Pearl, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. ³¹¹² This information on one of the story boards of the Alcock and Brown 100th Anniversary exhibit at Admiralty House Museum

4. Property: Fairmead Farm, 1854, Mount Pearl, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. ³¹¹² According to the 100th anniversary exhibit commemorating the trans-Atlantic flight of Alcock and Brown at the Admiralty House Museum which I viewed on July 17, 2019, John Lester's original farm was known as Fairmead which is still in operation by family members today.

5. Property: Uplands Farm, Cir 1875, Mount Pearl, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. ³¹¹² According to the 100th anniversary exhibit commemorating the trans-Atlantic flight of Alcock and Brown at the Admiralty House Museum which I viewed on July 17, 2019, John Lester's descendants operated a farm that was known as Uplands Farm. For reasons unknown, this is where my great grandmother was at the time of her death according to her gravestone in Ferryland.

6. Alt. Death, 3 Oct 1893, Mount Pearl, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. ²⁵⁰⁹

John married Mary Grace EALES, daughter of John EALES and Mary ASHTON, on 2 Feb 1842 in St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.²⁵⁰⁹ (Mary Grace EALES was born on 1 Jun 1821 in St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada ²⁵⁰⁹ and died on 17 Mar 1876 in Mount Pearl, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada ²⁵⁰⁹.)