Kester - Family History & Genealogy Message Board

Re: kester cemetry in vigo county indiana

mkester148 — 2009-10-11 01:47:31Z

GeoCities is now dead and the person who was maintaining this listing seemed to stop.

Here is my website, which has a link to the Kester Family Cemetery information in Vigo County, Indiana. There is a complete index with an overhead view, headstones photos and details. Click on the CEMETERIES button.

http://www.planetKESTER.com

Geo KESTER, Sr 1777-1838 was NOT married to Elizabeth HETZLER

jokester239 — 2009-08-13 03:10:27Z

FLASH! If your KESTER files and or database contains the information that George KESTER, Sr (1777-1838) was married to Elizabeth HETZLER you are a lazy family historian/genealogist!

George KESTER, Sr (1777-1838) was married (1st) to Julia Ann Wolfe from ca1797 to her death in 1817. He married (2nd) Elizabeth (Unknown) ca1821. Elizabeth (Unknown) was born 1777 and died 1838. Both are buried in Palestine Cemetery, Palestine, Darke Co, OH.
George and Elizabeth are the parents of at least one son, Daniel KESTER born April 14, 1822 in German Twp, Montgomery Co, OH

George KEISTER, Sr (1792-1843) married Elizabeth HETZLER (1791-1865) May 25, 1815 in German Twp, Montgomery Co, OH.
Both are buried in Sunbury Cemetery in Germantown, Montgomery Co, OH. By the way, George KEISTER, Sr (1792-1843) is a nephew of George KESTER, Sr (1777-1838)!

kesters family tree help!!!

ryankester — 2009-05-24 03:33:53Z

faher:
joseph albert Kester - 10/5/1856
mother:
martha elizabeth dean - 6/10/1859
children:
cora may kester - 10/11/1879
william albert kester* - 12/21/1881
ellis hill kester - 3/23/1884
ursla elizabeth kester - 4/24/1886
alice elva kester - 2/5/1889
leslie ? kester - 8/24/1892
john franklin kester - 12/22/1994
arlie jarvin? kester - 2/16/1899

*my great-grandfather

please help,
thanks a lot,
ryan kester

kesters family tree help!!!

ryankester — 2009-05-24 03:25:35Z

faher:
joseph albert Kester - 10/5/1856
mother:
martha elizabeth dean - 6/10/1859
children:
cora may kester
william albert kester*
ellis hill kester
ursla elizabeth kester
alice elva kester
leslie ? kester
arlie jarvin? kester
john franklin kester

*my great-grandfather

please help,
thanks a lot,
ryan kester

KESTER Harold P 1904-1974

t42Parkdale — 2009-04-23 12:05:25Z

KESTER Harold P 1904-1974

I photographed this gravestone in the Parkdale Cemetery, Arlington,Tarrant Co., Texas. Feel free to use this picture for your personal records. This is one of the 203,261 cemetery photos free at http://teafor2.com .

If you know more about this person please reply here,instead of contacting me because this is most likely not my family.

Re: Guernsey Co.>Vigo Co.>IL>IA>NE

mkester148 — 2009-03-30 18:31:52Z

Would you mind contacting me via my private email?

m k e s t e r @ p r o d i g y (dot) n e t

Leave out the spaces and put in the "dot" Thanks!

Re: Guernsey Co.>Vigo Co.>IL>IA>NE

mj6659 — 2009-03-30 18:22:15Z

Thank you for your reply.

Yes, I would like to have information on the Kester/Hixon line in Vigo County.

Re: Guernsey Co.>Vigo Co.>IL>IA>NE

mkester148 — 2009-03-30 18:14:14Z

Michelle,

Please contact me regarding Kesters in Vigo County. I have some info you might not have for the Kester/Hixon line.

Re: Kester's of Carroll Co., VA and Mercer Co., WV.

mikeruben61358 — 2009-01-24 19:57:05Z

I may have some information. Email me at mikeruben61358@yahoo.com

Re: Kester's of Carroll Co., VA and Mercer Co., WV.

mikeruben61358 — 2009-01-17 04:23:02Z

I would be interested in information regarding the family of ada and james kessinger of princeton,wv. Ada was the sister of my grandmother, Etta Kester Swim.

Re: Guernsey Co.>Vigo Co.>IL>IA>NE

mj6659 — 2008-10-20 19:56:29Z

Hello,
My name is Michelle Jeffers. My Grandmother was Floy A. Kester. Her parents were Ephriam W. Kester and Sarah S. Hixon. Her Grandparents were Benjamin Kester and Melinda Hartley. Benjamin Kester parents were John Kester and Martha Hartley. Martha's parents were Jonathan Hartley and Elizabeth Bunting. We come from the same line!

Re: Looking for Kester family

rslater171 — 2008-08-23 18:10:46Z

Hello,
I too am trying to find ancestors. My father is a Kester and our family is from the Lehigh Valley. My great-grandfather was James Thomas Kester. Any chance there is a connection?

Re: Elizabeth Kester

WatkinsGirl82 — 2008-08-04 00:56:43Z

hi angie,
my name is brakina and josiah kester sr. was my great-great-great grandfather. i was wondering if you have any information on josiah kester and nancy ross. if you find out anything, please let me know.
thank you,
brakina lasiter

Re: MAE

WatkinsGirl82 — 2008-08-04 00:23:26Z

hi wendy,
my name is brakina. mae's brother patrick ray was my great-grandfather. his daughter josie was my dad's mom.

Re: KESTER, JOHN - Hessian

marlycewright — 2008-07-30 23:26:39Z

What is also suspect is that it was John kester, not William,who was the Hessian soldier,and his son William died as a relatively young man.However, Ira and Frank are descendants of John and William. Just shows how family stories get twisted. I've never seen this article although my birthplace is 50 miles south of Rochester and Ira was my great great grandfather.Thanks for the info. There are some things in here that will help my geneology search. Would like to know how to access anybody's Kester family records.

Re: KESTER, JOHN - Hessian

John1Werner — 2008-07-26 05:49:29Z

The detals and dates of the following account are suspect. For instance - land was not likely granted to the Kester family in Camillus after the Revolutionary War - but purchased in 1802. Kester family records suggest they were in New Hurley in the 1790's.

"King William" would appear to be William, count of Hesse-Hanau

John Kester; William Kester; Ira Kester; James Franklin Kester:
ROCHESTER DEMOCRAT AND CHRONICLE; Tuesday, July 21, 1914 - PROUD OF HEIRLOOM FROM HESSIAN WHO JOINED WASHINGTON - Dansville Man Has a Chain of Unusual History - It's Hundreds of Years Old.
* Dansville, July 20, - Frank Kester, an employee of the Power Specialty Company of Dansville, wears a very modest looking little double strand watch chain which has quite a history attached to it. This chain, which is of German silver, was brought to this country by Mr. Kester's great-grandfather, William Kester, during the war of the American revolution. It will be remembered that early in the war King George III of England, hired 30,000 soldiers from the King of Hesse, Germany. William Kester was one of these Hessians, and King William of Hesse, at this time being hard pressed for money and having plenty of men, sold 10,000 soldiers to England for 12,000 pounds sterling. Of course, the men who were bought and sold never knew where they were going or why. Accordingly, Mr. Kester landed with one body of these Hessians on the American shore in due course of time, and was one of the thousand men captured at Trenton, N. J., on the memorable Christmas night, 1776, when Washington re-crossed the Delaware river when full of floating ice.
* Next day when William Kester was committed to the soldiers' prison along with the other prisoners of war, he was asked this question, "What are you fighting for?" He answered, "For my country." The poor man never knew that he had been sold by his own king for money to fight against the colonists of England, and as soon as he could be made to understand just what was going on and what part he was playing in the war drama then being enacted, expressed a desire to enlist in the American cause. He was gladly accepted, for men were none too plenty for Washington about this time, and he immediately shouldered a gun in the cause of the patriots and continued to fight her battles until the end of the war. When peace was finally established, he was honorably discharged from the army that he had crossed the Atlantic to fight. He was also given a soldier's right to eighty acres of land in the territory now embraced in the town of Camillus, Onondaga county, New York state. Here he lived happily for a number of years until his death, when the little silver chain, which he had cherished close to his heart all … long years, finally passed to his son, also named William Kester, who spent all his life on the little old farm and died leaving farm and heirloom to his son Ira Kester. Ira lived on the old homestead farm for a time and finally moved to Dansville in 18_2.
* He came by way of the Erie canal, and came into Dansville after the old Erie and Genesee Valley canal, then extending from Rochester to Dannsville. He settled in the neighboring town of Patchinsville where he opened a blacksmith shop and the balance of his life was spent in Patchinsville and Dansville, dying in 1884. The little silver chain heirloom on his death passed to his son, Frank Kester, the present proud possessor, who says that at his death it will go to his son, who is also named William Kester after his old great-grandfather, who had been so … betrayed by his king and sent to America when he thought he was doing only what a loyal soldier should do, namely, go where he was sent to fight for his country. Shortly after the old Hessian had enlisted in the army of the American patriots, his father died in Hesse, Germany, and as William was the only child, his estate was confiscated by the king of Hesse on account of his having deserted from the English army of Hessian soldiers and join the American cause. He, however, felt that America was good enough for him and made no effort to regain the estate, but retained what had grown by this time as dear in his heart - citizenship in this great republic, and the little silver watch chain.

Re: KESTER,JOHN from Elbridge,N.Y.

John1Werner — 2008-06-12 02:19:50Z

In a manner of corroboration, this is also a family story handed down via separate line descended from John KESTER. Descendents of John KESTER's grandson Henry R. KESTER - through John KESTER's son Teunis KESTER - offered this comment: "I can tell you that I was ALWAYS told that I was descended from a 'hired Hessian.' "

Death of Mr. James Edward Arlen Kester in China

davwayell — 2008-05-07 18:28:10Z

Anyone interested in a copy of the U.S. Department of State's "Report of the Death of an American Citizen" for Mr. James Edward Arlen Kester, please contact me so I can condcut research to locate the record. Mr. Kester died in China on March 23, 1937.

Dave Ellison
davwayell@aol.com

Old pic from late 1800's

2006-09-04 16:20:51Z

Hi,
I have obtained an old pic from an auction with the name that appears to say Ettie Kester. I'm not entirely sure as it is not easy to read. Any interests in this pic?

BennettKestersRedmansNormansHoughtonsDrakesCoxDeanDawson

2006-10-15 10:19:57Z

I have a Word document of Marion T. Bennett's book, THE HISTORY OF THE BENNETT FAMILY: EIGHT GENERATIONS TO 1960, Washington, D.C., 1960.

All of these names are mentioned in the book. There is a genealogy for each of the REDMAN, MARRS, and O 'BANNON families.

Historical references are noted for DRAKE.

Others are also discussed.

Please write and share your connection and/or research and I will send the attachment.

Victoria Bennett

Re: Kester's of Carroll Co., VA and Mercer Co., WV.

2006-09-05 23:48:48Z

Ramonia,
Charlie Kester & Virgie Lusk are my maternal Grandparents. Ada Kester Kessinger was my 2C1R. If your interested, I would love comparing notes with you. Please contact me via email.

Regards,
Sandy W. Jessee
SWJandLNJ@aol.com

Re: George Kester

2006-08-09 00:58:56Z

Do any of your Kester names match those on my list? My Kester family came from Germany also.

KESTER, Bruce R. & Mabel Judd in Oregon

2006-07-29 02:49:23Z

I am transcribing the Evergreen Cemetary in Ontario, Malheur Co., Oregon and thought I would post pictures of the Pre-1900 headstones for those interested in having them. This is a very large cemetary, there is a possibility there could be other family members buried here after this time period. If you are interested in them, I can look for them specifically.

Wilhemina (Paplow) Kester b. 1865 in Germany, 1900 lived in Chicago

2006-02-19 00:01:27Z

I need help to figure out what happened to Wilhemina Kester.
I found her with my gg grandfather in the 1900 census. It says she is a daughter.
This is what I know about her.
June 13 1900 lived on West 20th in Chicago. She lived with her Widowed father John Paplow (spelled wrong on census Peblo). Wilhemina was a window, age 34, no children. Came to US in 1886, Domestic job according to census. In fact all the above came from the census.
I was suprised to see her with him because I've never heard of her. She didn't come to the US with her parents. I don't find her in any of the St Matthew's Lutheran Church records, which I own two microfilms of.

Does anyone have any suggestions. I can't seem to find her anywhere else. She might have gotten married again.

Hopefully someone out there is related to the Kester's and might know of Wilhemina.
I will list this on the Cook County Chicago board too.
Thanks.

Re: Nancy Kester/William Lunsford Weeks, married <1827, Vigo, IN; Shelby, KY; Stafford/Westmoreland,VA

2006-01-26 14:20:12Z

Hi Jeff, I'm always open to other researchers' information. I'd like to look at what you have on these people. Send me your email address and I'll forward my pedigree on my paternal line which is where the Kesters, Pounds, Starks fall in. You and I are probably related somewhere down the line. Please send me yours as well, so I can see where our lines cross.

Thanks,
Paula Jewell

Re: Kester's of Carroll Co., VA and Mercer Co., WV.

ramoniak — 2006-09-05 22:45:25Z

Am interested in the Kester line of Ada Kester married to James Kessinger. Recently recovered some pics at an auction that were Worrell and Kester pics in additon to Kessinger pics. My husbands line includes Worrell's and Kessingers. My father in law told me that Ada grew up next to my husband's grandfather Emmitt Worrell in Camp Creek, Mercer County, WV. Hope someone can help me connect the Worrell line to the Kester's. Would also be glad to share copies to pics in hopes that they can be identified.

Re: George Kester of Southern Missouri

c120452 — 2006-08-20 18:49:24Z

What area of Missouri was your Charles from??
e-mail me at carolyhorton@comcast.net

Re: CLAUDE KESTOR/ KISTER?

c120452 — 2006-08-20 18:49:24Z

I would be very interested in seeing the picture. I have a guncle named Claude Kester son of Charles brother to Audie who lived in the Bootheel of Missouri.
E-mail me at horton-carolyn@home.com

Claude Kester

c120452 — 2006-08-20 18:49:24Z

I would be interested in seeing the picture of Claude Kester. He could be my guncle.
Claude Kester son of Charles brother to Audie. Lived in the Bootheel of Missouri.
Please e-mail me. Horton-Carolyn@home.com

Re: Lydia and Louisa KESTER - YOUNG / PA >OH > IN

AnGenealogy — 2006-03-31 00:16:29Z

Any chance your Lydia Kester could be related to Lydia Avis Kester who was my great grandmother.

The only info I have is in PA.(Mill Hall, Lock Haven, Point Breeze)

My great great grandmother was Minerva Jane Dressler Kester. Lydia Avis Kester was her daughter. Lydia married Felix Lloyd McCloskey and they had my grandmother Angeline Jane McClosley. Angeline married James Robert Huey and they had my mother Jacguelynn May Huey.

Kester marries Lorena Elizabeth Ewert

dljjkb — 2008-03-25 21:43:33Z

Lorena Elizabeth Ewert was born Jun 15, 1916 in South Dakota. Her parents are Peter J. and Elizabeth Nachtigall Ewert. Lorena died Jan 27, 1986 in Orange County, California and was married to ________ Kester. Does anyone have his parents name and family information, birth, death and marriage to Lorena.? Thanks, Joan at dljjkb@gwtc.net

Re: ISAAC WILLIAM KESTER

glk114 — 2007-09-05 14:50:48Z

I am a descentant of William Kester born in 1833 in Arkansas, listed in the 1843 will of Isaac Kester. I would like information on his ancestors, & what documentation exists for the information. Please let me hear from you, Gary Kester Box 262 Ava, MO65608 417 683 1417 glk@getgoin.net

Re: ISAAC WILLIAM KESTER

glk114 — 2007-09-05 14:50:16Z

Re: ISAAC WILLIAM KESTER ALSO POUNDS

glk114 — 2007-09-05 14:40:03Z

I am the great-great-grandson of William Kester born in Arkansas in 1833, died here in Douglas Co. MO in 1907, & I would like to contact anyone w/ info on the Arkansas Kesters Gary Kester Box 262 Ava Mo 65608 417 683 1417 glk@getgoin.net

Re: William A. Kester - Freeland, PA

betteconrad40 — 2007-04-09 04:29:06Z

Hello Cousin Charlie! Indeed your mother was my grandfather's sister; and was named in the Will of her mother, Annie Sipple [Sometimes written as "Sippel" - BTW, I have a copy of that Will, if you don't have one and would like one]. I have run into a dead end in finding beyond Esther Beck Kester - the wife of Stephen Kester. Stephen was Alfred Kester's father; and Esther ["Nettie" and "Ettie" on the census records, so that took some ferreting out!] was his wife. My grandfather was William Alfred; his father was Alfred [Annie Sipple's husband]; his father was Stephen Kester [said to be from Blackcreek Township or Sugar Loaf, I have to go dig some things out to make sure which it was]. I have, as you may know, found the tombstone of Esther ["Beloved wife of Stephen Kester"] in the Stephen Kester plot just behind your Uncle Raymond's old house, in Freeland. Traced the census records as far as possible and it looks like Stephen may have lived with his son, John, after Esther's death - also had a message board about that some years ago [never followed up because I was too much a novice at the time], I will have to root out - and I figure he died between 1900 - 1910. I peg it at that, because Esther died in 1897 and the Will was probated in 1900, with Stephen as Executor and Alfred [I think] and someone else as bondsmen. Stephen appears in the 1900 Census for PA, living with son, John; but he does not appears in the 1910 Census. The "great flood" in Wilkes-Barre ruined all the records for that era, and it was a sheer fluke that I found the excerpt from Esther's probate in the County Records "reclaimed data" files. I have Esther's parents names somewhere, but they both came over from Germany and it appears nearly hopeless to find them in the Immigration Books to date. Stephen was born in the USA. I thought, at his age, he would have likely served in the Civil War, but I can find no record of him there yet - assume he would have been a Union troop? Before she died, Aunt Loretta Zierdt [my father's sister], went over all the data that my grandmother had given my mother decades earlier [back in the '40's or so] and added what she could remember. So, I know about your grandmother, her marriage, and the move from Pennsylvania, because I think I have the notebook with the city and state to which she moved after she married. Also, Nicholas was the "informant" on the death certificates for Annie Sippel and Alfred Kester. Anyway, this is wonderful to find you and I do hope you will reply so that I can get to know you and, hopefully, you and I will be able to find Stephen's parents - maybe even Esther's! You can call me at: 561-758-1432; and, this reply should show that my email is: kitkanpro@aol.com. We live in the West Palm Beach area of Florida and my husband has endured 3 trips to Freeland/ Drums over the last 4 years, as I combed what records I could find during each summer vacation. If you set up a time to connect, I will try to have dug out the stuff I have, so the two of us have a better chance at filling in the gaps. It is really tragic that there was such a falling out among our ancestors that our line was essentially cut off and my father and his siblings never had a chance to meet his relatives. Anyway, thanks for replying and I hope to hear from you soon. Bette

Very nice old photo of various family names

RandallMcDaniel44 — 2006-04-26 00:22:00Z

I recently purchased an old photo showing several family members in front of a nice home. All together the photo shows 27 people of various last names, including Ehrnman, Kester, Peters, Nordyke and Rockhold. The single Kester member shown is Ernest L. Kester. The photo shows at least 4 different generations. If these are your ancestors, please contact me.

Re: Kesters

9zzz999 — 2006-08-08 04:39:40Z

I can connect Kesters, Redmans, Normans and Houghtons if you have a question on Va to
Spencer Cty, KY to Edgar Cty IL to CA

Glenn Kester m Edna Graham

LMcElhinneyReeve — 2006-11-19 14:35:14Z

I am looking for relatives to update family book Thank you Luanne

Re: Glenn Kester m Edna Graham

LMcElhinneyReeve — 2006-11-19 14:35:14Z

Sorry I can not They are in the McElhinney family book dated 1837-1963

If you contact me at reevel@hotmail.com I can give you there parents grandparents on one side of the family and information up to 1963

thank you LuAnne

Re: William A. Kester - Freeland, PA

CZelinsky — 2007-04-07 02:00:04Z

Are you still looking for Kester ancestors?
My grandmother was Verdella Kester (Daughter of Alfred Kester and Anna Sipple), who maried Nicholas Zelinsky. I believe my grandmother was your grandfather's sister!
Charlie Zelinsky

Re: George Kester

sonja583 — 2006-08-08 20:43:46Z

i have so many kesters in the family and i just wondered if you are part of are family all the kester in my family came over from germany?

Re: trying to find out about my Grandpa's parents.

sonja583 — 2006-08-08 20:40:13Z

hi my mother was a kester they all came from germany there was Lloyd and goldie and tom and ahole bunch of them lived in peru and wabash do you no any of them?my email is (sonja_campbell2001@yahoo.com)let me no if you no any of them.

Ida and Francis

annacampbell00 — 2006-04-23 21:23:20Z

I am looking for Francis ( Frank ) and Ida Kester .
burried in Salina Kansas.
Anna

Looking for Kester family

mariap621 — 2007-04-08 02:03:38Z

I'm looking for info on Nicholas Kester who is found with his father Johann Nicholas Kester (b. abt. 1761) and brother Conrad Kester (b. abt 1783), who were from Northampton, possibly Lehigh Twp, Penn. These individuals moved to Luzerne Co. Penn around 1819/20. It is believed that a number of family members remained in Northampton. They are found in the 1822 Sugarloaf Twp tax roll. Any info would be appreciated.

Re: Henrietta Kester, New York

marlycewright — 2007-03-20 23:00:08Z

I do know that she is related to my John Kester who died in Elbridge in 1817.Don't have the info handy at this time.

Kesters in Cedar Co., Iowa

jaciethomsen — 2008-05-04 00:45:34Z

Does any one have ties to the Kester's who moved into Cedar co.? Originated in PA, then moved to Crawford co., OH before coming to Iowa. I believe the Matriarch was Catherine Stueben Kester. Her sons here in Cedar co., that I have are Solomon and Levi. Levi was married twice, fist wife was Sarah Brehman or Breeman. Their son John married Martha Ellen Walters. Levi's dau, Sarah Cordelia, married John D. Ridenour.

Kesters of Maryland

LindaSmith507 — 2006-11-30 23:40:42Z

Can anyone help? 1860 census UnionBridge, Carroll Co., Maryland:
John Kester age 37 b. Md.
Emiline Kester age 23 b. Md.
Mary Kester age 6 b. Md. (known as Mollie)
John Kester age 1 b. Md.
Mary marries William Curtis Dayhoff 11 Nov. 1877 by A. Hanson Senseney pastor of German Baptist Church.
They move to Kankakee, Ill. Would like anything on John & Emiline! In 1860 lived near Hrick Kester (age 48). Thanks-got to start somewhere!

Re: Glenn Kester m Edna Graham

williamlong26 — 2006-10-18 03:45:59Z

Can you tell me what states they were from?

Re: Guernsey Co.>Vigo Co.>IL>IA>NE

williamlong26 — 2007-02-21 06:20:08Z

Please note email change and reply to williamlong26.

Re: William Henry Kester

williamlong26 — 2007-02-21 06:19:12Z

Please note email change and reply to williamlong26.