Mr James Lester
Mr James Lester, 39 lived at 29, Harwood Street, West Bromwich, Staffordshire. He had a wife, Alice and daughter, Jane.
Lester boarded the Titanic at Southampton, he was travelling to Pontiac,
MI. Accompanying him were three relatives Alfred,
John, and Joseph Davies
1. All four men lived at the same address with the Davies' parents
and all apart from Alfred worked at the same Ironworks in Ettingshall, Wolverhampton.
All four men lost their lives in the disaster. Lester's widow received aid
from the Titanic Relief fund 2.
Notes
1. Birmingham Daily Gazette states that they were
his nephews, Lester's wife being the sister of Mrs Davies, the mother of the three
brothers. However, another source (William Salt Library, Stafford) states that
Lester was their brother in law.
2. Mansion House Titanic Relief Fund Booklet, March 1913) Number P. 333. Lester,
Alice, widow and Jane child, received weekly pension.
Documents
The Free Press (West Bromwich), 19 April 1912, West
Bromwich Men Missing
The Staffordshire Advertiser, 20 April 1912, Article
References
Birmingham Daily Gazette, April 16 1912 - April 29 inc.
Contributors
Brian Ticehurst,UK
Alan Tucker, UK
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