William Hesketh was born 1817 in Wiston, Lancashire, England. he married Alice Lyon Feburary 16, 1835 at Huyton Parish Church by Banns. They had eight children. William was a coal miner in England.
Ellen Hesketh born 1836 at Bolton, Lancashire, England
Mary Hesketh born 1841 in Bolton
James Hesketh Born 1844 in Bolton
William Hesketh born 1846 in Bolton
Abraham Hesketh born 1848 in Bolton
Jacob Hesketh Born 1849 in Bolton, Lancashire, England
Ann Hesketh born 1852 in Clifton
Alice Hesketh Born 1857 in Clifton
Elizabeth Hesketh born 1860 in Lund Hill, Parish of Darfield
William later moved the family to Low Valley, Darfield in South Yorkshire England.
Jacob was born December 2, 1849 in Bolton Lancashire England to William and Alice (Lyon) Hesketh. Jacob was a coal miner in England then later in Pennsylvania as were his son William and most of the early Hesketh and Lester family. Jacob had two marriages the first being to Aminda Hinchcliffe, they where married April 14, 1870 in Low Valley, Yorkshire, England, Aminda passed away in Brisbin, Pennsylvania shortly after they immigrated to the United States. They had three children together, Alice, Clara, and William. The second marriage was to Mary Ann Lee they where married on September 11, 1907 in South Fork, Cambria County, Pennsylvania. All together Jacob had 12 children. Jacob died of Miners Asthma around 9:00 in the morning on April 23, 1911 in South Fork, Pennsylvania. He was intered in South Fork Cemetery.
Alice Hesketh born 1875 in Yorkshire, England
Clara Hesketh born Feburary 9, 1876 in Yorkshire, England
William Hesketh Born July 27, 1879 in Yorkshire, England
Jacob Edger Hesketh, December 18, 1887, Brisbon, Pennsylvania
Harrison Hesketh, March 26, 1890, Gallitzin, Pennsylvania
Fred B. Hesketh, January 21, 1892, Gallitzin, Pennsylvania
Howard Hesketh, December 30, 1893
Lesly Hesketh, December, 1896
Ethel Hesketh, June 5, 1898, Nanty Glo, Pennsylvania
George Leroy Hesketh, January 21, 1900, South Fork, Pennsylvania
Ida Hesketh, August 7, 1902, South Fork, Pennsylvania
Merton Hesketh, 1905, South Fork, Pennsylvania
William Hesketh was born July 27, 1879 in Low Valley, Yorkshire, England to Jacob and Aminda (Hinchcliffe) Hesketh. William immigrated to the United States with his family in 1886 and settled in Pennsylvania. As of 1900 William was residing with his sister Clara her husband Henry Lester and thier two children William Henry, and Minta in Phillipsburg, Pennsylvania. William and Henry worked in the coal mine together and I'm told on occasion enjoyed having a couple beers together. William Married Lydia Elizabeth Mapstone and they had ten children William would later move to Lewistown Pennsylvania where he went to work for American Viscose Corp. William worked for American Viscose Corp. from 1929-1948, when he retired. william was a member of the first Methodist Church, the Junction Fire Co., and the Textile Workers Union of America local 6. William passed away October 11, 1957 in the Lewistown Hospital and was intered at Lind Memorial Cemetery Lewistown, PA. William was survived by his wife Lydia, his ten children, sister Clara (Hesketh) Lester, twenty-two grandchildren and 11 great-grandchildren.
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Harold W. Hesketh
Ethel Hesketh
Clara Hesketh
Jacob Glen Hesketh
Hazel A. Hesketh
Ernest R. Hesketh
Eleanor Hesketh
Dorothy Hesketh
Richard Merle Hesketh
