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Alfred Walter Tester 1-4
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Alfred, the son of Fanny and ??? ??? was born on November 26, 1893 in Crowborough, Suffex, England. Alfred immigrated to Canada at a young age with his mother. At 16 (had to fib about his age), enlisted in the Canadian Army. Served for the Canadian Armin in Europe during WWII.. Sometime after the war, Alfred migrated on to the U.S.
It was around 1930 when Alfred was living in a boarding house in Marshall, Michigan when he met and then married HAZEL FERN MATHEWS HALLOCK 1-4 on August 5, 1932 in Angola, Indiana. and they had two children Darrell and Elaine.
Alfred and Hazel had two children Darrell and Elaine.
Hazel had three girls from a previous marriage, Bernece, Letha and Guila
Alfred died February 16, 1974. Services where held at the Kelser-Farley Funeral Home.
Pallbearers - Clarence Eash, Wilbur Wagenschutz, Alfred Jeffery, Jack Laupp, Allison May, Hugh Miller.
Alfred is buried at the Oakridge Cemetery, Marshall, Michigan.
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| The following newspaper clipping is hereby transcribed regarding Alfred Tester's passing: |
| Alfred W. Tester |
| MARSHALL - Services for Alfred W. Tester, 80, of 735 W. Union Street will be held at 2 P.M. Tuesday at the Kelser-Farley Funeral Home. |
| He died Saturday in a Kalamazoo hospital where he had been a patient several mounts. He had been in ill health four years. |
| Tester had lived 32 years at the Union Street address. He had worked for Eaton Mfg. Co., now Eaton Corp., in Marshall 30 years, retiring in 1960. |
| He served in the Canadian Army during World War I. He was a member of the Calvary Baptist Church. |
| Surviving are his widow, the former Hazel Mathews; a son, Darrell Tester of Meadowlands, Pennsylvania; a daughter, Mrs. Danny (Elaine) Place of Coral Springs, Florida; three grandchildren; stepdaughters, Mrs. Earl (Bernece Marshall of Nashville, Mrs. Edward (Letha) Chlystek of Albion and Mrs. Gerald (Guila) Heselschwerdt of 138 Pepperidge Lane, and five step grandchildren. |
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1936
Hazel and Alfred Tester
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Hazel and Alfred Tester
while on trip to Washington D.C. and the Blue Ridge Mountains with Earl and Bernece Marshall.
The year - 1940
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Alfred, Hazel and Bernece sitting at the Lincoln Memorial, Washinton, D.C.
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1941
Alfred Walter Tester
Hazel Mathews Hallock Tester
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1954
Alfred and Hazel Tester
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1966
Alfred and Hazel Tester
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| Darrell Tester - story regarding his father Alfred.. |
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| Dad's mother was known as "Fanny". I have an interesting story about that, from my research about 10-15 years ago. I started my search too late to have many decendents of his still alive in England. I wrote to about 18 Tester's and only a couple knew who he was. A former wife of his brother, living now in Australia, was referred to me. She told me her husband(since deceased) often talked about a sister named Fanny. He said Fanny had gotten pregnant out of wedlock, and had been disowned by their family. She took the baby and moved away from Crowborough. Then, they heard she'd immigrated to Canada a few years later. Dad was in Canada before coming to Michigan, for he fought with the Canadian Army in Europe in WW1. I've remember hearing that he lied about his age and went into the service at 16. It sounded very logical, that Fanny took him there, and he went into the military service. His b'day was Nov. 26, 1893. That puts him in Canada before 1910, so your 1930 date must be when he moved to Michigan. |
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