HENRY "WILLIAM" AND EMILY REBECCA BRISTOW TESTER

Henry "William" Tester (nickname Harry) was born April 15, 1818 in London, England to the parents of John and  Fanny Croace Tester Henry married Emily Rebecca Bristow near London, they were married on May 21, 1839 at Plaxtol, Kent, England.  Emily was born September 22, 1819 and was baptized 5 December 1819 at Tonbridge, Kent, England.  Emily's parents were Thomas and  Ann Bristow. The Tester's were a wine making family in England.

Henry, Emily and their infant daughter, Emily arrived  at a New York, New York port on June 16, 1842 from a port in London, England. The ship they traveled on was named Hendrik Hudson.

Henry and his family,  when moving to Canada settled in Point Pelee, Ontario near Leamington (Mersea Township), Essex County, Ontario, Canada.  They also lived in Walsingham Township, Norfolk County, Ontario, Canada.  Henry eventually purchased each of his sons, Thomas, Charles, William and George a forty acrre tract of land in the United States near Saginaw, Michigan in Lakefield Township.

Henry and Emily's children were:

1. Emily Rebekah Tester born in November 1841 and christianed on December 5, 1841 in Speldhurst, District of Tonbridge, Kent County, England in England.  Emily as an infant, her father Henry and mother Emily arrived in New York, New York from London, England on June 16, 1842 on the ship Hendrik Hudson.  She married  John C. Bastedo on March 26, 1858 in Walsingham Township, Norfolk County, Ontario, Canada.  By 1870 John and Emily were living in Thomas Township, Saginaw County, Michigan. Emily died on January 11, 1906 in Lakefield Township, Saginaw County, Michigan and is buried in the Lakefield Township Cemetery.

2. Henry Tester born 1845 in Canada, he married Sarah "Annie" Oakes on May 9, 1868 in the City of Saginaw, Saginaw County, Michigan. By 1871,  Henry and Annie were living back in Walsingham, Norfolk County, Ontario, Canada with their 2 year old son, Ernie.  On March 25, 1875 their son Walter Anderson Tester was born in Walsingham, Norfolk County, Ontario, Canada.   Henry died  on January 17, 1878 at Walsingham Centre, Norfolk County, Ontario, Canada at 38 years old after having  typhoid fever for 15 days.  He is buried in Morden Cemetery, Norfolk County, Ontario, Canada.

3. Eliza Jane "Lida" Tester born December 24, 1845 in Walsingham, Norfolk, Ontario  Canada and was married to Charles L. Wingrove on September 2, 1864 in Norfolk, Ontario, Canada. Charles and Eliza had a daughter, Martha.  Eliza Jane Tester Wingrove died on September 18, 1924 in Leamington, Essex, Ontario, Canada and is buried in  Lakeview Cemetery of Leamington.

4. Mary Isobel  (Isabella) Tester was born December 25, 1847 in Bertie Bay, Welland County, Ontario, Canada and was christened January 30, 1848 at Fort Erie, Welland County, Ontario, Canada; she married Robert Manery on July 13, 1866 in Walsingham Township, Norfolk County, Ontario Canada.Robert D. Manery was born September 1839 Glasgow City, Scotland. Robert and Mary had 13 children.  Robert died on August 13, 1909 and  Mary died on May 20, 1922 in Essex, Essex County, Ontario, Canada and they are both buried in the Lakeview Cemetery, Leamington, Essex County, Ontario, Canada.

5. Anna Elizabeth Tester was born March 27, 1850 in Walsingham, Norfolk County, Ontario, Canada. She married James Simmon Ferris on July 26, 1865 in Walsingham Township, Norfolk County, Ontario, Canada and had four children in Canada. Anna, James and their family came to the United States in 1883,  They lived in Lakefield Township in Section 14 on a 40 acre farm on the east side of Merrill Road just south of Roosevelt Rd.,  their neighbor was her brother Thomas Tester in 1896.  Anna Elizabeth died on April 12, 1909 and James died on February 16, 1916 and they are both buried in the Lakefield Township Cemetery.

6. John “George” Tester was born July 7, 1851 inMersea,  Walsingham, Norfolk County, Ontario, Canada. He married Charlott “Sue” Loop on January 1, 1877 in Kingsville, Essex County, Ontario by a Methodist Reverend M. C. Watson.  George and Sue  had 9 children. They lived in Lakefield Township on the corner of S. Fenmore and Nelson Roads in 1896, their neighbors were his brothers, William and Charles Tester. Sue died on November 5, 1926 in Lakefield Township and George died on April 19, 1932 in Marion Township, Saginaw County, Michigan and they are both buried in the Lakefield Township Cemetery.

7. William Tester was born on October 11, 1852 in Walsingham, Norfolk County, Ontario, Canada married Emma Margaret Button of Lakefield Township and they had 16 children.  Emma was born August 10, 1872, Brady Township, Saginaw County, Michigan. In 1896, William and Emma lived on S. Fenmore Road just north of Nelson Road in Lakefield Township, their neighbors were his brothers, Charles and George Tester.   Emma died August 6, 1921 Burleigh Township, Iosco County, Michigan and William died November 20, 1933 in Pinconning Township, Bay County, Michigan and both are buried in Richland Township Cemetery, Prescott, Ogemaw County, Michigan.

8. Thomas Tester was born in October 9, 1857/1858 in Walsingham, Norfolk County, Ontario, Canada. He married Lucy Schram of Lakefield Township, Saginaw County on March 7, 1886 in Thomastown, Saginaw County, Michigan  and they had 7 children.   According to Thomas' obituary he came to Saginaw County, Michigan when he was 30 years old. Thomas and Lucy  had lived in Lakefield Township in 1896 on S. Merrill Road just south of Roosevelt Rd, their neighbor was his sister Anna Elizabeth Ferris.   In 1901, Thomas and his family are living in Mersea, Essex, Ontario  also living with him is his father, Henry Tester and his brother, Thomas Tester.  In 1910 and 1920 Thomas and his family lived in Shiawassee County, Michian.   Thomas died on November 1, 1921 in Sciota Township, Shiawassee County, Michigan and is buried in the Lakefield Township Cemetery.

9. Charles Ernest Robert Tester was born July 30 1863 in Walsingham, Norfolk County, Ontario. He married Margaret Evoy on December 26, 1886 and had six children. They lived in Lakefield Township on Nelson Road just to the east of S. Fenmore Road in 1896 their neighbors were his brothers, George and William Tester.  Charles died on December 15, 1940 in Lakefield Township, Saginaw County, Michigan and is buried in the Lakefield Township Cemetery.

10. Frank H. Tester was born in 1861 ?.  He married Louise “Sarah” Thomson/Thompson on July 9, 1889 in Comber, Essex County, Canada. She was born March 5, 1862 in Canada.   Louise "Sarah's"  parents were Robert and Mary Perkins Thompson.  Frank and Louise "Sarah"  had an adopted daughter Edna A. Tester. Edna married Dr. Martin Woodhead (dentist) on November 11, 1926 in Caro, Tuscola County, Michigan.  In the 1910, 1920, 1930 census Frank and Louise "Sarah" are living in Tuscola Township, Tuscola County, Michigan.   Louise "Sarah" died on 29 December 1939 in Tuscola Township, Tuscola County, Michigan and is buried in the Riverside Cemetery, Vassar, Tuscola County, Michigan.   In the 1940 census Frank was widowed and living with his nephew John William Tester and his family in Jonesfield Township, Saginaw County, Michigan.

Emily died April 15, 1875 Leamington, Mersea, Essex County, Ontario Canada and Henry died on January 2, 1905 in Lakefield Township, Saginaw County, Michigan.  They are both buried in Lakeview Cemetery, Leamington, Essex County, Ontario, Canada

SOURCES: 1851, 1861, 1871, 1881 and 1901 Canadian Census; Emily Bristow Tester's birth and baptismal record; Henry and Emily's Passenger list to New York, New York from London England; Henry and Emily's Find A Grave Website; Henry Tester's Lakefield Township, Saginaw County, Michigan death record;

*Pearl Sklapsky and Linda Holben's family information

*Emily Rebekah Tester Bastedo's  baptismal record from Speldhurst, Kent Co., District of Tonbridge, England;  Passenger Lists of Vessels arrriving at New York, New York, Emily and John's Canadian marriage record; Emily Tester Bastedo death record and Find A Grave

*1830-1897; 1910, 1920, 1930, 1940 U.S. Census

*1896 and 1916 Lakefield Township, Saginaw County plat map

*Henry and Annie Marriage Records of Saginaw County, Michigan; Walter Anderson Tester's Canadian  birth record, Henry Tester  Canadian death record and Find A Grave

*Eliza Jane Tester Wingrove Canadian marriage record; death record; Find A Grave

*Mary Tester Manery Canadian marriage record;  Find A Grave info

*Anna Elizabeth Tester Ferris Canadian Marriage Record;

*George Tester, Canadian marriage record; 1896 and 1916 Lakefield Township, Saginaw County, Mi plat maps; Find A Grave

*William and Emma Button Tester's  Michigan marriage record; 1896 Lakefield Township, Saginaw County, Mi plat map.

*Thomas Tester Find A Grave; 1896 Lakefield Township, Saginaw County, Mi plat map;  Thomas and Lucy Schram Tester's marriage record;  1901 Canadian Census; 1910, 1920 Shiawassee County, Michigan census; Thomas Tester obituary;

*Charles