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Darwin Correspondence Project

James Tester

1847–1909

Footman. Employed by Charles Darwin. Married Martha Cleverley Winterson in 1876. Valet at Kirby Hall, Ripon, Yorkshire, 1891.

Sources

BMD (Birth index, Marriage index, Death index)

Census returns of England and Wales 1871 (The National Archives: Public Record Office RG10/157/81/16), 1891 (RG12/3516/51/17)

England & Wales, national probate calendar (index of wills and administrations), 1858–1966, 1973–95 (Ancestry.com, accessed 27 Oct 2017)

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