Hester Beaver
Hester Beaver was born around December 1843 in New York. She married Robert S. Stedman, and they had at least six children: Ida, born around 1867; Estella, born around 1869; Ella, born around 1871; Josephine, born around 1873; Gertrude, born around 1875; and Albert, born around 1877. They lived in New York City, and her husband worked as a silver plater. They moved to Hackensack, New Jersey, in the late 1800s, and her husband died there on October 10, 1898.
 
The family moved to Hackensack, New Jersey, in the late 1800s. He applied for a federal pension in October 1890 and apparently received one.  He died in Hackensack on October 10, 1898. She moved to Brooklyn, New York, in the early 1900s, and she lived with at least three of her adult children. She died sometime after 1920.
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(4416)Beaver, Hester ~ Stedman, Hester1843-12
  • Conflict Side: Union
  • Role: Civilian
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  • Gender: Female
  • Race: White

Documents - Records: 39

  • (12221) [recipient] ~ Robert S. Stedman to Hester Beaver, 9 June 1863
  • (12253) [recipient] ~ Robert S. Stedman to Hester Beaver, 22 March 1864
  • (12254) [recipient] ~ Robert S. Stedman to Hester Beaver, 10 April 1864
  • (12255) [recipient] ~ Robert S. Stedman to Hester Beaver, 20 April 1864
  • (12256) [recipient] ~ Robert S. Stedman to Hester Beaver, 26 April 1864
  • (12257) [recipient] ~ Robert S. Stedman to Hester Beaver, 19 May 1864
  • (12258) [recipient] ~ Robert S. Stedman to Hester Beaver, 5 June 1864
  • (12259) [recipient] ~ Robert S. Stedman to Hester Beaver, 10 June 1864
  • (12260) [recipient] ~ Robert S. Stedman to Hester Beaver, 22 June 1864
  • (12261) [recipient] ~ Robert S. Stedman to Hester Beaver, 7 August 1864
  • (12262) [recipient] ~ Robert S. Stedman to Hester Beaver, 29 July 1864
  • (12285) [recipient] ~ Robert S. Stedman to Hester Beaver, 8 September 1864
  • (12286) [recipient] ~ Robert S. Stedman to Hester Beaver, 30 June 1863
  • (12287) [recipient] ~ Robert S. Stedman to Hester Beaver, 21 October 1864
  • (12288) [recipient] ~ Robert S. Stedman to Hester Beaver, 30 October 1864
  • (12289) [recipient] ~ Robert S. Stedman to Hester Beaver, 13 November 1864
  • (12290) [recipient] ~ Robert S. Stedman to Hester Beaver, 21 November 1864
  • (12291) [recipient] ~ Robert S. Stedman to Hester Beaver, 25 November 1864
  • (12292) [recipient] ~ Robert S. Stedman to Hester Beaver, 3 December 1864
  • (12293) [recipient] ~ Robert S. Stedman to Hester Beaver, 19 December 1864
  • (12294) [recipient] ~ Robert S. Stedman to Hester Beaver, 9 January 1865
  • (12295) [recipient] ~ Robert S. Stedman to Hester Beaver, 16 January 1865
  • (12296) [recipient] ~ Robert S. Stedman to Hester Beaver, 21 July 1863
  • (12297) [recipient] ~ Robert S. Stedman to Hester Beaver, 5 February 1865
  • (12298) [recipient] ~ Robert S. Stedman to Hester Beaver, 16 February 1865
  • (12299) [recipient] ~ Robert S. Stedman to Hester Beaver, 26 February 1865
  • (12300) [recipient] ~ Robert S. Stedman to Hester Beaver, 9 March 1865
  • (12301) [recipient] ~ Robert S. Stedman to Hester Beaver, 19 March 1865
  • (12436) [recipient] ~ Robert S. Stedman to Hester Beaver, 7 May 1865
  • (12437) [recipient] ~ Robert S. Stedman to Hester Beaver, 24 May 1865
  • (12438) [recipient] ~ Robert S. Stedman to Hester Beaver, 12 June 1865
  • (12439) [recipient] ~ Robert S. Stedman to Hester Beaver, 22 June 1865
  • (12440) [recipient] ~ Robert S. Stedman to Hester Beaver, 18 July 1865
  • (12441) [recipient] ~ Robert S. Stedman to Hester Beaver, 13 August 1863
  • (12442) [recipient] ~ Robert S. Stedman to Hester Beaver, 22 August 1863
  • (12443) [recipient] ~ Robert S. Stedman to Hester Beaver, 12 October 1863
  • (12444) [recipient] ~ Robert S. Stedman to Hester Beaver, 2 September 1863
  • (12445) [recipient] ~ Robert S. Stedman to Hester Beaver, 13 December 1863
  • (12446) [recipient] ~ Robert S. Stedman to Hester Beaver, 14 January 1864

People - Records: 1

  • (4416) Beaver, Hester is the [wife of] (4415) Stedman, Robert S.

Places - Records: 1

  • (67) [birth] ~ New York

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SOURCES

1870, 1880, 1900, 1910, and 1920 United States Federal Censuses, available from Ancestry.com; New Jersey Deaths and Burials Index, 1798-1971, available from Ancestry.com; Military Service Records of Robert S. Stedman, available from Fold3.com; Civil War Soldier Records and Profiles, 1861-1865, available from Ancestry.com; General Index to Pension Files, 1861-1934, available from Ancestry.com; Robert S. Stedman to Hester Beaver, 13 November 1864, DL1852.023, Nau Collection