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CARTER, Ada May Lester
1909 - 1989 (80 years) Has 4 ancestors and 2 descendants in this family tree.
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Name CARTER, Ada May Lester Birth 22 Aug 1909 Guildford, Surrey 
Gender Female Death 14 Oct 1989 Haslemere, Surrey, England Person ID I878 Edgoose Last Modified 24 Feb 2026
Father CARTER, George d. Yes, date unknown Mother SIMMONS, Caroline Ada, b. 1866, Kensington Registration District, London d. 1939, Surrey South Western Registration District (Age 73 years) Marriage 1905 Guildford Registration District, Surrey Family ID F3137 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family BAKER, Alfred Sidney George, b. 26 Apr 1910, Woking, Surrey, England d. 1971, Godalming, Surrey, England (Age 60 years) Marriage 1939 Surrey South Western Registration District, Surrey Children 1. BAKER, Carol R., b. 1944, Surrey South Western Registration District, England d. 21 Aug 2020, Guernsey, Channel Islands (Age 76 years)2. BAKER, Dennis George, b. 1948, Surrey S. W. d. Yes, date unknownFamily ID F318 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 27 Jan 2026
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Notes - BAKER, Ada Mary Lester, formerly CARTER (1909-1979)
Ada Mary Lester CARTER was born at Guildford, Surrey in 1909. GRO has Loster [sic]
(GRO September Q 1909 [SIMMONDS] Guildford 02A 111)
From the 1911 Census of Park Street, Guildford, Surrey:
George CARTER, head, married, aged 54, boot maker and repairer on own account, born at Bramley, Surrey;
Caroline Ada CARTER, wife, married 5 years, 1 child (living), born at Kensington, London;
*Ada Mary Lester CARTER, daughter, aged 1, born at Guildford, Surrey;
George Fulham[?] TURNER, boarder, widower, aged 39, paper hanger and house painter, worker, born at Guildford, Surrey.
(RG14 PN3070 RG78PN110 RD33 SD4 ED4 SN161)
The marriage between Alfred S. G. BAKER and Ada M. L. CARTER was registered in 1939.
(GRO March Q 1939 Surrey SW 2a 615)
From the 1939 Register of 15 Alnwick, Catteshall Lane, Godalming M.B., Surrey:
Alfred S. G. BAKER, born 26 April 1910, travelling fence erector, heavy worker, married;
*Ada M. L. BAKER, born 22 August 1909, unpaid domestic duties, married.
(RG101/1899A/017/10 DMNF)
Her husband died at home at Langham Close, Godalming, Surrey, in 1971.
(GRO December Q 1971 Surrey SW 5g 1456)
She died at Haslemere, Surrey, on 14 October 1989 at the age of 80.
(GRO December Q 1989 Surrey South Western 1089 17 1733)
NOTES & QUERIES:
Mother's birth certificate has SIMMONS [without the D].
(revised 09.02.2026)
- BAKER, Ada Mary Lester, formerly CARTER (1909-1979)