The following provided by Find A Grave contributor Julie Haws:
Parents name is spelled Humpherys. Lester is the only one who spells the name Humphrey. There are a couple of siblings who spell the name Humphreys. The original spelling out of England is Humphreys though John James changed the spelling to Humpherys shortly after arriving in Utah. Lester is the first child of nine born to Samuel Sudbury Humpherys and Ida May Smedley. Early in his life the name applied to him and used on the records of his church was Humpherys, though the name is Humphreys on the Idaho Birth Index, if the indexer got it right - no image of the document was available. Lester signed his name Lester Samuel Humphrey on his passport application in 1915. The same name was used on his marriage application in 1923. S.S. Humphrey and Ida M. Smedley are listed as his parents. The Montana death index shows the name as Lester Humphrey which matches the name on the grave. As far as proof that Lester belongs in this family, there are Census records for 1900, 1910, and 1920. Lester is the eldest child on each record to the same parents and siblings.
Parents name is spelled Humpherys. Lester is the only one who spells the name Humphrey. There are a couple of siblings who spell the name Humphreys. The original spelling out of England is Humphreys though John James changed the spelling to Humpherys shortly after arriving in Utah. Lester is the first child of nine born to Samuel Sudbury Humpherys and Ida May Smedley. Early in his life the name applied to him and used on the records of his church was Humpherys, though the name is Humphreys on the Idaho Birth Index, if the indexer got it right - no image of the document was available. Lester signed his name Lester Samuel Humphrey on his passport application in 1915. The same name was used on his marriage application in 1923. S.S. Humphrey and Ida M. Smedley are listed as his parents. The Montana death index shows the name as Lester Humphrey which matches the name on the grave. As far as proof that Lester belongs in this family, there are Census records for 1900, 1910, and 1920. Lester is the eldest child on each record to the same parents and siblings.
The following provided by Find A Grave contributor Julie Haws:
Parents name is spelled Humpherys. Lester is the only one who spells the name Humphrey. There are a couple of siblings who spell the name Humphreys. The original spelling out of England is Humphreys though John James changed the spelling to Humpherys shortly after arriving in Utah. Lester is the first child of nine born to Samuel Sudbury Humpherys and Ida May Smedley. Early in his life the name applied to him and used on the records of his church was Humpherys, though the name is Humphreys on the Idaho Birth Index, if the indexer got it right - no image of the document was available. Lester signed his name Lester Samuel Humphrey on his passport application in 1915. The same name was used on his marriage application in 1923. S.S. Humphrey and Ida M. Smedley are listed as his parents. The Montana death index shows the name as Lester Humphrey which matches the name on the grave. As far as proof that Lester belongs in this family, there are Census records for 1900, 1910, and 1920. Lester is the eldest child on each record to the same parents and siblings.
Parents name is spelled Humpherys. Lester is the only one who spells the name Humphrey. There are a couple of siblings who spell the name Humphreys. The original spelling out of England is Humphreys though John James changed the spelling to Humpherys shortly after arriving in Utah. Lester is the first child of nine born to Samuel Sudbury Humpherys and Ida May Smedley. Early in his life the name applied to him and used on the records of his church was Humpherys, though the name is Humphreys on the Idaho Birth Index, if the indexer got it right - no image of the document was available. Lester signed his name Lester Samuel Humphrey on his passport application in 1915. The same name was used on his marriage application in 1923. S.S. Humphrey and Ida M. Smedley are listed as his parents. The Montana death index shows the name as Lester Humphrey which matches the name on the grave. As far as proof that Lester belongs in this family, there are Census records for 1900, 1910, and 1920. Lester is the eldest child on each record to the same parents and siblings.
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