No­­vem­­ber 13, 1846, Wan­tage, Ox­ford­shire, Eng­land.

May 18, 1928, Rei­gate, Sur­rey, Eng­land.

Hester married Jo­shua Hawk­ins of Bed­ford around Au­gust 1869 in Wan­tage. They were liv­ing in Bed­ford St. Paul, Bed­ford­shire, in 1881, 1891 & 1901. Hes­ter’s works in­clude:

• The Home Hymn Book, A Man­u­al of Sac­red Song for the Fam­i­ly Circle (Lon­don: No­vel­lo & Com­pa­ny, 1885)
• The A B C Guide to As­tron­o­my
• Astronomy for Bu­sy Peo­ple

• Julian, pp. 1570, 1646
• Telford, pp. 349-50

1. Father of All, Again We Meet
2. Happy Days Have Come Again, The
3. Heav’nly Fa­ther, Thou Hast Brought Us
4. I Come to Thee, My Fa­ther
5. In the Name of God Our Fa­ther
6. Jesu, Lov­ing Sav­ior
7. Kind She­pherd, See Thy Lit­tle Lamb
8. Now the Days Are Dark and Dreary
9. O Thou the Great Un­known, Un­seen
10. Sweetly o’er the Mea­dows Fair
11. There Is a Bright and Ha­ppy Home
12. Twilight Soft­ly Fall­ing, The
13. Thy Li­ttle One, O Sav­ior Dear
14. To Thee, the Giv­er of All Good