Publications
Interview with Scan Tester [of Horsted Keynes], by Vic Smith, published 1976 in Traditional Music (no. 4, article, pp.4-10) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 6383]
Gibb/Tester Family Bible, by KenToll, published March 1992 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 10 no. 1, article, p.20) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 14877] & The Keep [LIB/501262] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.
Preview:The families of James and Eleanor Gibb and Joseph Tester and Jane Gibb for the years 1839 to 1883
I Can Equal Three (sort of), by Anne Capewell, published December 2012 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 20 no. 4, article, pp.155-156) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/508975] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.
Preview:After reading Sue Martin's article in the March magazine I felt I had to put pen to paper and respond to the challenge. My granddad, Charles Thomas TESTER, was the youngest of eight. His parents were Emmanuel TESTER, born at Southwick in 1856, and Helen LAKER, born at Shoreham also in 1856. Their children were Henry Matthew 1881, George William (or William George) 1883, Frederick Emmanuel 1885, Ellen May 1888 (died 1896), Florence Alice 1890, John Alfred 1891, Ada 1895 and Charles Thomas 1897. The first 4 children were born in Lancing but the family had moved to Portslade by the time Florence was born. Sometime between 1901 and 1911 the family moved to 72 Trafalgar Road, Portslade - my mum can remember a brass plaque engraved with E TESTER hanging above the door
Jester, Lester or Tester, by Trevor Cooper, published March 2016 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 22 no. 1, article, pp.36-37) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 15860] & The Keep [LIB/509161]
Preview:I was always disappointed that my grandmother's family hit one of those 'brick walls' that you can't seem to get round or through. It left a short, though respectable branch on the family tree; it reached back to a Henry TESTER of hitherto unknown origin, who was father to my ancestor born in 1817 in Kent, and stopped there. I have spent a lot of time (40 years) trying to crack this one with persistence (admittedly, on and very off). Last year I managed it, and it has unlocked a lot more than just finding when and where Henry was born.