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England (Counties as in 1851-1901) => Lincolnshire => England => Lincolnshire Lookup Requests => Topic started by: kenreb on Sunday 24 January 10 22:37 GMT (UK)
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Hello All - I am currently looing for a man called William Foster - I believe he was born in Parsons Drove Cambridgeshire in aboout 1841. I can track him to the 1901 English census which has him living in Gedney Hill Lincilnshire where it appears he has lived for at least 20 years. His wife's name was Elizabeth and his parents were Isaac and Sarah. After this I lose him. Hoping someone can help me track him down. Several of his siblings came to Australia so we are keen to find him. Many thanks Ken
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Is this him?
Deaths Mar 1924
FOSTER William (84) Holbeach 7a 552
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Hi Geoff - thank you - sure looks like him - still in Lincolnshire and is the right age. I guess the only way to be sure is to send for the death certificate and I am not sure how to do that from Australia. Ken
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Try this link
http://www.gro.gov.uk/gro/content/certificates/
Geoff has given you the reference you will need. Death certificates here do not give much information though. Not as good as Australian ones.
You could also check the 1911 census for him. It is pay per view and we cannot do look ups but the index is free to search and you can glean a lot from that.
1911 census tips http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php/topic,355239.0.html
Andrea
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Ken, if I have the correct William Foster he is shown as Widower on 1901 Census - Blacksmith - b. Parsons Drove?
I have sent you a pm with some other info.
The nearest 2 marriages I can find on Freebmd:
William Foster/ Ellen Parker
Sept 1901 / Holbeach
Vol No: 7a / Page No: 840
William Foster / Susan Sutterfield
June 1904 / Holbeach
Vol No: 7a / Page No: 943
Did he marry his Housekeeper Ellen?
Dee
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Ken, Andrea & Geoff, so you can see where I am going with this:
1901 Census
RG13 / 3035 / 23 / 2
Village, Gedney Hill
William Foster / head Widower / 60 / Blacksmith b. Parson Drove, Camb
Ellen Parker / single / houekeeper / 33 b. Hagthorp, Lincs
James William P. Foster / 8 mths b. Gedney Hill, Lincs
Possible Marriage
William Foster / Ellen Parker
Sept 1901 / Holbeach
Vol No: 7a / Page No: 840
Possible Death
Ellen Foster / age 33
Dec 1901 / Holbeach
Vol No: 9a / Page No: 237
I cannot see a birth for Jame William P. Foster on
http://www.freebmd.org.uk/
Hope this is of some help to you.
Dee
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Looks good. I should think he will be under Parker. Have you tried that?
Andrea
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Possible Death
Ellen Foster / age 33
Dec 1901 / Holbeach
Vol No: 9a / Page No: 237
The 1911 census index suggests this may too be a factor
Births Mar 1902
FOSTER Charles Holbeach 7a 409
(although why he wasn't registered along with Ellen's death I don't know)
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Geoff, I had noticed that, but got myself into a bit of a pickle this afternoon. Thought I would wait until Ken came back online and see what his comments were. Thanks for adding that.
Dee
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Thanks everyone - all very confusing - I know that Williams first wife Elizabeth died in 1898 so he was free to marry his housekeeper!!! I am keen to try and find decendants of William who are still in England. One of Williams brothers (Isaac) came to Australia in 1849 and another Thomas came in the 1850's. Williams older sister Rebecca was also coming but died at Southhampton while waiting to leave. The only other sibling we know about for William was a sister called Mary Ann who also stayed in England (we think). We know vitually nothing about William's parents supposed to have been Isaac Foster and Sarah Goodman who we think maarried in Lincolshire. Yes the Aussie death certificates do give good information but often in the outback many deaths were not registered and often the person supplying the information had no idea what they were on about!!! People also often lied to cover up that they came from transported convicts. I came from 4!!!!! Ken
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Can I ask a dumb question??? In England if someone died lets say in a small village would it be likely that the death may have been registered at a larger place. William lived in Gedney Hill for so long but the death we are looking at in 1924 says Holbeach. Could he have died in Gedney Hill and the death was registered in Holbeach? Thats what often happened in Australia - the event place is given as the place of reigstration not where it actually took place. Thanks again for everyones help - Ken
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Hi Ken
If you are looking at www.freebmd.org.uk you can click on the registration district and it takes you to a link on the genuki site which lists all the smaller places within that district. Many of them cover a very wide area.
http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/LIN/GedneyHill/
The actual certificate will have the place of death on it.
Andrea