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Re: Foster family - Wigan
« Reply #9 on: Monday 31 January 11 10:26 GMT (UK) »
If you read what I said I didn't accuse you of using another tree as a source, but that they may not have sources for their trees - totally the other way around.

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Re: Foster family - Wigan
« Reply #10 on: Monday 31 January 11 10:47 GMT (UK) »
From my original post:

Quote from: mosher on Sunday 30 January 11 12:03 GMT (UK)

(BTW none of the trees with Peter & Mary as parents have any sources to back them up)

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Re: Foster family - Wigan
« Reply #11 on: Monday 31 January 11 11:25 GMT (UK) »
Hi all,

Mosher, I definitely think the 1871 family is not the same one as you found in 1851.
Tracing the widowed Ann from Upholland back, the family are at RG9/2784 11 15 in 1861 and HO107/2201 31 13 in 1851.

The 1881 census shows a William Foster born Upholland ca. 1853, married to an Elizabeth. He's likely to be the one you found in 1871 - mother Ann is living next door. (RG11/3782 6 5)

Quote from: mosher on Sunday 30 January 11 12:03 GMT (UK)
I can find a family with a Jonathan Foster (stone mason), wife Ann and son Robert in 1841.  In 1851, the family seems to be the same with some extra children inc William, but the wifes name is Nancy.  Is Nancy a variant of Ann?
Yes, Nancy can well be Ann.

I'm not having any luck tracing Nancy/Ann in 1861 or 1871 either  :(
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Re: Foster family - Wigan
« Reply #12 on: Monday 31 January 11 20:46 GMT (UK) »
1871: Class: RG10; Piece: 3886; Folio: 85; Page: 21


There is an Ann Forster with son William (1849) + Charles very near to Henry Scott who would be a good candidate for Jane's father.

Lancashire BMD  has Charles Foster 1856 mother's name Bentley

Jane seems to be in Ormskirk on her own.

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Re: Foster family - Wigan
« Reply #13 on: Monday 31 January 11 23:20 GMT (UK) »
Thanks Tati & Deryckjohn!

Tati, I guess that shows that there WERE 2 William Fosters who were stone masons, however the other didn't marry a Jane Rebecca Scott.

Deryckjohn, thank you for finding that!  Generally the search will pick up close spellings but for some reason amongst all my tries, I never found that one!  That would be them, and Henry (bootmaker) is stated to be Jane's father on the marriage on the Lan website.

I have been going through the Norfolk parish registers, but they are not searchable, and there were so many churches in Norwich!  Hopefully I will eventually find Jane. 

Thanks again!
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Re: Foster family - Wigan
« Reply #14 on: Tuesday 01 February 11 13:31 GMT (UK) »
www.freereg.org.uk have a lot of Norfolk registers on their site

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Re: Foster family - Wigan
« Reply #15 on: Tuesday 08 February 11 09:06 GMT (UK) »
Well, thanks to the fabulous UK service in sending certificates, I can now confirm that Kate's father was William Foster, mason.

I ordered the certificate on 31 Jan, and got it today (8 Feb) and I am in Australia!  That is quite amazing service!  We don't even get our own certificates that quick!

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