jocob james forden

[Ruskie]

Unusual surname Foden - centered around a small area:
http://gbnames.publicprofiler.org/Map.aspx?name=FODEN&year=1881&altyear=1998&country=GB&type=name

Presumably it is pronounced Forden, hence the later addition of the r.

[Ruskie]

They are in the 1871 census as Foder on Ancestry. (with some more children)

In 1861 William and Selina must be recently married (they have no children with them). Surname is Foden.

[Kay99]

The family seem to disappear post 1881 

[Ruskie]

I wonder if they went to Australia as a family.

[Kay99]

Master Jacob Foden
Estimated Birth Year:    abt 1880
Age:    8
Arrival date:    8 Jun 1888  Adelaide, Melbourne and Sydney, Australia
Departure Port:    Aden
Nationality:    English

with mother Selina age 40 and a sibling  L Foden age 10 and another Foden age 38 a clerk  (possibly Titus)

[Kay99]

The year before  William Foden  Age 48
Arrival date 1887    Melbourne, Australia
Departure Port    Antwerp, Belgium
Ship Salier
Nationality    English

[Ruskie]

Well found Kay. 

[solidrock]

Date of death   11 February 1946

[homer46]

hi everybody

what i know

i have a newspaper report dated 16 nov 1910 showing a marriage of forden and cole in 1901!!!!!
i have plenty of info after 1901 in the name forden which all ties in what i know
its the dates prior to that
have not found a jacob forden on the shipping lists into fremantle but some of the other names which you all have suggested will be a great start
great work everybody