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1. WILLIAM1 FOSTER

Child of WILLIAM FOSTER is:
2. i. EDMUND2 FOSTER, b. 1832, Briercliffe, Lancashire, England; d. 03 Apr 1900, Burnley Lane, Lancashire, England Aged 69 years.


Generation No. 2

2. EDMUND2 FOSTER (WILLIAM1) was born 1832 in Briercliffe, Lancashire, England, and died 03 Apr 1900 in Burnley Lane, Lancashire, England Aged 69 years. He married (1) MARY UNKNOWN. She was born 1837 in Barrowford, Lancashire, England, and died 25 Jun 1885 in Aged 48 Years. He married (2) ELIZABETH BANNISTER 07 Sep 1887 in The Register Office, Burnley, Lancashire, England, daughter of JOHN BANNISTER. She was born 1833 in Briercliffe, Burnley, Lancashire, England, and died 23 Dec 1904 in 59 Brennand Road, Burnley, Lancashire, England.

Notes for EDMUND FOSTER:
1881 Census / 36 Heap St, Burnley
RG 11 /4148 / 142 pg 18
Edmund FOSTER, Head, Married, 49years, Masons Labourer, b. Briercliffe, Lancs
Mary FOSTER, Wife, 44years, Housewife, b. Barrowford, Lancs
Susannah FOSTER, Daughter, Unmar, 19years, Cotton Weaver, b. Briercliffe, Lancs
Frank FOSTER, Son, 12years, Cotton Weaver Half Time, Briercliffe, Lancs

More About EDMUND FOSTER:
Address (Facts Pg 1.): 1887, 107 Briercliffe Rd., Burnley
Burial: Lane Head Baptist Church, Briercliffe, Lancashire, England
Occupation: 1887, Masons Labourer

More About MARY UNKNOWN:
Burial: Lane Head Baptist Church, Briercliffe, Lancashire, England

Notes for ELIZABETH BANNISTER:
1881 Census - 59 Brennand St., Burnley
RG11 - 4148 - 135 - 3
Elizabeth SUTCLIFFE, Widow, 47yrs, Housekeper, b. Briercliffe
John SUTCLIFFE, Son, Unmarried, 19yrs, Cotton Weaver, b. Briercliffe
James SUTCLIFFE, Son, 12yrs, Scholar, b. Briercliffe
Susannah SUTCLIFFE, Daughter, 9yrs, Scholar, b. Briercliffe (Extwistle)

1891 Census - 59 Brennand St, Burnley
RG12 - 3362
Edward FOSTER, Head, Married, 58yrs, Laborer, b. Briercliffe
Elizabeth FOSTER, Wife, 57yrs, b. Lane Head
Frank FOSTER, Son, 22yrs, Weaver, b. Briercliffe
Susannah SUTCLIFFE, Daughter, Spinster, 19yrs, Weaver, b. Lane Head

1901 Census - 59 Brennand St, Burnley
RG13 - 3866 - 67 - 27
Elizabeth FOSTER, Head, Widow, 67yrs, b. Burnley
Susannah SUTCLIFFE, Daughter, Spinster, 28yrs, Cotton Weaver, b. Burnley
Frank FOSTER, Son, 32yrs, Overlooker Cotton Mill, b. Burnley

Will extract
1905 - FOSTER Elizabeth of 59 Brennand street Burnley widow died 23 December 1904 Probate Lancaster
8 February to James Sutcliffe cotton mill manager Effects £206 12s.

More About ELIZABETH BANNISTER:
Address (Facts Pg 1.): 17 Jul 1854, Reedly Hollows
Burial: 27 Dec 1904, Haggate Cemetery, Burnley, Lancashire, England Plot 14, Grave 18

Children of EDMUND FOSTER and MARY UNKNOWN are:
i. SUSANNAH3 FOSTER, b. 1863, Briercliffe, Lancashire, England; d. 30 May 1900.

More About SUSANNAH FOSTER:
Burial: Lane Head Baptist Church, Briercliffe, Lancashire, England

ii. FRANK FOSTER, b. 1869, Briercliffe, Lancashire, England; d. 31 Oct 1941, Aged 73.

More About FRANK FOSTER:
Burial: Lane Head Baptist Church, Briercliffe, Lancashire, England

Births Dec 1906
FOSTER Samuel Thornton – Burnley, 8e, 165

1988 – FOSTER Samuel Thornton of 2 St. Annes Dv. Fence, Burnley, died 30 January 1988. Probate Manchester, 21 April. Not exceeding £70,000

1966 LEAVER Elizabeth Ann of 11 Atkinson Street, Harle Syke near Burnley died 14 January 1966, at Brunshaw Nursing Home, Burnley. Probate London 7 March to James Alwyn Barker, Company Director and Samuel Thornton Foster, Local Government Officer. £8,395

Possible marriage

Marriages March 1931
FOSTER Samuel T. (married Sutcliffe) – Burnley, 8e, 395
SUTCLIFFE Ida (married Foster) – Burnley, 8e, 395

It's amazing how information I pick up on this site. Sam Foster was my father's cousin. What I didn't know until I read the most recent Foster entry last week was that Sam and my father died within months of each other in 1988. Dad died in April. Elizabeth Ann Leaver was their aunt. I don't remember Sam, but I do remember her. And Alwyn Barker, another person I don't remember, was a friend of Dad's.

My Grandma lived next door to Elizabeth Ann Foster and William Henry Leaver, at 13 Atkinson street.

What was your Dad’s name?

Dad's name was John Foster. You probably won't remember him. If he was still with us he would have been 96 this year. Interestingly, he lived for the first 30 something years of his life at 6 Atkinson Street.