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Foster, MrsRef 140-434
[15??-1613]
A widow of Halifax.
Dr Favour recorded her death with the comment that she was
an infamous prostitute

Foster, MrRef 140-1234
[18??-18??]
He married Fanny Barker.


Fanny was the daughter of
George Barker
 

Children:

  1. Emma [b 1875]
  2. Edith [b 1881]
  3. Alice [b 1883]

They lived at Belle Vue Place, Whinney Hill, Hipperholme-with-Brighouse [with Fanny's parents 1891].

He was dead by 1891

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Foster, MrRef 140-628
[18??-1887]
In 1850, he founded a business as a pattern maker for iron and brass founders at
St John's Works, Halifax.

He married Unknown.

Child: James

His son continued the family business

Foster, DrRef 140-1256
[18??-19??]
Medical practitioner in Elland.

He was at Field House

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Foster, A. H.Ref 140-1354
[18??-1???]
Brewer or bottler or beerhouse keeper of Hebden Bridge

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Foster, Abraham BriggsRef 140-151
[1829-1904]
JP.

Son of John Foster.

Born in Clayton.

He was a nominee for the Northowram Board of Guardians [1869] / a landowner and farmer of 52 acres employing 2 labourers [1871].

On 28th October 1862, he married Rosamond Susanna [1844-1???], daughter of John Staveley.

Children:

  1. Philip Staveley
  2. Rosamond Isabel [b 1867]

They lived at

He also had a home at Egton Lodge, Grosmont. He went to live at Canwell Hall, Sutton Coldfield, Staffordshire [1881] and left Northowram Hall for his nephew, E. H. Foster.

See Northowram Mechanics' Institute

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Foster, Adam CrossfieldRef 140-727
[1826-1879]
He was an attorney/solicitor [1861] / a solicitor [1871] / a partner in
Norris, Foster & England / a partner in Norris & Foster [1868] / a partner in Foster, England & Foster.

On 18th December 1871, he succeeded James Edward Norris as Town Clerk of Halifax. The salary was £1,000 a year, but he had to provide his own clerks.

On 26th July 1855, he married Maria Pohlmann.


Maria was the daughter of Henry Pohlmann
 

Children:

  1. Charles Ernest who died 17th December 1862 (aged 4 months) 
  2. Louis Pohlmann
  3. Ronald Crossfield

They lived at

On 21st January 1876, he was travelling home from London with Henry Alexander Norris, when the train ran into debris caused by an accident between the Scottish Express and a mineral train near Huntingdon. Foster's leg was badly crushed between the knee and ankle and he suffered a shock to the nervous system and was confined to his home for a long period.

He died of a stroke [3rd October 1879] (aged 58) whilst walking in the Pavilion Gardens, Buxton, where he was on holiday.

Maria died 6th August 1901 (aged 80).

Members of the family were buried at Lister Lane Cemetery [Plot 255]

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Foster, AlbertRef 140-75
[1877-1944]
Son of
Charles Foster.

Born in Halifax [14th March 1877].

He was a mechanic fitter [1901] / an engine fitter [1911] / an engineer's fitter [1939].

In [Q4] 1899, he married Lucy Dove [1875-1931] in Halifax.


Lucy was born in Upton, Yorkshire.

Her brother Joseph married Albert's sister Ada

 

Children:

  1. Hilda Mary [1901-1907] who was buried with her Foster grandparent at Lister Lane Cemetery [Plot 1523]

The family lived at

  • 13 Thomas Street, Halifax [1901]
  • 6 New Road, Halifax (living with Albert's widowed father)   [1911]
  • 1 Brussels Court, Halifax (living with his sister Lilly  Donovan) [1939]

Lucy died Q3 1931 (aged 56).

Albert died Q3 1944 (aged 67).

They both died in Halifax.

He was buried at Lister Lane Cemetery [Plot 1523]

Foster, AlbertRef 140-30
[1897-1918]
Son of Hannah Maria & Arthur Foster of 89 Bolton Brow, Sowerby Bridge.

Born in Sowerby Bridge; baptised at Christ Church, Sowerby Bridge [5th September 1897].

During World War I, he served as a Private with the 2nd Battalion Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment).

He died 18th July 1918 (aged 20).

He was buried at Gonnehem British Cemetery, France [Grave Ref F 3].

He is remembered on the Memorial at Christ Church, Sowerby Bridge

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Foster, AlfredRef 140-38
[1842-1873]
MA.

Son of John Foster.

He was educated at Cambridge.

In [Q2] 1870, he married Alice Catherine Teale in Settle.

They lived at Spring Head, Halifax.

Alfred died 10th July 1873 (aged 30).

His sister Jane & her husband Sydney Perfect Norris erected a window in Alfred's memory at All Saints' Church, Dudwell

Foster, Rev Antony JohnRef 140-491
[19??-19??]
He was on the staff at Teso College in Uganda before becoming Vicar of
Christ Church, Pellon [1974-1992].

He married Juliet.

Children:

  1. Stephen
  2. Helen
  3. Sara

Foster, AquillaRef 140-1
[1858-1900]
Son of
Joseph Foster.

Born in Barkisland.

He was a cotton spinner [1886, 1891].

On 21st November 1886, he married Elizabeth Pinder [1859-1900] at Halifax Parish Church / Christ Church, Barkisland.


Elizabeth was born in Barkisland, the daughter of John Pinder.

She already had two children when she married Aquilla:

  1. Samuel Edwin
  2. Hannah Maria [1884-1955]
 

Children:

  1. Leonard [1887-1950]
  2. Owen [1888-1971]
  3. Selwyn
  4. Willie [1892-1957]
  5. Pliny
  6. Herbert [1896-1965]
  7. Phyliss Ann [b 1898]

They lived at Ivy Cottage, Barkisland [1891]

Aquilla & Elizabeth died in 1900.

They were buried at Christ Church, Barkisland [Grave Ref: 477].

After their death, the children were either adopted or sent to an orphanage.

Sons Samuel Edwin, Selwyn & Pliny died in World War I

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Foster, ArthurRef 140-48
[1882-1917]
Son of
John Foster.

Born in Halifax.

He was a member of Northgate End Chapel, Halifax / a French polisher [1901] / a French polisher at cabinet works [1911] / employed by Marshall Haley at West End Cabinet Works, Halifax.

In [Q3] 1909, he married Margaret Ann Hirst in Halifax.


Margaret Ann was born in Halifax
 

They lived at

  • 22 Hirst Street, Burnley, Lancashire [1911]
  • 12 Dombey Street, Halifax [1917]

During World War I, he enlisted in Halifax [January 1915] and served as a Private with the 2nd/4th Battalion Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment).

He was wounded [May 1917].

He was killed in action [27th November 1917].

The Halifax Courier [22nd December 1917] reported his death with a photograph.

He is remembered on the Cambrai Memorial, Nord France [Grave Ref 6 & 7]

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Foster, ArthurRef 140-7
[1917-1944]
Son of Mrs Margaret Foster of Todmorden.

He was a French polisher.

He married Lily.

They lived at

  • 12 Dombey Street, Halifax
  • Stanwix, Carlisle

During World War II, he served as a Private with the 1st (Airborne) Battalion Border Regiment.

He was killed at Cambrai [21st September 1944] (aged 27).

He was buried at Arnhem Oosterbeek War Cemetery, Netherlands [Grave Ref 25 C 6].

He is remembered in the Halifax Town Hall Books of Remembrance, in the Todmorden Garden of Remembrance, and on the Memorial at Christ Church, Sowerby Bridge

Foster, Rev Arthur WellesleyRef 140-44
[1855-1929]
MA.

Son of William Foster.

He was Vicar of Tatham / High Sheriff of Herefordshire [1899]

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Foster, BenjaminRef 140-26
[1808-1831]
Son of
Matthew Foster.

Baptised at Luddenden [5th April 1808].

A member of the Foster family of Wadsworth & Denholme, and junior member of W. & H. Foster of Denholme.

The firm distributed the work to weavers at Wadsworth & Crimsworth, travelling across the moors to collect the pieces twice a week.

On the 4th February 1831, Benjamin was making one of these collections with his horse and cart, and a dog called Shep. On his return home, it was nearly dark, the wind was boisterous and the snow was falling fast.

Ignoring his friends' entreaties to stay the night, Benjamin set off, and with some difficulty got nearly to the edge of the moor, when the horse and cart fell into a deep morass. He decided to leave the horse and cart and go in search of assistance, but he lost his way and fell into one of the boggy places on the moor. Injured and unable to proceed further, he lay down exhausted upon a bed of snow. Next day, searchers found his body covered with snow, and his faithful dog lying across his body.

The dog became Fosters' trademark.

He was buried at Denholme Wesleyan Chapel [10th February 1831]

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Foster, BenjaminRef 140-41
[1833-1875]
Of White Shaw, Denholme.

Son of William Foster.

He married Jane Ann Sutcliffe.


Jane Ann came from Burnley
 

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Foster, C. T.Ref 140-7470
[1???-19??]
Curate at
Todmorden Parish Church [1931]

Foster, CharlesRef 140-61
[1780-1858]
He was a smith.

He married Susannah [1780-1849].

Children:

  1. John
  2. Susannah [1814-1845] who married George Gledhill

Susannah died 30th March 1849 (aged 69).

Charles died 5th May 1858 (aged 78).

Members of the family were buried at Lister Lane Cemetery [Plot 2728]

Foster, CharlesRef 140-73
[1844-1914]
(Possibly) son of
Thomas Foster.

Born in Halifax.

He was a piece tenter [1881] / unemployed [1911].

In [Q2] 1873, he married Martha Ann Rushworth [1843-1890] in Halifax.


Martha Ann was born in Halifax
 

Children:

  1. Elizabeth [1873-1874]
  2. Lilly [b 2nd December 1875] who (possibly) married Mr  Donovan
  3. Albert
  4. George Henry [1881]
  5. Ada [1884-1953] who married Joseph Dove

The family lived at

  • 8 Thomas Street, Halifax [1881]
  • 6 New Road, Halifax [1911]

Living with the widowed Charles [in 1911] were son Albert & his family & daughter Ada & her family.

Martha Ann died 29th November 1890 (aged 47).

Charles died 9th March 1914 (aged 70).

The couple & the children were buried at Lister Lane Cemetery [Plot 1523] with granddaughter Hilda Mary Foster

Foster, Charles CliffordRef 140-1055
[1886-1918]
Son of
William Henry Foster.

Born 21st June 1886.

He was educated at King William's College, Douglas and Heath Grammar School / in business at Edward Foster & Son Limited [1918] / a traveller (brassfounder) [1911].

He never married.

He lived with his parents at 63 Savile Park Road, Halifax.

During World War I, he and 7 friends enlisted with the Cheshire Regiment [17th September 1914]:

who were killed,

who were wounded, and Major Horace Fox, who survived unscathed.

Charles Clifford served as a Lieutenant with the 2/5th (Territorial) Battalion Cheshire Regiment.

He served in Palestine [November 1917-June 1918], and then in France with the 1/7th Battalion.

He was killed by machine gun fire [29th July 1918] (aged 32).

The Halifax Courier [17th August 1918] reported his death with a photograph.

He was buried at Raperie British Cemetery, France [Grave Ref VI D 1].

He is remembered at Lister Lane Cemetery [Plot 633], in the Halifax Town Hall Books of Remembrance, on the Memorial at Saint Jude's Church, Savile Park, and on the Memorial at Heath Grammar School.

His Commanding Officer wrote


Your son will be greatly missed by us all, as he was very popular, and the regiment is all the poorer for his loss ... Since he joined the battalion in Palestine, your son has always done his work cheerfully and well
 

His Company Sergeant wrote


He was dearly loved by all the men of the company ... He had done his bit, and I say again, and to my dying day, I never wish to meet a better gentleman or soldier, for I think it is impossible for one to exist
 

Another Sergeant wrote


I have served under many officers, but none that I loved and respected more than Mr Foster, and my heart bleeds when I think of him; the 2 years that I spent with him as Transport Sgt. were the happiest ones, and every one that came in contact with him would say the same
 

Foster, Charles MilneRef 140-6070
[1840-1???]
Son of
John Wilkinson Foster.

In 18??, he emigrated to Brisbane, Australia.

On 2nd September 1864 – the day after she arrived in Brisbane – he married Mary Jane (Polly) Kelk.


Mary Jane was the daughter of the late William Kelk of Burgh-le-Marsh, Lincolnshire
 

He ran a large general store in Brisbane with his brother-in-law, Mr ? Kelk, for many years.

His home, Shafston in Brisbane, is now part of the National Trust

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Foster, ClarenceRef 140-22
[1917-1944]
Son of Rose (née Ella) & Owen Foster, blanket scourer, of Barkisland.

He was educated at Barkisland School / a member of Krumlin Methodist Chapel, Barkisland & Sunday School / employed by Edmund Sykes & Sons Limited at Krumlin Mills, Barkisland.

He lived at Villa Terrace, Barkisland.

During World War II, he enlisted [1940] and served as a Marine Royal Marines.

He died in hospital in Bath [20th September 1944] (aged 27).

He was buried at Krumlin Methodist Chapel Graveyard [25A]. Probate records show that he left effects valued at £432 14/4d.

Probate was granted to his father.

He is remembered on Barkisland War Memorial

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Foster, Daniel William ParisRef 140-10
[1867-19??]
Son of Daniel Deverill Foster, smith.

Born in Lambeth, London [Q4 1867].

He was a dyer's clerk [1911] / an Army pensioner [1911].

He married (1) Emma Catherine.

Children:

  1. Lawrence Richard
  2. Edgar Frederick
  3. William Thomas
  4. Cecil Leonard
  5. George
  6. Queenie [b 1898] who was a dyer's piece marker [1911]
  7. Rosie [1907-1911]
  8. Daniel Deveril [b 1909]

In [Q1] 1911, he married (2) Emily Oldfield [1877-19??] at St Thomas's Church, Greetland.


Emily, of Brook Row, Greetland, was born in Mexborough, the daughter of Charles Oldfield, coal merchant
 

They lived at

  • Pietermaritsburg, Natal, South Africa
  • 1 John Street, West Vale [1911]

He had been in the Army for 30 years.

He had served in South Africa, where some of his children were born.

During World War I, he served as a Lieutenant / Captain with the Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment).

His sons – all Privates – also served with the Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment) in World War I: Lawrence Richard who was killed in 1914, Edgar Frederick who was killed in 1916, William Thomas, Cecil Leonard, and George

In 1916, he had been in hospital suffering from shell shock, and had only returned to duty a fortnight earlier when he heard of his Edgar Frederick's death. He was only about 1 mile from the incident, but arrived too late to see Edgar alive

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Foster, DavidRef 140-69
[1819-1894]
Born in Denholme, Bradford [19th October 1819].

He was a power loom weaver (worsted) [1851] / a carpet weaver [1861, 1871].

He married Mary [1824-1892].


Mary was born in Halifax [17th April 1824].

She was a dressmaker [1851, 1861]

 

Children:

  1. Marena / Marian [b 1845] who was a worsted weaver  [1861]
  2. Clementina [b 1848] who was a worsted weaver [1861] &  married Charles Crossland
  3. Sabrina [1849-1934] who married (1) John Cooke Scott (2) Robert Taylor
  4. Frederick [b 1854] who was an accountant's clerk [1871]
  5. Edith [b 1864]

The family lived at

  • Denholme Lane, Thornton, Bradford [1851]
  • Bath Street, Halifax [1861]
  • 6 Hume Street, Halifax [1871]
  • 4 Coleridge Street, Halifax (living with daughter  Clementina & her husband Charles Crossland) [1881]

Mary died 22nd July 1892.

David died 27th September 1894.

The couple were buried at King Cross Methodist New Connexion Chapel with daughter Sabrina

Foster, DudleyRef 140-510
[1924-1973]
Actor.

Born in Brighouse [7th August 1924].

He appeared in many film and TV rôles.

He married actress Eileen Kennally.

He committed suicide, hanging himself on 8th January 1973

Foster, Edgar FrederickRef 140-11
[1896-1916]
Son of
Daniel William Paris Foster.

Born in Pietermaritsburg, Natal, South Africa;

He was a clerk at Mirfield, at Greetland & at Elland stations / a railway telegraph messenger [1911] / a clerk at Halifax Drill Hall.

During World War I, he served as a Private with A Company 1st/4th Battalion Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment).

He was killed in action [4th July 1916] (aged 20).

The Halifax Courier [15th July 1916] reported his death with a photograph.

He is remembered on the Memorial at Clay House, Greetland.

His father had been in hospital suffering from shell shock, and had only returned to duty a fortnight earlier when he heard of his son's death

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Foster, EdwardRef 140-33
[1783-1843]
Son of Edward Foster.

He was a plumber [1841].

In April 1862, he took over Edward Foster & Son Limited, which had been established by his father.

On 24th March 1804, he married Sarah Briar [1786-18??] at Halifax Parish Church.

Children:

  1. John
  2. Emma [1815-1878]

They lived at Woolshops, Halifax [1841]

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Foster, EdwardRef 140-70
[1805-1864]
Born in Halifax.

He was landlord of the Marquis of Granby, Halifax [1841] / a joiner builder [1841, 1851] / a retired joiner & model maker [1861].

He married Mary Ellen [1804-1861].


Mary Ellen was born in Lancaster
 

Children:

  1. Christiana [b 1829]

The family lived at

  • 1 Shaw Syke, Halifax [1851]
  • 31 Westgate, Halifax [1861]

Living with them [in 1861] was niece Emma Foster [b 1842] (nurse).

Mary Ellen died 26th February 1861 (aged 57).

Edward died 11th June 1864 (aged 59).

Members of the family were buried at Lister Lane Cemetery [Plot 177]

Foster, EdwardRef 140-58
[1830-1884]
Born in Halifax.

He was a brass founder [1865, 1871] / a brass founder employing 26 hands [1881].

In [Q4] 1853, he married Sarah Jane Sugden [1835-1895].


Sarah Jane was born in Halifax
 

Children:

  1. John Sugden [1863-5th January 1865]

Son John was (possibly) buried at Lister Lane Cemetery [Plot 900].

The family lived at

  • 17 King Cross Street, Halifax [1871]
  • Ashfield House, Warley [1881]

Edward died 21st October 1884 (aged 54).

Sarah Jane died 22nd March 1895 (aged 60).

Members of the family were buried at Lister Lane Cemetery [Plot 811]

Foster, EdwardRef 140-14
[1871-1958]
Born in Norwich.

He was a gas stoker [1895, 1911].

On 13th April 1895, he married Harriet Ann Belfield [1876-1956] at Halifax Parish Church.


Harriet Ann was born in Runcorn
 

Children:

  1. Leonard
  2. James [1901-1992]
  3. Julia [1905-1997]
  4. Mary Alice [1907-1981]
  5. George [1911-1911]
  6. Emily Emma [1912-1982]
  7. Beatrice [1915-1917]

The children were born in Sowerby Bridge.

The family lived at 11 Willow Street, Sowerby Bridge [1897, 1911].

Living with them [in 1911] were nephew Walter Robert Ransley [b 1897] (cotton piecer spinner)  and niece Hannah Ransley [b 1903]

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Foster, Major Edward HornbyRef 140-289
[1869-1940]
Son of
William Foster.

Born at Hornby Castle.

He was a manufacturer of mohair, alpaca and silk goods [1911].

He lived at Northowram Hall, when his uncle, Abraham Briggs Foster, moved to Staffordshire.

On 22nd April 1896, he married Florence Ruth Anderton.


Florence Ruth was born in Bradford, the only daughter of Frederick William Anderton of Bolton Royd, Manningham, Bradford
 

Children:

  1. daughter [b 1897]
  2. Beatrice Dorothy [b 1903]
  3. Laurence

The family lived at

  • Woodleigh, Shibden Head / Ambler Thorn [1911]

Foster, EdwinRef 140-31
[1891-1916]
Born in Halifax.

During World War I, he served as a Private with the 16th Battalion West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own).

He was killed on the first day of the Battle of the Somme [1st July 1916].

He is remembered on the Thiepval Memorial, France [Grave Ref 2A, 2C & 2D]

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Foster, EliRef 140-40
[1831-1885]
Of Waterloo House, Denholme.

Son of William Foster.

He married Maria Knowles.


Maria was the youngest daughter of Jonathan Knowles
 

Children:

  1. son
  2. son
  3. John

Eli died in 1885.

Probate records show that he left a personal estate valued at £288,098 13/1d

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Foster, Ethel JaneRef 140-494
[18??-1940]
Daughter of
Major Johnston Jonas Foster.

In 1896, she married the 15th Lord Inchiquin [18??-1929].

Children:

  1. son
  2. son
  3. son
  4. daughter
  5. daughter
  6. daughter

In 1920, she was awarded the Medal of Queen Elizabeth of Belgium.

She died at Dromoland Castle, Newmarket-upon-Fergus, Ireland

Foster, Major F. C.Ref 140-1152
[18??-19??]
On 5th October 1924, a window was dedicated at Queensbury Church in his memory

Foster, FrankRef 140-241
[18??-19??]
Halifax builder.

He married Unknown.

Child: John Henry

Foster, FrankRef 140-60
[1811-1???]
Born in Halifax.

He was a master mason [1861].

Around 1837, he married Ann [1810-1???].


Ann was born in Halifax
 

Children:

  1. James [b 1837] who was a pattern dyer [1861], married  Mary Ann [b 1838] & had a daughter Alice A. [b 1860]
  2. Isabella [b 1843] who was a housemaid [1861]
  3. John K. [b 1846] who was a dyer [1861]
  4. Alice A. [b 1850]

They lived at 8 Union Street, Halifax [1861].

Living with them [in 1861] were son James & family, and lodger James Richardson

Foster, FrederickRef 140-65
[1832-1904]
Born in Halifax [6th August 1832].

He was a printer compositor [1871] / a retired compositor [1901].

He married Ellen [1837-1877].


Ellen was born in Southowram [1st February 1837]
 

Children:

  1. Harriet [1852-1864]
  2. John William [1863-1906] who was a compositor [1901]
  3. Emma S. [b 1866]
  4. Thomas [b 1867]
  5. Harry [b 1869]
  6. Frank [b 1870]
  7. Esther A. [b 1875] who was a dressmaker [1901]
  8. Fred [b 1878] who was a button tailor [1901]
  9. Frank [b 1881] who was a linotype operator [1901]

They lived at

  • 7 North Castle Street, Halifax [1871]
  • 19 Daisy Street, Halifax [1901]

Ellen died 27th December 1877 (aged 40).

Frederick died 16th December 1904 (aged 72).

The couple & the children were buried at Lister Lane Cemetery [Plot 2179]

Foster, Frederick CharlesRef 140-1163
[1852-19??]
Of Prospect House, Queensbury.

Son of William Foster.

He was an inmate at Halifax Union Workhouse [1861].

He was a worsted spinner and manufacturer [1881]

Foster, FriendRef 140-1241
[1865-1898]
Son of
Joseph Foster.

Landlord of the White Horse, Halifax [1898].

On 20th February 1892, he married Jane Ellen Moore [1865-1931] at Christ Church, Barkisland.

Children:

  1. Herbert Newton [1892-1979] who was an apprentice engineer  / tool maker [1911]
  2. Arthur Maurice [1895-1956] who was a pattern maker's  apprentice [1911]
  3. Clement Foster [b 17th February 1897] who died aged 10  months & was buried with his parents (though not mentioned on the  headstone) 

He is mentioned in the List of Local Wills: 1898

He was buried at Christ Church, Barkisland [Grave Ref: 200].

After his death, Jane Ellen married Ben Smith

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Foster, George WilliamRef 140-18
[1895-1917]
Son of
Holmes Foster.

Born in Hebden Bridge; baptised at St Mary's Church, Luddenden.

He was a butcher's apprentice [1911] / in business as a butcher in St George's Square, Hebden Bridge [1911] / a member of Hebden Bridge Liberal Club.

During World War I, he enlisted [July 1916] and served as a Lance Corporal with the 10th Battalion Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment).

He was said to be a deadly shot and never missed.

He was killed in France when he and others took shelter in a dug out, and a heavy enemy shell exploded, killing and most of the other [20th September 1917] (aged 22).

He is remembered on the Tyne Cot Memorial, Belgium [Grave Ref LVIII C 4], on Wadsworth War Memorial, and on the Memorial at Saint John's Mission Church, Hebden Bridge.

The Halifax Courier [13th October 1917] reported his death with a photograph

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Foster, Grace SutcliffeRef 140-931
[1838-1889]
Second daughter of
Henry Foster.

On 19th January 1854, she married Joseph son of John Hodgson of Sunderland House, Halifax, at Heptonstall Church

Foster, HannahRef 140-396
[1685-1765]
Daughter of Richard Foster, a cloth-worker of Ossett.

She married Rev Thomas Dickenson. After his death, she moved to Clerkenwell, London. She was buried in the Nonconformist burial ground at Bunhill Fields

See Richard Clapham

Foster, HaroldRef 140-4
[18??-19??]
Of Hopwood Lane, Halifax.

Recorded in January 1914, when

Mr & Mrs Harold Foster were popular humorous entertainers

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Foster, HarryRef 140-36
[18??-191?]

During World War I, he served with the Royal Field Artillery.

He died in the conflict.

Foster, HenryRef 140-1194
[1???-17??]
He and his wife, Elizabeth, were innkeepers in or around Heptonstall [1736].


Question: Does anyone know which inn this may have been?

 

New House, Heptonstall is dated F H E 1736 for the couple

Foster, HenryRef 140-930
[17??-18??]
Of
Slater Ing, Slack.

He married Unknown.

Children:

  1. a daughter
  2. Grace Sutcliffe

He was dead by 1854

Foster, Rev HenryRef 140-658
[1745-1814]
MA.

Youngest of 5 sons [and 1 daughter] of a shalloon manufacturer of Heptonstall. He was educated at Heptonstall School. In 1762, he was affected by a severe infectious fever which killed his father. In 1764, he went to Queen's College Oxford. In 1767, he was ordained. He served at several churches in London

Foster, HenryRef 140-25
[1805-1858]
Son of
Matthew Foster.

Baptised at Luddenden [16th January 1805].

He and his brother William – members of the Foster family of Wadsworth & Denholme – employed hand weavers at Duck Hill, Wadsworth. It is said that they had capital of £220 to start their business.

Around 1830, they moved to Denholme, and – because of the shortage of local weavers – they distributed the work to weavers at Wadsworth & Crimsworth, travelling across the moors to collect the pieces twice a week. Their brother Benjamin died on one such journey.

They became successful worsted spinners & stuff manufacturers, W. & H. Foster.

The brothers founded St Paul's Church, Denholme.

In 1831, Benjamin Foster, a junior member of the firm, was making one of these collections when he perished in snow on the moors.

In 1837, he married Hannah Knowles.


Hannah was the eldest daughter of Jonathan Knowles.

She was born in Bradford [14th March 1816], and baptised by Rev Patrick Brontë at Thornton [23rd September 1819]

 

Children:

  1. Maria [b 1838] who married Victor Sylvester Sichel  of Claremount, Great Horton Road, Bradford, manufacturer
  2. Martha [b 1842]
  3. Ann [b 1844]
  4. Alice [b 1847] who married her cousin Joshua Craven
  5. Henry Edward
  6. Emily Jane [1855-1929] who never married

Henry died at Denholme [8th June 1858].

Hannah died 1st March 1871

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Foster, HenryRef 140-F1168
[1809-1841]
Son of
John Foster.

He was at Queen's College Oxford before moving to Heptonstall Slack,

Henry died in the Debtors' Gaol, Halifax and the jailer, Francis Scott, was charged with illegally retaining the body for Henry's debts

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Foster, HenryRef 140-615
[1831-1893]
Son of
Jonathan Wilkinson Foster.

He took over his father's drapery business.

In 1888, he went into partnership with Mr Armstrong to established Foster & Armstrong.

He married Susan

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Foster, Henry EdwardRef 140-42
[1849-1919]
of Thornton Hall.

Son of Henry Foster.

In 1861, he was boarding with Rev William Baldwin at Mytholmroyd.

In [Q1] 1888, he married Adeline Ann Craven Cheffins [1867-1945] in Medway District.

Adeline died at 45 Sussex Square, Brighton [28th July 1945]

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Foster, HerbertRef 140-17
[1890-1918]
Son of
Obadiah Foster.

He was a wire drawer's labourer [1911].

He lived at 41 Portland Road, Range Bank, Halifax.

During World War I, he enlisted [April 1915] and served as a Corporal / Bombardier with B Battery 155th Brigade Royal Field Artillery.

He died of wounds in No.3 Canadian Stationary Hospital, France [25th April 1918] (aged 28).

His photograph appears with reports of his story in the Halifax Courier [4th May & 11th May 1918].

He was buried at Doullens Communal Cemetery Extension No.1, France [Grave Ref VI B 70].

He is remembered in the Halifax Town Hall Books of Remembrance

Foster, HolmesRef 140-19
[1863-1937]
Born in Bradford.

He was a clerk (wholesale fustian) [1887] / a clerk for wholesale clothier [1891] / a fustian clothier's clerk [1901] / a clerk at wholesale fustian clothing works [1911].

In 1887, he married Mary Hannah Alderson [1867-1947] in Halifax.


Mary Hannah was born in Luddenden
 

Children:

  1. Clara [b 1890] who was a sewing machinist wholesale  fustian clothing works [1911]
  2. Lily [b 1891] who was a sewing machinist wholesale  fustian clothing works [1911]
  3. Violet Alderson [1893-1976] who was a sewing machinist  wholesale fustian clothing works [1911] and never married
  4. George William
  5. Edward Barker [1906-1964]

The children were born in Hebden Bridge and baptised at St Mary's Church, Luddenden.

The family lived at

  • Weasel Hall, Erringden [1891]
  • Hollings, Heptonstall [1901]
  • Cragg Mount, Hebden Bridge [1911, 1917]

Living with them [in 1891] was sister-in-law Martha A Alderson [b 1862] (sick nurse) 

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Foster, Horace EdwardRef 140-3
[1860-1947]
Son of
William Foster.

Born in Halifax.

He was solicitor at 22 George Street, Halifax [1905] until 1911 / Secretary to the Trustees of John Abbott Ladies' Homes.

In 1886, he married Elizabeth Ann Langton in Hackney.

In 1911, he retired and purchased a hotel in Hovingham, Ryedale.

Horace died in Wokingham [28th August 1947]

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Foster, IsaacRef 140-533
[17??-17??]
He was
Constable of Northowram [1732]

Foster, J.Ref 140-1088
[17??-18??]
Maltster at Brearley Mill [1809]

Foster, J.Ref 140-37
[18??-18??]
Brewer.

Partner in Smith & Foster and Lupton, Charnock & Company

Foster, JackRef 140-20
[1916-1945]
Son of Elizabeth & Herbert Foster of 83 Sandhall Lane, Highroad Well.

He was educated at Battinson Road, School / a member of the Boy Scouts of Park Congregational Church, Halifax / employed at Halifax Gas Works.

During World War II, he enlisted [June 1940] and served as a Sergeant with the Royal Electrical & Mechanical Engineers.

He was taken POW at Singapore.

He died of dysentery at Kuching POW Camp, Borneo [7th May 1945] (aged 29).

He was buried at Labuan War Cemetery, Malaysia [Grave Ref K D 13].

He is remembered in the Halifax Town Hall Books of Remembrance

Foster, JamesRef 140-67
[1794-1875]
Born in Halifax.

He was a last maker [1841, 1851, 1871].

He married Hannah [1799-1844].

Children:

  1. William [b 1826] who was a printer's apprentice [1841]
  2. James [1830-1872] who was a last maker [1871] and was  buried with his parents

The family lived at

  • Gill's Passage, Crown Street, Halifax [1841]
  • 24 Crown Street, Halifax [1851]
  • 5 Crossley Terrace, Halifax [1871]

Hannah died 7th October 1844 (aged 45).

Living with James [in 1851, 1871] was Jane Milner [b  1825] (servant).

James died 8th May 1875 (aged 81).

The couple were buried at Lister Lane Cemetery [Plot 2790] with James Foxall

Foster, JamesRef 140-627
[18??-19??]
Son of
Mr Foster.

He took over his father's pattern-making business at St John's Works, Halifax

Foster, JamesRef 140-15
[1833-1???]
A plumber, and part-time waiter at the Fleece Inn, Halifax.


Question: Is he the same person as James Horatio Foster [1833-1886]?

 

On 25th September 1868, he was brought up at Halifax Borough Court on a charge of having caused the death of Thomas Law.

Around 11:00 pm on 29th August 1868, Law was drinking at the Fleece Inn, Halifax, when a quarrel broke out between Foster and Law over whether Law had paid 1½d for a glass of beer.

Twice Law said he had paid for the beer, but Foster insisted he pay again, and tried to eject Law. A struggle took place in the passage of the house, and they both fell into the street. Law fell backward on to the pavement, fracturing his skull. Foster left him lying on the ground and went back inside, and passers-by late found Law bleeding from the ears.

He died at Halifax Infirmary [1st September 1868].

At the West Riding Spring Assizes [March 1869], Foster was found guilty and sentenced to one month's imprisonment

Foster, James HoratioRef 140-53
[1833-1886]


Question: Is he the same person as James Foster [1833-1???]?

 

Born in Halifax.

He was a plumber & gas fitter [1861] / a plumber [1871] / a plumber & glazier [1881] / a plumber [1886].

In [Q2] 1853, he married Elizabeth Barstow [1828-1906] in Halifax.


Elizabeth was born in Halifax
 

Children:

  1. twins Mary [b 1854] who was a boot fitter and stitcher  [1871]
  2. Martha [b 1854] who was a worsted weaver [1871]
  3. Harriet Elizabeth who died 22nd November 1858 (aged 1  year and 9 months) and was interred at Sion Congregational Church, Halifax
  4. John [b 1860] who was a shop boy [1871], a boot rivetter  [1881]
  5. Annie [1863-2nd April 1947] who was a boot upper  machinist [1881] & was buried with her parents
  6. Lissie [b 1870]

The family lived at

  • 1 Clarence Square, Halifax [1861]
  • 79 Lister Lane, Halifax [1871, 1881]

Living with them [in 1861] was Elizabeth's widowed mother Martha Barstow [b Bradford 1788].

James died in Halifax [31st August 1886] (aged 53).

Elizabeth died 17th March 1906.

Members of the family were buried at Lister Lane Cemetery [Plot 2060] with James Edward Jacobs

Foster, James S.Ref 140-880
[1832-1891]
Son of
Richard Fostard and baptised as Fostard.

He was a boot and shoe maker at Stainland.

In May 1854, he married Ellen Hooker from Stainland at Stainland Wesleyan Chapel.

Children:

  1. Harry
  2. Richard
  3. Sarah

Around 1860, the family moved to Camberwell, London, and later they moved to Leicester

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Foster, JohnRef 140-538
[1???-1???]
He was
Constable of Northowram [1???]

Foster, JohnRef 140-28
[17??-18??]
Landlord of the
Old King Cross Inn, Halifax [1806]

In 1806, he married Mrs Hannah Moore.


Hannah came from Cambridge
 

Foster, JohnRef 140-724
[17??-18??]
Of
Foster & Sugden. Built New Bridge Mill, Hebden Bridge

Foster, JohnRef 140-952
[17??-18??]
Of Heptonstall Slack.

Son of John Foster.

Recorded in December 1849, when he qualified as a magistrate for the county

Foster, Rev JohnRef 140-62
[1770-1843]
Baptised in 1787.

Writer, essayist and Baptist minister born at Manor House, Hebden Bridge. He started work as a weaver.

He once spent a night alone in the ruins of Kirkstall Abbey in order to

commune with the monks of former days

He was a pupil at Dr John Fawcett's academy. He taught at the Sunday School at Ebenezer Baptist Church, Hebden Bridge.

He attended Bristol Baptist Academy, and was Pastor at Newcastle upon Tyne. He worked in Ireland before returning to Calderdale.

In 1808, he married Maria Snooke [1776-1832].

Children:

  1. child who died in infancy
  2. child who died in infancy
  3. John [1811-1826] who died after a lingering illness
  4. child
  5. child

In 1810, he was so disappointed that

the solemnity and silence of these valleys, with almost all their romantic and ghostly influences, have since vanished at the invasion of agriculture and the manufacturing establishments

that he left Halifax and never returned again. He went to live at Downend near Bristol.

On 14th June 1913, memorials were unveiled at Hope Baptist Church, Hebden Bridge and at Manor House, Hebden Bridge.

He was a contributor to the Ecclesiastic Review. He wrote an essay entitled The Evils of Popular Ignorance. His Essays on Poetical Criticism [from 1804] were considered valuable and influential.

Foster, JohnRef 140-889
[1771-1841]
Of
Learings, Heptonstall.

He married Sarah Lord [1774-1814] from Bacup.

Children:

  1. Betty [1795-1841]
  2. Thomas [1809-1825]

There is a memorial tablet for members of the family in Heptonstall Church which was raised by their surviving children

Foster, JohnRef 140-890
[1776-1839]
Of Slack, Heptonstall.

On 18th December 1794, he married Mary Sutcliffe at Heptonstall Church.


Mary was the daughter of
William Sutcliffe
 

Children:

  1. John
  2. Sarah
  3. Henry

Mary inherited the Great House, Colden from her brothers who both died in 1805. John inherited the estates of William Mitchell and Harry Greenwood, and the Lee Estate

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Foster, JohnRef 140-F181
[1798-1879]
Born in Clayton.

Founder of John Foster & Son Limited.

See Church of the Holy Trinity, Queensbury

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Foster, JohnRef 140-59
[18??-18??]
Of Southowram.

He married Emma [1808-1865].

Children:

  1. James who died in infancy

Members of the family were buried at St Martin's Church, Brighouse

Foster, JohnRef 140-34
[1806-1862]
Son of
Edward Foster.

He was a partner in Edward Foster & Son Limited / a plumber of Woolshops, Halifax [1860] / a brass founder employing 19 men & 30 boys [1861].

On 29th May 1825, he married (1) Mary Walsh at Halifax Parish Church.

Children:

  1. Louisa [b 1826]
  2. Edward [1830-1884]
  3. Sarah [b 1832]
  4. James Horatio [1833-1886]
  5. Harriet [b 1837]
  6. Emma [b 1843]

Mary died around 1847.

In 1849, he married (2) Mary Binns.


Mary was the daughter of Mr Binns
 

Children:

  1. Mary Ellen [b 1851]
  2. Thomas Binns (Foster) [1853-22nd February 1877] who was a  brass founder [1871]
  3. William Henry
  4. John Charles [1856-1914]

They lived at

  • Fosters Square, Woolshops [1851]
  • 14 Wade Street, Halifax [1861]
  • 7 South Grove, Halifax [1862-1896]
John owned a parcel of land at Bell Hall, where the shops now stand.

He had built South Grove, Halifax just before his death.

John died 11th March 1862.

Probate records show that he left effects valued at under £7,000.

The will was proved by his widow Mary, Hiram Fell, and Thomas Binns

Members of the family were buried at Lister Lane Cemetery [Plot 633]

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Foster, JohnRef 140-1321
[1812-1868]
Son of
Charles Foster.

He was a waiter at the Upper George Inn / landlord of the Hare & Hounds, Halifax [1837].

On 28th April 1835, he married Elizabeth Haigh [1810-1844] at Ashton-under-Lyne.


Elizabeth came from Ashton-under-Lyne
 

Elizabeth died 20th April 1844 (aged 34).

John died 10th March 1868 (aged 56).

Members of the family were buried at Lister Lane Cemetery [Plot 2728] with Susanna Gledhill [1811-1845] & Susannah Foster [1849]

Foster, JohnRef 140-55
[1818-18??]
Born in Ripponden.

He was a woolsorter [1851].

He married Hannah [1820-1???].


Hannah was born in Mytholmroyd
 

Children:

  1. Turner
  2. Sarah [b 1844] who was a dress maker [1861]
  3. Charles [b 1846] who was a worsted spinner [1861]
  4. Mary Ann [b 1848] who was a worsted spinner [1861]
  5. John [b 1850] who was a worsted spinner [1861]
  6. Sam [b 1853] who was a worsted spinner [1851]
  7. Fanny [b 1855]

They lived at

  • Swamp, Northowram [1851]
  • 14 Chapel Street, Northowram [1861]
John died between 1851 & 1861

Foster, JohnRef 140-47
[1831-1886]
Born in Halifax.

He was a wood pattern maker [1861] / a pattern maker [1871, 1881].

He married Harriette [1837-1???].


Harriette was born in Castleford, Yorkshire
 

Children:

  1. Mary Ann [b 1854] who was a worsted rover [1871]
  2. William Henry [b 1857] who was a baker [1871]
  3. Elizabeth [b 1859] who was a worsted spinner [1871]
  4. Emily [died in infancy 1861]
  5. Anne / Annie [b 1863] who was a worsted weaver  [1881]
  6. Minnie [b 1874] who was a worsted spinner [1891]
  7. Amy [b 1878] who was a shirt machinist [1901]
  8. Arthur

They lived at

  • 13 Stead Street, Halifax [1861]
  • 11 Stead Street, Halifax [1871]
  • 14 Bedford Street, Halifax [1881, 1891]
  • 11 Bedford Street, Halifax [1901]

John died in Halifax in 1886 (aged 55) 

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Foster, JohnRef 140-503
[1833-1910]
JP.

Of Hornby Castle, Lancashire.

Son of John Foster.

He was Chairman of John Foster & Son.

He married Unknown.

Children:

  1. (possibly) William Henry
  2. Abraham

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Foster, JohnRef 140-5
[1851-1911]
Son of John Foster, woolsorter.

Born in Northowram.

He was a joiner of Northowram [1875] / a joiner [1881, 1891, 1901]

In 1875, he married Mary Ann Binns [1851-1???] at Halifax Parish Church.


Mary Ann, of Northowram, was the daughter of John Binns, carpet weaver
 

Children:

  1. Hannah [b 1876] who was a rover worsted mill [1891]
  2. Emma [b 1878] who was a spinner worsted mill [1891], a  worsted winder [1901]
  3. Joe [b 1880] who was a spinner worsted mill [1891]
  4. Clara [b 1882] who was a lasting weaver [1901]
  5. Arthur Edgar [b 1884] who was a pawnbroker's assistant  [1901]
  6. John William
  7. Leonard James [b 1891] who was a bookbinder [1911]
  8. Harold [b 1893] who was a shop assistant [1911]

They lived at

  • 30 Hope Street, Halifax [1881]
  • 30 Walnut Street, Halifax [1891]
  • 34 Penn Street, Halifax [1901]
  • 20 Diamond Street, Pellon Lane, Halifax [1911]

Living with them [in 1891] was widowed mother-in-law Hannah Binns [aged 70].

There are 2 possible deaths for Mary Ann: in 1901, aged 50, and in 1903, aged 54

John died Q3 1911

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Foster, JohnRef 140-43
[1861-1931]
Son of
Eli Foster.

He married Effie Kate Crowther.


Effie Kate was John's cousin, the daughter of Thomas Crowther
 

They lived at

  • Bracken Hill, Denholme
  • Lynton Lodge, Scarborough

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Foster, John HenryRef 140-240
[18??-1913]
Son of
Frank Foster, a Halifax builder.

He emigrated to Philadelphia and went into the dyeing business with Tom Firth, also from Halifax.

When he died, he left bequests to 19 people, 12 of whom were in Halifax and received £1,970 each

Foster, John HenryRef 140-76
[1842-1???]
Born in Halifax.

He was a master pattern maker & publican at the Moon Inn, Halifax  [1871] / a foreman pattern maker [1881] / an engineer's pattern maker [1891].

In [Q1] 1862, he married Emma Waterhouse [1844-1896] in Halifax.


Emme was born in Halifax
 

Children:

  1. Sarah Ann [1862-1871]
  2. Sidney [b 1865] who was a clerk in coal office [1881], an  engineer's pattern maker [1891]
  3. Caroline [1866-1882] who was a pupil teacher [1881]  
  4. Jessie [b 1868] who was a worsted coatings mender [1891]
  5. Florence [1869-1887]
  6. Harry Waterhouse [1870-1871]
  7. Arnott Waterhouse [1872-1876]
  8. Ethel Emma [b 1875] who was a milliner's apprentice  [1891] & married George Lunn Precious
  9. Lilian Louisa [b 1876] who was a mother's help [1891]
  10. Beatrice [1878]
  11. Stanley Arnott [b 1881]
  12. John Louis V. [b 1884]

The family lived at

  • 4 Portland Place, Halifax [1881]
  • 97 Northgate, Halifax [1891]

Emma died 5th December 1896 (aged 52).

She & the children were buried at Lister Lane Cemetery [Plot 1661]


Details are not yet known of the death / burial place of John Henry
 

Foster, John WilkinsonRef 140-78
[1799-1850]
He was a draper.

On 19th April 1825, he married Elizabeth Milne [1804-1874] in Halifax.


Elizabeth was born in Halifax.

She was widowed, a linen draper employing 2 men, 2 apprentices & 2 women [1851]

 

Children:

    Edward James [b 1826] who was a linen draper [1851] Sarah [b 1827] Henry [b 1831] who was am assistant draper [1851]
  1. Ellen [1832-1919] who married Josiah Liddle Mary [b 1835] Charles [b 1840] Alfred [b 1843]

The family lived at 33 Crown Street, Halifax [1841, 1851].

John died 10th February 1850.

Elizabeth died 25th June 1874.

The couple were buried at South Parade Methodist Chapel, Halifax

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Foster, John WilliamRef 140-6
[1887-1915]
Aka John Willie.

Son of John Foster.

He was a sidesman & Sunday School teacher at St Mary's Church, Rhodes Street, Halifax / a member of the Manchester Unity of Oddfellows / a worsted doffer [1901] / a woolcomber [1911] / employed by F. Reddaway & Company Limited.

During World War I, he enlisted [September 1914] and served as a Private with the 11th Battalion, then the with the 2nd Battalion Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment).

He was killed at Hill 60 [5th May 1915].

He is remembered on the Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Belgium [Grave Ref 20], in the Halifax Town Hall Books of Remembrance, and on the Memorial at Saint Mary's Church, Halifax

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Foster, Major Johnston JonasRef 140-63
[1827-1880]
Jonas Foster was the son of
John Foster of Queensbury.

He was tenant at Cliffe Hill, Lightcliffe, and bought the estate from Sutherland-Walker in 1867 for £15,000.

He bought Green House, Lightcliffe & had the properties demolished for the construction of St Matthew's Church, Lightcliffe [1860s]. He gave £15,000 towards the construction of the Church.

There is Foster Chapel at the Church.

He and his family were associated with the building of Lightcliffe Vicarage.

In 1869, he was the first Chairman of the Hipperholme Local Board and held the post until 1874. He was a Major in the 6th West Yorkshire Yeomanry Cavalry. In 1869, he was appointed County Magistrate.

On 7th January 1863, he married Hannah Jane Stansfield.

Children:

  1. Katherine Laetitia [1865-1883] who is buried at Shropshire
  2. Ethel Jane
  3. Gertrude Stansfeld [18??-1948] who married [30th December 1903] Constantine Charles Henry Phipps, the 3rd Marquess of Normanby

He added the name Johnston which was his wife's mother's surname.

He had a home at Moor Park, Ludlow, Shropshire.

He died at Cannes, France. He was buried beneath the Foster Chapel at St Matthew's Church, Lightcliffe. His widow lived at Ludlow and continued to own Cliffe Hill, Lightcliffe which she leased to William Henry Aykroyd

Foster, Jonathan WilkinsonRef 140-614
[1799-1850]
Or John Wilkinson Foster.

Son of Sarah (née Wilkinson) & Joseph Foster.

Born May 1799.

He was brother-in-law of draper, John Rayner. When Rayner retired, Foster took over the business. He was a linen draper at 5 Corn Market, Halifax [1829]

He moved to Crown Street, Halifax.

Later, his son Henry took over the business.

On 9th April 1825, he married Elizabeth Milne at Halifax.


Elizabeth was the daughter of James Milne
 

Children:

  1. Edward James [1826-1869] who never married
  2. Sarah [b 1827]
  3. Henry
  4. Ellen [1834-1919] who married [1865] Joseph Liddle
  5. Mary Ann [b 1836] who never married
  6. Charles Milne
  7. Alfred [1842-1915] who never married

He died February 1850

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Foster, JosephRef 140-50
[1828-1909]
Born in Barkisland.

He was a stone mason [1854].

On 25th June 1854, he married Ann Taylor [1832-1909] at Elland Parish Church.


Ann was born in barkisland in 1832 and died on the 11th August 1909, both are buried ay Christ Church, Barkisland [Plot 666]
 

Children:

  1. James [b 1855]
  2. Ben [1856-1860]
  3. Aquilla
  4. Sally [1858-1887]
  5. Ben [1861-1899]
  6. Hannah [1863-1950]
  7. Friend
  8. Joe [b 1867]
  9. Elizabeth Ann [1869-1869]
  10. Mary [b 1871]
  11. Horace Edward [1873-1941]

Joseph died 2nd May 1909.

Ann died 11th August 1909.

The couple were buried at Christ Church, Barkisland [Grave Ref: 666]

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Foster, JosephRef 140-71
[1837-1???]
Born in Halifax.

He was a book keeper [1861].

Around 1858, he married Anne Farrar [1834-1???].


Anne was born in Halifax, the daughter of
James Farrar
 

Children:

  1. James Lewis [b 1858]
  2. Harry [b 1860]

They lived at 21 Church Street, Halifax (living with Anne's parents) [1861]

Foster, JosephRef 140-29
[1890-1916]
Born in Burnley.

He was a contractor's labourer [1914].

On 20th May 1914, he married Annie McDermott at St Marie's Catholic Church, Halifax.

Child: Catherine [b 11th June 1914] who was baptised at St Marie's [13th July 1914]

They lived at 2 New Street, Elland.

During World War I, he enlisted with the Royal Field Artillery [September 1914], then he served as a Rifleman with the 7th Battalion Rifle Brigade.

He was hit in the spine [1st February 1916].

He died in No.13 General Hospital, Boulogne (with a Catholic priest in attendance)  [16th February 1916].

He was buried at Boulogne Eastern Cemetery, France [Grave Ref VIII D 57].

He is remembered on Elland War Memorial

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Foster, Laurence Edward AndertonRef 140-436
[1907-19??]
Son of
Edward Hornby Foster.

He became a director of Black Dike Mills. He lived at Craig Royston, Hipperholme.

He emigrated to Colorado Springs, USA

Foster, Lawrence RichardRef 140-12
[1894-1914]
Son of
Daniel William Paris Foster.

During World War I, he served as a Private with the 2nd Battalion Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment).

He was killed at Mons [24th August 1914] (aged 20).

He was buried at Hautrage Military Cemetery, Belgium [Grave Ref II D 16].

He is remembered on the Memorial at Clay House, Greetland

Foster, Leonard J.Ref 140-13
[1897-1916]
Son of
Edward Foster.

Born in Sowerby Bridge [16th March 1897].

He was a worsted doffer [1911] / employed by Siddall & Hilton Limited.

He lived at 11 Willow Street, Sowerby Bridge.

During World War I, he enlisted in Halifax [19th Oct 1914] and served as a Private with the 1st/4th Battalion Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment).

He went to France aboard SS Invicta [14th April 1915].

He suffered badly with trench foot and was hospitalised 3 times before being returned home [12th November 1915] and admitted to Braeside Hospital, Essex.

He returned to France [15th June 1916].

He was reported missing and assumed to have died in a failed attack on Schwaben Redoubt [3rd September 1916] (aged 18).

He is remembered on the Thiepval Memorial, France [Grave Ref 6A & 6B], in the Halifax Town Hall Books of Remembrance, and on the Memorial at Christ Church, Sowerby Bridge

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Foster, LeslieRef 140-35
[1893-1944]
Son of
William Henry Foster

He was vice president & council member of the Halifax Sunday Lecture Society / an apprentice brassfounder [1911] / a brassfounder [1927] / partner in Edward Foster & Son Limited.

When Edward Foster & Son Limited closed in 1933, he concentrated his efforts on the Bradford branch Edward Foster & Son (Bradford), Limited, plumbers' merchants.

He married (1) Doris Raynor [1896-1940] (possibly) at Holy Trinity Church, Halifax.

Doris died in the Royal Halifax Infirmary [2nd February 1940].

Probate records show that she left effects valued at £3,478 8/11d.

Probate was granted to her husband Leslie.

In [Q1] 1943, he married (2) Elizabeth Cartland in Halifax.

They lived at Clapton Avenue, Halifax.

Leslie died 28th November 1944.

Probate records show that he left effects valued at £7,851 17/3d.

Probate was granted to his widow Elizabeth

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Foster, Rev LewisRef 140-474
[18??-19??]
He was vicar at Glossop before becoming Vicar of
St Jude's Church, Savile Park [1936]. In 1950, he was appointed vicar of Wilshaw [Wakefield]

Foster, Louis PohlmannRef 140-604
[1857-1941]
Son of
Adam Crossfield Foster.

He qualified as a solicitor in January 1879. He was a solicitor & a Lieutenant (or Colonel) in the 4th W. Y. Volunteers  [1881] / a solicitor/notary [1891, 1901] / a partner in Foster & Winter [until 1894] / a partner in Foster, England & Foster / a solicitor at Bank Chambers, Waterhouse Street, Halifax [1934].

He never married

He and his brother, Ronald, lived at The High Trees, Skircoat

Louis died 9th April 1941 (aged 84), and was buried at Lister Lane Cemetery [Plot 255] with his parents

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Foster, Madame MarieRef 140-670
[18??-1???]
In 1891, she set up business as a French milliner at 12 Commercial Street, Halifax

Foster, MaryRef 140-66
[1814-1869]
Born in Halifax.

She was a dressmaker [1851].

She never married.

She had a daughter (father unknown): Jane [1832-1892] who was a dressmaker [1871, 1881]

They lived at

  • Thomas Street, Halifax [1841]
  • 6 Thomas Street, Halifax [1851]
  • 13 Thomas Street, Halifax [1861, 1871, 1881, 1891]

Mary died 1st January 1869 (aged 54)  and was buried at Lister Lane Cemetery [Plot 2692].

Living with Jane [in 1871] was boarder Fanny Pickles [b 1824] (schoolmistress).

Jane was living alone [1881, 1891].

She died 7th March 1892 (aged 60)  and was buried with her mother

Foster, Mary A.Ref 140-64
[1875-1???]
Born in Liverpool.

She was one of the children who came to the district and worked as a worsted spinner at Calvert's Mill at Wainstalls.

She lived with Jonas Rushworth [1891]

Foster, MatthewRef 140-39
[17??-18??]
A member of the
Foster family of Wadsworth & Denholme.

He married Hannah.

Children:

  1. John [bapt Luddenden 21st June 1801]
  2. William Foster
  3. Henry Foster
  4. Benjamin
  5. Ann [bapt Luddenden 27th March 1810]
  6. Mary [died in infancy 1812]

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Foster, Michelle Jane HanleyRef 140-1235
[19??-] Mayor of Hebden Royd [2001-2002]

Foster, ObadiahRef 140-51
[1852-1890]
Son of William Foster, merchant.

Born in Halifax.

He was a dyer of Northowram [1875] / a dyer's labourer [1881].

In 1875, he married Elizabeth at Halifax Parish Church.


Elizabeth [née Mitchell], of Northowram, was the widow of
Thomas Rothera.

She had a daughter (father unknown): Martha Ann Mitchell [b  Halifax 8th January 1872; bapt January 1874], who married [1890] Joseph Binns

 

Children:

  1. Florence [b 1880] who was a worsted twister [1901]
  2. Emily [b 1881] who was a worsted machine comb minder  [1901]
  3. Edith [b 1883] who was a wool combing winder [1901]
  4. Herbert
  5. Ivy [b 1894] (father unknown) who was a worsted spinner  [1911]

They lived at

  • 27 Moxon Terrace, Northowram [1881]
  • 11 Moxen Terrace, Northowram [1891]
  • 24 Portland Road, Halifax [1901]
  • 41 Portland Road, Range Bank, Halifax [1911]
  • 59 Trooper Lane / 40 Darley Street, Halifax [1918]

Living with them [in 1881] was Elizabeth's illegitimate daughter Martha Ann Mitchell, & boarder Mary Ann Mitchell [b 1860] (woollen comb minder).

Obadiah died in Halifax [Q1 1890].

Living with them [in 1891, 1901] were Joseph Binns & family

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Foster, Philip StaveleyRef 140-459
[1865-1933]
Only son of
Abraham Briggs Foster.

He was educated at Eton and Magdalen College Oxford. He was a director and chairman of John Foster & Son.

He stood as Conservative candidate in the Elland Parliamentary election of 1899. He gained 5056 [or 5057] votes, but was defeated by Sir Charles Philips Trevelyan with 6041 votes.

He was MP for Stratford-on-Avon [1901-1906, 1909-1918].

On 11th January 1890, he married Louisa Frances Wemyss in London.


Louisa Frances was the daughter of Colonel Francis Charteris Wemyss, of 5 Onslow Square, London
 

Children:

  1. son
  2. son
  3. daughter

In 1921, he bought Old Buckhurst, Sussex. He was High Sheriff of Sussex

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Foster, PlinyRef 140-21
[1893-1918]
Son of
Aquilla Foster.

Born in Barkisland [27th November 1893].

He was an inmate in Muller's Orphan House, Bristol / a miner in Eglwysilan, Glamorgan [1911].

During World War I, he served as a Stoker 1st Class with the Royal Navy aboard the submarine HMS G11.

He died 22nd November 1918 when his vessel, under the command of Lieutenant Commander George Fagan Bradshaw ran aground on rocks below cliffs near Howick, Northumberland. The impact tore the keel off the boat. The wreckage of the submarine can still be seen at low tide.

Pliny was one of two casualties, his body was never found.

He is remembered on the Plymouth Naval Memorial [Grave Ref 28].

His half-brother & brother Samuel Edwin Pinder & Selwyn Foster also died in the War

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Foster, RichardRef 140-6120
[1794-1853]
Of Brighouse.

He married Sally [1793-1877].

Children:

  1. Charles [1822-1838]
  2. Elizabeth [1834-1851]

Members of the family were buried at St Martin's Church, Brighouse

Foster, Dr Richard WilliamRef 140-831
[18??-18??]
Of Crossbrook House, Todmorden. Physician and surgeon at Todmorden.

He lived at Pavement, Todmorden [1845].

He worked with Dr James Hardman

Foster, Robert JohnRef 140-432
[1850-19??]
DL, JP.

Son of William Foster.

Born in Queensbury.

He was educated at the Royal Institution School, Liverpool / educated at a private school in Geneva / educated at Bonn University / Captain 3rd Battalion West Riding Rifle Volunteers / County Councillor [1889-1895] / High Sheriff of Yorkshire [1898-1899] / MD of John Foster & Son Limited / a worsted spinner and manufacturer [1881].

On 16th September 1884, he married Hon Evelyn Auga Bateman-Hanbury [1859-1907] at St George's Church, Hanover Square, London.


Evelyn Augusta was the daughter of the Right Hon. Lord Bateman, of Shobdon Court, Lord Lieutenant of Herefordshire
 

Children:

  1. Gerald Robert
  2. Agnes Evelyn
  3. Cecil Geoffrey
  4. William Edward

They lived at

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Foster, RonaldRef 140-23
[1920-1942]

During World War II, he served as a Gunner with the 169th Field Regiment Royal Artillery.

He died 7th April 1942 and was buried at Stoney Royd Cemetery [E 52].

He is remembered in the Halifax Town Hall Books of Remembrance

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Foster, Ronald CrossfieldRef 140-1190
[1860-1918]
Son of
Adam Crossfield Foster.

He was educated at Rossall School / a solicitor's articled clerk [1881] / a solicitor/notary public [1918] / a partner in Holroyde & Smith / a partner in Norris, Foster & England.

He was a keen cricketer and fast bowler, and played for Shibden Hall Rovers.

He never married.

He and his brother, Louis, lived at The High Trees, Skircoat

Ronald died whilst visiting Holme Hall, Holme, York. [4th January 1918] (aged 58 years).

He was buried at Lister Lane Cemetery [Plot 255] with his parents

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Foster, RosieRef 140-511
[1997-] Halifax-born actress. She is the younger sister of Sophie Foster

Foster, SamuelRef 140-27
[18??-18??]
Landlord of the
Lamb, Halifax [1850].

He married Mary.

In 1850, Mary took over at the pub.

On 21st August 1850, Mary was one of a number of local innkeepers who were fined £2 and costs at the Brewster Sessions for


knowingly permitting prostitutes and those of notorious character to be drinking in their house, contrary to the spirit of their licence
 

Foster, Samuel GeorgeRef 140-2
[1848-1929]
Son of Hannah (née Blythe) & George Foster, a farmer, and brother of
Seth Thorpe Foster.

Born at Holme-on-Spalding-Moor.

He was a teacher in Halifax [1881-1891].

He died in Scarborough [27th November 1929]

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Foster, SelwynRef 140-46
[1890-1918]
Son of
Aquilla Foster.

During World War I, he and his half-brother Samuel Edwin Pinder were living in, and enlisted in, Pendleton, Salford, and he served as a Private with the 7th Battalion Leicestershire Regiment.

He died 22nd March 1918.

He is remembered on the Pozières Memorial, France [Grave Ref 29 & 30]

His half-brother & brother Samuel Edwin Pinder & Pliny Foster also died in the War

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Foster, Seth ThorpeRef 140-508
[1856-1922]
Son of Hannah (née Blythe) & George Foster, a farmer, and brother of
Samuel George Foster.

Born at Holme-on-Spalding-Moor.

He was headmaster at Salterlee School for 40 years.

On 11th December 1881, he married Emily Wood [1857-1936] at St Matthew's Church, Lightcliffe.


Emily was born in Hipperholme
 

Child: William Horace [1882-1922] who never married

He lived at Ashwell House, Hipperholme.

He died in Hipperholme [20th September 1922].

Probate records show that he left an estate valued at £3,245

Emily died in Hipperholme [21st January 1936]

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Foster, SophieRef 140-512
[1994-] Halifax-born actress. She has played Katie Ormerod in the TV series The Royal She is the older sister of Rosie Foster

Foster, StanleyRef 140-8
[1894-1917]
Son of
Thomas Henry Foster.

Of Sowerby.

He was a scholar & teacher at Mill Bank Wesleyan Methodist Chapel / a baker [1911] / employed by Sowerby Bridge Industrial Society Limited.

He lived with his family at 48 Victoria Terrace, Triangle.

During World War I, he served as a Private. with the 2nd Battalion Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment).

He was taken POW [3rd May 1917].

He died in Greshan Hospital, Tournai, Belgium [16th September 1917] (aged 23).

The Halifax Courier [22nd December 1917] reported his death with a photograph.

He was buried at Tournai Communal Cemetery Allied Extension, Belgium [Grave Ref I F 6].

He is remembered on the family grave at St Mary's Church, Cottonstones, on the Memorial at Mill Bank Wesleyan Methodist Chapel, and on the World War I Memorial in Sowerby Church.

A death penny is fixed to the family grave

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Foster, T.Ref 140-1174
[18??-19??]
Printer at
The Caxton Printing Works, Hebden Bridge [1897]

Foster, ThomasRef 140-52
[1789-1874]
Born in Stainland.

He was a woollen comber [1861] / formerly a wool comber [1871].

He married Susan [1787-1851].

Children:

  1. Mary [1812-15th December 1874] who was a worsted warp  twister [1861], a worsted twister [1871] & was buried with her parents
  2. Ann [b 1833] who was a dress maker [1861]
  3. Charlotte [b 1828] who was a woollen hand loom weaver  [1861]

They lived at

  • 354 Town, Stainland-with Old Lindley [1861]
  • Royd, Stainland-with Old Lindley [1871]

Susan died 9th March 1851 (aged 64).

Thomas died 6th December 1874 (aged 85).

Members of the family were buried at Providence Congregational Church, Stainland [Grave Ref: S1/51]

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Foster, ThomasRef 140-891
[1804-1835]
Of
Carr House, Erringden.

He married Sarah.

Sarah erected a window to his memory – and to that of her grand-niece, Esther Hannah Sutcliffe – in Heptonstall Church. She also erected a window in memory of Mary and William Foster of Wood Top, Erringden

Foster, ThomasRef 140-74
[1818-1???]
Born in Halifax.

He was a shoemaker [1851].

He married Martha [1822-1???].


Martha was born in Halifax
 

Children:

  1. Leonard [b 1840] who was a shoe maker [1851]
  2. Robert [b 1842]
  3. Charles Foster
  4. Charles [b 1844]
  5. Benjamin [b 1846]

They lived at 12 Foster's Court, Westgate, Halifax [1851]

Foster, Thomas HaighRef 140-56
[1879-1918]
Son of
William Henry Foster.

Born in Halifax [8th February 1879].

He was a brass founder & finisher [1911].

In [Q2] 1906, he married Ethel Shaw [1880-19??] in Halifax.


Ethel was born in Southowram
 

They lived at Belmont, Savile Park, Halifax [1911].

Thomas died of influenza at Savile Mount [9th November 1918] (aged 39)  and was buried at Lister Lane Cemetery [Plot 633]

Foster, Thomas HenryRef 140-16
[1860-1932]
Born in Barkisland.

He was a silk dresser [1911].

In [Q2] 1882, he married Ruth Longbottom [1858-1934] in Halifax.


Ruth was born in Barkisland
 

Children:

  1. Herbert [b 1884] who was a cotton blower [1911]
  2. Frances Ann [1885-1925] who was a cotton winder [1911]
  3. Nora [b 1888] who was a silk spreader [1911]
  4. Rowland [b 1890] who was a cotton twiner [1911]
  5. Ernest [b 1892] who was a cotton twiner [1911]
  6. Stanley

They lived at 48 Victoria Terrace, Triangle [1911].

Thomas Henry died 14th February 1932.

Ruth died 29th April 1934.

Members of the family were buried at St Mary's Church, Cottonstones.

Son Stanley died in World War I and is also remembered on the family grave

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Foster, Thomas SydneyRef 140-32
[1893-1916]
Born in Brighouse.

In [Q1] 1916, he married Caroline Sutton Heys [1889-1931] in Halifax.

During World War I, he served as a Private with the 1st/4th Battalion Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment).

He was killed in action [3rd September 1916].

He was buried at Mill Road Cemetery, Thiepval, France. [Grave Ref I D 11]

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Foster, TurnerRef 140-54
[1843-1887]
Son of
John Foster.

Born in Ovenden.

He was employed at a worsted mill [1851] / a wheelwright [1861, 1871] / landlord of the Rose & Crown, Greetland [1881-1887] / landlord of the Bridge Tavern, Halifax [1887].

In 1865, he married Mary Reed [1842-1???] in Halifax.


Mary was born in Halifax
 

Children:

  1. Edmund [b 1864] who was a wheelwright [1881]
  2. Sarah Hannah [1867-1877]
  3. Tom [b 1871]
  4. Anne T. [b 1874]
  5. Ada [b 1876]

They lived at 7 Moor Side, Ovenden [1871].

Turner died shortly after taking over at the Bridge Tavern [30th September 1887]

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Foster, W. H.Ref 140-1332
[18??-19??]
A brass founder in Halifax.

On 2nd July 1900, he was one of the jurors sworn on the Grand Jury at the Midsummer Quarter Sessions for the West Riding at the Bradford Court House

Foster, Walter FrancisRef 140-45
[1877-1916]
Son of
William Foster.

During World War I, he served as a Driver with the 282nd Mechanical Transport Company attached to 192nd Siege Battery Army Service Corps.

He was killed in action [17th November 1916] (aged 39).

He was buried at Blangy-sur-Bresle Communal Cemetery, France (near the North-East corner of crucifix) 

Foster, WilliamRef 140-929
[1???-18??]
Of
The Hollins, Warley.

Worsted manufacturer in Midgley.

On 8th June 1830, he married Maria Titterington


Maria was the second daughter of Eli Titterington
 

Children:

  1. Emma who was born in Denholme & married Thomas Crowther
  2. a daughter
  3. a daughter

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Foster, WilliamRef 140-57
[1738-1803]
Of Halifax

He married Grace [1740-1799].

Grace died 23rd March 1799 (aged 59).

William died 22nd March 1803 (aged 65).

The couple were buried at Square Independent Chapel, Halifax in separate graves

Foster, WilliamRef 140-49
[1777-1864]
Of Skircoat, Halifax.

Born in Warley.

He was a maltster and farmer [1841] / a retired farmer [1851] / a gentleman [1861].

On 28th December 1801, he married (1) Ann Garnet [1776-1802] at Halifax Parish Church.

On 3rd November 1806, he married (2) Martha Appleyard [1779-1856] at Halifax Parish Church.

Children:

  1. Sarah [11th April 1816-1895] who married Abraham Clay
  2. William
  3. Martha [b 1818]
  4. Susannah [1820-1898] who married George Booth Thompson
  5. Susan [b 1822]
  6. Elizabeth [1823-1831]

They lived at

Martha died 5th July 1856 (aged 78).

William died 3rd January 1864 (aged 86).

Members of the family were buried at Lister Lane Cemetery [Plot 262]. Probate records show that he left effects valued at under £2,000.

The will was proved by Abraham Clay & Samuel Clay

Foster, WilliamRef 140-24
[1803-1862]
Of
The Hollins, Warley.

Son of Matthew Foster.

Baptised at Luddenden [29th May 1803].

Worsted manufacturer in Midgley.

He and his brother Henry – members of the Foster family of Wadsworth & Denholme – employed hand weavers at Duck Hill, Wadsworth. It is said that they had capital of £220 to start their business.

Around 1830, they moved to Denholme, and – because of the shortage of local weavers – they distributed the work to weavers at Wadsworth & Crimsworth, travelling across the moors to collect the pieces twice a week. Their brother Benjamin died on one such journey.

They became successful worsted spinners & stuff manufacturers, W. & H. Foster.

The brothers founded St Paul's Church, Denholme.

In 1831, Benjamin Foster, a junior member of the firm, was making one of these collections when he perished in snow on the moors.

On 8th June 1830, he married Maria Titterington in Halifax.


Maria was the daughter of Eli Titterington
 

Children:

  1. Eli
  2. Benjamin
  3. Emma [b Denholme 1836] who married Thomas Crowther
  4. Catherine, who married [1867] Edwin E. Rawson  MRCS, of West House, Thornton

He died at Denholme [8th July 1862].

Maria died 21st July 1882

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Foster, WilliamRef 140-68
[1819-1898]
Son of
William Foster.

Born in Warley.

He was a maltster [1851] / a worsted spinner [1861] / a yarn agent [1871] / a commission agent [1881].

In [Q2] 1850, he married Jane [1816-1851] in Halifax.


Jane was the second daughter of Abraham Haigh
 

Jane died 20th March 1851 (aged 35).

In [Q2] 1865, he married Jessie McKay [1819-1???] in Halifax.


Jessie was born in Scotland
 

The family at

William died 11th January 1898 (aged 79).

Members of the family were buried at Lister Lane Cemetery [Plot 368].


Details of Jessie's death / burial place are not yet known
 

Foster, WilliamRef 140-519
[1821-1884]
Eldest son of
John Foster.

By the age of 14, he was involved in the family business – John Foster & Son Limited.

In 1842, he was made a full partner.

In 1881, he was a Magistrate, High Sheriff of Lancashire, a farmer with 205 acres employing 20 men, and worsted spinner employing 2,100 workpeople

On 26th January 1848, he married (1) Emma Elizabeth Anderton [18??-1865].


Emma Elizabeth, was the daughter of Swithin Anderton JP, of Bradford
 

Children:

  1. William Henry
  2. Robert
  3. Frederick Charles
  4. Herbert Anderton [b 1853]
  5. Arthur Wellesley
  6. Florence Emily [1856-1858]
  7. Alice Ann [18??-1936] who married [25th August 1887]  W. Hugh Fenton-Jones MD, MA
  8. twins Edith Isabel [1860] who died in infancy
  9. Ann [1860] who died in infancy
  10. Emma Beatrice [18??-1936] who married George  Fletcher-Twemlow [formerly Royds], High Sheriff of  Staffordshire [1917]

Emma Elizabeth died 3rd April 1865.

On 6th February 1867, he married (2) Mary Ellen Hornby [1846-18??] at Flotmanby, East Riding.


Mary Ellen was the daughter of Thomas Hornby
 

Children:

  1. Edward Hornby Edward Hornby of Ambler Thorn
  2. Harold Johnston [1871-1929]
  3. Walter Francis
  4. Mary Jane [18??-1941] who married Charles Bowles  Shakespear

They lived at

William retired in 1882.

He died in 1884.

Probate records show that he left a personal estate valued at £1,279,813 6/8d.

William's sons took control of the company following the death of John Foster in 1884

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Foster, WilliamRef 140-1188
[1824-1880]
Born in Halifax [27th March 1824].

He was a solicitor / a partner in Wavell, Philbrick & Foster / a partner in Wavell, Philbrick, Foster & Wavell.

On 26th December 1848, he married Mary Ann Stancliffe [1827-1916] in Halifax.

Children:

  1. Mary Helen [1850-1907] who married Edmund Minson Wavell
  2. Edith [1855-20th October 1905] who married [Halifax Q2
  3. Thomas William Staples Firth 1890] Bradford solicitor  Thomas Williams Staples Firth, & was buried with her father
  4. Horace Edward
  5. Florence May [b 1862] who married John Buckley Kershaw
  6. William Stancliffe [6th October 1851-15th May 1852] who  was buried with his father

They lived at Ovenden Hall [1874].

William died at Ovenden Hall [28th October 1880] and was buried at Lister Lane Cemetery [Plot 178]

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Foster, WilliamRef 140-72
[1831-1871]
Of Brighouse.

In [Q2] 1854, he married Mary Ann Sampson in Halifax.

Children:

  1. John Sampson [1857-1871]

Members of the family were buried at St Martin's Church, Brighouse

Foster, WilliamRef 140-77
[1842-1???]
Born in Thornton.

He was a mason [1871].

In [Q3] 1865, he married Sarah Pickles [1844-1???] in Halifax.


Sarah was born in Warley, the daughter of
William Pickles
 

Children:

  1. Jane Ann [1866-1875]
  2. Emily [b 1868]
  3. Fred [b 1869]
  4. Mary Selina [b 1870]
  5. John William [1874-1876]

The children were buried at Lister Lane Cemetery [Plot 2427]

They lived at 3 Brinton Terrace Halifax [1871].

Living with them [in 1871] was

Foster, William HenryRef 140-344
[1848-1908]
JP, DL, MP.

Son of William Foster.

He was of the 3rd generation of Fosters of Black Dike Mills, Queensbury / a keen fisherman / a good shot / merchant and farmer of 10 acres [1881] / Colonel commanding the 2nd West Yorkshire Yeomanry Cavalry [1891] / High Sheriff of Lancaster [1891] / Lord of the Manors of Tatham and Mewith / a Freemason / President of cricket clubs in Queensbury and in Hornby / MP for Lancaster [1895].

On 5th February 1879, he married Henrietta Warneford Warneford [1853-1912] at All Saints' Church, Dudwell.

Children:

  1. Henrietta Margery [b 1881]
  2. Gladys Edith [b 1884]
  3. Hermione Lilian / Tillotson [b 1890]
  4. son

They lived at

He died in Algeciras [27th March 1908] after spending the winter visiting New York

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Foster, William HenryRef 140-3790
[1854-1927]
Son of
John Foster.

Born in Halifax.

He was a damask manufacturer [1871] / a brassfounder [1881] / a brassfounder (employer) [1891, 1911] / brassfounder & finisher with Edward Foster & Son Limited [1918].

On 1st July 1878, he married (1) Emma Haigh [1854-1888] at St Matthew's Church, Lightcliffe.


Emma was born 12th March 1854, the daughter of Reuben Haigh
 

Children:

  1. Thomas Haigh
  2. Edith Mary [1881-1950] who married Dr Algeon Sugden Hodgson
  3. Lilian [1883-1942]
  4. Charles Clifford
  5. Harold [13th September 1887-23rd June 1888]

Emma died 15th March 1888 (aged 34).

He married (2) Kate Agnes Haigh [1862-1935].


Kate Agnes was the daughter of Reuben Haigh, and sister of his first wife
 

Children:

  1. Leslie
  2. Russell [1894-1955] who was an apprentice [1911], a  brassfounder [1927]

They lived at

William Henry died 10th December 1927.

Probate records show that he left effects valued at £21,256 11/5d.

Probate was granted to sons Leslie & Russell, son-in-law Algeon Sugden Hodgson, and Robert Gilbert Pearson (merchant) 

Members of the family were buried at Lister Lane Cemetery [Plot 633].

This & associated entries use material contributed by Roger Beasley, Derrick Habergham & Les Piggin

Families

The Foster family of ErringdenRef 140-1009
The family built the Stubbing Wharf, Hebden Bridge and Foster Mill, Hebden Bridge

The Foster family of Wadsworth & DenholmeRef 140-255

See Benjamin Foster, Henry Foster, Matthew Foster and William Foster

Surname

Foster surnameRef 140-9
There are 136 entries on the Calderdale Companion for people with the surname Foster, as discussed in this SideTrack. This count does not include other forms of the surname.


Unattached BMDs for Foster

Marriages 1812, 1835, 1836, 1857, 1876, 1881, 1883, 1888, 1907, 1909, 1934; Deaths 1835, 1899

 



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