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Help,

I am trying to find Thomas Foster's birth and marriage details. I know he was born in Liverpool but don't know the exact year of his birth - it could be 1873 or 1879. His parents were Thomas Foster b 1841 and Mary (born Parker). He had many siblings which included Margaret, Martha, Mary and James (these were all older than him).

Can anyone help please?

Rachel

Hi Kath,

Thank you for your reply. Sadly, that is not the right family. Thomas had an older sister Margaret b1871 in Seaforth, William was b 1876 in Liverpool. Parents Thomas b1841 and Mary b1841.

Regards

Rachel

Where have you got the information from on this family? Do you have them in another census?

Kath. x

Have found the right family now in 1881 census. I will delete my first post so that it doesn't confuse anyone:-

Name: Margaret Foster
Age: 9
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1872
Relation: Daughter
Father's Name: Thomas
Mother's Name: Mary
Gender: Female
Where born: Seaforth, Lancashire, England

Civil Parish: Litherland
County/Island: Lancashire
Country: England

Street address: Holmes Lane
Education:

Employment status: View Image
Occupation: Scholar

Registration district: West Derby
Sub-registration district: Litherland
ED, institution, or vessel: 6
Neighbors: View others on page
Household Members: Name Age

Annie Foster 3
James Foster 17
Margaret Foster 9
Martha Foster 12
Mary Foster 40
Thomas Foster 39
Thomas Foster 2
William Foster 5

Kath. x

Hi Kath,

Thank you for your replies. A while back I found the information on the 1901 census about Thomas's parents when Thomas had a job as a journeyman plumber.

Hope this is of some help.

Regards

Rachel

Hi Kath,

Thank you for your replies - you have certainly found the right family. I am now trying to find Thomas's birth ref so I can request the birth certificate; and I would really like to find out if he married; and if so, when?

Regards

Rachel

According to the 1881 census Margaret, William, Annie and Thomas were all born Seaforth. James and Martha were born West Derby.

Kath. x

There are a few births which could be his:-

Name: Thomas Foster
Year of Registration: 1878
Quarter of Registration: Oct-Nov-Dec
District: West Derby
County: Lancashire
Volume: 8b
Page: 457

or:-

Name: Thomas Foster
Year of Registration: 1878
Quarter of Registration: Oct-Nov-Dec
District: West Derby
County: Lancashire
Volume: 8b
Page: 509

or:-

Name: Thomas Foster
Year of Registration: 1879
Quarter of Registration: Jan-Feb-Mar
District: West Derby
County: Lancashire
Volume: 8b
Page: 243

Kath. x

There are too many Thomas Foster marriages in Lancashire at about the right time for him to be marrying to be sure which one might be his.

Kath. x

I agree. Thank you for your help - I will now look to see if I can narrow which is his birth cert from the information you have given,

Thanks once again.

Regards

Rachel

Since you have Thomas's mother's maiden name, if you decide to order any of the birth certificates you could give her name as a reference checking point.

They were the only three births that seemed to tie in with his age and birthplace on the 1881 census, however there were other births in the right timescale if he happened to have a middle name which was not given on the census.

Kath. x

There's this one on BVRI:

FOSTER, Thomas Christening
Gender: Male
Christening Date: 16 Mar 1873 Recorded in: Seaforth, Lancashire, England
Father: Thomas FOSTER
Mother: Mary
Source: FHL Film 1468974 Dates: 1873 - 1877

I wonder if the Thomas Foster christened in Seaforth in 1873 died and they called a later son by the same name (which was quite common). There is this death:-

Name: Thomas Foster
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1873
Year of Registration: 1873
Quarter of Registration: Jul-Aug-Sep
Age at Death: 0
District: West Derby
County: Lancashire
Volume: 8b
Page: 359

Kath. x