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Re Helen's birth in the workhouse ........


Don't forget the workhouse often had the only hospital in the area, and certainly it would be the only hospital that would not charge, thus was affordable to those of low income.

So Helen being born in the workhouse does not mean Emily and she were IN the workhouse.

;-) :-D

Dea x

Oh, Dea- well thought! I didn't even think to check the calendars.

That is the one that I came up with too Chris and having checked I found that in 1909 the date 9th August did indeed fall on a Monday which is what is stated on that receipt so it looks good !

Dea x

Our database contains records for the following cemeteries/crematorium

New Battersea Cemetery (Morden Cemetery)
Putney Lower Common Cemetery
Putney Vale Crematorium
Putney Vale Cemetery
St Mary's Cemetery (Battersea Rise Cemetery)
Wandsworth Cemetery

http://burials.wandsworth.gov.uk/#

(some Charles on above, you might need to check for ages, on below)

http://www.freebmd.org.uk/cgi/search.pl

Chris :)


(no idea if below, you have to pay to download details)

Burial 09/08/1909


Deaths Sep 1909 (>99%)
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FOSTER Charles 56 Chelsea 1a 190


Edits (looking in newspapers, wonder if that would be E. B. Ashton & Co. Ltd.
235, Fulham Road, Chelsea, S.W. 3)

Name: Helen Foster
Birth Date: 1899
Admission Age: 0
Admission Date: 23 Oct 1899
Record Type: Admission
Borough: Kensington and Chelsea
Parish or Poor Law Union: Chelsea
Place: London, England
Title: Britten Street, Old and New Workhouses, 1899-1900

Looks like Helen was born in the workhouse- she appears with her mother, Emily born 1862- wife of Charles at 66 Beaufort Street

them in 1901?

1901 England, Wales & Scotland Census Transcription
66, Beaufort Street, Chelsea, London, England

Charles Foster Head Married Male 40 1861 Painter's Labourer Westminster, Middlesex, (image states age 48)
Emily Foster Wife Married Female 38 1863 - Margate, Kent, England
Helen Foster Daughter - Female 1 1900 - Chelsea, Middlesex, England

Is this Emily in 1891???

If so, she seemingly lied about her age on their marriage certificate, where she imlied she was born ca 1863 :-D

Not unusual when one spouse is a lot younger than the other!! But it does help in trying to find her after they married :-)

1891 England Census

Name: Emily Craycraft
Age: 25
Estimated birth year: abt 1866
Relation: Servant
Gender: Female
Where born: Margate, Kent, England
Civil Parish: St George Hanover Square
Ecclesiastical parish: St Saviours and St Georges Square
Town: London
County/Island: London
Country: England

Registration district: St George Hanover Square
Sub registration district: Belgrave
ED, institution, or vessel: 34
Neighbors: View others on page
Piece: 76
Folio: 57
Page Number: 1

Emma Barnaby 84
Mary A Nightingale 59
Harriet Pemberton 54
Emily Craycraft 25

Did Charles have a second forename??

IF he did, could he have been buried under that name?


Have you tried to trace Emily in the 1901 and 1911 Censuses or on Electoral Rolls to see if they were together?

I'm looking at trying to get a clue as to when he might have last been "seen" in records!

Thanks for trying Sylvia, That's as much as I could get

George
I could only find the marriage for Charles to Emily in Fulham.
I wonder if Charles had a middle name.

Sylvia

Could anyone help me Please,?? I have a burial receipt for Charles Foster No 77 C B Ashton &Co. dated 6 Aug But can't make out the year. Interment Mon 9 3.30 Wandsworth Cemetery receipt No 14357 Could anyone Find the year or date of death Please or final place he lived. Thank You He was born 1856 Westminster and married Emily Craycraft 1896.