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MICHAEL FOSTER

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Michael

Michael Report 17 Jul 2019 10:20

BORN IRELAND 1833. MARRIED TO BRIDGET...MOVED TO ENGLAND

Rambling

Rambling Report 17 Jul 2019 10:23

Going to need more info than that to be able to help.

What is it you are hoping to find out? Where in England did they live, did they have children ( from which we could find Bridget's maiden name)?

malyon

malyon Report 17 Jul 2019 10:45

could this be bridget

Bridget Foster
England and Wales Census, 1881
Name:
Bridget Foster
Event Type:
Census
Event Date:
1881
Event Place:
Frimley, Surrey, England
Registration District:
Farnham
Residence Note:
Park Road
Gender:
Female
Age:
57
Marital Status:
Widow
Occupation:
Laundress
Relationship to Head of Household:
Head
Birth Year (Estimated):
1824
Birthplace:
Ireland
Page Number:
28
Registration Number:
RG11
Piece/Folio:
783/90
Affiliate Record Type:
Household
Household Role Sex Age Birthplace
Bridget Foster Head Female 57 Ireland
Agnes Foster Daughter Female 14 Sandhurst, Berkshire, England
Minnie Foster Daughter Female 11 Camberley, Surrey, England
Annie Foster Daughter Female 5 Camberley, Surrey, England

ArgyllGran

ArgyllGran Report 17 Jul 2019 10:50

No, that's not the correct family.

Here they are in 1871:

Agnes Foster
in the 1871 England Census
Name: Agnes Foster
Age: 4
Estimated birth year: 1867
Relation: Daughter
Gender: Female
Where born: Sandhurst Berkshire England
Civil Parish: Frimley
Ecclesiastical parish: York Town
Town: Frimley
County/Island: Surrey
Country: England
Registration district: Farnham
Sub-registration district: Frimley
ED, institution, or vessel: 2
Household schedule number: 216
Piece: 820
Folio: 54
Page Number: 40
Household Members:
Name Age
George Foster 44 - Chelsea pensioner, born Yorkshire
Bridget Foster 46
Mary J Foster 12
Ellen Foster 10
Emily Foster 8
Hannah Foster 6
Agnes Foster 4
Eliza Foster 3
Mennie Foster 2/12

ArgyllGran

ArgyllGran Report 17 Jul 2019 11:11

Michael -
where did you find the little info you've given us?

I don't see Michael and Bridget together in any English census.

The only Irish Michael Foster of that YOB and living in England is this one, but he's unmarried.
Just posting for info:

Michael Foster
in the 1861 England Census
Name: Michael Foster
Age: 28
Estimated birth year: 1833
Relation: Lodger
Gender: Male
Where born: Vildare, Ireland [Kildare, Ireland]
Civil Parish: Kirkdale
Ecclesiastical parish: St Adrian
Town: Liverpool
County/Island: Lancashire
Country: England
Registration district: West Derby
Sub-registration district: Everton
ED, institution, or vessel: 59
Neighbors:
Household schedule number: 57
Piece: 2720
Folio: 26
Page Number: 11
Household Members:
Name Age
Thomas Marren 25
Rose Marren 24
James Marren 30
James Marren 6/12
Barnay Mc Gee 26
Michael Foster 28


When did your Michael move to England?
There are four Michael/Bridget Foster families in Ireland in 1901-1911, but those Michaels were born c1840-41 , 1861-66, and c1878.


There's an Irish Michael Foster born 1831, living in Liverpool in 1881, but his wife is Kate.

ErikaH

ErikaH Report 17 Jul 2019 12:01

What are you asking for? Please!

And how can we possibly know who you're looking for if you don't even say WHERE in England they lived - and when

What is the source of your info?

Rambling

Rambling Report 17 Jul 2019 12:24

I've PMd Michael to let him know there are replies and how to return to thread, in case he's not sure. :-)

KathleenBell

KathleenBell Report 17 Jul 2019 21:36

I can only see five Michael Foster marriages to a Bridget in Ireland in the 1800's. This seems the most likely for someone born c.1833 :-

First name(s) Michael
Last name Foster
Registration year 1864
Registration quarter 1864
Registration district Athy
Volume 3
Page 409
MarriageFinder ™

Michael Foster married one of these people

Catherine Lawless, >>>>>Bridget Coghlan,<<<<< Margaret Hynes, Ellen Barret

County Kildare, Laois (Queen's)
Country Ireland
Record set Irish Marriages 1845-1958
Category Birth, Marriage, Death & Parish Records
Subcategory Civil Marriage & Divorce
Collections from Ireland

Kath. x

ArgyllGran

ArgyllGran Report 17 Jul 2019 21:42

Re that Michael who married in 1864 -

he's aged 23 at marriage, so born c1841.

I'll post the other details, just in case 23 is a mistake and they meant 28 - though it clearly says 23 on the document.

He's a farmer, living in Leigh, a bachelor.
Father is also named Michael foster, a farmer.

Bridget's a spinster, 17, living with her father John Coghlan at Monasterevan.
John is a Servant of Canal Company.

Witnesses are Michael Costello and Mary Brennan.