I must be honest I never expected anyone to find anything, I looked at Confederate soldiers named Joseph Foster there weren't that many, but there was no middle name initial to narrow things down. But you found the marriage, I assumed they didn't marry, plus a newspaper cutting, and a very likely link to Joe Foster. I know for a fact that this took more than 5 minutes of your time, so thank you so much. My friends mother, Frederica's grand-daughter, is a lovely and lively 84 year old and filling in these stories for her means so much. Cheers Fred
Back again....because of what you found I went back and checked census etc and it looks likely he was Christopher Foster, his father looks like being John, but his granfather is probably Joseph Foster who married Margaret Carr, so these families were linked more than a 100 years before.
Christopher Foster may have used a middle name, or was known by his grandfathers name. This isn't odd in the UK, I'm known to 90% of people by my fathers name, my father was often known by his grandfathers name. It starts as a pet name and often sticks. He was slightly younger than the ships list 17 or 18 and not 20. Any marriage or census, army enlistment, death, etc may be for a Christopher Foster not Joseph, and he could have been an uncle to both Frederica and her husband Christopher Carr if he married a Rutledge? cheers again Fred
