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Research in Other Countries => New Zealand => New Zealand Completed Requests => Topic started by: Pandora_pam on Friday 07 August 09 08:31 BST (UK)
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I have come to a stumbling block on my family tree and need some help! I have George David Foster born 19/07/1884 in Blenheim, Marlborough, New Zealand however his parents are a bit of a mystery. All I know is his parents were John and Annie Foster (probably from the Blenheim area in the 1880s). Any help anyone can give is appreciated!
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Hi, you could start by getting his birth cert. It will tell you parents names, occupation, ages and mother's maiden name. John is listed on 1881 elec roll as a carpenter living in Warwick St, Blenheim. They were still there in 1893 roll.
Alan
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Having a look on Paperspast there are birth notices for a couple of children in the Marlborough Express.
Daughter on 29 Mar 1883 at Warwick St.
Death of a daughter in early March 1883 (Minnie Constance)
Did not look on the BMD site, but did look on the CD and there is a marriage for a John FOSTER to an Annie THOMSON in 1881 which is a possibility. There are THOMSONs mentioned in the Marlborough Express also.
Ian C
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and that marriage cert,
if indeed them, it would give heaps of info. :)
but alas, seems there are two maybe three John-Annie Fosters having kids in the 1880s ....
1880 Christina Maud Annie John
1880 Annie Frances Annie John
1881 Minnie Constance Annie John
1882 John Durham Annie John
1882 Elizabeth Annie John
1883 William Annie John
1883 Sarah Jane Lily Annie John
1884 George David Annie John
1884 Annie Margaretta Annie John
1884 Emma Isabelle Annie John
1885 Ellen Annie John
1886 Annie Eleanor Annie John
1885 William Andrew Cockburn Annie John
1887 John Elliot Annie John
1887 Elizabeth Mabel Annie John
1887 Hilda Florence Annie John
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yeah, marriage 1878, John FOSTER and Annie BOORD ?
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There is a Wconnect tree
http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=:3221842&id=I635513693
that has a 1888 for a chid in Blenheim parents JOhn and Annie, would be worth contacting to see if same line
Bye
Althea
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:) Thanks all. The last post from Althea was the right one as Ada was a sister to George David Foster, parents Annie Peckham and John Foster. The Peckham name rang a bell with someone in the family.