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Sussex Lookup Requests / Re: Foster Families of Iden and Winchelsea
« on: Monday 01 July 19 07:40 BST (UK) »
Apologies, I meant Richard Foster d. Gibraltar!
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Sussex Lookup Requests / Re: Foster Families of Iden and Winchelsea
« on: Monday 01 July 19 07:19 BST (UK) »
Hi there, I too have Thomas Foster d. Gibraltar, after marrying Mary in Winchelsea in my family tree. Their son Thomas Foster did immigrate to Australia with his wife Jane and young children. I don't know of a George but my information is scant at the earlier end of things, however they were definitely residents of the East Sussex area.
I have no concrete details about Thomas's death in Gibraltar, but this was not long after the Battle of Trafalgar and about the time that England and Spain became allies. There is a Trafalgar cemetery in Gibraltar where Admiral Nelson was buried so I would imagine there were many British mariners there around that time..?
And I wanted to confirm that many of the Foster family moved north from the Maitland area to the Northern Rivers, mainly Rous Mill and surrounds. So Frederick Edwin Foster (1871-1930) is the grandson of Thomas Foster, through his son Peter, who is my connection.
I have no idea if any of this is of use but it it definitely interesting!
Petra
I have no concrete details about Thomas's death in Gibraltar, but this was not long after the Battle of Trafalgar and about the time that England and Spain became allies. There is a Trafalgar cemetery in Gibraltar where Admiral Nelson was buried so I would imagine there were many British mariners there around that time..?
And I wanted to confirm that many of the Foster family moved north from the Maitland area to the Northern Rivers, mainly Rous Mill and surrounds. So Frederick Edwin Foster (1871-1930) is the grandson of Thomas Foster, through his son Peter, who is my connection.
I have no idea if any of this is of use but it it definitely interesting!
Petra
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