Robert FOSTER b1812 Tocketts and Ann ? b 1822 Aycliffe

[carrie-bob]

Good Afternoon everyone,

I am starting to tie myself in knots looking for a marriage or possibly two!!!!! I span two counties: Durham and Yorkshire.
I am looking for a marriage between a Robert Foster born 1812 in Tocketts Yorkshire and an Ann (surname possibly Nelson)
I have 11 children for the couple, but I have a feeling that the eldest 2 may have a different mother.

So here is what I have Robert Foster was a miller born in Tocketts, Yorkshire in 1812. On all the census he is down as having a wife called Ann possibly born around 1822 in Aycliffe Durham.
In 1841 there is 1 child Thomas bc1836.
In 1851 there were 4 children Thomas b Guisborough, John bc 1841 Middlesbrough, Richard Foster and Benjamin Foster both 2 bc1849 Aycliffe Durham.
In 1861 there were 6 children mentioned, Benjamin age 12 b Aycliffe, Robert age 9 b 1851 Stockton, Ann E age 7 b 1854 Stockton, Henry age 6 b 1855 Stockton, Alice age 4 b 1857Thirsk and Thomas age 2 b 1859 Thirsk.
In 1871 four children are named, Henry b Stockton, Thomas b Thirsk and a Mary b Darlington and a William b Stokesley.

Having searched the GRO I think I can be safe in saying that all the children born in and after 1849 their mothers maiden name was Nelson, not sure about the first Thomas and John.

Really struggling to find any marriage at all for a Robert Foster and an Ann Nelson.

Any help would be greatly appreciated. I think that Robert Foster was my 3 x Great Grandfather.
Thank you very much Carrie xx

[CaroleW]

1871 shows his birthplace as Guisborough

[Jomot]

I'm a bit late coming to this one but there is a baptism in Middlesbrough 14 Oct 1841 John s/o Robert & Ann Forster, Middlesbrough, Miller.

The matching birth seems to be this one:
FORSTER, JOHN mmn PATISON  GRO Reference: 1841  S Quarter in STOCKTON AND SEDGEFIELD  Volume 24  Page 248

I wonder if this is Thomas’s baptism, in Guisborough
10 Mar 1836 Thomas s/o Ann Pattison, single woman

And perhaps his burial, also Guisborough?
22 Aug 1858 Thomas Foster Pattison, Ayton, aged 22
PATTISON, THOMAS  FOSTER  aged  22  GRO Reference: 1858  S Quarter in STOKESLEY  Volume 09D  Page 290

There is a marriage in Darlington in 1840 Robert Forster & Ann Pattison.  It is mentioned in the
Newcastle Journal of 5 Dec 1840 as being at 'Darlington Church' on 1st inst, but no other details.

[Radcliff]

A little newspaper snippet it may not be relevant to your research
Daily Gazette for Middlesbrough
July 21st 1875
A Domestic servant suing her mother,
Lightowler v Foster,
Elizabeth Lighowler aged 23 and she sued Mrs Foster her mother by second marriage and wife of Robert Foster,Miller and farmer ,Bishopton for £3 16 s, wages due , judge ruled in Elizabeths favour