John & Sarah FOSTER of HUNSLET, YORKSHIRE

[BenRalph]

The church had records there and held services there up till about 5 years ago but it shut down in the last two years and now has iron railings round it. Very sad. My great granddad fell through that whilst climbing it as a child, so the story goes.

The Leeds Library hold records for the church but is shut due to lockdown.

[Ladyhawk]

looking for a marriage of the above couple. 

1841 Census they are (BIC) and 1851 Census both born in Hunslet - (the same for their kids). 

The information on a death for a Frederick Foster in Australia in 1903 has his parents as being John Foster & Fanny Greenwood* (*Fanny or Frances was the name of his wife's mother - Frances Hawkins/Dixon/Dickson - but it's the Greenwood name that might hold a clue......could it have been Sarah Greenwood?).

 I cannot find any marriages in Hunslet for that time frame (eg 1810-1814?). 

Not that this helps finding the marriage.........

The baptism at St Mary’s Hunslet gives Frederick Foster born 1819
death index record for Frederick Foster in Australia gives age 71 so a birth year c1833 

Frederick Foster born 10 Nov 1819,
brother James bpt same day born 9 Sep 1817
Baptism    7 May 1820 St Mary the Virgin, Hunslet, Yorkshire
Parents John occ iron founder & Sarah

Fredk Foster Age:   71
Death Place:   West Melbourne, Victoria
Father's Name:   Foster Jno
Mother's Name:   Fanny Greenwood
Registration Year:   1904
Registration Place:   Victoria
Registration Number:   5994

Ellen Foster born 12 Mar 1869 Tasmania
Registration Year:   1869 Hobart, Tasmania, Australia
Father:   Frederick Foster Mother:   Mary Dixon

1841 census Piece:   1345 Folio:   28 Page Number:   13
John FOSTER 50 iron moulder
Sarah 50
Mary 25
James 20
FREDERICK  20 iron moulder
Rachel 15
Sarah 12
Martha 9
Elizabeth 7
Sarah 4

[Webby]

Afternoon everyone, it's been a couple of years and I'm still trying to track down some information about this couple...especially their marriage.

Well, I contacted the WYAS once again a couple of months ago to ask them if they had found any of the records I was after (back in 2021) (got a different Archivist this time).  And finding out that at the time (eg 1808-1816 that the marriage I was looking for), Hunslet was a Chapelry of St. Peter's Leeds and are available in the records of St. Peter's Leeds.
(You have to look for them....nearly at the end of some of the records for each year). Also has baptisms & deaths as well. (on Ancestry)

So my post is to let anyone who is interested that the early BDM's for Hunslet are available in the records of St Peter's Leeds - which you can get a look up service from the WYAS or as above, if you have Ancestry they are on there.  And no I still haven't found that marriage anywhere!..still looking. 

Cheers
Webby