Looking for baptism or birth registration of John Foster Walker.

[AR.Usher]

Born about 1842, he is living with Joseph Walker and Eleanor "Ellen" Walker in 1851 at Treeton, Yorkshire.
Joseph Walker 1803-1860
Eleanor 1804-1863 (Maiden name supposedly Williamson from other children's birth registrations)

One GRO index shows a Joseph Foster Walker, 1842, September Quarter in ROTHERHAM UNION. No mother's maiden name listed. I don't think this is the John Foster I'm looking for, because there is an baptized of a John Foster, Aug 1822, in Treeton, to Sarah Walker.

Need help finding his birth registration or baptized record.

[mckha489]

Could Sarah Walker be the sister of Joseph, and Joseph & Eleanor bringing him up as their son?

[heywood]

That birth and baptism looks very likely.
Did he marry Harriet Cawthorne in 1864?
On that marriage, it states ‘Illegitimate’ in the ‘father’s name and occupation’ column.

[osprey]

baptism in Treeton 2 Oct 1842 John Foster son of Sarah Walker, single woman

baptism in Treeton 15 Aug 1824 Sarah Anne daughter of Joseph & Eleanor Walker of Dronfield

marriage in Treeton 2 Oct 1843 of James Mercer & Sarah Anne Walker, her father Joseph Walker, labourer.

marriage in Treeton 27 June 1864 of John Foster Walker & Harriet Cawthorne, John is noted as illegitmate, no details of father.

[heywood]

I was just going to post the baptism  of Sarah Anne to Joseph and Eleanor.
John would therefore be their grandson but recorded as son. They may have raised him as such.

[osprey]

possible 1841 census for Sarah as a female servant in a Foster household   

https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MQP1-HM1

Agree with you on that, heywood. Likely bringing up Sarah's son.

[AR.Usher]

Thank you! Makes a lot more sense.

John must not be the son of James Mercer, otherwise he would've shown in the household of James.
His father must be someone in the Foster household where Sarah was a servant, considering his middle name is Foster.

That birth and baptism looks very likely.
Did he marry Harriet Cawthorne in 1864?
On that marriage, it states ‘Illegitimate’ in the ‘father’s name and occupation’ column.

Yes, a John Foster did marry a Harriet Cawthorne, you can find later censuses of them. Just wasn't sure if he was the John Foster I was looking at, as there wasn't a father listed.

[MollyC]

The transcription in Family Search should read Brinsworth Grange, not Grave.  It was an isolated farmstead north of Brinsworth village.  Treeton is SE of Brinsworth.  Map c1850
https://maps.nls.uk/geo/explore/#zoom=15.0&lat=53.40890&lon=-1.36106&layers=257&b=ESRIWorld&o=100