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Thomas married 3 times. The first wife was Isabella Mary Eliza ? who I believe was born c1853 in Battersea. They would have married somwhere about 1876. She appears as Mary I. or J. E. on the 1881 census. She died in 1883. He then married Matilda Theresa Aston in 1886. She died 1901 and he married Helena Louisa Morris in 1902. I can't find a marriage in the London parish registers which fit. His father was also Thomas Forster c1817, Tooting Graveney, Surrey. Help please. Susan

Just for reference.


1881 census transcription details for: 3, Wansbeck Road, Bow Aka St Mary Stratford-Le-Bow
National Archive Reference:
RG number: RG11 Piece: 493 Folio: 47 Page: 21

Reg. District: Poplar Sub District: Bow
Parish: Bow Aka St Mary Stratford-Le-Bow Enum. District:
Ecclesiastical District: City/Municipal Borough:
Address: 3, Wansbeck Road, Bow Aka St Mary Stratford-Le-Bow
County: Middlesex
Name Relation Condition Sex Age Birth
Year Occupation ,
Disability Where Born
FORSTER, Thomas Head Married M 36 1845 Commercial Clerk Carriers
Tooting
Surrey
FORSTER, Mary J E Wife Married F 29 1852
Battersea
Surrey
FORSTER, Henry Son Single M 4 1877
Hackney Wick
Middlesex
FORSTER, Fred Son Single M 2 1879
Hackney Wick
Middlesex
FORSTER, Charles Son Single M 0 1881
Hackney Wick
Middlesex
COLE, Alfred Boarder Single M 7 1874 Scholar
Hackney Wick
Middlesex
ASTON, Matilda T Lodger Single F 24 1857 Comb Packer
Birmingham

If they had any children one of their birth certs. will give you her maiden name!

England & Wales, FreeBMD Marriage Index: 1837-1915
about Helena Louisa Morris
Name: Helena Louisa Morris
Year of Registration: 1902
Quarter of Registration: Jul-Aug-Sep
District: Camberwell
County: Greater London, London, Surrey
Volume: 1d
Page: 1627




Thomas Forster 1902 Camberwell Greater London, London, Surrey

Helena Louisa Morris 1902 Camberwell Greater London, London, Surrey

What makes you think her name was Isabella Mary Eliza, when her name is noted as Mary J.E. on the census record?

I take it you have seen all these?

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Match quality: 2 out of 5 Fred Forster Baptism 20 Oct 1882 Thomas Forster,
Isabella Mary Eliza Forster All Saints, Clapton Park Hackney
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Match quality: 2 out of 5 Henry Forster Baptism 20 Oct 1882 Thomas Forster,
Isabella Mary Eliza Forster All Saints, Clapton Park Hackney
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Match quality: 2 out of 5 Low Forster Baptism 20 Oct 1882 Thomas Forster,
Isabella Mary Eliza Forster All Saints, Clapton Park Hackney
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Match quality: 2 out of 5 George Forster Baptism 2 Oct 1883 Thomas Forster,
Isabella Mary Eliza Forster All Saints, Clapton Park Hackney

THOMAS FOSTER Pedigree
Male

Birth:
Christening: 01 JUN 1817 Tooting Graveney, Surrey, England

Parents:
Father: THOMAS FOSTER Family
Mother: TABITHA
Messages:
Extracted birth or christening record for the locality listed in the record.

Why do people go off and not say anything or stay to see if they have replies!!!!!!! Or even say BBL.

This must have married before 1876 as this would seem to be them in 1871:-


1871 England Census
about Isabella Foster
Name: Isabella Foster
Age: 19
Estimated birth year: abt 1852
Relation: Wife
Spouse's name: Thomas
Gender: Female
Where born: Battersea, Surrey, England
Civil parish: Aldgate
Ecclesiastical parish: Aldgate
County/Island: London
Country: England
Registration district: London City
Sub-registration district: St Botolph
ED, institution, or vessel: 6
Household schedule number: 22
Household Members:
Name Age
Thomas Foster 26 (1845) born: Streatham, Surrey
Isabella Foster 19

The first childs birth. That should tell you the mothers maiden name.

England & Wales, FreeBMD Birth Index, 1837-1915
about Henry Forster
Name: Henry Forster
Year of Registration: 1877
Quarter of Registration: Oct-Nov-Dec
District: Poplar (To 1965)
County: Greater London, London, Middlesex
Volume: 1c
Page: 622

Hi, replying to all the good people who got back to me on this. I have all the information that you have given me, although I haven't applied for a birth certificate as yet. I was just testing the water to see if anyone did know the maiden name of Isabella Mary Eliza Forster. I am sure that she was named Isabella, because of the baptism records of the children, but it is a bit of a mouthful, so thats probably why it got shortened to Mary on the 1881 census. Thanks anyway, Susan

Further on with the Forster family, does anyone know where Frank Harben Forster, born 1855 died 1915 Guy's Hospital, London might be buried. He had moved from
Copthall Court, Spitalfields down to Hollow Road, Felsted, Essex, where his wife Ellen was born, after 1911 census. He died in Guy's Hospital 25.10.1915, but I can't find out where he is buried. I have the CD of burials for all the Felsted Graveyards, and Ellen his widow, died 5.6.1930 isn't buried in Felsted either. Frank was born in Tooting Graveney, Surrey, so he could be in a family plot there, but where was the most likely burial ground for someone who died in Guy's Hospital. Help please, Susan