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hi all i am researching my family tree and would like to know if anyone could point me in the right direction

william foster born 1838 costock nottinghamshire and was in the army in the 1881 census his son was born at sea



were could i search for marriage in east india or traveling back to the uk

Tracy click on the broken page lefthand top of your screen and see if it majkes the writing come out without the spacing.

For Ref

1881 England Census
about Albert Foster
Name: Albert Foster
Age: 11
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1870
Relation: Son
Father's Name: William Foster
Mother's name: Ellen Foster
Gender: Male
Where born: (H. M. S. Serapin), At Sea

Civil parish: Chesterfield
County/Island: Derbyshire
Country: England

Street Address: 23 Beetwell St
Education:

Employment status: View image
Occupation: Scholar

Registration district: Chesterfield
Sub-registration district: Chesterfield
ED, institution, or vessel: 9
Neighbors: View others on page
Piece: 3431
Folio: 79
Page Number: 13
Household Members: Name Age
William Foster 46
Ellen Foster 33 1848 Samderabad, East Indies *********
Albert Foster 11
William Foster 9
Harry Foster 7
Samuel Foster 5
John Foster 3
Alfred Foster 1

not working mel

Try it on Ancestry where you copied and pasted it from.

I get that trouble sometimes and it is sooooooo annoying.

I fear you may have downloaded IE9 Tracy - that causes this problem.

Dea Xxx

Someone had a birth at sea looked up over the weekend but I don't know the site.

Did you want the family on other census??

Hi Dea :-D

Tracy

Check out Wendy, she is kind enough to offer Notts help....you'll find her here


http://www.genesreunited.co.uk/boards.page/board/ancestors/thread/1266434

Hi Mel :-D

What is it we are looking for - details on William, or Albert's birth details??

Dea x

im looking for details on alberts birth to see if i can order cert to find mothers last name or williams marriage her name is ellen and shes listed has being born in india

tracy

Not quite sure.

On the 1881 census William is a Bugler Staff 2nd something something Notts.

on a marriage cert i have he is listed as bandsman 16th batt krr

1901 England Census
about William Foster
Name: William Foster
Age: 63
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1838
Relation: Head
Spouse's Name: Ellen Foster
Gender: Male
Where born: Costock, Nottinghamshire, England

Civil parish: Nottingham
Ecclesiastical parish: St Stephen
County/Island: Nottinghamshire
Country: England

Street Address:

Occupation:

Condition as to marriage:

Registration district: Nottingham
Sub-registration district: Nottingham South East
ED, institution, or vessel: 20
Neighbors: View others on page
Household schedule number: 62
Piece: 3171
Folio: 32
Page Number: 9
Household Members: Name Age
William Foster 63
Ellen Foster 53
Harry Foster 27
George Foster 19
Florry Foster 15
Joseph Foster 13
Harold Foster 11
Emily Foster 9


On this census William is a Medical Herbalist own account.

Whose marriage cert are you talking about when you say he was a bandsman because you said you wanted to find out Ellen's maiden name????????

Tree on Ancestry says Ellen was Ellen Butler but no marriage on the tree.

Found this ???????.

1871 Scotland Census
about Ellen Butler
Name: Ellen Butler
[Ellen Caldwell]
Age: 27
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1844
Relationship: Daughter
Father's Name: John Caldwell
Mother's name: Agnes Caldwell
Gender: Female
Where born: B S, east india
Registration number: 644/5
Registration district: Clyde
Civil parish: Glasgow St Peter
County: Lanarkshire
Address: 16 Broomielaw
Occupation: Laundress
ED: 32
Household schedule number: 6
Line: 3
Roll: CSSCT1871_132
Household Members: Name Age
John Caldwell 73
Agnes Caldwell 70
Ellen Butler 27
Henrietta Butler 8
John Caldwell 3
James Barr 68

www.familysearch.org has the following record for the marriage of William and Ellen:
Groom's Name: William Foster
Groom's Birth Date: 1837
Groom's Age: 27
Bride's Name: Ellen Butler
Bride's Birth Date: 1848
Bride's Age: 16
Marriage Date: 16 Oct 1864
Marriage Place: Thayet, Myo, Bengal, India
Groom's Father's Name: William Foster
Bride's Father's Name: Patrick Butler
Indexing Project (Batch) Number: M49325-3
System Origin: India-EASy
Source Film Number: 499013

If you contact your local LDS family history centre, you can order the Film Number and view the entry in the register.