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John Archer Forster

(abt.1806 - 1865)


Father: not known
Mother: not known

Siblings:

Children:

With Eliza Butson


Timeline

Date Event Information Sources
abt.1806 Birth
  • Estimated from census records
1830-01-29 Marriage
Eliza Butson (1802 - ?)
  • Place: St Nicholas, Durham, County Durham
  • Witness: Matthew Brown (parish clerk)
  • Witness: John Beadley
  • Witness: Margaret Dixon (sextoness)
  • Parish register (BT):  F1  T1  T2
1841-06-07 Census
  • Abode: Old Elvet, City Of Durham, County Durham
  • Age: 35
  • Birthplace: County Durham
  • Census record HO107-320-9-9-15:  F2  F3  T3
  • familysearch:  T4
1851-03-30 Census
  • Census record HO107-2412-411-48:  F4  F5  T5
  • familysearch:  Link
abt.1865-10-08 Death
  • Age: 57
  • Abode: Blythe Terrace, Gateshead, County Durham
  • Occupation: Colliery viewer
  • Estimated from burial record
  • GRO online:  T6
1865-10-11 Burial
  • Place: East Cemetery, Gateshead, County Durham
  • durhamrecordsonline:  T7
  • Burial index:  F6  T8
  • Burial register:  F7  T9
  • Grave register:  F8  T10


Transcripts of sources

Ref. Transcript
T1

        
T2
Page 85
MARRIAGES solemnized in the Parish of Saint Nicholas Durham
in the County of Durham in the Year 1830
John Archer Forster, Bachelor of the Parish
of Houghton le Spring in the County & Diocese of Durham
and Eliza Buston, Spinster of this Parish
were married in this Church by License with Consent of
[blank] this twenty ninth Day of
January in the Year One thousand eight hundred and thirty
By me Edw'd Davison  [?] Min:
This Marriage was solemnized between us  { Jno Archer Forster
                                         { Eliza Buston
In the Presence of  { Matthew Brown Parish Clerk
                    { John Beadley
No. 255             { Margaret X Dixon, Sextoness
        
T3
1841 census HO107 piece 320 Book 9 Folio 9 Page 15

City or Borough of  Durham
Parish or Township of Elvet (Part of)
Enumeration Schedule

Old Elvet P.B & M.B   John Forster     35     Colliery Viewer   Y
                      Eliza Forster       35                    Y
                      Hannah Forster      8                     Y
                      Eliza Forster       6                     Y
                      Lucy Forster        2                     Y
                      Ellen Callendan     20  F S               Y   X
                      Eliza Burnett       12  F S [struck out]  Y   X

Transcribed from gbc_1841_0320_0289.jpg by dh

        
T4
HO107-9-320-9-13
City Of Durham Old Elvet P B & M B
St Oswald, Durham

John Forster     M  35  Durham
Eliza Forster    F  35  Durham
Hannah Forster   F  8   Durham
Eliza Forster    F  6   Durham
Lucy Forster     F  2   Durham
Ellen Callendar  F  20  Durham
Eliza Burnett    F  12  Durham
        
T5
1851 Census  HO107 Piece 2412 Folio 411 Page 48

Parish or Township of  Cowpen
Ecclesiastical District of  [blank]
City or Borough of  [blank]
Town of  [blank]
Village of  [blank]

Schedule 171  Cowpen Lodge

John A Forster     Head   Mar  44      Viewer    Durham
Hannah M. Forster  Daur   U        18  Daughter  Durham
Lucy A. Forster    Daur            13  Scholar   Durham
Phoebe C. Forster  Daur   }        3   -         Northumberland
Emma Forster       Daur   }        2   -         Northumberland
Mary Bailey        Servt  U        16  Servant   Cumberland

Transcribed from gbc_1851_4278329_00802.jpg by dh

        
T6
FORSTER, JOHN ARCHER  57
GRO Reference: 1865  D Quarter in GATESHEAD  Volume 10A  Page 351
        
T7
Cemetery Registers, Gateshead District - Record Number: 880191.12
Location: Gateshead, County Durham
Cemetery: East Cemetery
Denomination: any
11 Oct 1865 John Archer Forster, of Blyth Terrace, age: 57, colliery viewer
        
T8
Forster  John Archer  Burial no. 2347 folio 118  Grave div. K no. 5694  Oct 11  1865
        
T9
Folio 118
[left] 2347  John Archer Forster  Colliery Viewer  57 Yrs  Blyth Terrace  11 [Oct'r 1865]
[right] M O Sterland  Division K  5694  consecrated  Gateshead
        
T10
REGISTER OF GRAVES  DIVISION K
               {       John Archer Forster  57 yrs  11 Oct 1865    19s 6d  Burial  2346 118 [Book 1]
No.5694  Full  {       Betty Forster        70 yrs  12 Feb 1868  £1 8s 6d  Burial  4543 228 [Book 1]
               {  out  Hannah Breckens      64 y    12 July '92    10s 6d  Burial 37503  15 [Book 8]
        


File sources

Ref. Type File name
F1 Image StNicholasDurham-Marriage-1831-BT-298.jpg
F2 Image gbc_1841_0320_0289.jpg
F3 Transcript Census-1841-HO107-320-9-9-15-Forster.text
F4 Image gbc_1851_4278329_00802.jpg
F5 Transcript Census-1851-HO107-2412-411-48-Forster.text
F6 Image GatesheadEastCemetery-Index-1862-F-235.jpg
F7 Image GatesheadEastCemetery-Burials-1-118.jpg
F8 Image GatesheadEastCemetery-Graves-K-729.jpg


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