William Naylor Foster (1842 - 1916)

Born 1842 in Gainsborough, Lincolnshire, England, United Kingdom

Husband of Mary (Dickman) Foster — married 1868 in Victoria, Australia

Descendants

Died 11 Oct 1916 at about age 74 in Neerim South, Victoria, Australia

Biography

William Naylor Foster, the son of Rebecca (Naylor) Foster and Charles Foster,^[1] was born in 1842. The birth was registered in the Gainsborough Union in Lincolnshire.^[2]

He married Mary Dickman in 1868 in Victoria.^[3]

William Foster died on 11 October 1916 at his residence in Neerim South, with age recorded as 72.^[1][4]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} Victoria BDM death registration number 15620/1916. Name: Wm Naylor Foster; father: Foster Charles; mother: Naylor Rebecca; place: Neerim S; age: 72. Accessed 22 January 2022.
2. ↑ England & Wales General Register Office, GRO Online Index - Birth (accessed 22 January 2022), database entry for Foster, William Naylor (Mother's maiden surname: Naylor), GRO Reference: 1842 M Quarter in Gainsborough Union Volume 14 Page 328.
3. ↑ Victoria BDM marriage registration number 766/1868. William Foster; Mary Dickman. Accessed 22 January 2022.
4. ↑ Family Notices (1916, October 18). The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1957), p. 1. Retrieved January 22, 2022, from National Library of Australia Trove 1603357. "FOSTER.—On the 11th of October, at his late residence, Neerim South, Gippsland, William Naylor Foster, dearly loved husband of Mary Foster, and father of John, William, Charles, Alice, Frank, and Alfred, aged 72 years. Colonist 46 years."