Isabel (Bird) Foster (1859 - 1906)

Born 1859 in Heskett, Cumberland, England

Ancestors

Wife of George William Foster — married about 1881 in West Ward, Westmorland, England

Died 25 Apr 1906 at about age 47 in Penrith, Cumberland, England, United Kingdom

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Biography

Isabel was born in Q2 of 1859. She is the daughter of Joseph Bird and Mary Goulding.

In 1901 Census Isabel is listed as a widow and is a Fancy Goods shopkeeper with her children Mary and Sydney.

Died 25 Apr 1906. Probate at Carlisle District Probate Registry on 18 June 1906 to Mary Foster (Spinster). Effects £878 1s 1.5d

RESEARCH NOTES Widowed prior to 1901

Sources

• "England and Wales Birth Registration Index, 1837-2008," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:26T9-7NN : 1 October 2014), Isabel Bird, 1859; from "England & Wales Births, 1837-2006," database, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : 2012); citing Birth Registration, Penrith, Cumberland, England, citing General Register Office, Southport, England.

• "England and Wales Census, 1871", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V557-BFX : 8 December 2017), Isabel Bird in entry for Mary Bird, 1871.

• "England and Wales Marriage Registration Index, 1837-2005," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:2DRP-6QW : 13 December 2014), Isabel Bird, 1881; from "England & Wales Marriages, 1837-2005," database, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : 2012); citing 1881, quarter 4, vol. 10B, p. 1067, West Ward, Westmorland, England, General Register Office, Southport, England.

• "England and Wales Census, 1901," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XSV5-K3P : 21 May 2019), Isabel Foster, Penrith, Cumberland, England, United Kingdom; from "1901 England, Scotland and Wales census," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing Penrith subdistrict, PRO RG 13, The National Archives, Kew, Surrey.

• "England and Wales Death Registration Index 1837-2007," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:2NYB-CS1 : 31 December 2014), Isabel Foster, 1906; from "England & Wales Deaths, 1837-2006," database, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : 2012); citing Death, Penrith, Cumberland, England, General Register Office, Southport, England.

• Probate 1906 https://probatesearch.service.gov.uk/search-results