Born about in Ottawa, Carleton, Ontario, Canada
Daughter of [father unknown] and [mother unknown]
[sibling(s) unknown]
Wife of
Hubert John Foster
— married
16 Jan 1904 in Venice, Italy
Mother of
John Galway Foster KBE MP
Died
at about age 70
in Ruthin, Denbighshire, Wales, United Kingdom
Profile last modified
| Created 4 Jun 2018
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Biography
Mary Agatha Tobin was born before 1880.
She married unknown Gough. They had three children.
She married British soldier, Hubert John Foster, on 16th January 1904 at the British consulate, Venice, Italy. They had one son, Brigadier Sir John Galway Foster KBE, who they left with a governess when they travelled to Australia for work and then settled.
From 1906 Mary and Hubert lived in Australia; Hubert active in military education until his death in 1919 at Carlaminda via Cooma (between Canberra and the Snowy Mountains).
In the 1911 census Mary (age 40) was a married wife at 17 and 18 1 Flat At Hyde Park Mansions, 159 Knightsbridge, St Margaret and St John, London, England.[1]
Mary died on 12 October 1940 at Ruthin Castle, Ruthin, Wales, aged 70 [2] and probate was to the solicitors for John Galway Foster.[3]
Sources
- ↑ 1911 Census: "1911 England Census," database with images, Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 2352 #1385450 (accessed 5 January 2024), Mary Agatha Foster (40), wife, in household of Mary Agatha Foster (40) at 17 and 18 1 Flat At Hyde Park Mansions, 159 Knightsbridge, St Margaret and St John, London, England. Born in Canada; citing The National Archives of the UK (TNA), Kew, Surrey, England, Census Returns of England and Wales, 1911, Registration District Number 5, ED, institution, or vessel 15, Piece 429.
- ↑ Death Registration: "England & Wales General Register Office," database, GRO Online Indexes - Death (accessed 5 January 2024), Foster, Mary Agatha (Age at death: 70). GRO Reference: 1940 Oct-Nov-Dec in Ruthin Volume 11B Page 931.
- ↑ Probate: "England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations), 1858-1995," database with images, Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 1904 #1592418 (accessed 5 January 2024), Mary Agatha Foster probate on 25 Apr 1941 in Llandudno. Died 12 Oct 1940 in Westminster, London, England; citing Original data Principal Probate Registry. Calendar of the Grants of Probate and Letters of Administration made in the Probate Registries of the High Court of Justice in England.
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