Margaret Foster / Forster

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Name - "official" name and what they were known as Margaret Foster, alternative spelling Forster
Date and place of birth About 1795, Scarisbrick, Lancashire
Names of parents James Foster and Mary nee Halsall
Date and place of baptism - if applicable Not found
Details of each of his or her marriages - if any 25 Oct 1819 St Cuthbert, North Meols, Lancashire, to James Cooper, both of the parish, witnesses John Rimmer and John Todd
Occupation(s) - if any Farmer's wife
Addresses where they lived (including county if in UK) - and please list which censuses you have or haven't found him/her on (if s/he lived in census times!).
Scarisbrick, Lancashire
1841 census - Snape, Scarisbrick, Lancashire
1851 - Woodmoss, Scarisbrick, Lancashire
Date, place and cause of death Nov 1856 Scarisbrick, Lancashire, not got cause
Date and place of burial. 27 Nov 1856 St Peter & St Paul, Ormskirk, age 61
Details of will / administration of their estate - if applicable None found, but unlikely as her husband outlived her
Memorial inscription - if any Not found

Link to husband's thread:
James Cooper or Sephton
Link to daughter's thread:
Alice Cooper or Foster

The wife of James Cooper in my other thread. I'm getting nowhere fast with her!

James Cooper married Margaret Foster 25 Oct 1819 St Cuthbert, North Meols, Lancashire. Both of the parish, witnesses John Rimmer and John Todd. (John Todd was married to James's sister; I wouldn't bother trying to sort out who John Rimmer was!)

Burial 27 Nov 1856 St Peter and St Paul, Ormskirk - Margaret Cooper age 61, abode Scarisbrick.

On the 1851 census Margaret is age 57, born Scarisbrick, Lancashire. So she was born about 1794-5.

There is a William Foster who appears with the family on various censuses and he must be Margaret's brother because in 1871 he is listed as uncle to her son Henry. His birthplace is Scarisbrick on all the censuses and year of birth around 1788-1791. He's a widower on the 1851 and has no wife with him in 1841, so I would think probably widowed before then. Occupation is Farm Servant till 1871 when he becomes a Retired Farmer. Buried 7 Jan 1874 St Cuthbert, North Meols, age 86, abode Scarisbrick. I couldn't find an entry for him in the National Probate Calendar.


There are a couple of other Fosters who are with the Coopers in early censuses - James Foster age 12 in 1841, and Joseph Foster age 20 in 1851. Joseph is born Scarisbrick, and annoyingly, his relationship to head is "Servant". Maybe William's sons, maybe not. (Then some of the Coopers marry some Fosters, but they may or may not turn out to be related, probably best to ignore them for now.)

I've found a possible baptism for Joseph Foster - 11 Aug 1830 at Lathom Chapel, Ormskirk, son of Mary Foster, spinster, abode Scarisbrick. But there are a few Joseph Fosters of about the same age so this could be the wrong one. And there are quite a few possibles for James. But I can't find any baptisms for Margaret and William!

The surname sometimes appears as Forster.

Any help would be much appreciated!