William Bruce Foster^[1]

1869 - 1930  (60 years)

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• Name	William Bruce Foster
  Born	1 Dec 1869	Penwortham, Lancashire, UK   [2]
  		William Bruce Foster birth 1869 Bill was born on 1 Dec 1869, Penwortham, Lancs
  Christened	13 Jan 1870	St Mary Church, Penwortham, Lancashire, UK
  Gender	Male
  Census	2 Apr 1871	Liverpool, Lancashire, UK   [3]
  Age: 1y
  Address: Sutton Street No 60, Liverpool, Lancashire, UK
  Image Transcript Ln Hhold Given Surname Relation BirthDate BirthPlace Age Gender Status Years Married Children Born Children Living Occupation Immigration Year Nationality Religion Comments 21 222 John Foster Head 1843 Preston Lancashire England 28 Male Married porter 22 222 Leticia Foster Wife 1850 West Derby 21 Female Married 23 222 Thos Foster Son 1868 West Derby 3 Male 1 222 Wm Foster Son 1870 Preston 1 Male 2 222 Wm Sterret Father-in-law 1813 Preston Monaghan Ireland 58 Male Widowed contractor 3 222 Mary Sterret Daughter 1853 West Derby 18 Female Single 4 222 Fanny A Sterret Daughter 1856 West Derby 15 Female Single Sidney! 5 222 Jones B Sterret Son 1858 West Derby 13 Male Jon =Jonathan  PRO Class:  RG10  Piece:  3848  Folio:  24   Transcript ID is  dbid=7619&iid=LANRG10_3847_3848-0365
  Census	3 Apr 1881	Liverpool, Lancashire, UK   [4]
  Age: 11y
  Address: Elch Street No 14, Liverpool, Lancashire, UK
  Image Transcript Ln Hhold Given Surname Relation BirthDate BirthPlace Age Gender Status Years Married Children Born Children Living Occupation Immigration Year Nationality Religion Comments 5 188101 John Foster Head 1843 Preston 38 Male Married Van Driver 6 188101 Letitia Foster Wife 1850 West Derby 31 Female Married 7 188101 Thos. Foster Son 1868 West Derby 13 Male Scholar 8 188101 William B. Foster Son 1870 Penwortham Boston 11 Male Scholar 9 188101 Letitia B. Foster Daughter 1872 West Derby 9 Female Scholar 10 188101 Roger Foster Son 1874 West Derby 7 Male Scholar 11 188101 James Foster Son 1876 West Derby 5 Male Scholar 12 188101 John Foster Son 1878 West Derby 3 Male Scholar  PRO Class:  RG11  Piece:  3708  Folio:  36  Page:  7   Transcript ID is  dbid=7572&iid=LANRG11_3708_3712-0032
  Occupation	3 Apr 1881	Liverpool, Lancashire, UK   [4]
  scholar
  Census	5 Apr 1891	Liverpool, Lancashire, UK   [5]
  Age: 21y
  Address: Harbord Street No 10, Liverpool, Lancashire, UK
  Image Transcript Ln Hhold Given Surname Relation BirthDate BirthPlace Age Gender Status Years Married Children Born Children Living Occupation Immigration Year Nationality Religion Comments 12 98 John Foster Head 1842 Penwortham 49 Male Married carter 13 98 Letitia Foster Wife 1850 West Derby 41 Female Married 14 98 Wm B Foster Son 1870 Penwortham 21 Male Single carter 15 98 Letitia B Foster Daughter 1872 West Derby 19 Female Single domestic servant 16 98 Roger Foster Son 1872 West Derby 19 Male bottler 17 98 Jas E Foster Son 1876 West Derby 15 Male cart lad 18 98 Sidney Foster Son 1882 West Derby 9 Male scholar 19 98 Albert E Foster Son 1884 West Derby 7 Male scholar 20 98 Septimus Foster Son 1889 West Derby 2 Male 21 98 John Foster Son 1878 West Derby 13 Male cart lad  PRO Class:  RG12  Piece:  2994  Folio:  114  Page:  15   Transcript ID is  dbid=6598&iid=LANRG12_2993_2995-0289
  Occupation	5 Apr 1891	Liverpool, Lancashire, UK   [5]
  carter
  Age: 21y
  Residence	17 May 1891	Gill Street, Liverpool, Lancashire, UK   [6]
  Census	31 Mar 1901	Wavertree, Liverpool, Lancashire, UK   [7]
  Age: 31y
  Address: Wavertree Vale No 108, Wavertree, Liverpool, Lancashire, UK
  Image Transcript Ln Hhold Given Surname Relation BirthDate BirthPlace Age Gender Status Years Married Children Born Children Living Occupation Immigration Year Nationality Religion Comments 27 114 William B Foster Head 1870 Preston Lancashire England 31 Male Married carter 28 114 Emily Foster Wife 1871 Liverpool Lancashire England 30 Female Married 29 114 Letta Foster Daughter 1892 Liverpool Lancashire England 9 Female 30 114 William B Foster Son 1894 Liverpool Lancashire England 7 Male 1 114 Thomas L Foster Son 1897 Liverpool Lancashire England 4 Male 2 114 Rever Foster Son 1899 Liverpool Lancashire England 2 Male actually, Roger Foster! 3 114 Emily Foster Daughter 1900 Liverpool Lancashire England 4 Months Female  PRO Class:  RG13  Piece:  3503  Folio:  101  Page:  18   Transcript ID is  dbid=7814&iid=LANRG13_3501_3503-0951
  Occupation	31 Mar 1901	Wavertree, Liverpool, Lancashire, UK   [7]
  carter
  Employer, Worker, or Own account: Worker
  Census	2 Apr 1911	Liverpool, Lancashire, UK   [8]
  Age: 41y
  Address: Beaumont Street No 74, Liverpool, Lancashire, UK
  Image Transcript Ln Hhold Given Surname Relation BirthDate BirthPlace Age Gender Status Years Married Children Born Children Living Occupation Immigration Year Nationality Religion Comments 1 01 William Bruce Foster Head 1910 Penwortham, Lancashire, England 1 Male Married Carter 2 01 Emily Foster Wife 1871 Liverpool, Lancashire, England 40 Female Married 3 01 Letitia Frances Foster Daughter 1892 Liverpool, Lancashire, England 19 Female Single Dress Maker 4 01 William Bruce Foster Son 1894 Liverpool, Lancashire, England 17 Male Single Apprentice 5 01 Thomas Lewis Foster Son 1897 Liverpool, Lancashire, England 14 Male Office Boy 6 01 Roger Foster Son 1899 Liverpool, Lancashire, England 12 Male School 7 01 John Foster Son 1905 Liverpool, Lancashire, England 6 Male School 8 01 Elsie Foster Daughter 1908 Liverpool, Lancashire, England 3 Female 9 01 Sidney Foster Son 1910 Liverpool, Lancashire, England 1 Male  PRO Class:  RG14  Piece:  22272  ED:  Toxteth Park Central  SN:  127   Transcript ID is  dbid=2352&iid=rg14_22271_0253_03
  Occupation	2 Apr 1911	Liverpool, Lancashire, UK   [8]
  carter at safe works
  Age: 41y
  Occupation	Between 1923 and 1930	Liverpool, Lancashire, UK   [10]
  Steam Wagon driver
  He worked in a margarine factory.
  Residence	1930	Alt Street, Liverpool, Lancashire, UK   [10]
  	Address: Alt Street No 5, Toxteth Park East, Liverpool, Lancashire, UK
  Died	30 Mar 1930	Knotty Ash, Liverpool, Lancashire, UK   [10, 11]
  	Cause: Pulmonary tuberculosis
  	Address: Broadgreen Sanatorium, Knotty Ash, Liverpool, Lancashire, UK
  		William Bruce Foster death 1930 William Bruce Foster died age 60 on 30 Mar 1930, at Broadgreen Sanatorium, Liverpool. Cause of death was pulmonary tuberculosis.
  Siblings	8 siblings
  1. Thomas Foster,   b. 8 Oct 1867, Police Station, Old Swan, Liverpool, Lancashire, UK ,   d. Abt Dec 1932, Salford, Lancashire, UK
  2. Letitia Bruce Foster,   b. 25 Jan 1872, Liverpool, Lancashire, UK ,   d. 27 Apr 1926, Shenstone Street No 8, Edge Hill, Liverpool, Lancashire, UK
  3. Roger Foster,   b. Abt Jun 1874, Liverpool, Lancashire, UK ,   d. 8 Oct 1935, Church Road, Birkenhead, Cheshire, UK
  4. James Edwin Foster,   b. 3 Nov 1875, Eastwood Street, Liverpool, Lancashire, UK
  5. John Foster,   b. Abt 1877, Liverpool, Lancashire, UK ,   d. 23 Jul 1943, Libertas Nursing Home, Van Der Merwe Street, Johannesburg, South Africa
  6. Sidney Foster,   b. 27 Jul 1881, Elcho Street, Liverpool, Lancashire, UK ,   d. 6 May 1917, Royal Liverpool Infirmary, Liverpool, Lancashire, UK
  7. Albert Edward Foster,   b. Abt Sep 1883, Liverpool, Lancashire, UK ,   d. Abt Dec 1949, Liverpool, Lancashire, UK
  8. George Septimus Foster,   b. Bef 21 Apr 1889, Liverpool, Lancashire, UK ,   d. Abt Jun 1891, Liverpool, Lancashire, UK
  Person ID	I34	Foster
  Last Modified	19 Jul 2016

  
  

  Father	John Foster,   b. 11 Oct 1842, Howick, Lancashire, UK ,   d. 9 Dec 1901, Ash Street, Liverpool, Lancashire, UK  (Age 59 years)
  Mother	Letitia Stirret,   b. 2 Oct 1848, Green Lane, Liverpool, Lancashire, UK ,   d. 17 Oct 1903, Ryder Street, Liverpool, Lancashire, UK  (Age 55 years)
  Married	10 Jan 1867	St James Church, Liverpool, Lancashire, UK   [12]
  	Witnesses to the marriage were Mary Jane Stirret (Letitia's younger sister), D Allott, T Glean.
  		John Foster marriage to Letitia Stirret - 1867 John Foster married Letitia Stirret on 10 Jan 1867, at St James Church, Mill Lane, West Derby village, Liverpool.
  Residence	1871	Sutton Street, Liverpool, Lancashire, UK   [13]
  	living with father in law William Stirret?
  	Address: Sutton Street No 60, Off Green Lane, Liverpool, Lancashire, UK
  Residence	1881	Elcho Street, Liverpool, Lancashire, UK
  	Address: Elcho Street No 14, Liverpool, Lancashire, UK
  Residence	10 May 1891	Gill Street, Liverpool, Lancashire, UK
  Residence	1901	Eastwood Street, Edge Hill, Liverpool, Lancashire, UK
  	Address: Eastwood Street No 47, Edge Hill, Liverpool, Lancashire, UK
  Residence	Dec 1901	Ash Street, Liverpool, Lancashire, UK   [10]
  	Address: Ash Street No 6, Liverpool, Lancashire, UK
  Residence	Oct 1903	Ryder Street, Liverpool, Lancashire, UK   [10]
  	Address: Ryder Street No 18, Liverpool, Lancashire, UK
  Family ID	F11	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Spouse	Emily Hall,   b. 7 Jul 1870, Bewley Street, Liverpool, Lancashire, UK ,   d. 13 Nov 1923, Smithdown Road Hospital, Liverpool, Lancashire, UK  (Age 53 years)
  Married	17 May 1891	St Peter Church, Church Street, Liverpool, Lancashire, UK   [12]
  	Address: 50 Lissant Street, West Derby
  	Witnesses to the marriage were Thomas Foster, William's elder brother, and Mary Ellen Barrett.
  		William Bruce Foster marriage to Emily Hall 1891 William Bruce Foster married Emily Hall on 17 May 1891, at St Peter Church, Church Street, Liverpool.
  Residence	(Between 1898-1901)	Wavertree Vale, Liverpool, Lancashire, UK
  	Address: Wavertree Vale No 108, Liverpool, Lancashire, UK
  Residence	1918	Beaumont Street, Liverpool, Lancashire, UK
  	Address: Beaumont Street No 74, Liverpool, Lancashire, UK
  Residence	1923	Alt Street, Toxteth Park East, Liverpool, Lancashire, UK
  	Address: Alt Street No 5, Toxteth Park East, Liverpool, Lancashire, UK
  Children	1. Letitia Frances Foster,   b. Bef 4 Oct 1891, Liverpool, Lancashire, UK ,   d. 21 Jan 1921, Liverpool, Lancashire, UK  (Age > 29 years) + 2. William Bruce Foster,   b. 26 Jan 1894, Edgeware Street, Liverpool, Lancashire, UK ,   d. 27 Nov 1979, Rathbone Hospital, Liverpool, Lancashire, UK  (Age 85 years) + 3. Thomas Lewis Foster,   b. 6 May 1896, Liverpool, Lancashire, UK ,   d. Abt Mar 1935, Liverpool, Lancashire, UK  (Age 38 years)   4. Roger Foster,   b. 28 Sep 1898, Lissant Street No 50, Edge Hill, Liverpool, Lancashire, UK ,   d. 11 Apr 1918, Messines Ridge, Flanders, Belgium  (Age 19 years)   5. Emily Foster,   b. Abt Nov 1900, Liverpool, Lancashire, UK ,   d. Abt Dec 1901, Liverpool, Lancashire, UK  (Age ~ 1 years)   6. James Edwin Foster,   b. 5 Sep 1902, Lissant Street No 50, Edge Hill, Liverpool, Lancashire, UK ,   d. Abt Mar 1905, Liverpool, Lancashire, UK  (Age 2 years) + 7. John Foster,   b. 7 Feb 1905, Wavertree Vale, Liverpool, Lancashire, UK ,   d. 15 Apr 1989, Whiston General Hospital, Prescot, Lancashire, UK  (Age 84 years) + 8. Elsie Foster,   b. 13 Apr 1907, Liverpool, Lancashire, UK ,   d. 15 Jun 1992, Liverpool, Lancashire, UK  (Age 85 years) + 9. Sidney Foster,   b. Abt Sep 1909, Liverpool, Lancashire, UK ,   d. Oct 1990, Liverpool, Lancashire, UK  (Age ~ 81 years)
  Last Modified	4 Jul 2010
  Family ID	F41	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map		Born - 1 Dec 1869 - Penwortham, Lancashire, UK Christened - 13 Jan 1870 - St Mary Church, Penwortham, Lancashire, UK Census - Age: 1y,Address: Sutton Street No 60, Liverpool, Lancashire, UK - 2 Apr 1871 - Liverpool, Lancashire, UK Census - Age: 11y,Address: Elch Street No 14, Liverpool, Lancashire, UK - 3 Apr 1881 - Liverpool, Lancashire, UK Occupation - scholar - 3 Apr 1881 - Liverpool, Lancashire, UK Census - Age: 21y,Address: Harbord Street No 10, Liverpool, Lancashire, UK - 5 Apr 1891 - Liverpool, Lancashire, UK Occupation - carter,Age: 21y - 5 Apr 1891 - Liverpool, Lancashire, UK Residence - 17 May 1891 - Gill Street, Liverpool, Lancashire, UK Married - Address: 50 Lissant Street, West Derby - 17 May 1891 - St Peter Church, Church Street, Liverpool, Lancashire, UK Child - Letitia Frances Foster - Bef 4 Oct 1891 - Liverpool, Lancashire, UK Child - Thomas Lewis Foster - 6 May 1896 - Liverpool, Lancashire, UK Child - Roger Foster - 28 Sep 1898 - Lissant Street No 50, Edge Hill, Liverpool, Lancashire, UK Child - Emily Foster - Abt Nov 1900 - Liverpool, Lancashire, UK Census - Age: 31y,Address: Wavertree Vale No 108, Wavertree, Liverpool, Lancashire, UK - 31 Mar 1901 - Wavertree, Liverpool, Lancashire, UK Occupation - carter - 31 Mar 1901 - Wavertree, Liverpool, Lancashire, UK Child - James Edwin Foster - 5 Sep 1902 - Lissant Street No 50, Edge Hill, Liverpool, Lancashire, UK Child - John Foster - 7 Feb 1905 - Wavertree Vale, Liverpool, Lancashire, UK Child - Elsie Foster - 13 Apr 1907 - Liverpool, Lancashire, UK Child - Sidney Foster - Abt Sep 1909 - Liverpool, Lancashire, UK Census - Age: 41y,Address: Beaumont Street No 74, Liverpool, Lancashire, UK - 2 Apr 1911 - Liverpool, Lancashire, UK Occupation - carter at safe works,Age: 41y - 2 Apr 1911 - Liverpool, Lancashire, UK Residence - Address: Beaumont Street No 74, Liverpool, Lancashire, UK - 1918 - Beaumont Street, Liverpool, Lancashire, UK Occupation - Steam Wagon driver - Between 1923 and 1930 - Liverpool, Lancashire, UK Residence - Address: Alt Street No 5, Toxteth Park East, Liverpool, Lancashire, UK - 1923 - Alt Street, Toxteth Park East, Liverpool, Lancashire, UK Residence - Address: Alt Street No 5, Toxteth Park East, Liverpool, Lancashire, UK - 1930 - Alt Street, Liverpool, Lancashire, UK Died - Cause: Pulmonary tuberculosis,Address: Broadgreen Sanatorium, Knotty Ash, Liverpool, Lancashire, UK - 30 Mar 1930 - Knotty Ash, Liverpool, Lancashire, UK Residence - Address: Wavertree Vale No 108, Liverpool, Lancashire, UK - (Between 1898-1901) - Wavertree Vale, Liverpool, Lancashire, UK  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Photos		Bill Foster's signature on the 1911 census return Bill Foster's signature on the 1911 census return. Bill was Dave Foster's grandfather.
  		At least one living or private individual is linked to this item - Details withheld.

  
  

• Notes

  William must have had a great interest in politics and social issues, because he was a founder member of the British Communist Party. As well as spending a large part of his life as a carter, one way he earned extra money was by catching rats. His son John sometimes helped him with this.

  
  

• Sources

  [S2] Parish Records. [S4] CRI, Dec 1869, Preston, vol 8e, p464 (Reliability: 3), 19 Jul 2016. [S1101] UK Census 1871 Liverpool, Lancashire, UK RG10-3848-24-47, 48 (Head is John Foster.), (RG10-3848-24-47, 48), RG10-3848-24-47, 48, 2 Apr 1871. [S1979] Census 1881 West Derby, Liverpoo RG11-3708-36-7 (Head is John Foster.), (RG11-3708-36-7). [S522] UK Census 1891 Liverpool, Lancashire, UK RG12-2994-114-15 (Head is John Foster.), (RG12-2994-114-15), RG12-2994-114-15, 5 Apr 1891. [S36] MARRIAGE CERTIFICATE. [S1978] Census 1901 Wavertree, Liverpool, Lancashire, UK RG13-3503-101-18 (Head is William B Foster.), (RG13-3503-101-18). [S284] UK Census 1911 Liverpool, Lancashire, UK RG14PN22271 RG78PN1316 RD454 SD3 ED20 SN127 (Head is Wm Bruce Foster.), (RG14PN22271 RG78PN1316 RD454 SD3 ED20 SN127), RG14PN22271 RG78PN1316 RD454 SD3 ED20 SN127, 2 Apr 1911. [S2475] Probate Register, no ref (Reliability: 3), 16 Jul 2016. [S15] DEATH CERTIFICATE. [S4] CRI, West Derby, Mar 1930, vol 8b, p772, age 60. [S4] CRI. [S10] Census 1871 - 2 Apr 1871, RG10, piece 3848, folio 24, p47. (Reliability: 4).