1845-12-23 | b. North Shields, Northumberland | censuses; Joseph Foster (1871) Pedigree of the Forsters and Fosters of the North of England. Privately printed |
1851 | scholar, of Howard Street (east side), Tynemouth, Northumberland, in household of 1st cousin once removed Robert Foster, along with her father, three aunts, a nurse, and two house servants | TNA: HO 107/2410 f165 p55 |
1858/1861 | of North Shields; at Ackworth School | Ackworth School Centenary Committee (1879) List of the Boys and Girls admitted into Ackworth School 1779–1879. Ackworth |
1861 | scholar, of Ackworth School, Ackworth, Yorkshire | TNA: RG 9/3440 f48 p11 |
1861-08/1862-12 | of North Shields; at the Mount School, York | The Mount School, York. List of Teachers and Scholars 1784–1816, 1831–1906. 1906 |
1864-05-30 | of North Shields | Mosscroft visitors' book |
1869-02-18 | one of the bridesmaids at the wedding of her cousin Sarah Spence | Shields Daily Gazette, 1869-02-18 |
1870-03-27 | of York | Mosscroft visitors' book |
1871 | of 39 Monkgate, York, living with family and one general servant | RG 10/4749 f105 p8 |
1871-10-23 | of York | Mosscroft visitors' book |
after leaving school, trained as a nurse in London | AOSA Annual Report 39, 1920 | |
1878-11-28 | m. Owen Gwatkin (1852–1933, medical practitioner of Manchester, Lancashire, s. of James Thomas and Catherine Gwatkin), at York | censuses; GRO index; National Probate Calendar; British Vital Records Index, 2nd edition |
Children: | Jane (1880–1970), Catherine (1881–1968), Jessie (1883–1970), Owen (1886–1966) | censuses; GRO index; National Probate Calendar; Oxford Dictionary of National Biography; source for Jane's exact birth year misplaced |
1881 | of 97 Hyde Road, Gorton, Lancashire, living with her family, a domestic servant, and a nurse | RG 11/3901 f77 p13 |
1890 | husband a surgeon, practising in Hyde Road | Manchester Times, 1890-08-15 |
1890-11-29 | husband narrowly beaten as Liberal candidate for St Mark's Ward, Gorton, in the Manchester municipal elections | Manchester Courier and Lancashire General Advertiser, 1890-12-01 |
1891 | of 2 Birch Lane, Moss Side, Manchester, living with her family, a governess, a housemaid, and a cook, with one visitor | RG 12/3202 f109 p4 |
1897-01-24 | of Grange-over-Sands | Bensham Grove visitors' books |
1901 | of Esplanade, Grange, Lancashire, living with her family, cook, and a housemaid, with two visitors | RG 13/4001 f7 p5 |
1911 | of Winsterholme, Grange over Sands, Lancashire, living with her family, a sick nurse, a domestic nurse, a cook, and a housemaid, with one boarder; 11 rooms | RG14PN25596 RG78PN1467 RD481 SD1 ED3 SN17 |
1913-10-16 | with her husband, for the wedding of Grace Mary Gwatkin, at Brighton, gave a beaten copper coal vase | Brighton Gazette, 1913-10-18 |
1915-10-15 | a mourner at the funeral of her aunt Anne Ogden Boyce, at Chertsey cemetery, Surrey; she and her husband sent a floral tribute | Surrey Advertiser, 1915-10-23 |
1920-04-01 | d. Grange-over-Sands | GRO index; AOSA Annual Report 39, 1920 |
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