Mabel Foster

Mabel Foster[1]

Female 1916 - Abt 1980  (64 years)

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  • Name Mabel Foster 
    Born 8 May 1916  Liverpool, Lancashire, UK Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Gender Female 
    Died Abt Sep 1980  Liverpool, Lancashire, UK Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Cause: Dropsy 
    Siblings 2 siblings 
    Person ID I10  Foster
    Last Modified 30 Apr 2009 

    Father Roger Foster,   b. Abt Jun 1874, Liverpool, Lancashire, UK Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 8 Oct 1935, Church Road, Birkenhead, Cheshire, UK Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 61 years) 
    Mother Sarah Bennison,   b. 11 Feb 1882, Smithdown Road, Liverpool, Lancashire, UK Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Abt Jun 1925, Liverpool, Lancashire, UK Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 43 years) 
    Married Abt Dec 1913  Liverpool, Lancashire, UK Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    Family ID F26  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Spouse James Nelson,   b. 26 Oct 1903, Liverpool, Lancashire, UK Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Abt Sep 1979, Liverpool, Lancashire, UK Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 75 years) 
    Married Abt Mar 1954  Liverpool, Lancashire, UK Find all individuals with events at this location  [5
    Last Modified 6 Jun 2011 
    Family ID F55  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 8 May 1916 - Liverpool, Lancashire, UK Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarried - Abt Mar 1954 - Liverpool, Lancashire, UK Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - Cause: Dropsy - Abt Sep 1980 - Liverpool, Lancashire, UK Link to Google Earth
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  • Photos
    Mabel Foster
    Mabel Foster
    Mabel Nelson nee Foster on a family holiday somewhere. Bob Westhead senior is in the background.
    Family group:  Sarah Bennison's 4 children, c1921
    Family group: Sarah Bennison's 4 children, c1921
    The children are Olive from Sarah's first marriage to Frederick Thomas, and Roger, Mabel and Jack from her second marriage to Roger Foster.
    Family group:  All Sarah Bennison's children on a day out, c1927
    Family group: All Sarah Bennison's children on a day out, c1927
    Sarah Bennison was dead by the time this was taken, but all of her children are on the coach. We have identified only 6 people, the girl sitting right at the back, and the 5 people standing towards the front. They are her daughter Olive Thomas, with husband (to be?) Albert Hulme; and her 2nd husband Roger Foster with 3 children he and Sarah had.
    A wedding group:  Albert Hulme and Olive Thomas, 4 Aug 1927
    A wedding group: Albert Hulme and Olive Thomas, 4 Aug 1927
    At least one living or private individual is linked to this item - Details withheld.
    A wedding group:  Les Birch and Vera Bennison, 1939
    A wedding group: Les Birch and Vera Bennison, 1939
    To judge from the camera angle, the photographer was somewhat the worse for wear!
    Siblings Jack, Mabel and Roger Foster, plus cousin Albert and wife Kath, c1975.
    Siblings Jack, Mabel and Roger Foster, plus cousin Albert and wife Kath, c1975.
    Albert was a great pianist, and a clown. He could also drink. It appears that quite a lot had been consumed here!
    A group of Fosters and Westheads, c1938
    A group of Fosters and Westheads, c1938
    This happy photo seems to have been taken in sand dunes, probably in North Wales.

  • Notes 
    • Later in life, Mabel became a Christian Scientist. She believed that God's love alone could cure any illness, so long as one had sufficient faith. She consequently refused treatment for the eminently curable illness that killed her.
    • (Medical):Mabel was in Heswall Sanatorium for 7 years, from about 1938, with tuberculosis. One of the other patients was Jim Nelson's first wife, who was there for 12-13 years until her death. Mabel and she were good friends until her death. This is how Mabel and Jim met.

  • Sources 
    1. [S2] Parish Records.

    2. [S4] CRI.

    3. [S4] CRI, Sep 1980, Knowsley, vol 36, p0113.

    4. [S4] CRI, West Derby, Dec 1913, vol 8b, p448.

    5. [S4] CRI, Mar 1954, Liverpool South, vol 10D, P1187.