Minnie Louisa Ferguson^[1]

1914 - 2007  (93 years)

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• Name	Minnie Louisa Ferguson
  Born	1 Feb 1914	Lloyd Street, Everton South, Liverpool, Lancashire, UK   [2, 3]
  	Address: Lloyd Street No 15, Everton South, Liverpool, Lancashire, UK
  		Minnie Louisa Ferguson birth, 1914 Minnie Ferguson, later Foster, was born on 1 Feb 1914 at 15 Lloyd Street, Everton, Liverpool.
  Gender	Female
  Died	5 Feb 2007	Royal Liverpool University Hospital, Liverpool, Lancashire, UK   [4]
  		Minnie Louisa Foster death 2007 Minnie Foster nee Ferguson died age 93 on 5 Feb 2007 at Royal Liverpool University Hospital.
  Buried	13 Feb 2007	Springfield Crematorium, Springwood Avenue, Woolton, Liverpool, Lancashire, UK
  Siblings	5 siblings
  1. Allan Ferguson,   b. 26 May 1908, Priory Grove, Everton North, Liverpool, Lancashire, UK ,   d. 12 Feb 1918, Myrtle St, Liverpool, Lancashire, UK
  2. Robert Ferguson,   b. 8 Nov 1909, Waterhouse Street, Everton South, Lancashire, UK ,   d. 2 Dec 1915, Lloyd Street, Everton South, Liverpool, Lancashire, UK
  3. Nellie Ferguson,   b. 14 Nov 1911, Tulip Grove, Poulton Cum Seacombe, Wallasey, Cheshire, UK ,   d. 27 Aug 1961, Knotty Ash, Liverpool, Lancashire, UK
  4. Catherine Ferguson,   b. 19 Dec 1915, Lloyd Street, Everton South, Liverpool, Lancashire, UK ,   d. Abt Jun 1918, Liverpool, Lancashire, UK
  5. Elizabeth Ferguson,   b. 21 Jan 1918, Lloyd Street, Everton South, Liverpool, Lancashire, UK ,   d. 1 Jul 2001, Heswall, Wirral, Cheshire, UK
  Person ID	I113	Foster
  Last Modified	12 Feb 2014

  
  

  Father	Robert Ferguson,   b. 15 Feb 1878, Park View, Dungannon, Ireland ,   d. 11 Dec 1918, Institution Infirmary, Liverpool, Lancashire, UK  (Age 40 years)
  Mother	Nellie Singleton,   b. 17 May 1887, Mount Pleasant, Liverpool, Lancashire, UK ,   d. 27 Jul 1958, Liverpool, Lancashire, UK  (Age 71 years)
  Married	21 Oct 1906	St Benedict Church, Kepler Street, Everton, Lancashire, UK   [5]
  	Witnesses to the marriage were Frederick John & Dora E Gaskin. I have no idea who they were.
  		Robert Ferguson marriage to Ellen Singleton 1906 Robert Ferguson married Ellen Singleton on 21 Oct 1906, at St Benedict Church, Everton, Liverpool. Why Ellen's father's name is given as John, I have no idea. It was Henry, he was a van man, and there was no John Singleton with daughter Ellen in Liverpool!
  		A wedding couple: Robert Ferguson and Nellie Singleton, 1906 We believe this to be Robert and Nellie, and believe it to be taken in celebration of their wedding. The photo is in the possession of Rob Henon, Bob's grandson. Nellie was living with Rob's parents when she died in 1958, and this was probably one of a number that she had kept for many years. The photo was possibly taken on their wedding day, 21 Oct 1906.
  Residence	11 Dec 1918	Lloyd Street, Everton South, Liverpool, Lancashire, UK
  	Address: Lloyd Street No 10, Everton South East, Liverpool, Lancashire, U
  Family ID	F38	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Spouse	John Foster,   b. 7 Feb 1905, Wavertree Vale, Liverpool, Lancashire, UK ,   d. 15 Apr 1989, Whiston General Hospital, Prescot, Lancashire, UK  (Age 84 years)
  Married	22 Oct 1938	St Chrysostom Church, Queens Road, Everton, Lancashire, UK   [6]
  	Winesses to the marriage were Roger Foster, John's cousin, and Ellen Ferguson, Minnie's elder sister. Minnie was given away by her brother-in-law Will Foster, because her stepfather refused. John and Minnie started their married life in Lundie Street, Everton. Immediately after the birth of their 1st child David, they moved to a new house thay had bought at 82 Greystone Road, Stoneycroft. One of John's football idols, Billy Liddell, moved into a new house just round the corner after the war. In 1947, after living for 6 months with Minnie's sister Lily and her husband Harry in Longview Avenue, Huyton, the family moved into 48 Kremlin Drive, an old Victorian 3 storey house (plus basement) that had seen better days. There was a grid in the path leading up to the front door - when coal was delivered, this grid was removed so that the coal sacks could be emptied straight into the coal store in the basement. Because money was tight, the family took in lodgers, some of whom became and remained friends for many years. One of these was a German POW, Heinz Holzhauser, who remained in Liverpool, Lancashire, UK after the war. This remained the family home until 1982, when John and Minnie moved into smaller rented accommodation in Gregory Way Childwall, where they lived near John's brother Sid and his wife Eve, and near John's sister Elsie, who was recently widowed. They lived there until John's death in 1989.
  		John Foster and Minnie Ferguson marriage 1938 John Foster and Minnie Ferguson were married on 22 October 1938, at St Chrystostom Church, Queens Road, Everton, Liverpool.
  		John Foster and Minnie Ferguson small wedding group, 1938 This is a small group of close family members outside St Chrysostom Church, Everton, Liverpool, 22 Oct 1938.
  		A wedding group: John Foster and Minnie Ferguson, 22 Oct 1938 John and Minnie were Dave's parents. They married at St Chrysostom Church, Queens Road, Everton, Liverpool.
  Children	+ 1. David John Foster,   b. 19 Apr 1939, Smithdown R oad Hospital, Liverpool, Lancashire, UK ,   d. 30 Dec 2020, Milton Keynes University Hospital, BUCKS, UK  (Age 81 years) + 2. S.A. Foster
  Last Modified	20 Feb 2014
  Family ID	F37	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map		Born - Address: Lloyd Street No 15, Everton South, Liverpool, Lancashire, UK - 1 Feb 1914 - Lloyd Street, Everton South, Liverpool, Lancashire, UK Married - 22 Oct 1938 - St Chrysostom Church, Queens Road, Everton, Lancashire, UK Died - 5 Feb 2007 - Royal Liverpool University Hospital, Liverpool, Lancashire, UK Buried - 13 Feb 2007 - Springfield Crematorium, Springwood Avenue, Woolton, Liverpool, Lancashire, UK  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Photos » Slide Show		Minnie Ferguson, c1948 Minnie Ferguson, taken on holiday in North Wales, c1948
  		At least one living or private individual is linked to this item - Details withheld.
  		Family group: John Foster's family at the caravan, c1956 The family had a caravan at Gronant near Prestatyn in North Wales. This was obviously a weekend when Minnie's family arrived on a visit.
  		Minnie Ferguson 1937 Minnie on holiday in Llangollen, North Wales.
  		Family group: just Fosters, 1946 The families of John, Will and Sid Foster, on holiday in North Wales (it was always North Wales!) c1946. The photo must have been taken by Sid.
  		Family group: Sisters Minnie Foster and Nellie Henon and children 1953 We were obviously on a caravan holiday, probably in North Wales.
  		At least one living or private individual is linked to this item - Details withheld.
  		At least one living or private individual is linked to this item - Details withheld.
  		Ferguson family, c1923 If this was 1923, Nellie Singleton, formerly Ferguson, was by then married to Edwin Hilton. This shows her with her 3 surviving children, Nellie, Minnie and Lil.
  		Nellie and Minnie Ferguson, cousin Nellie, and a friend, 1934 Dave's Mum, Minnie, had a Brownie box camera for about 30 years. Here it was being used on holiday in the Isle of Man in August 1934.
  		Fosters on holiday near Colwyn Bay, North Wales, 1949. The Foster and Westhead families usually spent their holidays together. In the 1940s and early 1950s, these were usually in North Wales.
  		Ann Foster, Elsie Foster and Minnie Ferguson, 1965. The girls were on holiday in Devon. What was so funny? Probably was something Bob Westhead said.
  		Albert, Hilda and Laura Kendrick, with Minnie Foster, 1972 They were all standing outside Minnie's caravan in North Wales.
  		Minnie Ferguson, 1935 Minnie was bridesmaid to her best friend, Pat McElroy at her wedding to George Higdon, in August 1935.
  		The Ferguson sisters in girl guide uniform, c1926 Nellie, in the middle, and Minnie are in the senior uniform. Young Lily is in the junior uniform.
  		Minnie Foster and toddler Dave, 1939-40. This photo was probably taken near their home in Broadgreen, Liverpool.

  
  

• Notes

  Minnie was born 1 Feb 1914 in 15 Lloyd Street, Everton South, Liverpool, Lancashire, UK. She was named Minnie Louisa. Louisa was the name of her mother's younger sister, who actually took baby Minnie to be baptised; Minnie was the name by which one of her father's younger sisters (really Mary), a great favourite of Minnie's, was known. Minnie went to Steers Street School in Everton. During her school years, Minnie was a keen Girl Guide, spending holidays in the Isle of Man and Wales. She also learnt to play the piano, and she used this skill for a number of years at Sunday School. She could only play from sheet music, an envied those who could just knock out a tune on a piano ad-lib. Minnie was confirmed into the Church of England on 23 Mar 1930, at St Chrystostom Church, Everton, the church in which 8 years later she was married. When she left school, she went to work at Littlewoods Pools, then just a small firm. Initially, she marked the pools coupons, but when it was realised that she had an aptitude for figures, she moved into the accounts department. She was still working there until the day before she married - Littlewoods did not employ married women, and her husband John did not want a working wife. Nearly 20 years later, when John's health problems prevented him from earning the good money his trade would have allowed, Minnie returned to work part-time at the office of a stevedore company named McGuirk's. This firm went through changes and mergers, but Minnie remained employed with the firm until she retired at the age of 60. After John's death in 1989, Minnie could no longer cope with the rather large garden in the house she and John rented in Broadgreen. So she moved into sheltered housing accommodation in Broadgreen Road, Old Swan, Liverpool, Lancashire, UK. Her 'accounting' skills were used by the residents there, as she kept the books for the various holiday, National Lottery and Christmas clubs. She remained at this home until 2001, when infirmity finally compelled her to move to a nursing home, Basil Grange at the entrance to Sandfield Park, just 200 yards from where she had lived (in Kremlin Drive) most of her married life. In November 2002, Basil Grange closed, and Mary was forced to move again, this time to Georgina House on Green Lane in Tuebrook - at the other end of Kremlin Drive.

  
  

• Sources

  [S2] Parish Records. [S4] CRI, West Derby, Mar 1914, vol 8b, p1016 (Reliability: 3). [S7] BIRTH CERTIFICATE. [S15] DEATH CERTIFICATE. [S4] CRI, Dec 1906, West Derby, vol 8b, p509 (Reliability: 3), 19 Jul 2016. [S4] CRI.