William Bruce Foster^[1]

1894 - 1979  (85 years)

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• Name	William Bruce Foster
  Born	26 Jan 1894	Edgeware Street, Liverpool, Lancashire, UK   [2, 3]
  Christened	20 Mar 1894	St Peter Church, Church Street, Liverpool, Lancashire, UK   [3]
  		William Bruce Foster baptism - 1894 Dave's uncle Will was the son of William Bruce Foster and Emily Hall. He was baptised on 20 Mar 1894 at St Peter Church, Church Street, Liverpool.
  Gender	Male
  Census	31 Mar 1901	Wavertree, Liverpool, Lancashire, UK   [4]
  Age: 7y
  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
  Census	2 Apr 1911	Liverpool, Lancashire, UK   [5]
  Age: 17y
  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   [5]
  apprentice house painter
  Age: 17y
  Occupation	Between 1913 and 1921
  seaman
  Service number: SS114647
  Died	27 Nov 1979	Rathbone Hospital, Liverpool, Lancashire, UK   [6, 7]
  Siblings	8 siblings
  1. Letitia Frances Foster,   b. Bef 4 Oct 1891, Liverpool, Lancashire, UK ,   d. 21 Jan 1921, Liverpool, Lancashire, UK
  2. Thomas Lewis Foster,   b. 6 May 1896, Liverpool, Lancashire, UK ,   d. Abt Mar 1935, Liverpool, Lancashire, UK
  3. Roger Foster,   b. 28 Sep 1898, Lissant Street No 50, Edge Hill, Liverpool, Lancashire, UK ,   d. 11 Apr 1918, Messines Ridge, Flanders, Belgium
  4. Emily Foster,   b. Abt Nov 1900, Liverpool, Lancashire, UK ,   d. Abt Dec 1901, Liverpool, Lancashire, UK
  5. James Edwin Foster,   b. 5 Sep 1902, Lissant Street No 50, Edge Hill, Liverpool, Lancashire, UK ,   d. Abt Mar 1905, Liverpool, Lancashire, UK
  6. John Foster,   b. 7 Feb 1905, Wavertree Vale, Liverpool, Lancashire, UK ,   d. 15 Apr 1989, Whiston General Hospital, Prescot, Lancashire, UK
  7. Elsie Foster,   b. 13 Apr 1907, Liverpool, Lancashire, UK ,   d. 15 Jun 1992, Liverpool, Lancashire, UK
  8. Sidney Foster,   b. Abt Sep 1909, Liverpool, Lancashire, UK ,   d. Oct 1990, Liverpool, Lancashire, UK
  Person ID	I37	Foster
  Last Modified	19 Jul 2016

  
  

  Father	William Bruce Foster,   b. 1 Dec 1869, Penwortham, Lancashire, UK ,   d. 30 Mar 1930, Knotty Ash, Liverpool, Lancashire, UK  (Age 60 years)
  Mother	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   [8]
  	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
  Family ID	F41	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Spouse 1	Ada Lily Lightburn,   b. 10 Feb 1901, Liverpool, Lancashire, UK ,   d. 18 Aug 1954, Broadgreen Hospital, Liverpool, Lancashire, UK  (Age 53 years)
  Married	Mar 1923	Liverpool, Lancashire, UK   [9]
  Residence	1930	Corney Street, Liverpool, Lancashire, UK   [10]
  	Address: Corney Street No 29 Or 28, Liverpool, Lancashire, UK
  Children	+ 1. W.A. Foster + 2. R. Foster + 3. H. Foster
  Last Modified	5 Jan 2008
  Family ID	F15	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Spouse 2	Irene Violet Stokes,   b. 29 Jun 1904, Upton upon Severn, Worcestershire, UK ,   d. Abt Sep 1998, Worcester, Worcestershire, UK  (Age 94 years)
  Married	Abt Sep 1977	Malvern, Worcestershire, UK   [11]
  Last Modified	5 Jan 2008
  Family ID	F397	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map		Christened - 20 Mar 1894 - St Peter Church, Church Street, Liverpool, Lancashire, UK Census - Age: 7y,Address: Wavertree Vale No 108, Wavertree, Liverpool, Lancashire, UK - 31 Mar 1901 - Wavertree, Liverpool, Lancashire, UK Census - Age: 17y,Address: Beaumont Street No 74, Liverpool, Lancashire, UK - 2 Apr 1911 - Liverpool, Lancashire, UK Occupation - apprentice house painter,Age: 17y - 2 Apr 1911 - Liverpool, Lancashire, UK Married - Mar 1923 - Liverpool, Lancashire, UK Residence - Address: Corney Street No 29 Or 28, Liverpool, Lancashire, UK - 1930 - Corney Street, Liverpool, Lancashire, UK Married - Abt Sep 1977 - Malvern, Worcestershire, UK Died - 27 Nov 1979 - Rathbone Hospital, Liverpool, Lancashire, UK  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Photos » Slide Show		Will Foster Will Foster
  		Family group: Two Foster families on a day trip, 1930 The height of luxury, a convertible charabanc! If it rained, hoops were attached to the clips on the side of the vehicle, then the soft top was thrown over it. We only know 7 of the people on the left of this photo. They are Willie Foster (standing, wearing a waistcoat) and his family, Tom Foster and his family, and Sid Foster.
  		A wedding group: Albert Hulme and Olive Thomas, 4 Aug 1927
  		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.
  		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.
  		Willie, Ada and Hetty Foster, Bob and Elsie Westhead and baby, c1937. Willie and Elsie were siblings. The baby is probably Jack Bruce Westhead.
  		The Foster and Westhead families on a men-only weekend, c1962. This was taken outside the only pub in Llannefyd, the Hawk & Buckle.
  		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.

  
  

• Notes

  Will was a painter/decorator by trade. He spent World War I in the Royal Navy, working as a stoker. After the war, he spent a few years working as a stoker in Newfoundland, before returning to Liverpool, Lancashire, UK. After his return, he resumed his trade. He later formed his own business, and turned his hand to all manner of building jobs - but he never tackled electrical work, always deferring to his younger brother Sid on electrical matters.

  
  

• Sources

  [S2] Parish Records. [S4] CRI, Mar 1894, West Derby, vol 8b, p577 (Reliability: 3), 19 Jul 2016. [S2] Parish Records, Reference ID: yr 1884-1884 p 156 (Reliability: 3), 19 Jul 2016. [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. [S27] Gill Foster. [S4] CRI, Dec 1979, Liverpool, vol 36, p1163 (Reliability: 3), 19 Jul 2016. [S4] CRI. [S4] CRI, Mar 1923, West Derby, Vol 8B P397. [S15] DEATH CERTIFICATE, from the death certificate of Willie's father Bill (Reliability: 4). [S4] CRI, Sep 1977, Malvern, vol 29, p0777 (Reliability: 3).