William Henry Foster

1832 - 1894  (61 years)

• Name	William Henry Foster  [1, 2]
  Born	25 Apr 1832	England
  Gender	Male
  Died	18 Mar 1894	Ballarat, Victoria, Australia
  Person ID	I3518	mytree
  Last Modified	20 Jul 2022

  
  

  Father	John Frederic Foster,   b. 18 Jun 1795, Wyke, Yorkshire, England ,   d. 9 Apr 1858, Jamaica  (Age 62 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Caroline Bagshawe,   b. 2 Sep 1795, Brigg, Lincolnshire, England ,   d. 19 May 1874  (Age 78 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Married	13 May 1817  [3]
  Family ID	F692	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Catherine McLean Paterson,   d. 9 Mar 1895, Ballarat, Victoria, Australia
  Married	23 May 1858	Ballarat, Victoria, Australia
  Notes	Catherine McLean Paterson was born in Maitland, New South Wales.
  Children	1. John Frederic Foster,   b. 24 Jul 1859, Ballarat, Victoria, Australia ,   d. 18 Feb 1882, New South Wales, Australia  (Age 22 years)  [natural]   2. Isabella Helen Foster,   b. 1 Sep 1860, Ballarat, Victoria, Australia ,   d. 10 Feb 1937, England  (Age 76 years)  [natural]   3. Arthur Alexander Foster,   b. 30 Apr 1862, England ,   d. 26 Jun 1940, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia  (Age 78 years)  [natural]   4. Constance Marion Foster,   b. 23 May 1864, Ballarat, Victoria, Australia ,   d. 30 Jun 1874, Sale, Victoria, Australia  (Age 10 years)  [natural] + 5. William Adolphus La Trobe Foster,   b. 27 May 1866, Sale, Victoria, Australia ,   d. 17 Sep 1943, Warrnambool, Victoria, Australia  (Age 77 years)  [natural]   6. Francis Leonard Foster,   b. 7 Jun 1868, Sale, Victoria, Australia ,   d. 9 Aug 1947, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia  (Age 79 years)  [natural]   7. Lilian Avice Foster,   b. 31 Mar 1870, Sale, Victoria, Australia ,   d. 13 Jun 1955, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia  (Age 85 years)  [natural] + 8. Caroline Mary Foster,   b. 17 Oct 1872, Sale, Victoria, Australia ,   d. 1956, Leeton, New South Wales, Australia  (Age 83 years)  [natural]   9. Katherine Eleanora Foster,   b. 16 Jan 1874, Sale, Victoria, Australia ,   d. 16 Jan 1973, Staines, Surrey, England  (Age 99 years)  [natural]   10. Thomas Barham Foster,   b. 27 Jul 1875, Sale, Victoria, Australia ,   d. 30 Aug 1900, South Africa  (Age 25 years)  [natural] + 11. Edith Ursala Foster,   b. 7 Dec 1878, Sale, Victoria, Australia ,   d. 1938, South Africa  (Age 59 years)  [natural]
  Last Modified	20 Jul 2022
  Family ID	F1615	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 25 Apr 1832 - England Married - 23 May 1858 - Ballarat, Victoria, Australia Died - 18 Mar 1894 - Ballarat, Victoria, Australia  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Notes

  William Henry Foster was Commissioner of Crown Lands, Warden of the Gold Fields and Protector of the Chinese in Victoria, Australia.

  
  

• Sources

  [S132] The Genealogist, Dec 1975, Vol I, No. 8. Charles Joseph La TrobeMemorial Issue. [S3] "With a letter to Mr. La Trobe: Life of W. H. Foster 1832-1894", Dorothy La Trobe Leopold, (Name: 1988;), E-mail 17 & 19 Sep. 1997. [S169] Public Member Trees, Ancestry.com, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2006;), Database online. Record for Caroline Bagshawe