Birth:Birth Certificate; England
Birth Index (2Q1856 vol 5b p127)
Marriage:
Natal Witness 27
February 1883, as
transcribed at www.genealogyworld.net/witness/witnessm_1883.htm Foaden,Tyzack,20-Feb-1883,27-Feb-1883, At
Chelmsford House Durban, the residence of the bride's father by the Rev
W H Mann, Alfred Harry
second son of the late John Foaden Esq. Of Ashburton, Devonshire,
England to -
Mary Ann Frances, third daughter of Mr E W Tyzack of Durban
Occupation:
1881 census
Clara
Foaden
Birth: 1852, in Ashburton, Devon,
England Father:John
Foaden
Birth: Derived the combination
of her brother Frank's
birthdate, between July 1891 and July 1892, derived from his age at
death in relatively reliable military records, and the family
photograph opposite in which I believe Edgar is about 4 years older
than Frank.
Frank
Foaden (left) with his siblings George, Edgar and May
Thiepval
Memorial in France where Frank Foaden's name is inscribed
Occupation: Frank was a private
in the South African
Infantry
("B" Coy. 2nd Regt) during World War I. He served in German West Africa
and Egypt and then in France where he died in the Battle
of Delville Wood.
Another account of the tragic few days in which 2,398 of the 3,153
South Africans who entered the wood died, can be found here.
Death: 18 July 1916, aged 24, at Delville
Wood, France
Memorial: Thiepval Memorial, France. His
name is found on the
Pier and Face 4C. Frank is most likely buried in the Delville Wood
Cemetery which contains 5,493 burials, almost two-third of which are
unknown.
Birth: Derived the combination
of her brother Frank's
birthdate, between July 1891 and July 1892, derived from his age at
death in relatively reliable military records, and the family
photograph opposite in which I believe George is about 4 years older
than Frank.
Herbert
Foaden
Birth: 1858, in Ashburton, Devon,
England Father:John
Foaden
Birth:England
Birth Index (2Q1858 vol 5b p130); exact place from 1861, 1881 census
John
Foaden
Birth: 1814 in Ashburton, Devon,
England
Baptism: 10 June 1814, in
Ashburton, Devon, England Father:Thomas Foaden Mother:Ann (Easton) Foaden Married:Sarah Dolling on 22 June 1843, in the Parish Church, Ashburton, Devon, England. The
marriage was witnessed by Thomas Dolling and Emma Foaden. John is
recorded as a woolcomber, a bachelor, of full age, of Ashburton, the
son of Thomas Foaden, an inn-keeper. Sarah is recorded as a spinster,
of full age, of Ashburton, the daughter of Thomas Dolling, yeoman. Children:
Occupation: Woolcomber (1843), then Relieving Officer, Registrar
of Births, Deaths and Marriages and Insurance Agent. A Relieving
Officer was the person responsible for the distribution of parish
relief.
History, Gazetteer &
Directory of Devon, 1850 lists in Ashburton: North
Street Foaden John, relieving officer
The
1870
Morris and Co.'s Commercial Directory and Gazetteer lists, in
Ashburton: Foaden John, relieving officer,
registrar of births, deaths, and marriages, and agent for the Clerical,
Medical, and General Life, and the Manchester Fire Insurance Companies,
West street History, Gazetteer
& Directory of Devon, 1878-79 lists in Ashburton: Foaden
John, stamp distributor, and agent for Clerical, Medical, and General
Insurance Company, West Street Death:
28 October 1878, at West Street, Ashburton, Devon, England, aged
64. The cause of death is listed as (a) Uremic poisoning from Kidney
disease (b) Apoplexy Census
& Addresses: 1850: North Street, Ashburton,
Devon 1856: North Street, Ashburton, Devon (birth certificate of son Alfred) 1861:
Mulberry Cottage, Ashburton, Devon 1870: West
Street, Ashburton, Devon (Morris and Co.'s Commercial Directory and
Gazetteer) 1878: West Street, Ashburton, Devon (History,
Gazetteer & Directory of Devon; Death Certificate) Sources:
Birth: 1861 census
Baptism:
IGI baptism extracts Batch C050201
Marriage:
Marriage Certificate; England Marriage Index (2Q1843 vol 10 p236)
Occupation: Birth certificate of son Alfred (1856); 1861 census; death certificate
Death: Death Certificate; England Death
Index (4Q1878 vol 5b p101)
John
Foaden
Birth: 1851, in Ashburton, Devon,
England Father:John
Foaden
Birth: Esme Fuller gives a
date of 1882 (from memory), but
I believe this is off based on the combination of her brother Frank's
birthdate, between July 1891 and July 1892, derived from his age at
death in relatively reliable military records, and the family
photograph (top left opposite) in which I believe May is about 6 or 7 years older
than Frank.
Death: Esme
Fuller
Sarah Catherine
Foaden
Birth: 1854, in Ashburton, Devon,
England Father:John
Foaden
Occupation:
Innkeeper at the Sun Inn, Ashburton Sources:
Marriage: IGI marriage extracts
Batch M050201
Occupation: 1861
census lists his widow as "Widow of an Innkeeper"; lists of Victuallers
Recognizances and Certificates of Suitability to Hold a Licence
held at the Devon Record Office record, in Ashburton, "Thomas Foaden,
Sun Inn" in 1824, 1825, 1826 & 1827 (References: QS/63/3/12/027, QS/63/5/01/115, QS/63/7/10/009 and QS/63/7/06/020)
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