Martha FOSTER

  General Notes:

Surname from birth certificate of son Joseph Foster Earnshaw

Marriages Sep 1856 Bradford 9b 200
EARNSHAW Benjamin
Foster Martha
GALLAGHER Michael
Kilkenny Mary

Possible Deaths Mar 1895
Earnshaw Martha 59 Halifax 9a 411
- based on living in Midgley in 1891

1841 census
HO107/1297/7 F52 P25,26
Club houses (next door to Mary Ann)
James Foster 45 Weaver
Martha 45
David 20 weaver
John 15 weaver
James 15 weaver
? (male) 15
Benjamin 12
Sarah 8
Martha 6

1851 census
HO107/2311 F245 P22
Denholme Lane, Club Houses, Denholme Gate
(next house to Jonas & Mary)
James Foster, Head, Mar, 58, Weaver Stuff, York Bradford
Martha do, Wife, Mar, 54, Bobbin Winder, York Bradford
Sarah do, Daur, U, 18, P L Weaver (Stuff), York Bradford
Martha do, Daur, U, 16, P L Weaver (Stuff), York Bradford
Nb most of Club houses occupied by Foster's

1861 census
6 New Street Denholme, Thornton RG9/3337 F55 P20
Benjamin Earnshaw, Head, Mar, 24, Worsted Powerloom Weaver, Yorks Thornton
Martha do, Wife, Mar, 26, do, do
Lavinia do, daur, , 3, , do
Ada Jane do, daur, , 9months, , do

1871 census
RG10/4310 F69 P10
Cross Halls, Micklethwaite, Bingley
Benjamin Earnshaw, Head, Mar, 34, Worsted Weaver, Yorks Thornton
Martha do, Wife, Mar, 36, , Yorks Thornton
Joseph Foster do, Son, , 8, Bobbin Doffer, Yorks Thornton
Benjamin Arthur do, Son, , 1, , Yorks Thornton
Sarah Butterfield, Lodger, Unm, 18, Worsted Weaver, Yorks Thornton

1881 Census
Dwelling:Clapham Buildings New Rd
Census Place:Thornton In Bradford, York, England
Source:FHL Film 1342070 PRO Ref RG11 Piece 4469 Folio 90 Page 19
MarrAgeSexBirthplace
Benjamin EARNSHAWM44 MDenholme, York, England
Rel:Head
Occ:Worsted Weaver
Martha EARNSHAWM46 FDenholme, York, England
Rel:Wife
Occ:Formerly Worsted Weaver
Benjamin A. EARNSHAWU11 MDenholme, York, England
Rel:Son
Occ:Scholar

1891 census
RG12/3602 F88 P25
12 Burnley Road Midgley (very close to Luddenden)
John Foster Earnshaw, head, M, 28, worsted coating weaver, b Bradford
Emma Earnshaw, wife, M, 29, worsted coating weaver, b Langfields
Ada Jane Earnshaw, daur, U, 11, worsted spinner, b Denholme
Fred Earnshaw, son, U, 10, worsted hands, b Denholme
James A Earnshaw, U, son, 8, scholar, b Denholme
Alice Earnshaw, daur, U, 6, scholar, b Halifax
Edith Earnshaw, daur, U, 1, b Halifax
Martha Earnshaw, mother, W, 57, household duties, b Denholme

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MARTHA FOSTER
Female


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Event(s):
Birth:
Christening: 19 APR 1835 Wilsden, Yorkshire, England

Death:
Burial:


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Parents:
Father: JAMES FOSTER Family
Mother: MARTHA


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Messages:
Extracted birth or christening record for the locality listed in the record. The source records are usually arranged chronologically by the birth or christening date.


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Source Information:
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C108171 1826 - 1838 0990546 Film 6911091 Film

On Ancestry.co.uk in the West Yorkshire Prison Records 1801-1914
Entries for 1888 - number 1256
Earnshaw Martha, 27 November at Halifax Bar, stealing 6 fur boas, sentenced to 2 cal mos HL, education Read, age 54 height 5ft 3in brown hair, Foster scar across right arm, religion Denham Independent, no previous convictions, discharged 26 January - Detainer Concurrent for 2 mos
- presumably sentence means 2 calendar months hard labour
- "Foster" under trade or occupation seems to actually be Maiden Name and distinguishing marks, all the entries are for females
- entry 1255 was for Agnes Smith who was charged with the same offence and given the same sentence

Martha married Benjamin EARNSHAW, son of Joseph EARNSHAW and Hannah WHALLEY, circa Sep 1856 in Bradford, Yorkshire, England. (Benjamin EARNSHAW was born circa 1836 in Denholme, Thornton, Yorkshire, England, baptised on 31 Jul 1836 in Wilsden, Yorkshire, England and died before 1891.)