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N Anne Foster

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The Marriage Registers of Upper Canada/Canada West, Volume 14, Western District 1786-1856, Compiled by Dan Walker & Fawne Stratford-Devai, Global Heritage Press, Milton:
Marriages by Wm Ambridge, J.P.:
James Robson, to Ann Foster, both of Mersea Twp. 2 Sept. 1834, by banns. Wm. Ambridge, J.P. Wit. Th's Hairsine, James White and J. Piggot.

1861 personal census, Mersea Twp, Essex Co., ON, 1-8:
Robinson James, M, Married, married 1834, 51, born England, C of England, Farmer;
Ann, F, Married, married 1834, 43, born N Scotia, C of England;
Thomas, M, Single, 20, born U Canada, C of England, Labourer;
Matilda, F, Single, 18, born U Canada, C of England;
James, M, Single, 15, born U Canada, Labourer;
Mary, F, Single, 13, born U Canada;
George, M, Single, 10, born U Canada;
Ellen, F, Single, 7, born U Canada;
Jennett, F, Single, 5, born U Canada;
Margery, F, Single, 2, born U Canada.

1881 personal census, Mersea Twp, Essex Co., ON, LDS 1881 census household record:
Robson Thos. J., M, Married, 38, born Ont, origin: English, Church of England, Farmer;
James, M, Married, 69, born England, origin: English, Church of England;
Ann, F, Married, 62, born Nova Scotia, origin: English, I Methodist;
Frank, M, 20, born Ont, origin: English, Church of England;
Joseph, M, Married, 45, born Ont, origin: English, Church of England, Farmer;
Teressa, M[sic], Married, 44, born Ont, origin: French, Catholic;
Ralph, M, 20, born Ont, origin: English, Church of England;
Henry C., M, Single, 17, born Ont, origin: English, Church of England;
Willis, M, Single, 15, born Ont, origin: English, Church of England, Student;
Florence, F, Single, 13, born Ont, origin: English, Church of England, Student;
Joseph, M, Single, 8, born Ont, origin: English, Church of England;
James, M, Single, 5, born Ont, origin: English, Church of England;
Ivan, M, Single, 2, born Ont, origin: English, Church of England.

Commemorative Biographical Record of the County of Essex, J. H. Beers & Co., Toronto, 1905, p. 412-415:
Foster. The family of this name in Mersea township is one of the oldest and most influential in that section of the County of Essex, where they have owned land for nearly eighty years.
     The Fosters are of English descent, Ralph Foster, the founder of the family in this country, having been a native of England, born Dec. 27, 1795, in the parish of Wardell, County of Durham, son of John Foster, of the same parish... He married in Hexham, County of Northumberland, England, April 25, 1817, Ann Wilthew, who was born May 16, 1796, in the parish of Hexham. Shortly after their marriage they embarked for the New World, ... eventually coming to Ontario, and making their way to the County of Essex in about 1826, nearly ten years after they first landed on the Canadian shore. He located in Mersea township, on the farm now owned and operated by his sons, James W. and George, and was one of the first settlers in that region... He attained the ripe old age of eighty-two years, a strong, active man to the last, and died, full of years and honor, Aug. 21, 1877; he is buried in Lake View cemetery, at Leamington.
     ... By his first marriage Mr. Foster became the father of eight children: Ann, born June 7, 1818, on Prince Edward Island, married James Robson... The mother of these children died May 22, 1867, and was buried in Lake View cemetery. She was a true Christian woman, a loving wife and mother, and shared with her husband the trials and hardships of pioneer life...

Commemorative Biographical Record of the County of Essex, J. H. Beers & Co., Toronto, 1905, p. 197-198:
George Foster Robson is a prominent citizen and successful farmer of Mersea township...
     James Robson, son of Joseph and father of George Foster, was born in Northumberland England, where he grew up and received a good education. When he was twenty-one he came to Canada with the rest of the family, and settled first in Brantford, where he found employment in the home of a clergyman. After a time he came to Mersea township, where his father had located, and began farming on a tract of 100 acres, 70 acres in Concession No. 1, and 30 acres in Concession A. He made many improvements on this farm, which he cultivated successfully, and where he passed the remainder of his life, dying at the age of eighty, and being buried in Lake View Cemetery. He was a stanch Conservative, and served as a private in the Rebellion of 1837-38. He was a well-read man, and active in all public matters in the township and county, serving as school trustee, and for three terms as a member of the township council. He married Anne Foster, of Prince Edward Island, daughter of the late Ralph Foster, Sr. Mrs. Robson died in Leamington, and is buried in Lake View Cemetery. She and her husband were members of the Church of England. Their children were as follows: (1) Ralph, died when three years of age. (2) Joseph, born Jan. 27, 1836, married in 1861, Theresa De Laurier, daughter of Charles De Laurier, and had nine children, of whom four are living, namely: Ralph William, who was drowned in Lake Erie, Nov. 7, 1899; Charles, who died young; Henry Colon, who married Emma Peas; Willis; Florence, who married Frederick Wilkinson; Jeannette, who died young; Joseph, at home; James, also at home; and Irwin, who was drowned with his brother, Nov. 7, 1899. (3) Matilda, married George I. Hookworth. (4) Mary, married George Lettrington. (5) George Foster is mentioned below. (6) Ellen married William Coulson. (7) Jeannette married Charles Coultis. (8) Margaret married William D. Hanson, of Leamington. (9) John Franklin died young.
     George Foster Robson was born in Mersea township, Oct. 12, 1851, grew up on the home farm, and was educated in the district schools. He remained at home until 1891, caring for his father in his old age, but in that year sold the homestead and bought his present farm, a tract of forty-one acres, on Bevel Line, near Sturgeon creek. There he has buit a home and made extensive improvements, and carries on his farming operations with great success. In 1884 he invested over $1,000 in threshing machinery, and has done a good business in that line ever since, his sons, for the past two years, having had charge of that branch of his business.
     Mr. Robson married, May 9, 1877, in Mersea township, Lorinda, daughter of Ethel and Sarah (McDonald) Wilkinson, and they have six children. These children are as follows: (1) Gordon, who is a sailor on the steamer "Lincoln", and distinguished himself by his bravery during a storm in 1901, swimming to shore and securing help for his comrade who was clinging to an overturned boat; (2) Ruby, who married Louis Roach, a farmer of Mersea township; (3) Oswell Thomas, who is also a sailor on the steamer "Lincoln"; (4) Collingwood and (5) Milton, who are at home; and (6) J. D., who died at the age of twelve. Mr. and Mrs. Robson are both members of the Methodist Church, and in politics the former is a Conservative. Fraternally he belongs to the Odd Fellows. The family is widely known and respected, both for its agreeable and substantial qualities, and moves in the best society of the place.

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Ralph Foster 1795-1877   Ann Wilthew 1796-1867
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Anne Foster ca 1818-