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M James White Foster

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1851 personal census, Mersea Twp, Essex Co., ON, p. 5:
Foster Ralph, M, Married, 57, born England, C of England, Farmer;
Ann, F, Married, 56, born England, C of England;
Ralph, M, 23, born Canada, C of England, Farmer;
Jas W., M, 19, born Canada, C of England, Labourer;
George, M, 16, born Canada, C of England, Labourer.

1881 personal census, Mersea Twp, Essex Co., ON, LDS 1881 census household record:
Foster James, M, Married, 48, born Ont, origin: English, Presbyterian, Farmer;
G. C., M, 21, born Ont, origin: English, C Methodist;
Mary Ann, F, 19, born Ont, origin: English, C Methodist;
Eliza, F, 17, born Ont, origin: English, C Methodist;
Euphame, F, 15, born Ont, origin: English, C Methodist;
Roseline, F, 12, born Ont, origin: English, C Methodist;
Chloe, F, 9, born Ont, origin: English, C Methodist;
Derbyshire James, M, 14, born Ont, origin: English, C Methodist.

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: ... James W., born Sept. 23, 1832, is mentioned below... 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...
     James W. Foster, farmer and stock raiser, was born on the Talbot Street farm Sept. 23, 1832, son of Ralph and Ann (Wilthew) Foster. His boyhood days were spent on the farm, and he attended the little log school, where the teacher was paid for by subscription; still later it became a free school. Working hard from early boyhood, he remained on the homestead with his parents until his father retired from farming, when he rented the place, operating it until his father died, when it was divided between himself and his brother George, James W. taking the part on which the old log house stood. Here he has been ever since engaged in practical farming and stock raising, and he is still active, though now over seventy years old. He put up a fine brick dwelling house, and made other improvements on the farm. Mr. Foster has always been a stanch Conservative, and an admirer of the late lamented John A. Macdonald. Religiously he is a member of the Presbyterian Church of Leamington, and socially he holds membership in the A. F. & A. M. lodge at Kingsville, to which he has belonged for over fifty years; he is a member of the A. O. U. W., at Leamington. He was a member of the calvary under Capt. Theodore Wigle, and served five years. He is a man of domestic tastes, and his habits are temperate and exemplary.
     In 1859 Mr. Foster married, in Mersea township, County of Essex, Sarsh Jane Derbyshire, daughter of George and Mary Derbyshire, and seven children blessed this union, namely: (1) George Collingwood, a resident of Leamington, married Mary J. Newcomb, and has five children. (2) Mary A. has been housekeeper for her father since her mother's death, and has proved a most devoted daughter. (3) Eliza Matilda married George W. Jackson, of Leamington, and had four children, two of whom are deceased. (4) Euphemia married Frederick De Laurier, of Leamington, and has three children. (5) Rose E. married Frederick Harrison, a baker of Leamington, and has five children. (6) Clare Annie married Albert Evans, a farmer of Mersea township, and has two children. (7) Louise died in infancy. The mother of these children died Aug. 22, 1877, and was buried in Lake View cemetery. She was a good Christian woman, reared a creditable family, and was much devoted to her husband and children, leaving nothing undone which whould add to their comfort and happiness. Indeed, in this respect, the entire family have emulated her example in their devotion to each other's interests.

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Ralph Foster 1795-1877   Ann Wilthew 1796-1867
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James White Foster 1832-