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Copeland/Dennis
County Marriage Registers of Ontario, Canada 1858-1869 Volume 35 Essex County, Elizabeth Hancocks, 2005, Global Heritage Press, Campbellville, ON:
Foster Ralph, 73, Mersea, England, s/o John & Jane, married 25 Dec 1868 Ann Copeland, 68, Mersea, England, d/o Henry & Ann.
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... Mr. Foster led a true pioneer life after coming to Mersea township... By his first marriage Mr. Foster became the father of eight children... Mr. Foster married (second) Dec. 27, 1868, Ann Dennis, who after his death moved to Ohio.
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