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1881 personal census, Mersea Twp, Essex Co., ON, LDS 1881 census household record:
Foster Reginald, M, Married, 25, born Ont, origin: English, Methodist, Farmer;
Margrette, F, Married, 21, born Ont, origin: English, Methodist;
Byron L., M, 1, born Ont, origin: English, 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...
     William Henry Foster, son of Ralph, was born in a log cabin on the home farm on Talbot Street, and attended the little log school with its slab benches... Mr. Foster remained at home with his parents until of age, helping his father clear up his farm, and after reaching his majority he rented the homestead and operated it for four years, after which he bought a tract of land on the Leamington side road, in the 5th Concession, Lot 6, 100 acres of bush land... He built a small log house containing only one room, and thither he brought his young wife and settled down to farming... After carrying on the homestead for over a quarter of a century he turned over the management of the farm to his son Reginald, who is now operating it. ...
     On March 9, 1851, in Mersea township, Mr. Foster married Sarah Ann Crow, Rev. William Boyer performing the ceremony. Mrs. Foster was born in London, England, March 11, 1830, daughter of Joseph H. and Sarah Ann (Wilshire) Crow, both natives of London, England, who came to Canada in 1850, with their family, and settled in Gosfield township, County of Essex...
     Six children were born to Mr. and Mrs. Foster: ... (3) Reginald, born Nov. 10, 1856, operates the homestead. He married June 8, 1879, Margaret Laird, who died April 24, 1895, aged thirty-nine years, and left five children, Byron L., Rowland, Everett B., Stanley and Floyd. For his second wife Mr. Foster married Elizabeth Wilson...