Person:John Foster (204)

John Foster was born in 1852 at Flamstead in Hertfordshire, daughter of a straw hat maker named Ann Foster. When John was two years old, his mother married an agricultural labourer named Thomas Neal. The 1861 census finds Thomas living with his mother and Thomas Neal, being described as "John Neal" and as Thomas Neal's son. This could suggest that Thomas Neal was actually John's biological father, although equally plausibly John could simply have adopted his stepfather's surname.

John has yet to be researched after the 1861 census.

1. ↑ Births index, in General Register Office. England and Wales Civil Registration. (London: General Register Office).

   b. John FOSTER, December Quarter 1852, Hemel Hempstead Registration District, Vol. 3a, page 291

2. ↑ England. Births and Christenings, 1538-1975. (FamilySearch, Ancestry.com, Findmypast).

   ch. 14 Aug 1853, Flamstead, Hertfordshire: John son of Ann Foster

3. ↑ ^3.0 3.1 England. 1861 Census Schedules for England and Wales, Isle of Man and the Channel Islands. (
   Kew, Richmond, Greater London TW9 4DU, United Kingdom:
   The National Archives (abbreviated TNA), formerly the UK General Register Office.)
   Class RG9; Piece 840; Folio 65; Page 19, 7 Apr 1861.

   Address: Flamstead, Hertfordshire
   Thomas Neal, head, married, male, 29 [1831/2], Ag[ricultural] Lab[ourer], b. Dunstable Houghton Beds
   Anne Neal, wife, married, female, 28 [1832/3], Bonnet Sewer, b. Flamstead, Hertfordshire
   John Neal, son, male, 8 [1852/3], Scholar, b. Flamstead, Hertfordshire
   Thomas Neal, son, male, 5 [1855/6], b. Flamstead, Hertfordshire
   Frederick Neal, son, male, 4m [1860], b. Flamstead, Hertfordshire