Individual Details

William John (2) FOSTER

(12 May 1865 - Abt 1930)

Events

Birth12 May 1865Great Barrier Island, Hauraki Gulf, Auckland, New Zealand
ResidenceFrom 1873Coromandel, Coromandel Peninsular, Waikato, New Zealand
Marriage10 May 1886St Coleman's Catholic Church, Coromandel, Coromandel Peninsular, Waikato, New Zealand - Wilhelmina Mary SYKES
DeathAbt 1930
Occupation1900.sBoatman - Rawene, Hokianga, Northland, New Zealand
Residenceabout 1880.sGreat Barrier Island, Hauraki Gulf, Auckland, New Zealand
Residence1900.sRawene, Hokianga, Northland, New Zealand

Families

SpouseWilhelmina Mary SYKES (1866 - 1904)
ChildCatherine Mary FOSTER (1886 - )
ChildThomas George FOSTER (1888 - 1918)
ChildJames Felix FOSTER (1889 - )
ChildEdmund Clarence FOSTER (1890 - )
ChildHenry Martin FOSTER (1891 - 1917)
ChildAlfred Joseph Kieran FOSTER (1892 - )
ChildOlive Frances FOSTER (1895 - )
ChildIvy Myrtle FOSTER (1895 - 1895)
FatherWilliam Kieran FOSTER (1827 - 1901)
MotherMary COLEMOSS (1841 - 1891)
SiblingWilliam John FOSTER (1858 - 1859)
SiblingJames FOSTER (1860 - 1860)
SiblingGeorge FOSTER (1861 - 1926)
SiblingMartha FOSTER (1863 - 1918)
SiblingFrances FOSTER (1867 - 1909)
SiblingRosalie FOSTER (1869 - 1869)
SiblingEmily Josephine FOSTER (1870 - 1930)
SiblingMartin FOSTER (1873 - 1948)
SiblingThomas FOSTER (1876 - )
SiblingKathleen Mary FOSTER (1878 - 1943)
SiblingHenry Cassidy FOSTER (1879 - )
SiblingMary Jane FOSTER (1886 - 1887)

Notes

Marriage

At St Coleman's Catholic Church, Coromandel.
Officiating Minister: Father Dominic VAGGIOLA.
One record has date as 12 May 1886, another records a date of 1892.

Death

An original story was that he drowned at Rawene, before his wife died
(1904). However later family data suggests that he died around 1930,
but if his sons' war death information can be trusted, he apparently
died around 1917 or 1918.