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Margaret Foster

Margaret was born in 1875 in Horsforth Yorkshire.¹ Margaret's father was John Burnell Foster and her mother was Sarah Whitehead. Her paternal grandparents were Joseph Foster and Hannah Burnell; her maternal grandparents are Mathew Whitehead and Sarah (Whitehead). She had three brothers and four sisters, named Joseph, Charles, Thomas, Hannah, Emma, Mary Jane and Martha Ann. She was the fifth oldest of the eight children. She died at the age of 56 in 1931.²

Ancestor Pedigree Chart
- William Foster
  - b.1752 in Headingley Leeds Yorkshire d.22 May 1831 in Headingley Leeds Yorkshire
  
  Joseph Foster
  - b.1785 in Headingley Leeds Yorkshire d.1862 in Horsforth Yorkshire
  
  Elizabeth (Foster)
  - b.1755 in Headingley Leeds Yorkshire d.29 Mar 1829 in Headingley Leeds Yorkshire
  
  Joseph Foster
  - b.1810 in Horsforth Yorkshire d.Jan 1881 in St James's Horsforth Yorkshire
  
  Mary (Foster)
  - b.1785 in Yeadon Yorkshire d.1862 in Horsforth Yorkshire
  
  John Burnell Foster
  - b.14 Feb 1839 in Woodside Horsforth Yorkshire d.Jun 1885 in Horsforth Yorkshire
  
  John Burnill
  - b.~ 1782 in Birstall Yorkshire
  
  Hannah Burnell
  - b.1816 in Lee Fair West Ardsley Yorkshire d.1880 in Horsforth Yorkshire
  
  Mary Dyson
  - b.~ 1786 in Hartshead Birstall Yorkshire
  
  Margaret Foster
  - b.1875 in Horsforth Yorkshire d.1931
  
  Mathew Whitehead
  - b.1801 in Bewerley Yorkshire
  
  Sarah Whitehead
  - b.1845 in Bewerley Nidderdale Yorkshire d.Apr 1922 in Horsforth Yorkshire
  
  Sarah (Whitehead)
  - b.1810 in Pateley Bridge Yorkshire

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¹ 1881 Census
² Simon Light (Ancestry)
Sources/Citations BMD Website, 1901 Census, 1861 Census, 1891 Census, Mother's Religion