Birth: 6 September 1819 Batley, Yorkshire, UK
Father: John Austin 1782-1856
Mother: Ann Kirby c1782-1863
Christening: 30 December 1819 New Chapel Independent, Morley, Yorkshire, UK
Marriage: 2 September 1854 St Peter, Leeds, Yorkshire, UK
Husband: Joseph Foster 1818-1890
Death: 4 July 1898 Wortley, Yorkshire, UK
Buried: Wortley Cemetery, Wortley, Yorkshire, UK
Entry in Ancestry England, Select Births and Christenings, 1538-1975 for Martha Austin born 6 September 1819 baptised 30 December 1819 at New Chapel Independent, Morley, York, parents John and Ann Austin.
Her brother and sister were baptised at New Chapel Independent, Morley in 1822 and 1825.
Entry in Ancestry England & Wales, Non-Conformist and Non-Parochial Registers, 1567-1936 for Martha Austin born 5 (sic) September 1819 baptised 30 December 1819 at Independent, Morley, York parents John and Ann Austin. "Martha the Daughter of John & Ann Austin born the 6th Septr 1819 and baptised the 30th Decer 1819 Morley".
Entry in Ancestry West Yorkshire, Non-Conformist Records, 1646-1985 for Martha Austin born 6 September 1819 in Batley baptised 30 December 1919 in Morley, parents John and Ann Austin. "[Baptized] 1819 December 30th Martha [born] Batley September 6th 1819 [parents] John [a] Clothier [and] Ann Austin [of]".
In the 1841 census as Martha Austina (sic - in the index, Austin on the original) aged 20 (rounded down to nearest multiple of 5), born in Yorkshire, employed as a woollen brusher and living with John and Ann (parents?) and Grace and Sarah (sisters?) in Low Wortley, Tankersley, Yorkshire.
Her son was born in Leeds in 1847.
In the 1851 census as Martha Austin aged 31, born in Morley, Yorkshire, single, employed as a warper, and living with her parents (John and Ann) and her son (John) in Low Wortley, Leeds, Yorkshire.
Marriage of Martha Austin and Joseph Foster in FreeBMD in July-September 1854 in Leeds (9B 403).
Entry in Ancestry West Yorkshire, England, Church of England Marriages and Banns, 1813-1935 for Martha Austin aged 33, father John Austin, and Joseph Foster on 2 September 1854 at Leeds St Peter. "Page 187 [...] 1854 Marriaged solemnized at the parish church in the parish of Leeds in the County of York [No.] 374 September 2 1854 Joseph Foster [aged] 36 [a] Widower [and] Clothier [of] Wortley [father] Joseph Foster [a] Clothier, [and] Martha Austin [aged] 33 [a] Spinster [of] Wortley [father] John Austin [a] Shop Keeper. Married in the parish church according to the rites and ceremonies of the Established Church after Banns".
Her daughter was born in Wortley in 1860.
In the 1861 census as Martha Foster aged 41, born in Wortley, Leeds, Yorkshire and living with her husband (Joseph), son (John Austen), daughter (Annie), two stepsons (Joseph and William), and two step daughters (Elizabeth and Sarah) in Wapping, Wortley, Leeds, Yorkshire.
In the 1871 census as Martha Foster aged 51, born in Wortley, Yorkshire, and living with her husband (Joseph), daughter (Ann), stepson (William) and stepgranddaughter (Mary) in Low Wortley, Wortley, Leeds, Yorkshire.
In the 1881 census as Martha Foster aged 61, born in Morley, Yorkshire, and living with her husband (Joseph), daughter (Ann Robinson) and son-in-law (Edwin Robinson), and step granddaughter (Mary) at the Bull Ring, Wortley in Bramley Yorkshire.
Her husband died at Lord Nelson Hotel, Foreshore Rd, Scarborough on 9 April 1890.
In the 1891 census as Martha Foster aged 71, born in Morley, Yorkshire, widowed, and living on her own means with her daughter (Ann Robinson), and son-law (Edwin Robinson), and their three sons (Joseph F, Harry and Tom), and two daughters (Annie and Ethel) at 30 Greenside Road, Wortley, Leeds, Yorkshire.
Death of Martha Foster in FreeBMD in July-September 1898 aged 78 in Bramley (9B 244)
Entry in FindaGrave for Martha Foster died 4 July 1898 and buried in Upper and Lower Wortley Cemetery, Wortley, Leeds, West Yorkshire. "In/Affectionate Remembrance of/Joseph Foster/Who died April 11th 1890/Aged 72 years/Be ye also ready for in such/an hour as ye think not the/Son of Man cometh/Also Mary, wife of the above/who died August 24th 1852/aged 33 years/and interred at Bethel Chapel, Wortley/also Martha, wife of the above/who died July 4th 1898/in the 79th year of her age./ Errected to the memory of/Joseph Foster as a tribute/by his fellow/workers at Farnley Low/Mills where he wasemployed/for 50 years.//Also their daughter/Ann Robinson/ who died December 19th/1935/aged 77 years//And of their son-in-law/Edwin Robinson, who died August 26th/1927/aged 67 years. " According to Mona Chadwick the grave also contains an infant, Emily Robinson, aged 3 of Armley interred November 18th 1901.
There are forty two entries in Ancestry Family Trees for Martha Austin.
Batley is 3 miles SW of Morley on the other side of M62, and Morley is 7 miles SW of Leeds. Bramley is 7 miles north of Morley and Wortley 4 miles north of Morley.
Martha Austin was the wife of Joseph Foster, Felicity's second great grandfather.
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