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Tom Foster was born the 2 Feb 1886 in Beverley to Frederick and Rebecca Foster. His father worked as a brewer’s drayman and was born in 1842 in Garton, his mother Rebecca was born in 1850 in Bewholme. He had three older sisters, Annie, Frances and Mary Jane, and one older brother, William and a younger sister Rebecca.
In 1891 the family lived in Flemingate, Beverley. In 1901 they lived in the same house, Tom was fifteen years old and was a general carriers boy. Tom married Emily Blyth on 17 Mar 1907 at St Mary’s Church, Beverley. By 1911 they had moved to 23 Villa Place, Hessle Road, Hull. Tom was a railway company worker, they had a son, George Robert who was born the 16 February 1908.
Tom joined the East Yorkshire Regiment, but no further information ha sbeen found regarding his service.
The 1939 Register shows Tom and Emily living at 9 Raglan Terrace, Bean Street, Hull, he was working for the railway company as a goods carter. His widowed brother was a lodger. His son George lived at Castle Hill Farm, Beverley, he was a dairy farmer, married to Agnes. Tom died in March 1969 in Hull, aged 84 years. Emily died in Hull in December 1964 aged 79 years
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