George Avis of Mayfield
(1824-1881)
Elizabeth Bryant
(Abt 1825-1854)
John Groves
(-)
Ann Carpenter
(-)
George James Avis of Wadhurst
(1850-1921)
Susan Groves
(1854-1900)
Susan Jane Avis
(1878-1968)

 

Family Links

Spouses/Children:
Percival Horace Foster of East Grinstead

  • Evelyn Mary Foster
  • Reginald Percy Foster
  • Nellie Foster
  • Bertha Foster

Susan Jane Avis

  • Born: 10 Feb 1878, Wadhurst, Sussex, England
  • Christened: 10 Mar 1878, Wadhurst, Sussex, England 1
  • Married: 7 Dec 1905, Wadhurst, Sussex, England 2
  • Died: 23 Dec 1968, Tonbridge District, Kent, England 3 4

  Research Notes:

Susan Jane daughter of George James Avis of Wadhurst, gardener, and Susan (baptismal record)

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In Dec 1902 Susan Jane Avis was present at the marriage of her sister Elizabeth Annie Avis to Ernest James Martin in Wadhurst Sussex.

At the time of the 1911 England Census Jane Foster, age 33, born in Wadhurst Sussex (mother of 2 children) and husband of 5 years Percy Horace Foster, age 34, born in East Grinstead Sussex, plumber, were living at 36B Queens Road, East Grinstead. With them were children (born in East Grinstead): Evelyn (4) and Reginald (1).

In the 1939 Register Susan J Foster (b. 10 Feb 1876*), domestic duties, and Percival H Foster (b. 11 Jun 1874*), builder & contractor, were living in Cranston Road, East Grinstead Sussex. At the same address were [daughters] Nellie Foster (b. 7 Jul 1915), laundress, and Bertha Foster (b. 28 Oct 1919), typist.

* Ages understated by a couple of years.

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Susan Jane Foster died aged 90 years. 3

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Susan Jane Foster of 186 Holtye Rd East Grinstead Sx died 23 December 1968. Probate London 7 March 1922. Effects £3197. 4

  Marriage Information:

Susan married Percival Horace Foster, son of Shadrack Foster and Ellen Harding, on 7 Dec 1905 in Wadhurst, Sussex, England. (Percival Horace Foster was born on 11 Jun 1876 in West St., East Grinstead, Sussex, England, christened on 30 Jul 1876 in East Grinstead, Sussex, England, and died on 23 Jul 1954 in Ferndale, Cranston Rd., East Grinstead, Sussex, England, aged 78 years.)

  Marriage Notes:

Percival Horace Foster, age 29, bachelor, plumber, resident of East Grinstead, son of Shadrick Foster, brickmaker, and
Susan Jane Avis, age 27, spinster, resident of Wadhurst, daughter of George James Avis, gardener

Married after Banns

Henry Charles Harding, Lottie Avis

Sources


1 Wadhurst Sussex Parish Registers, Baptisms, p. 293, no. 2339.

2 Ibid., Marriages, p. 54, no. 107.

3 England and Wales Death Registration Index 1837-2007, Tonbridge district, 4th Quarter, vol. 5f, p. 886.

4 England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations), 1858-1995, 1969, p. 315.


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