Mary Foster

Thomas and Mary

Father: William Foster (1816-)

Mother: Jane Harvey

Born October 19, 1838, at Buckfastleign, Devon.

Spouse: Thomas Hansford (1839-)

In 1871, 1881, and 1891, Thomas and Mary lived in Summersbridge, parish of Buckfastleigh, county of Devon. They emigrated to North America some time after 1883. Stewart Hansford, a grandson of Thomas and Mary, says that Thomas was employed at the Eustis Copper Mines in Capleton, Quebec. Thomas was a lay preacher in the Methodist Church in the Eastern Townships of Canada. Both Thomas Hansford and Mary Foster died in Sherbrooke, Quebec.

Children:

  1. William James Hansford (b. February 9, 1862, at Summerbridge, Buckfastleigh, Devon).
  2. Mary Jane ("Jennie") Hansford (b. April 19, 1863, at Buckfastleigh, Devon; d. May 15, 1944 at East Dalhousie, Nova Scotia).
  3. Thomas John Hansford (b. December 28, 1864; d. 1948, at Ft. Fairfield, Maine).
  4. Richard Henry Hansford (b. December 23, 1866; d. March 18, 1955).
  5. Elizabeth Maria Hansford (b. July 28, 1868).
  6. Alfred Albert ("Fred") Hansford (b. May 28, 1870, at Runniford Coombe, Devon; d. October 1, 1906, at Torbrook Mines, Nova Scotia; buried at Wilmot Cemetery in Nova Scotia).
  7. Frank Charles Hansford (b. January 11, 1872; d. September 23, 1912, at Sulphide, Ontario).
  8. Florence Ann ("Annie") Hansford (b. November 15, 1873; d. June 16, 1933, at Sulphide, Ontario).
  9. Alice Ella Hansford (b. March 23, 1875).
  10. Persena Louise ("Sene") Hansford (b. September 22, 1876, at Buckfastleigh, Devon; d. at Windsor, Ontario).
  11. Edith Marie Hansford (b. January 9, 1878, at Buckfastleigh, Devon; d. 1942).
  12. Ellen Mary Hansford (b. March 10, 1879).
  13. Sidney William Hansford (b. August 18, 1881, at Buckfastleigh, Devon; d. March 2, 1930).
  14. Jessie Maud Hansford (b. January 5, 1883; d. November 30, 1969; buried at Sherbrooke, Quebec).
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