Full name of worker at H.M. Factory Gretna (and any other names they are known by) : Richard Forster

 

Gender: Male

Date and Place of Birth: 1878 Longtown, Cumberland

Date and Place of Death: December 1936, Longtown

Nationality: British

 

Childhood: Eldest of 8

 

Parents: Henry Foster [Forster] and Margaret nee Wright

 

Parent’s occupations: Boot and shoemaker

 

Schools / universities attended and years of attendance: N/K

 

Occupation:  Railway shunter

 

Place of residence at Gretna: N/K

 

Job title at Gretna: N/K

 

Marital status: Married Mary Ellen Gardner at Longtown.

 

Children: None

Travels: N/K

 

Awards/recognitions: N/K

 

Trivia / any other information:

Richard Forster was born in Longtown, near Carlisle in 1878 to Henry Foster [Forster] and Margaret nee Wright.

 

1881- living at Bridge Street, Longtown. Father a shoemaker. He and his parents are living with maternal grandparents.

 

1891- 65 Bridge Street, Longtown, eldest of 5 children.  Father a shoemaker.

 

1901- 75 Bridge Street, Longtown. Eldest of 8 children. Father a Boot and shoemaker.

 

1903 July- married Mary Ellen Gardner at Longtown

 

1911- no children. Bridge Street, 2 rooms. General farm labourer.

 

WW1 employed at H M Factory, Gretna

 

1921 Richard and Mary Ellen are on the record in Arthuret (Longtown)

 

December 1936 – died at Longtown aged 58

 

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