
Janet and Stephen's Family Heritage
Janet and Stephen Foster are the children of Bessie Foster (nee Ward) and Henry Leeming Foster (Harry). Stephen was born on 23rd March 1946 and died aged 53 years on 25th April 1999 whilst on holiday in Lanzarote. Janet was born in 1947 and is developing this website!The above photograph is of me and Stephen outside the back door at 80 Redearth Road where we both grew up. We are post World War II baby boomers, brought up on rationing but I still love ham and pea soup and dumplings! Below is a photograph of us in the front room at Number 80.

Our parents were married in March 1945 and that is their wedding
photograph at the top of this page. I'm guessing the
best man on the left is Arthur Game Hardy who was one of the witnesses, Arthur was married to Harry's sister Jane, or Jenny
as she was known; standing next to him is Dorothy Foster, my
dad's sister, then my dad, my mum and uncle Jim Ward, my mother's
eldest brother, then Kathleen Atkinson, my mother's sister (aunty
Kit), then Tommy Turnbull, my cousin and son of May Ward (aunty May), my mother's
eldest sister.
There were two other bridesmaids but unfortunately
I can't fit them into the frame; they are my cousins Marion Ward,
the daughter of uncle Tom, my mother's other brother and Kathleen
Turnbull, daughter of aunty May and sister of Tommy.


The matriarchal lines can be accessed by clicking on the name of the spouse which is underlined. For example, in the Foster Line, the wife of Christopher Foster (1871-1935) is Betsy Leeming Taylor, which is underlined. By clicking on Betsy you will access her family history. Alternately, look at the Website Map.