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Personal data Ralph Forrester 

  • He was born on August 2, 1826 in Bucknall, Staffordshire, England.
    First name(s) Ralph Last name Forrester Birth year 1826 Birth date 02 Aug 1826 Baptism year 1826 Baptism date 06 Aug 1826
    Baptism place Bucknall, St Mary
    Denomination Anglican
    Father's first name(s) James
    Mother's first name(s) Mary
    County Staffordshire
    Country England
    Archive reference D3381/1/2
    Page 61
    Register type Baptism
    Record set Staffordshire Baptisms
  • He was christened on August 6, 1826 in St. Mary, Bucknall, Staffordshire, England.
    First name(s) Ralph Last name Forrester Gender Male Birth year 1826 Birth place - Baptism year 1826
    Baptism date 06 Aug 1826
    Place Bucknall cum Bagnall
    County Staffordshire
    Country England
    Father's first name(s) James
    Father's last name Forrester
    Mother's first name(s) Mary
    Mother's last name -
    Record set England Births & Baptisms 1538-1975
  • Profession: in the year 1861 Coal Miner.
  • Resident:
    • in the year 1841: Stewards Farm, Bucknall cum Bagnall, Stoke upon Trent, Staffordshire.
      1841 England, Wales & Scotland Census Transcription
      Stewards Farm, Bucknall cum Bagnall, Stoke upon Trent, Staffordshire, England

      First name(s) Last name Sex Age Birth year Birth place
      George Wooliscroft Male 60 1781 Staffordshire, England
      Mary Wooliscroft Female 55 1786 Staffordshire, England
      Mary Ann Wooliscroft Female 20 1821 Staffordshire, England
      Martha Wooliscroft Female 15 1826 Staffordshire, England
      John Wooliscroft Male 28 1813 Staffordshire, England
      George Wooliscroft Male 25 1816 Staffordshire, England
      George Wooliscroft Male 12 1829 Staffordshire, England
      William Mellor Male 30 1811 Staffordshire, England
      Ralph Forrester Male 14 1827 Staffordshire, England
    • in the year 1851: Washerwall Bucknall, Stoke upon trent, Staffordshire.
      1851 England, Wales & Scotland Census Transcription
      Washerwall, Stoke upon Trent, Staffordshire, England

      First name(s) Last name Relationship Marital status Sex Age Birth year Occupation Birth place
      Ralph Forrister Head Married Male 24 1827 Coal Miner Caverswall, Staffordshire, England
      Ann Forrister Wife Married Female 21 1830 Empd At Home Stoke, Staffordshire, England
      George Forrister Son - Male 1 1850 - Stoke, Staffordshire, England
      Mary Forrister Daughter - Female 0 1851 - Stoke, Staffordshire, England
    • in the year 1861: Washerwall Bucknall, Stoke upon trent, Staffordshire.
      1861 England, Wales & Scotland Census Transcription
      Washerwall Bucknall, Stoke upon Trent, Stoke-Upon-Trent, Staffordshire, England

      First name(s) Last name Relationship Marital status Gender Age Birth year Occupation Birth place
      Ralph Forrester Head Married Male 34 1827 Coal Miner Caverswall, Staffordshire, England
      Ann Forrester Wife Married Female 32 1829 Coal Miner Wife Bucknall, Staffordshire, England
      George Forrester Son - Male 12 1849 Coal Miner Bucknall, Staffordshire, England
      Mary Forrester Daughter - Female 10 1851 Scholar Bucknall, Staffordshire, England
      Emma Forrester Daughter - Female 8 1853 Scholar Bucknall, Staffordshire, England
      Sarah Forrester Daughter - Female 6 1855 Scholar Bucknall, Staffordshire, England
      Harriet Forrester Daughter - Female 2 1859 - Bucknall, Staffordshire, England
      Elizabeth Forrester Daughter - Female 0 1861 - Bucknall, Staffordshire, England
    • in the year 1871: Arms Head, Cheddleton, Cheadle, Staffordshire.
      1871 England, Wales & Scotland Census Transcription
      Arms Head, Cheddleton, Cheadle, Staffordshire, England

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      Household Members
      First name(s) Last name Relationship Marital status Gender Age Birth year Occupation Birth place
      Ralph Forrester Head - Male 44 1827 - Staffordshire, England
      Ann Forrester Wife - Female 41 1830 - Staffordshire, England
      Harriatt Forrester Daughter - Female 11 1860 - Staffordshire, England
    • in the year 1881: Little Pump House, Stoke upon Trent, Staffordshire.
      1881 England, Wales & Scotland Census Transcription
      Little Pump House, Stoke upon Trent, Staffordshire, England

      First name(s) Last name Relationship Marital status Gender Age Birth year Occupation Birth place
      Ralph Forrester Head Married Male 54 1827 Laborer Caverswall, Staffordshire, England
      Ann Forrester Wife Married Female 51 1830 - Bucknall, Staffordshire, England
      Chas Forrester Son Single Male 23 1858 Laborer Bucknall, Staffordshire, England
      Willm Banebridge Boarder Single Male 25 1856 Coal Miner Bucknall, Staffordshire, England
    • in the year 1891: Washerwall Bucknall, Stoke upon trent, Staffordshire.
      1891 England, Wales & Scotland Census Transcription
      Washerwall, Stoke upon Trent, Staffordshire, England

      First name(s) Last name Relationship Marital status Sex Age Birth year Birth place Occupation
      Ralph Forrester Head Married Male 64 1827 Staffordshire, England General Labourer
      Ann Forrester Wife Married Female 61 1830 Staffordshire, England -
      Mary Forrester Daughter Single Female 40 1851 Staffordshire, England Domestic Servant
      Harriet L Forrester Granddaughter Single Female 7 1884 Staffordshire, England -
    • in the year 1901: Washerwall Boundry Farm, 24, Washerwall Lane, Washerwall, Stoke Rural, Stoke upon Trent, Staffordshire.
      1901 England, Wales & Scotland Census Transcription
      Washerwall Boundry Farm, 24, Washerwall Lane, Washerwall, Stoke Rural, Stoke upon Trent, Staffordshire, England

      First name(s) Last name Relationship Marital status Sex Age Birth year Birth place Occupation
      Ralph Forrester Head Married Male 74 1827 Adderley Green, Staffordshire, England Retired Colliery Banksman
      Ann Forrester Wife Married Female 71 1830 Washerwall, Staffordshire, England
  • He died on 4TH Q 1905 in Stoke on Trent, Staffordshire, England, he was 78 years old.
    First name(s) RALPH Last name FORRESTER Gender Male Birth day - Birth month - Birth year 1826
    Age 79
    Death quarter 4
    Death year 1905
    District Stoke on Trent
    County Staffordshire
    Volume 6B
    Page 178
    Country England
  • A child of James Forrester and Mary Wood
  • This information was last updated on May 31, 2018.

Household of Ralph Forrester

He is married to Ann Reeves.

They got married on April 2, 1849 at St. Mark, Shelton, Stoke on Trent, Staffordshire, he was 22 years old.

First name(s) Ralph Last name Forrester Age Full Age Marriage year 1849 Marriage date 02 Apr 1849
Marriage place Shelton, St Mark Denomination Anglican Residence Shelton Father's first name(s) James Father's last name Forrester
Spouse's first name(s) Ann Spouse's last name Rowe Spouse's age Full Age Spouse's residence Shelton Spouse's father's first name(s) John
Spouse's father's last name Rowe County Staffordshire Country England Archive reference D4904/1/18
Page 50 Register type Marriage Record set Staffordshire marriages

Child(ren):

  1. Elizabeth Forrester  1861-1936 

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Ancestors (and descendant) of Ralph Forrester

Mary Wood
1800-1878

Ralph Forrester
1826-1905

1849

Ann Reeves
1829-1911

Elizabeth Forrester
1861-1936

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Historical events

Birthday August 2, 1826

Christening day August 6, 1826

  • The temperature on August 6, 1826 was about 20.0 °C. Wind direction mainly west-northwest. Weather type: half bewolkt winderig. Source: KNMI
  •  This page is only available in Dutch.
    De Republiek der Verenigde Nederlanden werd in 1794-1795 door de Fransen veroverd onder leiding van bevelhebber Charles Pichegru (geholpen door de Nederlander Herman Willem Daendels); de verovering werd vergemakkelijkt door het dichtvriezen van de Waterlinie; Willem V moest op 18 januari 1795 uitwijken naar Engeland (en van daaruit in 1801 naar Duitsland); de patriotten namen de macht over van de aristocratische regenten en proclameerden de Bataafsche Republiek; op 16 mei 1795 werd het Haags Verdrag gesloten, waarmee ons land een vazalstaat werd van Frankrijk; in 3.1796 kwam er een Nationale Vergadering; in 1798 pleegde Daendels een staatsgreep, die de unitarissen aan de macht bracht; er kwam een nieuwe grondwet, die een Vertegenwoordigend Lichaam (met een Eerste en Tweede Kamer) instelde en als regering een Directoire; in 1799 sloeg Daendels bij Castricum een Brits-Russische invasie af; in 1801 kwam er een nieuwe grondwet; bij de Vrede van Amiens (1802) kreeg ons land van Engeland zijn koloniën terug (behalve Ceylon); na de grondwetswijziging van 1805 kwam er een raadpensionaris als eenhoofdig gezag, namelijk Rutger Jan Schimmelpenninck (van 31 oktober 1761 tot 25 maart 1825).
  • In the year 1826: Source: Wikipedia
    • January 30 » The Menai Suspension Bridge, considered the world's first modern suspension bridge, connecting the Isle of Anglesey to the north West coast of Wales, is opened.
    • May 22 » HMSBeagle departs on its first voyage.
    • June 21 » Maniots defeat Egyptians under Ibrahim Pasha in the Battle of Vergas.
    • July 4 » John Adams and Thomas Jefferson, respectively the second and third presidents of the United States, die the same day, on the fiftieth anniversary of the adoption of the United States Declaration of Independence. Adams' last words were, "Thomas Jefferson survives."
    • August 18 » Major Gordon Laing becomes the first non-Muslim to enter Timbuktu.
    • December 25 » The Eggnog Riot at the United States Military Academy concludes after beginning the previous evening.

Day of marriage April 2, 1849

  • The temperature on April 2, 1849 was about 9.0 °C. Wind direction mainly south east. Weather type: betrokken regen. Source: KNMI
  •  This page is only available in Dutch.
    De Republiek der Verenigde Nederlanden werd in 1794-1795 door de Fransen veroverd onder leiding van bevelhebber Charles Pichegru (geholpen door de Nederlander Herman Willem Daendels); de verovering werd vergemakkelijkt door het dichtvriezen van de Waterlinie; Willem V moest op 18 januari 1795 uitwijken naar Engeland (en van daaruit in 1801 naar Duitsland); de patriotten namen de macht over van de aristocratische regenten en proclameerden de Bataafsche Republiek; op 16 mei 1795 werd het Haags Verdrag gesloten, waarmee ons land een vazalstaat werd van Frankrijk; in 3.1796 kwam er een Nationale Vergadering; in 1798 pleegde Daendels een staatsgreep, die de unitarissen aan de macht bracht; er kwam een nieuwe grondwet, die een Vertegenwoordigend Lichaam (met een Eerste en Tweede Kamer) instelde en als regering een Directoire; in 1799 sloeg Daendels bij Castricum een Brits-Russische invasie af; in 1801 kwam er een nieuwe grondwet; bij de Vrede van Amiens (1802) kreeg ons land van Engeland zijn koloniën terug (behalve Ceylon); na de grondwetswijziging van 1805 kwam er een raadpensionaris als eenhoofdig gezag, namelijk Rutger Jan Schimmelpenninck (van 31 oktober 1761 tot 25 maart 1825).
  • From November 21, 1848 till November 1, 1849 the Netherlands had a cabinet De Kempenaer - Donker Curtius with the prime ministers Mr. J.M. de Kempenaer (conservatief-liberaal) and Mr. D. Donker Curtius (conservatief-liberaal).
  • In The Netherlands , there was from November 1, 1849 to April 19, 1853 the cabinet Thorbecke I, with Mr. J.R. Thorbecke (liberaal) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1849: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 3.1 million citizens.
    • April 13 » Lajos Kossuth presents the Hungarian Declaration of Independence in a closed session of the National Assembly.
    • April 25 » The Governor General of Canada, Lord Elgin, signs the Rebellion Losses Bill, outraging Montreal's English population and triggering the Montreal Riots.
    • May 15 » The Sicilian revolution of 1848 is finally extinguished.
    • August 1 » Joven Daniel wrecks at the coast of Araucanía, Chile, leading to allegations that local Mapuche tribes murdered survivors and kidnapped Elisa Bravo.
    • August 22 » The first air raid in history. Austria launches pilotless balloons against the city of Venice.
    • August 28 » After a month-long siege, Venice, which had declared itself independent as the Republic of San Marco, surrenders to Austria.


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