Biography:
Ellen Louisa Foskett
1876 –18/08/1943
Ellen Louisa Foskett
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Plot 550 Ellen Louisa Foskett (née Watlow) (1876-1943)
Ellen was born in 1876 at Berney Arms, Norfolk, a tiny hamlet on the banks of the River Yare where it meets the Waveney, just upstream from Great Yarmouth. It was – and remains – little more than a pub, a railway station, a windmill and a farm.
Her parents were Louisa (née Stubbings) and James Watlow, a labourer. Ellen was baptised at St Peter & Paul in Burgh Castle on the other side of the Waveney, 17 September 1876.
In 1891 Ellen was a servant to Mr and Mrs Scott in Lichfield Road, Gorleston-on-Sea. By 1901 she had moved to London to be a housemaid in the home of Frank Morris, a stockbroker, his wife and seven children. A cook, a domestic nurse and a parlour maid were also employed at the house in Oak Hill Park, Hampstead.
It was perhaps on an omnibus trip on a day off that Ellen met Bertie Foskett, an omnibus conductor.
They married in Caistor in Norfolk 17 September 1906. In the early years of the marriage the couple lived in Battersea where Edgar George James was born in 1908.
By 1909 they had moved to the High Street, Bracknell, where Alice Vera was born that year.
However, in April 1911 Bertie, now a fish merchant, was with his parents, now living at 44, Highfield Road, along with young Edgar.
Ellen, meanwhile, was employed as a live-in domestic servant in the household of Edgar and Emily Louisa Talmage in Crowthorne, Berkshire. Emily was Bertie’s older sister, which explains why Ellen was able to keep baby Alice with her. One can only assume that Bertie and Ellen had fallen on hard times and that this was a way for them to make ends meet.
Ellen soon rejoined Bertie and Mabel Amelia was born in Berkhamsted in late 1911.
Herbert John was born in 1913 but sadly, in 1916, Mabel died aged only 4 in West Herts Hospital. She is buried in this cemetery.
In 1921 the family lived at 1, Holliday Street and Bertie was running a fish and chip shop from home (possibly where there is currently a Chinese takeaway).
Bertie died in May 1928 aged 46, at 1, Holliday Street.
Ellen kept the business going until at least 1939 and died 18 August 1943. She is buried here with him.
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Plot 550 Ellen Louisa Foskett (née Watlow) (1876-1943)
Ellen was born in 1876 at Berney Arms, Norfolk, a tiny hamlet on the banks of the River Yare where it meets the Waveney, just upstream from Great Yarmouth. It was – and remains – little more than a pub, a railway station, a windmill and a farm.
Her parents were Louisa (née Stubbings) and James Watlow, a labourer. Ellen was baptised at St Peter & Paul in Burgh Castle on the other side of the Waveney, 17 September 1876.
In 1891 Ellen was a servant to Mr and Mrs Scott in Lichfield Road, Gorleston-on-Sea. By 1901 she had moved to London to be a housemaid in the home of Frank Morris, a stockbroker, his wife and seven children. A cook, a domestic nurse and a parlour maid were also employed at the house in Oak Hill Park, Hampstead.
It was perhaps on an omnibus trip on a day off that Ellen met Bertie Foskett, an omnibus conductor.
They married in Caistor in Norfolk 17 September 1906. In the early years of the marriage the couple lived in Battersea where Edgar George James was born in 1908.
By 1909 they had moved to the High Street, Bracknell, where Alice Vera was born that year.
However, in April 1911 Bertie, now a fish merchant, was with his parents, now living at 44, Highfield Road, along with young Edgar.
Ellen, meanwhile, was employed as a live-in domestic servant in the household of Edgar and Emily Louisa Talmage in Crowthorne, Berkshire. Emily was Bertie’s older sister, which explains why Ellen was able to keep baby Alice with her. One can only assume that Bertie and Ellen had fallen on hard times and that this was a way for them to make ends meet.
Ellen soon rejoined Bertie and Mabel Amelia was born in Berkhamsted in late 1911.
Herbert John was born in 1913 but sadly, in 1916, Mabel died aged only 4 in West Herts Hospital. She is buried in this cemetery.
In 1921 the family lived at 1, Holliday Street and Bertie was running a fish and chip shop from home (possibly where there is currently a Chinese takeaway).
Bertie died in May 1928 aged 46, at 1, Holliday Street.
Ellen kept the business going until at least 1939 and died 18 August 1943. She is buried here with him.
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