In
Loving Memory of
ROBERT FOSTER,
WHO DIED FEBy. 5th 1896.
AGED 85 YEARS
ALSO OF
ELIZABETH,
WIFE OF
ROBERT FOSTER
WHO DIED NOVr. 28th 1886.
AGED 74 YEARS.
"O LORD, IN THEE HAVE I TRUSTED
LET ME NEVER BE CONFOUNDED"
Robert Foster was the fourth (known) son of
William Foster and
Mary Nursey. He was born in Rothwell in 1813 and
baptised in the Wesleyan church at Desborough.
Robert was a master tailor, which he later combined with innkeeping.
In 1834 he married Elizabeth Sharp of Great Easton in Leicestershire.
Elizabeth was born in 1812, the daughter of Leonard
and Mary Sharp.
Robert and Elizabeth lived in Desborough after their marriage. They had six (known) children