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Bessie Strang

Bessie Strang

Female 1925 - 1999  (74 years)


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  • Name Bessie Strang  [1, 2] 
    Birth 24 Sep 1925  Guyana Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Gender Female 
    Travel 16 May 1955  Southampton, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    • Barbados to Southamption arriving, Bessie was travelling with her husband Bernard Arthur Foster and her 2 year old son Michael Stephen Foster.
    Immigration 1978  Surbiton, Surrey, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    • from Britiah Guiana with her husband in
    Occupation Georgetown, Guyana Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    • Mum worked for Shell for a while in Georgetown the worked with Vera Bayley in the Esquire Shirt Shop selling Windsor Shirts only which was opened by the two of them to help Jack Bayley get back into the shirt market on his return from Barbados. The success of the shop helped put both Diana and me through boarding school in the UK.
    Death 13 Dec 1999  Esher, Surrey, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    Person ID I2737  Gittens Direct Line from Reunion
    Last Modified 20 Aug 2013 

    Father Strang 
    Family ID F1261  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Bernard Arthur Foster,   b. 15 Aug 1923, Guyana Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 17 Jan 2006, Kingston-upon-Thames, England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 82 years) 
    Marriage 16 Oct 1948  Georgetown, Guyana Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    Children 
     1. Peter Bernard Foster,   b. 5 May 1950, Georgetown, Guyana Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1952, Georgetown, Guyana Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 1 year)
    +2. Michael "Stephen" Foster
    +3. Diana Elizabeth Foster
     4. Jane Margaret Foster
    Family ID F875  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 19 Sep 2013 

  • Photos
    Bessie (Strang) Foster    		Bessie (Strang) Foster
    Picture from Stephen Foster via e-mail Aug 13, 2011

  • Sources 
    1. [S1085] Ancestry.com, UK Incoming Passenger Lists, 1878-1960, (The Generations Network, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date:2008;).

    2. [S323] Foster, Michael Stephen, E-mail correspondence. Michael Stephen Foster [(E-ADDRESS) FOR PRIVATE USE,], e-mail<., Aug 13, 2011>, "Reply to forwarded e-mail from Diana,".

    3. [S184] Edghill, Diana Elizabeth, E-mail correspondence. Diana Elizabeth Edghill [(E-ADDRESS) FOR PRIVATE USE,], e-mail<., Aug 15, 2011>, "RE: Bernard & Bessie Foster family link update,".