John Forster ³⁶¹

   Cause of his death was Chronic Bronchitis & Auricular Fibrillation -Dr E A Woodward.

  General Notes:

"50 years in colony" noted on death certificate of 1921 so arrived around 1865-1875. "Forster" common name in Newcastle/Durham area around 1850s, many "John Forsters" in St Catherines House index. Probate no 109041, John Forster of Emmaville, d 18/7/1921 Acta. 1899 NSW Glen Innes (Emmaville) has John & Sidney Herbert Forster miners; 1893-4, 1894-5 only John. "Forster" one of the Reiver family names of the English-Scottish Borders. Believed to have come from NZ to Bendigo in 1871 before moving to Emmaville.
Involved with Manchester Unity lodge in Emmaville and obituary published in Glen Innes Examiner in 1921. Born 20 Stepney Terrace, Newcastle-on-Tyne 12 October1851

  Research Notes:

m/c 1876 4478 obtained d/c 1921 13567 obtained

  Noted events in his life were:

• Occupation: Miner.

John married Louisa Jane Johnson on 14 Nov 1876 in Vegetable Creek (Emmaville), NSW Australia. (Louisa Jane Johnson was born on 27 May 1858 in Mongarlowe River, "Little River", NSW Australia and died in 1949 in Annandale, Sydney, NSW Australia.)