Miscellaneous documents
Reference: D/X 1039 Catalogue Title: Miscellaneous documents Area: Catalogue Category: Other Records Description: John Forster of Durham City, architect and builder, and family
Covering Dates: 1750s-1970s
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- Miscellaneous documents
- Forster Family of Durham City (Ref: D/X 1039)
- John Forster (died 1900) Architect and Builder (Ref: D/X 1039/1-14, 43)
- Mr. and Mrs. J.B. Chapman of Crossgate (Ref: D/X 1039/15-18)
- Mrs. Mary Forster (1842-1920) (formerly Mary Chapman) (Ref: D/X 1039/19-21)
- Margaret or Meggie Forster (Mrs. Stokes) and Walter Ronald Forster Stokes (her son, born 1899) (Ref: D/X 1039/22-24)
- Miss May Forster (born1874) (Ref: D/X 1039/25-36)
- Certificates awarded to Miss May Forster by the Department of Science and Art (Ref: D/X 1039/26-34)
- Other certificates presented to Miss May Forster (Ref: D/X 1039/35-36)
- Miscellaneous Items (Ref: D/X 1039/37-42)
- Miscellaneous Photographs (Ref: D/X 1039/44-48)
Catalogue Description
Records of the Forster Family, 1850-1949John Forster (whose father was a mayor of Durham) was an architect and builder. He was involved in building on the new North Road in the 1880s. In the 1870s he bought land in the Neville's Cross area to be developed as "The Avenue" where he built his own house "The Tower".
In 1866 he married Mary Chapman (1842-1920) daughter of Mr. J.B. Chapman and Mrs. Mary Chapman of Crossgate, sister of George Chapman, J.P.
They had five children, Margaret (known as Meggie, June 1867 - April 1957) Edith, May (born 1874), Dora and Neville.
John Forster died in 1900 at Bournemouth. His widow lived at 'Shipcote', 28 Front Street, Newbiggin-by-the-Sea, Northumberland, until her death in August 1920 when she was buried in Crossgate, Durham City.
Catalogue Contents
Parents of Mary, Mrs. John Forster
Ref: D/X 1039/15