Luke FORSTER

  General Notes:

Luke (age 37[?]), his wife Anne (age 33 [listed as Mrs. - -]), and their 3 children Margaret (age 9), Elizabeth (age 7) and William (age 5) arrived in Melbourne in Oct 1852 aboard the ship "Ellen". (18 Oct 1852 to be exact )
Source: 1. the PROV index of inward passengers for unassisted immigration to Victoria (Aust)
2. Precise arrival date from biography of his son William Mark: http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A040220b.htm?hilite=forster

  Christening Notes:

"Baptised by the Revd. Charles Whitfield, Rothbury"

  Noted events in his life were:

• Residence: England census, 1841, Glanton, Northumberland, England. ^295,331 Occupation: Draper & Saddler. Both Luke and Ann (no e) are about 5 years younger than birth sources suggest? Probably them though.

• Occupation: Draper according to son William Mark's birth certificate, 7 Oct 1846, Rothbury, Northumberland, England.

• Residence: 1851 England census, 1851, Rothbury, Northumberland, England. ²⁹⁸

• Immigration, 1852, Melbourne, Vic. ⁸² Luke (age 37[?]), his wife Anne (age 33 [listed as Mrs. - -]), and their 3 children Margaret (age 9), Elizabeth (age 7) and William (age 5) arrived in Melbourne in Oct 1852 aboard the ship "Ellen". (18 Oct 1852 to be exact )
Source: 1. the PROV index of inward passengers for unassisted immigration to Victoria (Aust)
2. Precise arrival date from biography of his son William Mark: http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A040220b.htm?hilite=forster

• Residence: Victorian electoral roll, 1856, Melbourne, Vic. ³³² Address 29 (and 27?) Little Bourke St, Melbourne. Occupation: Agent

Luke married Anne BLACKETT, daughter of Cuthbert BLACKETT and Margaret BELL, in Jan 1839 in Durham District, Co. Durham, Eng..³²⁹ (Anne BLACKETT was born about 1812 in Abbey Mill, Co. Durham, England ³³³ and died on 12 Nov 1897 in Albert Park, Vic. ³³⁴.)