Anne BLACKETT

  General Notes:

Jack Forster noted that she is the daughter of Cuthbert and Margaret Blackett, and according to 1851 census, she was born at Abbey Mill where they lived at the time.

  Birth Notes:

Her age 85 in death notice would mean birth in 1812.
Her age 36 in 1851 census would mean birth in 1814.

  Death Notes:

Death notice from The Argus Sat 13th Nov 1897 FORSTER.-On the 12th November, at the residence of her son-in-law, Joseph Fordyce, Cyril- villa, Kerferd-road, Albert park, Anne Blackett, relict of the late Luke Forster, and beloved mother of Mrs J. H. Goudie, Mount Morgan, Queensland, W. M. Forster, Toorak, and the late Dr. H. B. Forster, Albert Park ; grandmother of Dr. A. E. Blackett Forster, Lancefield, aged 85 years.

  Noted events in her life were:

• Residence: England Census, 1851, Rothbury, Northumberland, England. ⁴ Lives with husband, 3 children and 18 year-old house servant

• Immigration, 1852, Melbourne, Vic. ⁵ 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

Anne married Luke FORSTER, son of Mark FORSTER and Margaret WILSON, in Jan 1839 in Durham District, Co. Durham, Eng..¹ (Luke FORSTER was born on 1 Nov 1805 in North Rothbury, Northumberland, England ⁶, christened about 1805 in Rothbury, Northumberland, England ⁷ and died on 9 Nov 1886 in Hawthorn, Vic. ⁸.)