William Mark FORSTER

  Noted events in his life were:

• Residence: England census, 1851, Rothbury, Northumberland, England. ³⁰⁹ Luke and Anne forster and three children, William Mark aged 3.

• Immigration, 1852, Melbourne, Vic. ⁸⁴ 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

• Occupation: Master saddler, 26 Jul 1898. ³¹⁰

William married Mary Jane McLEAN, daughter of Edward McLEAN and Eliza BOAK, on 1 Sep 1869 in Woodford, Blue Mountains, NSW ¹.^,15 (Mary Jane McLEAN was born on 24 Nov 1849 in Balmain, NSW,^1,311 died on 19 Aug 1908 in Toorak, Vic. ^4,53 and was buried on 22 Aug 1908 in St. Kilda General Cemetery, Vic. ⁵³.)

William next married Mary Alice CROOK, daughter of James Henry Boreas CROOK and Selena Agnes HAYES, on 2 Feb 1910 in Vic..³⁰⁵ (Mary Alice CROOK was born in 1873 in Fitzroy, Vic. ³¹² and died on 26 Dec 1930 in Hampton, Vic. ^313,314.)

  Marriage Notes:

Alice had previously been married to Samuel Hunter Gowdie, a cousin of W.M.'s.