Forster heads of household in the 1911 census


Click on the red marker on the map below for a link to the full 1911 census entry.

For background on how the map was made (and its flaws), see the relevant blog entry.

Surname Dictionary

Forrester Quite numerous: Dublin, Ulster. English. DBS.
Forster fairly numerous: Belfast, Down, Fermanagh, Longford. English, as Forrester.
Forsythe numerous: Antrim, Down and general. Scots Gael. Ó Fearsíthe (man of peace) but generally from Scottish placename.
Foster numerous: Ulster, N Leinster, N Munster. English, (1) foster-parent, (2) variant of Forrester. Reaney also mentions Forseter, a shearer, as a possible derivation. DBS.
 

DEDs where Forster and a second surname are found together

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