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Foster Biggs (1850-1916) and his removals business

Posted on February 28, 2023February 28, 2023by Stephen

Foster Biggs (1850-1916). My 2nd great-grand uncle. Foster Biggs was baptised on 8 December 1850 at St Mary’s Church in Rusper, Sussex, grew up in the village and then moved to Croydon with his step-father William Wheatland and mother Olive. His father by birth was Thomas Biggs, who died in 1856. By 1871 Foster was […]

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