Family Sheet Links & Information
| Name | Birth | Birthplace | 1841 | 1851 | 1861 | 1871 | 1881 | 1891 | 1901 | `1911 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| George Wilhelm August Koster | 1843 | Germany B.S. | Heaton [b] Stuff & Woolen Merchant |
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| Rosa Koster (Binns) | 1852 | Bradford | Manningham [c] | Heaton [b] | Bradford [d] Lady |
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| Anna E. Rose Backhaus (Koster) | 1876 | Bradford | Bradford [a] Wife of Frederick Backhaus |
Ben Rydding [e] | ||||||
| Earnest Koster | 1879 | Bradford | Heaton [b] | |||||||
| Edward Koster | 1886 | Bradford | Heaton [b] | Bradford [d] Head of secondary school |
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| George Koster | 1882 | Bradford | Heaton [b] | Bradford [a] Electrical Engineering Student |
Bradford [d] Manager of shipping dept. |
Address Key
| [a] | 135 Wilmon Road, Bradford |
| [b] | 17 Park Drive, Heaton, Yorks. |
| [c] | 28 Northfield Place, Manningham, Yorks |
| [d] | 19 Roseberry Road |
| [e] | Cragside, Ben Rydding, York. |
Certificates
Frederick Backhaus (Foreign Correspondent) married Anna Emmeline Rosa Koster, (25 & 22 res.), .)[19 Heaton Grove, Heaton & 6 Devonshire Terrace, Manningham resp.], 1898 @ English Presbyterian Chapel, Bradford. Fathers George Frederick Backhaus (Cashier) and August Koster (desceased, Shiff Merchant). Witnesses E.W. Heron, J.Arthur Binns, Rosa Koster, Mary Whittingham
Rosa Binns, born 25th May 1851 at Primrose Terrace, Manningham, Bradford, to Joseph Arthur Binns & Emma Binns (formally Bower).
Georg Wilhelm August Koster (32, 49 Drewton Street, Bradford) married Rosa Binns (23, Oak Lane, Manningham), 21st Jan 1875. @ English Presbyterian Unitarian Chapel, Chapel Lane, Bradford. Fathers: August Koster (Postmaster) & Joseph Arthur Binns (Accountant). Witness: J.Arthur Binns, M.E. Hestletine, Georg Koster. Minister William Binns
Anna Emmerline Rosa Koster, born 16th February 1876, 1 St. Marys Terrace, Manningham. To George Wilhelm August Koster (stuff merchant) & Rose Koster, formally Bins
Census Returns
1911 Rosa Koster
1911 Anna E.R. Backhaus (Koster)
Photographs
Anna E. Rose Backhaus (Koster)
Rosa Koster (Binns)
London Gazette
End of partnership in Koster Brothers 1895
Death of August Koster 1895
Trade Directories
Trade Directory: Bradford 1879 : Koster Brothers Merchants & Shipping 2 Union Street
Trade Directory: Bradford 1879 : Koster August (K.Bros) 81 St Marys Terrace
Trade Directory: Bradford 1881 : Koster Brothers Stuff & Wollen Merchants 9 Union Street
Post Office Directory 1883 Koster Brothers 2 Union Street. (merchants and shippers)
- August Koster (merchant) 14 Cunliffe Villas
Trade Directory: Bradford 1887 : Koster Brothers (August & George) Stuff, Wollen & General Merchants 38 Chapel Street.
Trade Directory: Bradford 1898: Mrs Rosa Koster 6 Devonshire Terrace
Post Office Directory 1912: Mrs Rosa Koster 19 Roseberry Road
Notes
George Wilhelm A. Koster died dec 1895, north bierley, vol 9b, pg 145, age 53 } FreeBMD
George Friedrich W. Koster, died dec 1887, Bradford, 9b, 92, age 42 } FreeBMD
George Max A. Koster born Dec 1882, Bradford, 9b, 128 } FreeBMD
Edward Wilhelm W Koster born June 1886, Bradford, 9b, 118 } FreeBMD
Ernst August Koster born mar 1879, Bradford, 9b, 199 } FreeBMD
George M.A. Koster married Mathilde M.J. Gobel, sept 1911, Leeds, 9b, 853 } FreeBMD
