Seventh Generation

66. Samuel Blackshaw FODEN was born on 1 Sep 1869 in Marton, Cheshire.⁵¹ He appeared in the census in 1871 in Marton, Cheshire.⁴³ He appeared in the census in 1881 in Marton, Cheshire.⁴⁴ He appeared in the census in 1901 in 103 Astbury Street, Congleton, Cheshire.⁶⁶ In 1901 he was a tailor.⁶⁷ He died on 2 Jun 1941 in Congleton, Cheshire.⁶⁸

Samuel Blackshaw FODEN and May LUCAS were married on 18 Feb 1895 in Sandbach, Cheshire.⁴⁹ May LUCAS (daughter of Thomas LUCAS and Ellen GANTLIFF) was born on 18 May 1874 in Brereton, Cheshire.⁵¹ She appeared in the census in 1881 in Brereton Green, Cheshire.⁶⁹ In 1881 she was a scholar.⁶⁹ She appeared in the census in 1901 in 103 Astbury Street, Congleton, Cheshire.⁷⁰ She was ill with cancer before 1932.⁷¹ She died on 12 Feb 1932 in Congleton, Cheshire.⁷² She was buried on 15 Feb 1932 in St Stephen, Congleton, Cheshire.⁴⁸ Attendance for the funeral began at 2.15pm, 29 Wallworth's Bank, Congleton. The procession was scheduled to leave the house at 2.40pm for interment at St Stephen's Church. Samuel Blackshaw FODEN and May LUCAS had the following children:

+84	i.	Living.
85	ii.	Samuel FODEN73 was born in 1897 in Congleton, Cheshire.70,74 He appeared in the census in 1901 in 103 Astbury Street, Congleton, Cheshire.70 He died on 16 Apr 1918 in Somme, FRANCE.62 He was buried in Astbury, Cheshire.47 His grave stone inscription states that he died of wounds in France during WW1. Here is some additional information from the War Graves Commission... In Memory of SAMUEL BLACKSHAW FODEN Private 34112 1st/10th Bn., Manchester Regiment who died on Tuesday, 16th April 1918. Age 21. Additional Information: Son of Samuel Blackshaw Foden and May Foden, of Congleton, Cheshire. Commemorative Information Cemetery: DOULLENS COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION No.1, Somme, France. Grave Reference/Panel Number: VI. B. 39. Location: Doullens is a town in the Department of the Somme, approximately 30 kilometres north of Amiens on the N25 road to Arras. The Communal Cemetery and Extensions lie on the eastern side of the town, about 270 metres south-east of the road to Arras. Historical Information: Doullens was Marshal Foch's Headquarters early in the War, and the scene of the Conference in March, 1918, after which he assumed command of the Allied armies on the Western front. From the summer of 1915 to March, 1916, it was a junction between the French Tenth Army on the Arras front and the British Third Army on the Somme. The Citadelle, overlooking the town from the South, was a French military hospital, and the railhead was used by both Armies. In March, 1916, the Arras front became British, and the 19th Casualty Clearing Station came to Doullens, followed by the 41st, the 35th and the 11th. By the end of 1916 these had given place to the 3rd Canadian Stationary Hospital and the 2/1st Northumbrian Casualty Clearing Station, the former of which remained in the town until June, 1918. From February, 1916, to April, 1918, the British medical units continued to bury in the French Extension (No.1) of the Communal Cemetery. In March and April, 1918, the German advance and the desperate fighting on this front threw a severe strain on the Canadian Stationary Hospital; the Extension was filled, and new ground was occupied (Extension No. 2) on the opposite side of the Communal Cemetery. There are now over 1,000, 1914-18 and 30, 1939-45 war casualties commemorated in this site. Each of the Extensions curtains a War Cross, and Number 1 has a Great War Stone on the Eastern boundary.
+86	iii.	Minnie FODEN.
+87	iv.	May FODEN.
+88	v.	Living.
+89	vi.	Lily FODEN.
90	vii.	Norman Eric FODEN was born in 1916.75 He died on 21 Aug 1944.76,77,78 In Memory of NORMAN ERIC FODEN Able Seaman D/JX 239769 H.M.S. Kite, Royal Navy who died on Monday, 21st August 1944. Age 28. There is commemorative information at Plymouth Naval Memorial, Devon, United Kingdom: Grave Reference/Panel Number: Panel 86, Column 2. The Memorial is situated centrally on The Hoe which overlooks directly towards Plymouth Sound. It is accessible at all times. In August 1944 HMS Kite was en route from Lock Ewes to the Kola Inlet (Russia) as a part of convoy JW59. The convoy comprised a flotilla of some 46 vessels. At 0644 on 21 August 1944, HMS Kite (travelling at only 6 knots and failing to make zig-zag manoeuvres) was hit by two torpedoes from German U-boat U-344. Within 2 minutes the ship had sank. Fourteen men were rescued from the arctic waters and five of these died very shorthly after their rescue. In total 217 men (including Norman Eric Foden) lost their lives on this penultimate day of World War II. The following day a Swordfish (naval aircraft) out on patrol from HMS Vindex and spotted a German U-boat heading towards the same convoy. Three depth charges were dropped, the third making contact, and U-344, HMS Kite's conqueror, became another war casualty as she sank with all 50 crew lost.