Edward Forster Rogers
Known as Forster, he was the first son of Edward Thomas Rogers and Nancy Gellatly. He was born in 1863 in Damascus, Palestine. Twenty months later, a baby sister, Constance, was born. Within the next year (1865), both his mother and baby sister died. It is presumed that Forster was taken back to London to be raised by his Aunt Mary Eliza Rogers and perhaps some of the Gellatly family until his father remarried. From all indications, his step-mother, Laura, was a loving and caring parent. He spent much of his time with his family according to Laura's diary of 1876 and 1877. He was very fond of his younger half-brothers and sisters.
He spent some time in Egypt in 1881, taking his bicycle with him, a relatively new invention at the time. He had the distinction of being the first person to ride a bicycle to the geart Pyramids.
His career was channeled into working for the Gellatly Shipping Co. which had been founded in 1862 by his uncle Edward Gellatly, and several partners. This became a very large company over the years with offices in Liverpool, Glasgow, Antwerp, Hamburg and Marseilles, to name a few.
Forster would have been 21 years old when both his parents died in Cairo in 1884, leaving his five half-brothers and sisters orphans. While his Aunt Mary Eliza took on the daunting task of raising these chidren, Forster was a great help to her and to his siblings.
He married Jane Mcintyre Evans in 1894 and they had three children, Gordon, Nancy and Evelyn. Sadly, Evelyn did not survive more than a week, and Gordon died at the age of 15 of scarlet fever, a dreadful sorrow to Forster and his wife, Jeanie. He was once again grieved when his beloved wife died in 1921.
Forster retired from the Gellatly Shipping Co. in 1927 at the age of 64. IN 1931, he remarried, this time to Ida Habbijam, a friend of ten years. He lived out his life at Fell HIll Farm, Send, Surrey and died at the age of 78.
He spent some time in Egypt in 1881, taking his bicycle with him, a relatively new invention at the time. He had the distinction of being the first person to ride a bicycle to the geart Pyramids.
His career was channeled into working for the Gellatly Shipping Co. which had been founded in 1862 by his uncle Edward Gellatly, and several partners. This became a very large company over the years with offices in Liverpool, Glasgow, Antwerp, Hamburg and Marseilles, to name a few.
Forster would have been 21 years old when both his parents died in Cairo in 1884, leaving his five half-brothers and sisters orphans. While his Aunt Mary Eliza took on the daunting task of raising these chidren, Forster was a great help to her and to his siblings.
He married Jane Mcintyre Evans in 1894 and they had three children, Gordon, Nancy and Evelyn. Sadly, Evelyn did not survive more than a week, and Gordon died at the age of 15 of scarlet fever, a dreadful sorrow to Forster and his wife, Jeanie. He was once again grieved when his beloved wife died in 1921.
Forster retired from the Gellatly Shipping Co. in 1927 at the age of 64. IN 1931, he remarried, this time to Ida Habbijam, a friend of ten years. He lived out his life at Fell HIll Farm, Send, Surrey and died at the age of 78.