Badly Behaved Ancestor

More adventures of William Childs FORSTER in the Excise Service. (I'd like to add that almost everyone else in the minute books was worse!)

(CUST 47/512 pp49-50)
Weds 30th July 1818
“William Childs FORSTER, Officer in the 17th Division Brewery, having in several instances changed the Depths of gages of Wort after he had cast the same and posted them into the Ledger, having taken no Account of 30 Barrels of Table Beer at a Common Brewer’s on July 9th at mp10 and the 10th at mp 2; and being addicted to drinking to Excess, and careless in the Performance of his Duty, as appeared on Examination before the Board. Ordered that he be dischanged.”

(CUST 47/515 p118)
Weds 12th May 1819
“William Childs FORSTER, late Officer in the 17th division Brewery, having petitioned the Board praying to be restored, begging Pardon for the Offence for which he was discharged, and promising Diligence in future. Ordered that he be restored on a proper Vacancy.”

And Home Again

Back once more, and I did at least succeed in finding out why my ancestor William Childs Forster was 'discharged and restored'. I'll share the shame of my drunken g-g-g-g-grandfather withe the world once I've sorted myself out. But doesn't it take so long to do so little at archives?

Off to TNA

I haven't vanished off the face of the earth, not really. Nor have I been spending all this time playing with the 1911 census.

However, I'm off to London shortly and should be able to fit in a visit to The National Archives, where I will hopefully find out more about my ancestor William Childs Forster's career as an Excise Officer.

I'm really pleased to finally be able to chase up this lead again.

I shall share my findings here. (Although at the rate of posts here lately, don't hold your breath!)