Adelaide Mary Foran

Adelaide Mary Foran

Female 1873 - 1958  (84 years)

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  • Name Adelaide Mary Foran  [1
    Birth 09 Nov 1873  Kings Creek, Bathurst, New South Wales, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Female 
    Death 23 Apr 1958  Wynleigh Private Hospital, Strathfield, New South Wales, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location  [2

    Death Notice - Adelaide Mary Bottcher (n. Foran)
    Death Notice - Adelaide Mary Bottcher (n. Foran)
    Adelaide Mary Bottcher died 23 April 1958 at a private Hospital, Strathfield, New South Wales, Australia. She was privately cremated on 24th April 1958. This notice was published in the Sydney Morning Herald Newspaper, Saturday 26th April 1958.
    Cremation 24 Apr 1958  [2
    Person ID I6293  Tucker Family Tree | Bottcher family tree
    Last Modified 25 Feb 2017 

    Family Wilhelm August Christian Bottcher,   b. Abt Dec 1860, Kleinow, Brandenburg, Prussia, Germany Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 12 Feb 1928, Liverpool Hospital, N.S.W, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 67 years) 
    Marriage 3 Jul 1909  Congregational Church, Waterloo, New South Wales, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
    +1. A.A. Botcher
    Family ID F1952  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 27 Jul 2008 

  • Photos
    Adelaide Mary Bottcher (n.Foran)
    Adelaide Mary Bottcher (n.Foran)
    Adelaide is holding an unidentified baby
    Adelaide Mary Botcher (n. Foran)
    Adelaide Mary Botcher (n. Foran)
    Adelaide Mary Botcher (n. Foran)
    At least one living or private individual is linked to this item - Details withheld.
    At least one living or private individual is linked to this item - Details withheld.

  • Notes 
    • Adelaide Mary Foran, known as Ida, was born 9th of November 1873, the second of two daughters of Philip Foran (a farmer in Bathurst) and Adelaide Ann Australia Shore-Vickery. Her older sister, Ellen Frances was born in 1872. Adelaide had several step siblings, one of them is her half sister Josephine Vickery who was born in 1879 in Bathurst.
      Adelaide's father, Phillip and Cornelius(the father of Frederick Burcher's wife Ellen),were brothers, the two youngest of five children of Patrick Foran and Ellen Grady.
      Patrick Foran's Granddaughters, Adelaide Mary married Wilhelm Bottcher in 1909 and Ellen married Wilhelm's son Frederick Bottcher in 1912.
      Adelaide and her sister Ellen were raised by the Foran family from the early years of their lives.
      Adelaide spent some years in a boarding school and was well educated. She came to Sydney, looking for work, where she was introduced to Wilhelm Bottcher who was looking for someone to look after the children while he was working.
      Wilhelm and Adelaide married at Waterloo New South Wales in 1909, the second marriage for both.
      According to the Electoral roll, they lived at 58 Union St Erskinville from 1908 to 1914. They then moved to 169 Smithfield Rd Smithfield New South Wales sometime before 1915 and had a son, Adelbert in 1916. Adelbert was affectionately known as Bertie by the family.
      Adelaide suffered congestive Cardiac Failure (heart attack) in February 1958 and was taken to Wynleigh Private Hospital at Strathfield where she died of Coronary Occlusion on 23rd April 1958, aged 84. Her funeral was held at Rookwood Crematorium, Church of England Section and her ashes were scattered in the rose garden.



  • Sources 
    1. [S28] Harvey and Gabriella Burcher, Bottcher Family History, 22 Aug 2007 (Reliability: 2).

    2. [S94] The Sydney Morning Herald, 23 Apr 1958 (Reliability: 3).
      Adelaide Mary Bottcher (n. Foran) died 23 April 1958 at private hospital Strathfield, New South Wales, Australia. This death notice was published in the Sydney Morning Herald Newspaper, 26th April 1958
      Privately cremated 24th April 1958.


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