Brief Life History of Philena
When Philena Foster was born on 22 October 1807, in Becket, Berkshire, Massachusetts, United States, her father, William Baker Foster, was 26 and her mother, Eleanor Ward, was 21. She married Warren Millard on 25 April 1826, in Becket, Berkshire, Massachusetts, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 3 daughters. She lived in Westfield, Hampden, Massachusetts, United States for about 10 years and Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts, United States in 1880. She died on 2 November 1884, at the age of 77.
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Family Time Line
Sources (30)
- Philenia Millard in household of Warren Millard, "Massachusetts State Census, 1855"
- Philena Foster, "Massachusetts, Births and Christenings, 1639-1915"
- Philena Millard, "Massachusetts Deaths and Burials, 1795-1910"
Spouse and Children
1805–1875 Male
1807–1884 Female
Children (7)
1827–1844 Male
1831–1899 Male
1833–1906 Female
1836– Male
1837–1906 Female
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Parents and Siblings
1781–1854 Male
1786–1873 Female
Siblings (13)
1805–1877 Female
1807–1884 Female
1809– Male
1811–1813 Male
1813–1884 Female
+8 More Children
World Events (8)
1808
Age 1
1812
Age 5
1830 · The Second Great Awakening
Age 23
Name Meaning
English: variant of Forster ‘worker in a forest’.
English: perhaps a nickname from Middle English foster ‘foster parent’ (Old English fōstre, a derivative of fōstrian ‘to nourish or rear’). But other explanations are equally or more likely.
English: from Old French forcetier ‘maker of scissors’; see Forster 2.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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