Brief Life History of George Henry
When George Henry Foster was born in December 1848, in Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England, United Kingdom, his father, George Henry Foster, was 23 and his mother, Mary Ann Cliff, was 20. He married Laura Parkin on 20 August 1870, in Saint Mary the Virgin, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 7 sons and 3 daughters. He lived in Nottingham St Peter, Nottinghamshire, England, United Kingdom in 1881 and England, United Kingdom in 1891. He died in 1900, in Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England, United Kingdom, at the age of 52.
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- George H Foster, "England and Wales Census, 1881"
- George Henry Foster, "England and Wales Marriage Registration Index, 1837-2005"
- George Henry Foster, "England and Wales Death Registration Index 1837-2007"
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1854 · The Crimean War
The Crimean War was fought between Russia and an alliance of Britain, France, Sardinia and Turkey on the Crimean Peninsula. Russia had put pressure on Turkey which threatened British interests in the Middle East.
1880 · School Attendance Becomes Mandatory for Children
School attendance became compulsory from ages five to ten on August 2, 1880.
1884
Art Nouveau Period (Art and Antiques).
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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