Brief Life History of William
When William Foster was born in 1802, in Basford, Nottinghamshire, England, United Kingdom, his father, Craddock Foster, was 22 and his mother, Ann Henfrey, was 29. He married Eliza Tomlinson on 23 September 1821, in Basford, Nottinghamshire, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 7 sons and 5 daughters. He lived in Radford, Nottinghamshire, England, United Kingdom in 1841 and Liverpool, Lancashire, England in 1851. He died on 27 July 1855, in Pittsburgh, Allegheny, Pennsylvania, United States, at the age of 53.
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Sources (19)
- Wm Foster, "England and Wales Census, 1841"
- William Foster, "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975"
- William Forster, "England, Nottinghamshire, Church Records, 1578-1937"
Spouse and Children
1802–1855 Male
1801–1873 Female
Children (12)
1822– Female
1823– Male
1825–1895 Male
1828– Female
1830–1862 Female
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Parents and Siblings
1780– Male
1774– Female
Siblings (5)
1799– Male
1802–1855 Male
1802– Female
1808– Male
1813– Female
World Events (8)
1803
Age 1
1808 · The British West Africa Squadron
Age 6
1819 · Panic! of 1819
Age 17
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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