William Foster

1802–27 July 1855 (Age 53)
Basford, Nottinghamshire, England, United Kingdom

The Life Summary 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 28. He married Eliza Tomlinson on 23 September 1821. 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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Family Time Line

William Foster
1802–1855
Eliza Tomlinson
1801–1873
Marriage: 23 September 1821
Ellen Foster
1822–
Ann Foster
1828–
Thomas Foster
1834–
John Foster
1835–
Anna Foster
1838–1877
Thomas Foster
1823–
George Foster
1825–1895
Sarah Foster
1830–1862
Elizabeth Foster
1833–
William Foster
1834–
Francis Foster
1837–
Isaac Foster
1840–

Spouse and Children

  • Marriage
    23 September 1821
    • Children

    (12)

    +7 More Children

    Parents and Siblings

    Siblings

    (5)

    World Events (8)

    1803
    Age 1
    France sells Louisiana territories to U.S.A.
    1808 · The British West Africa Squadron
    Age 6
    The British West Africa Squadron was formed in 1808 to suppress illegal slave trading on the African coastline. The British West Africa Squadron had freed approximately 150,000 people by 1865.
    1819 · Panic! of 1819
    Age 17
    With the Aftermath of the Napoleonic Wars the global market for trade was down. During this time, America had its first financial crisis and it lasted for only two years. 

    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.

    Possible Related Names

    Fewster
    Forster

    Sources (18)

    • Wm. Foster in entry for Charles Foster, "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975"
    • Wm Foster, "England and Wales Census, 1841"
    • Wm Foster in the 1841 England Census

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