Brief Life History of Edna Nora Thompson
When Edna Nora Thompson Forster was born on 21 November 1896, her father, Henry Forster, was 37 and her mother, Jane Thompson, was 38. She married Frank Hendry Clark on 2 April 1916. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 1 daughter. She lived in St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri, United States for about 10 years and Lander, Sweetwater, Wyoming, United States in 1920. She died on 2 August 1985, in Basin, Big Horn, Wyoming, United States, at the age of 88, and was buried in Lander, Fremont, Wyoming, United States.
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Sources (9)
- Edna Foster in household of Henry Foster, "United States Census, 1910"
- Edna Nora Thompson Forster Obert, "Find A Grave Index"
- Edna St John in entry for Carl Obert, "Wyoming, Reclaim the Records, State Archives Vital Records, 1908-1966"
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World Events (8)
1898 · War with the Spanish
After the explosion of the USS Maine in the Havana Harbor in Cuba, the United States engaged the Spanish in war. The war was fought on two fronts, one in Cuba, which helped gain their independence, and in the Philippines, which helped the US gain another territory for a time.
1900 · Gold for Cash!
This Act set a price at which gold could be traded for paper money.
1920
The Prohibition Era. Sale and manufacture of alcoholic liquors outlawed. A mushrooming of illegal drinking joints, home-produced alcohol and gangsterism.
Name Meaning
English: shortened form of Forrester , an occupational name for someone who worked in a forest.
English: possibly a Norman French nickname or occupational name from Old French forcetier ‘maker of scissors or shears, cutler’. Compare Force and Forse .
German (mainly Förster): agent derivative of Middle High German forst ‘forest’, denoting someone who lived in or near a royal forest, or who worked in one (see Forst ). This surname is also found in France (Alsace and Lorraine). Compare Foerster .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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