Brief Life History of Howard Erwin
When Howard Erwin Foster was born on 9 October 1879, in Barton, Orleans, Vermont, United States, his father, Freeland Huston Foster, was 29 and his mother, Ida Lietta Gilles, was 24. He married Leora Fairbanks on 2 October 1900, in Vermont, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons. He lived in Westmore, Orleans, Vermont, United States for about 20 years and Lyndon, Caledonia, Vermont, United States for about 30 years. He died in Vermont, United States, and was buried in Lyndon, Caledonia, Vermont, United States.
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Family Time Line
Sources (34)
- Howard Foster in household of Freeland H Foster, "United States Census, 1900"
- Howard Erwin Foster, "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918"
- Howard Erwin Foster, "Find A Grave Index"
Spouse and Children
1879– Male
1882–1925 Female
Children (2)
1902–1957 Male
1904–1980 Male
Parents and Siblings
1849–1919 Male
1855–1926 Female
Siblings (3)
1879– Male
1879– Male
1894–1950 Male
World Events (8)
1881 · The Assassination of James Garfield
Age 2
1882 · The Chinese Exclusion Act
Age 3
1910 · The BSA is Made
Age 31
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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