Laura Margaret Foster

1870–
Missouri, United States

The Life Summary of Laura Margaret

Laura Margaret Foster was born in 1870, in Missouri, United States. She married Arthur Woodbury Jewett in 1903. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 2 daughters. She lived in Boyd Township, Dewey, Oklahoma, United States in 1910. She died in Fay, Dewey, Oklahoma, United States.

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Family Time Line

Arthur Woodbury Jewett
1869–1945
Laura Margaret Foster
1870–
Marriage: 1903
Alma Martha Jewett
1905–
Elsie Irene Jewett
1906–2000
Foster Harris Jewett
1913–1984

Spouse and Children

  • Marriage
    1903
    • Children

    (3)

    World Events (8)

    1870 · The Fifteenth Amendment
    Age 0
    Prohibits the federal government and each state from denying a citizen the right to vote based on that citizen's race, color, or previous condition of servitude. It was the last of the Reconstruction Amendments.
    1889
    Age 19
    The Oklahoma Land Run on April 22, 1889, was the first land rush, or land opened for settlement on a first-come basis, opened to the Unassigned Lands. The land rush lured approximately 50,000 people, saddled with their fastest horses, looking to claim their piece of the newly available two million acres. The requirements included the settler to live and improve on their 160 acres for five years in order to receive the title. Choice land tempted people to hide out and get an early lead on their claim. These people became known as “sooners.” It is estimated that eleven thousand homesteads were claimed. Oklahoma Historical Society - Land Run of 1889
    1904 · The World's Fair of 1904
    Age 34
    St. Louis hosted the 1904 World's Fair and welcomed a crowd of 200,000 visitors on opening day of April 30, 1904. The fair had exhibits from 50 countries and 43 states. Several notable inventions showcased at the fair include iced tea and the ice cream cone. By the time of its closing in December 1904, over 20 million people had visited the fair.

    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 (1)

    • Laura M Jewel in household of Arthur W Jewel, "United States Census, 1910"

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