Brief Life History of William A
When William A Foster was born on 13 January 1862, in Michigan, United States, his father, Andrew Jackson Foster, was 24 and his mother, Jane Bacon, was 21. He married Catharine O Niel Coulter on 29 April 1905. He lived in Harris Township, St. Joseph, Indiana, United States in 1870. He died on 11 December 1944, at the age of 82, and was buried in Gardner Township, Johnson, Kansas, United States.
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Sources (5)
- William A Foster, "United States Census, 1910"
- William A Foster, "Nebraska Marriages, 1855-1995"
- William Foster in household of Andrew Foster, "United States Census, 1870"
Spouse and Children
1862–1944 Male
1860– Female
Parents and Siblings
1837–1923 Male
1840–1929 Female
Siblings (5)
1859–1911 Male
1862–1944 Male
1865–1937 Female
1875–1957 Male
1877–1951 Female
World Events (8)
1863
Age 1
1879 · New State Capitol Building Dedicated
Age 17
1886
Age 24
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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