Elizabeth Ann Foster

Brief Life History of Elizabeth Ann

When Elizabeth Ann Foster was born about 1859, in Bolton, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom, her father, Edward Foster, was 30 and her mother, Jane Beswick, was 28. She lived in Bolton, Lancashire, England in 1861.

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Family Time Line

Edward Foster
1830–
Jane Beswick
1832–
James Foster
1853–
Elizabeth Ann Foster
about 1859–
John Foster
1862–
Mary Foster
1866–
Jane Foster
1869–

Sources (2)

  • Annie Foster in household of Edward Foster, "England and Wales Census, 1871"
  • Elizabeth Ann Foster in household of Edward Foster, "England and Wales Census, 1861"

World Events (8)

about 1859 · Lancashire Rifle Volunteers

The Lancashire Rifle Volunteers started in the eighteenth century. Those that fought in the militia were selected by ballot. They were formed because of threat due to the Revolutionary War and the Napoleonic War.

1884

Art Nouveau Period (Art and Antiques).

1901 · East Lancashire Royal Engineers

The East Lancashire Royal Engineers was a group of volunteers in a unit of Britian's Royal Engineers. They were started in Manchester in 1901. They fought on the western front during WWI and were part of the Dunkirk Evacuation during WWII.

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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