Martha Rebecca Foster

Brief Life History of Martha Rebecca

When Martha Rebecca Foster was born on 22 February 1843, in Bucks, Pennsylvania, United States, her father, Stewart Foster, was 24 and her mother, Rebecca Jane Garber, was 19. She married George Edward Harvey on 25 December 1860, in Frankford, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 11 daughters. She lived in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States in 1860 and Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States in 1870. She died on 3 July 1926, in Parkesburg, Chester, Pennsylvania, United States, at the age of 83, and was buried in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States.

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Family Time Line

George Edward Harvey
1840–1927
Martha Rebecca Foster
1843–1926
Marriage: 25 December 1860
William B. Harvey
1860–1877
Carrie Harvey
1861–1936
Emma Harvey
1863–1864
Ledrue G Harvey
1865–1888
Eva E. Harvey
1868–1871
Eva E. Harvey
1868–
Effie C. Harvey
1870–1876
Martha R. Harvey
1874–1876
Martha R. Harvey
1874–
Blanche M. Haney
1878–
Blanche Harvey
1878–
Ada Harvey
1880–1968
Geo. E. Harvey
1883–1901
George E. Harvey Jr
1883–1901
George E. Harvey
1883–
Ruth Ann Harvey
1886–1909

Sources (43)

  • Martha Foster in household of Foster, "United States Census, 1870"
  • Martha, "Pennsylvania, Philadelphia City Births, 1860-1906"
  • Martha Harvey, "Pennsylvania, Philadelphia City Death Certificates, 1803-1915"

World Events (8)

1846

U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.

1863 · Battle of Gettysburg

The three day Battle of Gettysburg was one of the bloodiest of the American Civil War. Between the Confederates and Unions, somewhere between 46,000 and 51,000 people died that day.

1865

Abraham Lincoln is assassinated by John Wilkes Booth.

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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