Eliza Arnette Foster

Brief Life History of Eliza Arnette

When Eliza Arnette Foster was born on 13 November 1841, in Cincinnati, Hamilton, Ohio, United States, her father, George Foster, was 31 and her mother, Jane McCullough, was 22. She married Benjamin Cluff on 20 February 1856, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 6 daughters. She lived in Logan, Cache, Utah, United States in 1870. She died on 5 September 1880, in Provo, Utah, Utah, United States, at the age of 38, and was buried in Daniel, Wasatch, Utah, United States.

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Family Time Line

Benjamin Cluff
1830–1909
Eliza Arnette Foster
1841–1880
Marriage: 20 February 1856
Eliza Ann Arnetta Cluff
1858–1923
Hammond Cluff
1861–
Josephine Cluff
1860–1922
Margaret Ann Cluff
1862–1920
Joseph Lemuel Cluff
1864–1865
William Kenneth Cluff
1871–1923
Bessie Cluff
1873–1947
Lucy B Cluff
1875–1875
Lucy Cluff
1876–1882
Karl Vernor Cluff
1878–1940

Sources (36)

  • Eliza Plaff in household of Benjamin Plaff, "United States Census, 1870"
  • Eliza Foster, "California, County Birth and Death Records, 1800-1994"
  • Findagrave: Eliza Arnetta Foster

World Events (8)

1846

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

1849

Historical Boundaries: 1849: Mexican Cession, United States 1850: Utah, Utah Territory, United States 1896: Utah, Utah, United States

1859 · Logan is Founded

"\""During the end of April, David Reese and his company settled the land north of the Logan River. That area was the second permanent settlement in Cache Valley and the future location of Logan. The city's boundary was drawn by Logan's first bishop, Jesse W. Fox, a government engineer. The name \""\""Logan\""\"" comes from a trapper that used to frequent the area before the pioneers came to the valley.\"""

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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Faith of Our Ancestors - Mary Ellen Foster

Mary Ellen Foster was born December 24, 1837 in Cincinnati, Ohio; she was the daughter of George and Mary Jane McCullough Foster and their second child. Her father lost one eye in a frightful acciden …

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