Phoebe Maria Foster

Female1876–19 March 1957

Brief Life History of Phoebe Maria

When Phoebe Maria Foster was born in 1876, in Hertfordshire, England, United Kingdom, her father, Alfred Foster, was 30 and her mother, Frances Phoebe Upchurch, was 30. She married John Howard Burchell in 1907, in Hertfordshire, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 1 son. She lived in Offley, Hertfordshire, England, United Kingdom in 1881 and Seven Kings, Essex, England, United Kingdom in 1911. She died on 19 March 1957, in Hitchin, Hertfordshire, England, United Kingdom, at the age of 81.

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Family Time Line

John Howard Burchell
1878–
Phoebe Maria Foster
1876–1957
Marriage: 1907
Gordon Howard Burchell
1909–

Sources (2)

  • Phoebe Foster in household of Alfred Foster, "England and Wales Census, 1881"
  • Phoebe Maria Burchell in household of John Howard Burchell, "England and Wales Census, 1911"

Spouse and Children

  • Marriage
    1907Hertfordshire, England, United Kingdom
  • Children (1)

    Parents and Siblings

    Siblings (5)

    World Events (8)

    1880 · School Attendance Becomes Mandatory for Children

    Age 4

    School attendance became compulsory from ages five to ten on August 2, 1880.

    1884

    Age 8

    Art Nouveau Period (Art and Antiques).

    1904 · The Entente Cordiale

    Age 28

    The Entente Cordiale was signed between Britain and France on April 8, 1904, to reconcile imperial interests and pave the way for future diplomatic cooperation. This ended hundreds of years of conflict between the two states.

    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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