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
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
1878– Male
1876–1957 Female
Children (1)
1909– Male
Parents and Siblings
1846–1922 Male
1846–1938 Female
Siblings (5)
1875–1890 Male
1876–1957 Female
1879–1956 Male
1882–1954 Female
1887–1942 Female
World Events (8)
1880 · School Attendance Becomes Mandatory for Children
Age 4
1884
Age 8
1904 · The Entente Cordiale
Age 28
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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