Brief Life History of Florence I.
When Florence I. Foster was born in August 1887, in Wisconsin, United States, her father, Perry Foster, was 45 and her mother, Diana Alice Tubbs, was 39. She married William Herman Reichelt on 17 May 1908, in Everett, Snohomish, Washington, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 daughter. She lived in King, Washington, United States in 1921 and Merrill, Lincoln, Wisconsin, United States in 1942. In 1930, at the age of 43, her occupation is listed as laundry machine operator. She died on 13 January 1969, in Seattle, King, Washington, United States, at the age of 81.
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- Florence I Robichaud, "United States Census, 1950"
- Florence Foster Reichalt, "Washington, County Marriages, 1855-2008"
- Florence I Robichaud, death
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1890 · The Sherman Antitrust Act
This Act tried to prevent the raising of prices by restricting trade. The purpose of the Act was to preserve a competitive marketplace to protect consumers from abuse.
1890
Historical Boundaries 1890: Jefferson, Washington, United States
1909 · The NAACP is formed
Organized as a civil rights organization, The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People is a bi-racial endeavor to advance justice for African Americans. It is one of the oldest civil rights organizations in the nation.
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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