OBIT: Name: Foster, Frank G.
Date: Nov 21 1948
Source: Plain Dealer; Cleveland Necrology File, Reel #026.
Notes: Foster, Frank G., beloved husband of Ethel; father of Mrs. Gladys Kaelin of Kingsville, O.; brother of Eugene H., Claude H. and the late Lloyd A.; son of the late George N. and Julia Foster; passed away Nov. 19, age 73 years; residence Miami, Fla.; formerly of 1723 Shaaf. Rd., Cleveland. Friends received at the Spaulding Funeral Home. 2704 Denison Ave. (After 1 P. M. Tuesday, Nov. 23). Services Wednesday, Nov. 24, at 1:30 p. m.


RESIDENCES:
1910 - 1406 Denison Ave. (6th ward)
1920 - 3875 W. 18th St. (6th ward)

OCCUPATION: Plumber in 1900

1. Gladys Bessie FOSTER b. 6 Aug 1900, ,, Ohio, USA; d. 10 Mar 1985, , Ashtabula, Ohio.

BIRTH: Headstone in Riverside Cemetery has 1845 for year of birth.

RESIDENCES:
1875 - new home built on what would become known as Denison Ave.
1900 - 284 Denison Ave.
1910 - 1412 Denison Ave.

Voter Registration for 1907 - FOSTER, George 1214 Denison 10/10/07 reg. no. 160 ward 6 prec. D (Is this address correct, or should it be 1412 Denison?)

CENSUS:
Year: 1880; Census Place: Brooklyn, Cuyahoga, Ohio; Roll: T9_1009; Family History Film: 1255009; Page: 58D; Enumeration District: 58; Image: 0262.
Year: 1900; Census Place: Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio; Enumeration District: 208; Sheet: 18B, Ward 42; 284 Denison. [Note - first son listed has a birth date of Aug 1870 but his name is unreadable.]
Birth Year <1848> Birthplace OH Age 32 Occupation Gardener Marital Status M Race W Head of Household George FOSTER Relation Self Father's Birthplace CT Mother's Birthplace CT

DEATH: FOSTER GEORGE N County Name: CUYAHOGA Date of Death: 1/19/1919 Volume Number: 2862 Certificate Number: 1805

OBIT: Name: Foster, George N.
Date: January 20, 1919
Source: Source unknown; Cleveland Necrology File, Reel #026.
Notes: Foster-George N., age 73 years, husband of Julia A., father of Eugene, Claude, Frank and the late Lloyd Foster, Sunday p. m. at his residence, 3865 W. 18th street. Funeral Tuesday, Jan. 21, from late residence at 3 p. m. Burial Riverside cemetery.

VARIATIONS: Prior to finding a reference to Julia's surname being Schaefer in "Claud Foster, A Biography" by Wayman Thomasson, her surname was listed here as WELLS. I'm not sure where that name came from. I've also seen a tree that lists her as Julia ABBOTT. See: Rowlee, Willard Winfield, "Lieut. Heman Rowlee (1746-1818) and his descendants" Ithaca, N.Y.: Andrus & Church, 1907, 145 pgs. (page 70).
BIRTH: Headstone in Riverside Cemetery has 1852 as year of birth.

RESIDENCES:
1920 - 3865 W.18th (6th ward) (next door to her son, Frank)
1939 - 1723 Schaaf Rd.

MARRIAGE: SHAFER, JULIA and FOSTER, GEORGE vol.0013 pg.0148

OBIT: Name: Foster, Julia
Date: May 9 1939
Source: Source unknown; Cleveland Necrology File, Reel #026.
Notes: Foster: Julia, age 88 years, 1723 Schaaf rd.; wife of the late George N., mother of Eugene H., Claud H., Frank G. and the late Lloyd A., grandmother and great-grandmother, March 18. Services and burial Riverside Cemetery Chapel, Wednesday, May 10, at 2:30 p. m.

1. Eugene H. FOSTER b. 1868, Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio; d. 1954, Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio.
2. Claud Hanscomb FOSTER b. 23 Dec 1872, Brooklyn, Cuyahoga, Ohio, USA; d. 21 Jun 1965, Bellevue, Sandusky, Ohio.
3. 1. Frank George FOSTER b. 10 Aug 1875, Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio; d. 19 Nov 1948, Miami, Dade, Florida, USA.
4. Lloyd Alden FOSTER b. 4 Oct 1889, Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio; d. 15 Jan 1919, Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio.

BURIAL: Foster, Ebenezer 7/22/1897 age 87 Lot 62 6-S (Denison Cemetery, Garden Ave., Cleveland)

MARRIAGE: Marriage might have been in 1836. The LDS church records in the IGI have a marriage extract for that year.

BIOGRAPHY: 6' 2" (per his grandson's biography -- see Claud Foster)

In 1850 census, there is a Joanna Williams living in the next household and Leonard Pixley living with her. Almira's uncle's wife? Not sure who this is, but it seems it could be a relative. Leonard is Ebenezer Foster's nephew, son of his sister, Sally.

MARRIAGE: WILLIAMS, ALMIRA and FOSTER, EBENEZER 0003 0192

RESIDENCES: 264 Denison

BURIAL: Foster, Almira 2/14/1896 age 84 Lot 62 5-S (Denison Cemetery, Garden Ave., Cleveland)

DEATH: Foster , Almira Death Date: Interment Date: 02/14/1896 ; Interment Number: 490 Color: ; Sex: ; Age: 84 Address: ; Cause of Death: ; Remarks: Born Dec 13, 1812 at Gilboa NY Died Feb. 14, 1896 Section: ; Lot Number: 62 ; Tier: ; Grave: 5S Marker: yes ; Photo: yes Denison Cemetery

1. Dianna FOSTER, [infant] b. 1 Sep 1834, Brooklyn Township, Cuyahoga, Ohio, USA; d. 10 Jul 1835, Brooklyn Township, Cuyahoga, Ohio, USA.
2. Ellen M. FOSTER b. 20 May 1835, Brooklyn Township, Cuyahoga, Ohio; d. 21 Apr 1921, Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio.
3. Leonard Gurley FOSTER b. 10 Sep 1840, Brooklyn Township, Cuyahoga, Ohio, USA; d. 13 Dec 1937, Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio.
4. Edward (Edwin) H. FOSTER b. 20 Sep 1842, Brooklyn Village, Cuyahoga, Ohio, USA; d. 1 Nov 1908, Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio.
5. 2. George N. FOSTER b. Oct 1845, Brooklyn, Cuyahoga, Ohio; d. 19 Jan 1919, Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio.
6. Pauline A. FOSTER b. Nov 1848, Brooklyn, Cuyahoga, Ohio; d. Apr 1911; bur. 15 Apr 1911, Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio.

BIOGRAPHY: Excerpt from "Claud Foster, A Biography", by Wayman Thomasson, 1949:
"Claud Foster's maternal grandfather, who settled in southern Indiana, died young. LIttle about him is remembered except that his name was Schaeffer and he is credited with having built the first rope-pull gate used in rural sections of Indiana and Kentucky."
[Note: It is unclear whether Julia's father's first name or surname was Schaeffer. We have her surname as Wells, though it's possible that she might have been married and widowed before marrying George Foster though not very likely because of her age.]

Foster/Forester : In the English Middle Ages, the forests and woods were almost always owned or controlled by the lord of the manor -- but people had no reservations about sneaking in and taking firewood, game, or whatever else they might require. To keep the poaching to a minimum, the lord retained a man to watch the forest -- often called a Forester, and sometimes called a Foster. The name stuck as an English Occupation surname when they became adopted.

Abigail and Michael had ELEVEN children when they arrived in Brooklyn, Ohio.

It was the convention of the times to use the mother's maiden name as the middle name for a child. With that in mind, Michael B. Foster was probably named Michael Billings Foster.

Some info derived from Ancestry WorldTree Project as submitted by Dennis Homan


BURIAL:
Denison Cemetery
Foster , Micheal
Death Date:
Interment Date: 8/1824 ; Interment Number: 27 Age: 45
Remarks: Born 1779 in R. I.
Died Aug 1824
Section: ; Lot Number: 62 ; Tier: ; Grave: 4S Marker: yes ; Photo: yes
--http://www.rootsweb.com/~ohcuyah2/cems/denison/denef.html

NOTE:
Brooklyn history, as noted in Abigail Fish Foster's notes, states that the family left Groton for Ohio in 1826. If that is the case, how then could Michael's gravestone show an internment date of 1824? My guess would be that the history is in error.

SOURCE_OF_NAME:
"Robert Burrows and Descendants 1630-1974", by R.E. Burrows, 1975, 1816 pgs, Ann Arbor, Michigan [pg 254]

OBIT:
Name: Foster, Michael B.
Date: 1824
Source: Cemetery record; Cleveland Necrology File, Reel #026.
Notes: 1779 - 1824. Dennison Cemetery Cleveland, Ohio.

OCCUPATION:
Tailor.

BURIAL: Foster, Abigail 9/8/1849 age 68 Lot 62 3-S (Denison Cemetery, Garden Ave., Cleveland)

BURIAL: Denison Cemetery
Foster , Abigail Death Date: Interment Date: 9/8/1849 ; Interment Number: 69 Color: ; Sex: ; Age: 68 Address: ; Cause of Death: ; Remarks: Same as Int. #69 Should read: "Same as Int. #70"? Section: ; Lot Number: 62 ; Tier: ; Grave: 3S Marker: not known ; Photo: no

MARRIAGE: FOSTER, ABIGAIL and FULLER, WILLIAM vol.0002 pg.0093 (Cuyahoga County)

1. George FOSTER, @ b. 8 Dec 1805, near Preston City, New London, Connecticut; d. 7 Sep 1829, Strongsville, Cuyahoga, Ohio.
2. Lydia FOSTER, [infant] b. Abt 1806, near Preston City, New London, Connecticut; d. near Preston City, New London, Connecticut.
3. Sally FOSTER, @ b. Abt 1807, Groton, New London, Connecticut; d. Aug 1867, Brooklyn, Cuyahoga, Ohio, USA.
4. Nathan FOSTER, @ b. 7 Feb 1808, Groton, New London, Connecticut; d. 14 Jan 1899, Berea, Cuyahoga, Ohio.
5. 4. Ebenezer FOSTER, @ b. 19 Apr 1810, North Stonington,,Connecticut, USA; d. 23 Jul 1897, Brooklyn, Cuyahoga, Ohio, USA.
6. Daniel C. FOSTER, @ b. 5 Mar 1812, Groton, New London, Connecticut; d. 3 Jan 1882, Brooklyn Village, Cuyahoga, Ohio, USA.
7. Eunice FOSTER, @ b. Abt 1813, ,, Connecticut; d. 9 Mar 1879, Mentor, Lake, Ohio.
8. Nancy FOSTER, @ b. Abt 1814, Groton, New London, Connecticut; d. 21 Mar 1857, Brooklyn, Cuyahoga, Ohio, USA.
9. Eveline Thankful FOSTER, @ b. 16 Jan 1816, Groton, New London, Connecticut; d. Apr 1895, Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio.
10. Matilda FOSTER, @ b. 1 Oct 1819, Groton, New London, Connecticut; d. 14 Apr 1843, Brooklyn Township, Cuyahoga, Ohio, USA.
11. Albert FOSTER, @ b. 12 Jul 1822, Stonington, New London, Connecticut, USA; d. 30 Sep 1867, Mt. Vernon, Black Hawk, Iowa, USA.

1. Joseph Benjamin WILLIAMS b. 9 Aug 1802, , Geneva, New York; d. 10 Mar 1888, , Johnson, Kansas.
2. 5. Almira WILLIAMS b. 13 Dec 1812, Gilboa, Schoharie Co., New York, USA; d. 14 Feb 1896, Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio.
3. Almon WILLIAMS b. 17 Aug 1811, Broome, Schoharie Co., Ny; d. 18 Apr 1891, Middleburg, Cuyahoga, Ohio.