1845 - 1919

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• Birth	Oct 1845	Brooklyn, Cuyahoga, Ohio   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Died	19 Jan 1919	Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio   [2, 3]
  Person ID	I6	Brainard (Brainerd) / Foster / Fish
  Last Modified	23 Feb 2005 00:00:00
  Father	Ebenezer FOSTER, @, b. 19 Apr 1810, North Stonington,,Connecticut, USA
  Mother	Almira WILLIAMS, b. 13 Dec 1812, Gilboa, Schoharie Co., New York, USA
  Histories		Granger Hill A proposal for the actual location of Granger Hill as mentioned in various Cleveland, Ohio histories.
  		Property map (Brooklyn, Ohio - 1900?) Area north of Denison Ave. at the west end of Harvard-Denison Bridge. Covers Ebenezer Foster's property which has become developed with most lots now having houses on them.
  		Property map (Brooklyn, Ohio - 1892) Area covered is north and south sides of Newburgh Street (now called Denison Ave.) at what is now the west end of the Harvard-Denison Bridge In 1892, only a small portion of the Foster property had become developed.
  Family ID	F1	Group Sheet
  Family	Julia A. SHAFER, Wells?, b. Apr 1854
  Children	> 1. Eugene H. FOSTER, b. 1868, Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio > 2. Claud Hanscomb FOSTER, b. 23 Dec 1872, Brooklyn, Cuyahoga, Ohio, USA > 3. Frank George FOSTER, b. 10 Aug 1875, Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio > 4. Lloyd Alden FOSTER, b. 4 Oct 1889, Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio
  Family ID	F8	Group Sheet

• Photos		Amphion Band (picture #1) L to R: Hermann "Whitey" Kohl, Arthur J. Schmidt, Lloyd Foster, Carl Schmidt, Heine "Henry" Schmidt, George Foster, ?, Frank Zika, Charles Kuimiller (Last name spelling ?), Eugene Foster, and ?. Arthur and Carl Schmidt are brothers and Heine Schmidt is their uncle. Frank Zika is related to Carl Schmidt via his mother.
  		Amphion Band (picture #2) George Foster is 3rd from left. Lloyd Foster is 5th from left (holding lantern). Herman "Whitey" Kohl is the "conductor" on the far right.
  		Foster, George and Eugene George and his son, Eugene (in foreground), at Boston, Massachusetts. Occasion unknown. 1908.

• Notes

  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.

• Sources

  [S6] [CENSUS] 1900 - (Twelfth Federal Census), (Heritage Quest), Ed 208, Sheet 18B, Ward 42. 284 Denison [S7] OBIT, (Cleveland Press or Plain Dealer), 20 Jan 1919. 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. [S8] [DEATH] Ohio Death Index - 1913-1937, Volume Number: 2862 Certificate Number: 1805.