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Almira WILLIAMS
 1812 - 1896

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Generation: 1
  1. Almira WILLIAMS b. 13 Dec 1812, Gilboa, Schoharie Co., New York, USA; d. 14 Feb 1896, Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio.

    Notes:
    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

    Almira m. Ebenezer FOSTER, @ 3 Jan 1833, Brooklyn, Cuyahoga, Ohio, USA. Ebenezer (son of Michael B. FOSTER, @ and Abigail FISH) b. 19 Apr 1810, North Stonington,,Connecticut, USA; d. 23 Jul 1897, Brooklyn, Cuyahoga, Ohio, USA. [Group Sheet]

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


Generation: 2
  1. Dianna FOSTER, [infant] Descendancy chart to this point (1.Almira1) b. 1 Sep 1834, Brooklyn Township, Cuyahoga, Ohio, USA; d. 10 Jul 1835, Brooklyn Township, Cuyahoga, Ohio, USA.
  2. Ellen M. FOSTER Descendancy chart to this point (1.Almira1) b. 20 May 1835, Brooklyn Township, Cuyahoga, Ohio; d. 21 Apr 1921, Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio.

    Notes:
    MARRIAGE:
    FOSTER, ELLEN E and PINNEY, OLIVER M vol.0006 pg.0005
    Note middle initial for Oliver differs from the obituary.
    [Note: This marriage information is highly suspect. It is likely that it is a different Ellen Foster. ]

    MARRIAGE: FOSTER, NELLIE and DAVIS, MOSES vol.0011 pg.0191

    MARRIAGE: MOSES DAVIS
    Spouse: NELLIE FOSTER Family
    Marriage: 07 SEP 1863 , Cuyahoga, Ohio
    Source Information: FamilySearchâ„¢ International Genealogical Index v5.0
    Batch No.: Dates: Source Call No.: Type: Printout Call No.: Type:
    M514234 1859 - 1866 0877915 V. 10-12 Film NONE Sheet: 00

    OBIT: Name: Davis, Ellen
    Date: April 23, 1921
    Source: Source unknown; Cleveland Necrology File, Reel #018.
    Notes: Davis-Ellen, Saturday, April 23, age 83 years, mother of Lewis and Weldon M. Funeral Tuesday, April 26, at 2 p. m., from late residence, 2907 Archwood avenue.

    Ellen m. Oliver L. PINNEY 16 Apr 1855, Brooklyn, Cuyahoga, Ohio. Oliver b. Abt 1832; d. Jul 1902, Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio. [Group Sheet]

    Children:
    1. 8. Katie E. PINNEY  Descendancy chart to this point d. Dec 1945, Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio.

    Ellen m. Moses F. DAVIS 7 Sep 1863, Brooklyn, Cuyahoga, Ohio. Moses (son of Robert DAVIS and Sarah) b. 8 Aug 1828, Frome, Lancastershire, England; d. 12 Apr 1898, Brooklyn Township, Cuyahoga, Ohio. [Group Sheet]

    Children:
    1. 9. Lewis Ellis DAVIS  Descendancy chart to this point b. Aug 1864; d. Feb 1957, Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio.
    2. 10. Llewellyn DAVIS  Descendancy chart to this point b. Abt 1867.
    3. 11. Weldon Mower DAVIS  Descendancy chart to this point b. 30 Jun 1867, Brooklyn Township, Cuyahoga, Ohio; d. Apr 1946, Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio.

  3. Leonard Gurley FOSTER Descendancy chart to this point (1.Almira1) b. 10 Sep 1840, Brooklyn Township, Cuyahoga, Ohio, USA; d. 13 Dec 1937, Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio.

    Notes:
    BIOGRAPHY: FOSTER, LEONARD GURLEY (10 Sept. 1840-13 Dec. 1937) was a CIVIL WAR veteran whose avocation brought him the epithet, "the Buckeye poet." Born on the family homestead in the Cuyahoga Valley near Denison Ave., he was educated at HUMISTON INSTITUTE and Berea College. He was principal at Tremont School from 1860-64, after which he served with the 8th Ohio Battery on Johnson's Island. Foster also actively worked the family farm, which inspired many of his verses on nature. A veteran of the first Chautauqua meeting in 1874, he remained active in the movement as a speaker and contributor of poetry. He wrote an estimated 80,000 verses in his lifetime, including 47 volumes of poems in manuscript which he presented to the WESTERN RESERVE HISTORICAL SOCIETY His published volumes included Whisperings of Nature (1893) and The Early Days: A Pioneer Idyl (1911). Many of his poems were also published in the CLEVELAND NEWS and the CLEVELAND TIMES (1922) . He was the first clerk of the Brooklyn Village council and the second last survivor of the Brooklyn Post, G.A.R. Married to Lyde Holmden, Foster was survived by one of their 3 children. His brothers Edwin J. and Henry E. were Cleveland lawyers, the former having published verse and the latter a 1900 political campaign tract. His sister Hanna Alice Foster was a temperance worker and poet as well.

    BIOGRAPHY: First village recorder for Brooklyn Village (Centre), Cuyahoga County, Ohio.

    BIOGRAPHY: Note -- there seems to be some confusion about the siblings of these Foster poets. See notes for Edwin J. Foster (son of Nathan Foster) for further mention of this problem. Leonard, the son of Ebenezer who lived near Denison Ave., would have been born in the location as stated above, but to my knowledge, there were no siblings named Henry or Hanna, while Nathan Foster did have children with those names, but no Leonard. Very confusing.

    CENSUS:
    1900 - ED 210, sheet 1, Ward 42. 24 Archwood Place
    1910 - 3007 Archwood Ave.

    OCCUPATION: Real Estate

    OBIT: Name: Foster, Leonard G.
    Date: Dec 14 1937
    Source: Source unknown; Cleveland Necrology File, Reel #026.
    Notes: Foster: Leonard G., age 97 years, ? Archwood ave., husband of the late Lyde, father of Lawrence W., Monday, p. m. Funeral from Spaulding's Funeral Home, 2704 Denison ave., Thursday, at 2 p. m.

    Leonard m. Lyde HOLMDEN 10 Oct 1872, Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio. Lyde b. Apr 1846, ,, Pennsylvania, USA; d. 18 Jan 1917, Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio. [Group Sheet]

    Children:
    1. 12. Gertrude FOSTER, [child]  Descendancy chart to this point b. Abt 1874, Brooklyn Township, Cuyahoga, Ohio; d. Abt 1884.
    2. 13. Ernest Holmden FOSTER  Descendancy chart to this point b. Feb 1877, Brooklyn Township, Cuyahoga, Ohio; d. 30 Apr 1915, Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio.
    3. 14. Lawrence Willard FOSTER  Descendancy chart to this point b. 21 Mar 1880, Brooklyn Township, Cuyahoga, Ohio; d. 1961, Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio.
    4. 15. Stella GIRLSKI, ?  Descendancy chart to this point b. Abt 1895, ,, Ohio, USA.

  4. Edward (Edwin) H. FOSTER Descendancy chart to this point (1.Almira1) b. 20 Sep 1842, Brooklyn Village, Cuyahoga, Ohio, USA; d. 1 Nov 1908, Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio.

    Notes:
    CENSUS: 1900 - ED 5, sheet 4, listed as Edwin H. Foster, age 57, married at 33 yrs, farmer

    OCCUPATION: Market Gardener and dealer in real estate.

    Edward m. Electa Matildy BRAINARD 1868, Brooklyn, Cuyahoga, Ohio. Electa (daughter of Asahel N. BRAINARD and Electa Matilda AVERY) b. 8 May 1850, Brooklyn Village, Cuyahoga, Ohio, USA; d. Jan 1934, Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio. [Group Sheet]

    Children:
    1. 16. Clarence Loviel FOSTER  Descendancy chart to this point b. 21 Mar 1869, Brooklyn Township, Cuyahoga, Ohio; d. Mar 1930, Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio.
    2. 17. Howard Milton FOSTER, [child]  Descendancy chart to this point b. 2 Oct 1870, Brooklyn, Cuyahoga, Ohio, USA; d. 27 Oct 1877, Brooklyn, Cuyahoga, Ohio, USA.
    3. 18. Levi Asahel FOSTER, [infant]  Descendancy chart to this point b. 5 Jun 1886, Brooklyn, Cuyahoga, Ohio, USA; d. 2 Aug 1886, Brooklyn, Cuyahoga, Ohio, USA.
    4. 19. Royce Reuben FOSTER  Descendancy chart to this point b. Oct 1890, Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio.

  5. George N. FOSTER Descendancy chart to this point (1.Almira1) b. Oct 1845, Brooklyn, Cuyahoga, Ohio; d. 19 Jan 1919, Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio.

    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.

    George m. Julia A. SHAFER, Wells? Julia (daughter of WELLS) b. Apr 1854; d. May 1939, Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio. [Group Sheet]

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

  6. Pauline A. FOSTER Descendancy chart to this point (1.Almira1) b. Nov 1848, Brooklyn, Cuyahoga, Ohio; d. Apr 1911; bur. 15 Apr 1911, Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio.

    Notes:
    MARRIAGE: FOSTER, PAULINE A and NORTH, REGINALD A 0015 0076
    (NOTE: Although the marriage license index shows her husband's surname to be NORTH, all deeds that she appears on have the name WORTH.)

    Pauline m. Reginald Heber WORTH Bef 1870, Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio. Reginald (son of WORTH) b. Nov 1841, Charleston,, Maine; d. 13 Nov 1919, Akron,, Ohio; bur. Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio. [Group Sheet]

    Children:
    1. 24. Eva May WORTH  Descendancy chart to this point b. Aug 1869, Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio.
    2. 25. Frank WORTH  Descendancy chart to this point b. Oct 1885, ,, Illinois.
    3. 26. Jessie WORTH, [child]  Descendancy chart to this point
    4. 27. William WORTH  Descendancy chart to this point


Generation: 3
  1. Katie E. PINNEY Descendancy chart to this point (3.Ellen2, 1.Almira1) d. Dec 1945, Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio.

    Notes:
    OBIT: Name: Brisbin, Katie M.
    Date: Jan 1 1946
    Source: Source unknown; Cleveland Necrology File, Reel #010.
    Notes: Brisbin: Katie M. (nee Pinney), mother of Mrs. Myrtle Fisher, grandmother of Mrs. Helen Warren, passed away Saturday, Dec. 29, at the residence, 3808 Revere Court. Friends may call at the G. H. Busch & Son Funeral Home, 4334 Pearl rd., where services will be held Wednesday, Jan. 2 at 1 p. m.

    Katie m. BRISBIN [Group Sheet]

    Children:
    1. 28. Myrtle BRISBIN  Descendancy chart to this point

  2. Lewis Ellis DAVIS Descendancy chart to this point (3.Ellen2, 1.Almira1) b. Aug 1864; d. Feb 1957, Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio.

    Notes:
    OBIT: Name: Davis, Lewis E.
    Date: Feb 21 1957
    Source: Cleveland Press; Cleveland Necrology File, Reel #103.
    Notes: Davis, Lewis E., beloved husband of the late Emma I., father of Mrs. Almira Trumpfheller and Mrs. Minabel Jolliffe and the late Mrs. Luella Harring, grandfather and great-grandfather, Wednesday a. m., late residence, 3779 W. 31st St. Family will receive friends From 2-5 And 7-10 P. M. Thursday at the Wischmeier Funeral Home, 2709 Archwood Ave., where services will be held Friday, Feb. 22, at 2 p. m.

    OCCUPATION: 1900 - Grocer

    RESIDENCES: 1900 - 3 Leaf Court, Cleveland, Ohio

    CENSUS: 1900 - ED210, Sheet 1B, Ward 42, Lines 97-100

    Lewis m. Emma WEBSTER [Group Sheet]

    Children:
    1. 29. Almira M. DAVIS  Descendancy chart to this point b. Sep 1893.
    2. 30. Luella DAVIS  Descendancy chart to this point b. Jan 1895; d. Mar 1940, Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio.
    3. 31. Anabelle (Minabel) C. DAVIS  Descendancy chart to this point b. 22 Dec 1908, Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio; d. 8 Feb 2005.

  3. Llewellyn DAVIS Descendancy chart to this point (3.Ellen2, 1.Almira1) b. Abt 1867.
  4. Weldon Mower DAVIS Descendancy chart to this point (3.Ellen2, 1.Almira1) b. 30 Jun 1867, Brooklyn Township, Cuyahoga, Ohio; d. Apr 1946, Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio.

    Notes:
    OBIT: Name: Davis, Weldon M.
    Date: Apr 5 1946
    Source: Source unknown; Cleveland Necrology File, Reel #019.
    Notes: Davis: Weldon M., beloved husband of Mattie C. (nee Chase), father of Dr. Gordon B. and the late Robert C.; brother of Lewis E. Davis; passed away Thursday a. m., residence 3100 Archwood Ave. Friends received at the Spaulding Funeral Home, 2704 Denison Ave., until 11 a. m. Saturday, then at the Brooklyn Memorial M. E. Church, Archwood and W. 25th St., where services will be held at 2:30 p. m.

    Weldon m. Mattie C. CHASE 23 Oct 1895. Mattie (daughter of CHASE) b. Bainbridge, Geauga, Ohio; d. Feb 1954, Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio. [Group Sheet]

    Children:
    1. 32. Robert Chase DAVIS  Descendancy chart to this point b. Oct 1896, Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio; d. May 1933, Monroe,, Michigan.
    2. 33. Gordon Benjamin DAVIS  Descendancy chart to this point b. Feb 1900; d. Jun 1978.

  5. Gertrude FOSTER, [child] Descendancy chart to this point (4.Leonard2, 1.Almira1) b. Abt 1874, Brooklyn Township, Cuyahoga, Ohio; d. Abt 1884.

    Notes:
    Appears in the 1880 Ohio Census (age 6).

    Present-day West 15th Street (north of Denison Ave.) was known as Gertie Ave pre-1906. This was Leonard's development so it appears he named the street after his deceased daughter.

  6. Ernest Holmden FOSTER Descendancy chart to this point (4.Leonard2, 1.Almira1) b. Feb 1877, Brooklyn Township, Cuyahoga, Ohio; d. 30 Apr 1915, Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio.

    Notes:
    OBIT: Name: Foster, Ernest Holmden
    Date: May 2, 1915
    Source: Source unknown; Cleveland Necrology File, Reel #026.
    Notes: Foster-Ernest, Holmden, eldest son of Leonard G. and Lyde Foster, aged 38 years, Friday morning 1:30 o'clock. Funeral from residence, 3007 Archwood av., Monday, May 3, 2:30 p. m.

  7. Lawrence Willard FOSTER Descendancy chart to this point (4.Leonard2, 1.Almira1) b. 21 Mar 1880, Brooklyn Township, Cuyahoga, Ohio; d. 1961, Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio.

    Notes:
    sec 39 lot 43 (Holmden burial area)

    Lawrence m. Evelyn STIMSON Evelyn (daughter of Erwin M. STIMSON and Malina Eva BRAINARD) b. 28 Sep 1889; d. Aug 1920, Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio. [Group Sheet]

    Children:
    1. 34. Lawrence FOSTER, Jr.  Descendancy chart to this point

  8. Stella GIRLSKI, ? Descendancy chart to this point (4.Leonard2, 1.Almira1) b. Abt 1895, ,, Ohio, USA.

    Notes:
    Her name appears in the 1910 census as a daughter of Leonard. Age 15.

  9. Clarence Loviel FOSTER Descendancy chart to this point (5.Edward2, 1.Almira1) b. 21 Mar 1869, Brooklyn Township, Cuyahoga, Ohio; d. Mar 1930, Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio.

    Notes:
    RESIDENCES:
    1900 - Living with or next door to his parents at the time of the 1900 Census.
    1910 - Broadview Rd. living with his father-in-law, James Brainard.
    1930 - 4015 Henritze Ave.

    OBIT: Name: Foster, Clarence
    Date: Mar 13 1930
    Source: Cemetery record; Cleveland Necrology File, Reel #026.
    Notes: Foster: Clarence, beloved, husband of Clara (nee Brainard), son of Electa Foster, brother of Royce, Wednesday, March 12, 1930, age 61 years, late residence, 4015 Henritze Avenue. Remains at G. H. Busch & Sons' Funeral Home, 4334 Pearl Road, where services will be held Saturday, March 15, at 3 p. m. 1869 - 1930. Brooklyn Hts. Cemetery Brooklyn Hts., Ohio

    Clarence m. Clara D. BRAINARD Clara (daughter of James BRAINARD and Maria B. FISH) b. 18 Jul 1868, Brooklyn Village, Cuyahoga, Ohio. [Group Sheet]

  10. Howard Milton FOSTER, [child] Descendancy chart to this point (5.Edward2, 1.Almira1) b. 2 Oct 1870, Brooklyn, Cuyahoga, Ohio, USA; d. 27 Oct 1877, Brooklyn, Cuyahoga, Ohio, USA.
  11. Levi Asahel FOSTER, [infant] Descendancy chart to this point (5.Edward2, 1.Almira1) b. 5 Jun 1886, Brooklyn, Cuyahoga, Ohio, USA; d. 2 Aug 1886, Brooklyn, Cuyahoga, Ohio, USA.
  12. Royce Reuben FOSTER Descendancy chart to this point (5.Edward2, 1.Almira1) b. Oct 1890, Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio.

    Notes:
    RESIDENCES: 1910 - Pearl Rd., Brooklyn Township (is mother, Electa, is living with him)

    Royce m. Anna M. WENZEL [Group Sheet]

  13. Eugene H. FOSTER Descendancy chart to this point (6.George2, 1.Almira1) b. 1868, Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio; d. 1954, Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio.

    Notes:
    OBIT: Name: Foster, Eugene H.
    Date: Apr 16 1954
    Source: Cleveland Press; Cleveland Necrology File, Reel #109.
    Notes: Foster, Eugene H., beloved husband of Emma (nee Hartman), father of Dorothy H. Dornbrook, brother of Claud H. Foster, grandfather of Eugene F. Dornbrook, Junellen Hrubik, and great-grandfather passed away Wednesday, late residence, 3869 W. 18 St. Friends received at Gustav Buesch & Sons Funeral Home, 3111 Broadview Rd. Services Saturday, Apt. 17, at 3 p. m.
    BURIAL: Found year of birth and death on his gravestone at Riverside Cemetery, Cleveland, Ohio. Located in section across from D.S. Brainard monument.

    RESIDENCES:
    1910 - 3869 W. 18th St.
    1920 - 3869 W. 18th St. (just a few houses down from his mother and brother, Frank)

    OCCUPATION:
    Telegraph Operator in 1900
    Musician in an orchestra (1920)

    Eugene m. Emma HARTMAN Abt 1898. Emma (daughter of HARTMAN and Anne M.) b. 1872; d. May 1957, Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio. [Group Sheet]

    Children:
    1. 35. Elmer FOSTER  Descendancy chart to this point
    2. 36. Dorothy Helen FOSTER  Descendancy chart to this point b. 8 Jul 1902, Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio; d. 13 Mar 1977, , Medina, Ohio.

  14. Claud Hanscomb FOSTER Descendancy chart to this point (6.George2, 1.Almira1) b. 23 Dec 1872, Brooklyn, Cuyahoga, Ohio, USA; d. 21 Jun 1965, Bellevue, Sandusky, Ohio.

    Notes:
    BIOGRAPHY: FOSTER, CLAUD HANSCOMB (23 Dec. 1872-21 June 1965), automotive inventor, industrialist, and philanthropist, was born in the Cleveland suburb of Brooklyn to George and Julia Wells Foster. In 1891, he opened a machine shop, playing the trombone for 11 years in the Euclid Ave. Opera House orchestra to support his business. In 1896, Foster became an automobile dealer, selling the Cleveland-built General, in 1900 also acquiring Peerless and Ajax automobile agencies. Foster developed the Gabriel Horn, a multitone automobile horn powered by exhaust gases, starting the successful Gabriel Co. in 1904. Foster then patented his "Snubber" automotive shock absorber in 1914, capitalizing its production at $1 million.

    From 1920-25, the Gabriel Co. earned annual profits of more than $1 million, selling 75% of all shock absorbers marketed in the world. Foster developed an employee profit-sharing incentive program, between 1917-25 paying his employees more than $600,000 in addition to their salaries. He sold the Gabriel Co. in 1925 to Otis & Co. for $4 million, only half the company's evaluated price, and remaining the company's chairman 1928.

    Known as the "Doctor of Car Riding," Foster was often consulted by manufacturers when new car models developed riding difficulties. Throughout his career, Foster made numerous large anonymous gifts to hospitals and charitable institutions. On 22 July 1952, he announced to the heads of 16 educational and charitable institutions that he was dividing the bulk of his wealth, almost $4 million, among them. Married to Emma Schultz on 2 May 1894, Foster had 2 sons, Earl and Daniel. Foster is buried in RIVERSIDE Cemetery.

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    Gabriel Snubbers -- This consisted of a housing that contained a belt wound into a coil. It was kept under tension by a spring. The housing was fastened to the frame and the outer end of the belt was attached to the axle to limit the degree of rebound from a jolt.l Co. started operation in 1906 making accessory auto horns. The founder, Claude H. Foster, named his firm after the horn-tooting angel Gabriel. When the pushbutton horn came along in 1914, it killed the Gabriel and all other body-mounted horns. Foster looked for a product to keep his company in business and came across the Snubber.

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    Claud H. Foster loved to tinker with things. He loved to put things together and take things apart. He did this well with automobiles, except for one thing: the horn. So he decided to invent a fool-proof horn using the concept of a trombone, calling it "Gabriel's Horn." He started the Gabriel Company from $1,500 he had saved up. The time came when he decided to retire. An investment firm offered him $10 million for the company. But he knew if he took their bid, a lot of stock holders in his company would lose their money. He also knew that because of some expiring patents, it wasn't worth that much money. He said this, "Over the years I have come to realize that nothing we earn, none of the things we accumulate belongs to us. While on this earth we are merely stewards or trustees for God's resources." So Mr. Foster decided to sell his company for the fairer price of $4 million. He had such joy and peace doing that, that he decided to do something else. He threw a big party with his friends who worked in an orphanage and in a hospital. Then that night he gave the $4 million dollars away. He said he has never regretted it, and has found great peace and thankfulness in his life just thinking about it. He said it was "the best party I ever had." There is a joy and peace that comes in giving to others.

    ---http://www.gtpres.org/Sermons%202001/011118sermon.htm

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    During the 1910's and 1920's, prominent Willowick landowners included J.C. Gilchrist whose property was north of Lake Shore Boulevard between East 288th and East 293rd Streets; William Flood, who played an important role in the incorporation of Willowick as a village; Claude Foster who had property north of Lake Shore and east of Willough beach Park (he invented the Gabriel car horn and Snubbers shock absorbers); and the Lindus Cody family whose property ran north and south of Lake Shore, bordered on the east by East 317th Street and on the west by the intersection of Vine and Lake Shore.

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    During the administration of Dr. Edward Hodnett, 1948-1951, Fenn constructed Foster Hall, an engineering building financed by a donation by Cleveland entrepreneur Claude Foster
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    Foster, Claude H. b. December 23, 1872 d. June 21, 1965
    Known as the "Doctor of Car Riding", he was the inventor of "Snubber" shock absorbers and the "Gabriel" auto horn. A pioneer in automotives, an industrialist and a philanthropist, he gave generously to hospitals and charitable institutions. He was one of the first industrialist to develop an employee profit-sharing incentive program. (Bio by: Joyce Ellsworth )

    Claud Foster Park, near Case Western Reserve University's Thwing Center in University Circle.


    BURIAL: Riverside Cemetery, Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, USA Plot: Section 22

    RESIDENCES:
    1900 - 309 Jennings Road, Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio (city directory and 1900 Census) Mgr Foster Cycle Co. Living with in-laws.
    1910 - 1561 E108th Street

    OBIT: Name: Foster, Claude H.
    Date: Jun 24 1965
    Source: Plain Dealer; Cleveland Necrology File, Reel #109.
    Notes: Foster. Claude H. Foster, father of Earl F., grandfather of William E. of Elyria, O., and Donald R. of Fullerton, Calif., great-grandfather of eight, June 21. Friends may call at The Fairhill Home of The Millard Son & Raper Co., Fairhill at East Blvd. Funeral service at The Old Stone Church, Public Square, Thursday, June 24, at 2 p. m. It is suggested contributions be made to The Crippled Children's Hospital of American Cancer Fund.

    Claud m. Emma SCHULTZ 2 May 1894. Emma (daughter of Fred SCHULTZ and Carrie FAIRCHILD) b. Dec 1873; d. Bef 1905. [Group Sheet]

    Children:
    1. 37. Earl Frank FOSTER  Descendancy chart to this point b. 15 Apr 1895, Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio; d. 13 Jan 1986, Wooster,, Ohio.

    Claud m. Lounetta May KELLY 24 Jul 1905, Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio. Lounetta (daughter of George Henry KELLY and Carrie Lounetta KELLOGG) b. 11 Sep 1886, Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio; d. May 1937, South Euclid, Cuyahoga, Ohio, USA. [Group Sheet]

    Children:
    1. 38. Daniel K. FOSTER  Descendancy chart to this point

  15. Frank George FOSTER Descendancy chart to this point (6.George2, 1.Almira1) b. 10 Aug 1875, Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio; d. 19 Nov 1948, Miami, Dade, Florida, USA.

    Notes:
    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

    Frank m. Ethel B. HALSTEAD Ethel b. Abt 1880, ,, Ohio, USA; d. 1962. [Group Sheet]

    Children:
    1. 39. Gladys Bessie FOSTER  Descendancy chart to this point b. 6 Aug 1900, ,, Ohio, USA; d. 10 Mar 1985, , Ashtabula, Ohio.

  16. Lloyd Alden FOSTER Descendancy chart to this point (6.George2, 1.Almira1) b. 4 Oct 1889, Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio; d. 15 Jan 1919, Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio.

    Notes:
    OBIT: Name: Foster, Loyd A.
    Date: January 18, 1919
    Source: Source unknown; Cleveland Necrology File, Reel #026.
    Notes: Foster-Loyd A., aged 29 years, beloved son of Mr. and Mrs. George Foster, brother of Eugene, Claud and Frank, Wednesday p. m., at his home, 3865 W. 18th street. Funeral private, from the late residence, Saturday, Jan. 18, at 2:30 p. m. Burial at Brooklyn Heights cemetery.


    MARRIAGE: Are either of these the wife of Lloyd? Or was he single as the obituary above suggests?
    WICOZS, RUTH A and FOSTER, LLOYD A 0076 0215 22 (her name seems to be a corruption of Wilcox)
    SHEWRING, RUTH M and FOSTER, LLOYD A 0161 0138 17

    Name: Foster, Ruth
    Date: Jun 16 1935
    Source: Source unknown; Cleveland Necrology File, Reel #026.
    Notes: Foster: Ruth, wife of the late Lloyd A., mother of Lloyd, daughter of Hattie Wilcox and sister of Lloyd, suddenly Friday a. m. Services at the late residence, 4214 Trowbridge Ave., Monday, June 17, at 2 p. m.

    BIRTH: Headstone in Riverside Cemetery has 1889 as year of birth.

    DEATH: FOSTER LOYD A County Name: CUYAHOGA Date of Death: 1/15/1919 Volume Number: 2861 Certificate Number: 1675

    Birth:
    Date of birth was originally noted as July 1891 (per the 1900 Census), however his WWI Draft Card showed that he was born 4 Oct 1889. Also, he spelled his first name as LOYD (one 'L').

    Lloyd m. Ruth H. WILCOX [Group Sheet]

    Children:
    1. 40. Lloyd FOSTER, Jr.  Descendancy chart to this point

  17. Eva May WORTH Descendancy chart to this point (7.Pauline2, 1.Almira1) b. Aug 1869, Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio.

    Notes:
    RESIDENCES: Lived in Elyria, Oho

    Eva m. William BUSWIE [Group Sheet]

    Children:
    1. 41. Paul BUSWIE  Descendancy chart to this point
    2. 42. William BUSWIE, Jr.  Descendancy chart to this point
    3. 43. Robert BUSWIE  Descendancy chart to this point

  18. Frank WORTH Descendancy chart to this point (7.Pauline2, 1.Almira1) b. Oct 1885, ,, Illinois.
    Frank m. Edith HOOK [Group Sheet]

  19. Jessie WORTH, [child] Descendancy chart to this point (7.Pauline2, 1.Almira1)
  20. William WORTH Descendancy chart to this point (7.Pauline2, 1.Almira1)

    Notes:
    RESIDENCES: Lived in Lansing, Michigan.

    William m. Maud MATHEWS [Group Sheet]


Generation: 4
  1. Myrtle BRISBIN Descendancy chart to this point (8.Katie3, 3.Ellen2, 1.Almira1)
    Myrtle m. FISHER [Group Sheet]

    Children:
    1. 44. Helen FISHER  Descendancy chart to this point

  2. Almira M. DAVIS Descendancy chart to this point (9.Lewis3, 3.Ellen2, 1.Almira1) b. Sep 1893.

    Notes:
    MARRIAGE:
    DAVIS, ALMIRA M and PATTERSON, JAMES A vol:0122 pg:0478
    WEBER, ALMIRA M and TRUMPFHELLER, HARRY O vol:0513 pg:0164

    Almira m. Harry O. TRUMPFHELLER [Group Sheet]

    Almira m. James A. PATTERSON Bef Aug 1938, Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio. James d. Aug 1938, Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio. [Group Sheet]

  3. Luella DAVIS Descendancy chart to this point (9.Lewis3, 3.Ellen2, 1.Almira1) b. Jan 1895; d. Mar 1940, Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio.

    Notes:
    OBIT: Name: Harring, Luella M. (Babe)
    Date: Mar 22 1940
    Source: Source unknown; Cleveland Necrology File, Reel #034.
    Notes: Harring: Luella M. (Babe), age 45 years, 3784 W. 31st st., wife of Claud P., mother of Charles L., daughter of Lewis and Emma Davis, sister of Mrs. Almira Patterson and Mrs. Minnabel Jolliffe, Tuesday p. m. Funeral from Spaulding's Funeral Home, 2704 Denison ave., Saturday at 2 p. m.

    Luella m. Claud P. HARRING [Group Sheet]

    Children:
    1. 45. Charles L. HARRING  Descendancy chart to this point

  4. Anabelle (Minabel) C. DAVIS Descendancy chart to this point (9.Lewis3, 3.Ellen2, 1.Almira1) b. 22 Dec 1908, Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio; d. 8 Feb 2005.

    Notes:
    MARRIAGE: DAVIS, MINABEL C and JOLLIFFE, GEORGE C vol:0172 pg:0348

    OBIT: MINABEL C. JOLLIFFE (nee: Davis), age 96, beloved wife of the late George C.; loving mother of Marilyn C. Barrett (William) and Glenn (Georgia); dear grandmother of six; great-grandmother of six; and dear sister of the late Almira Trumpfheller and Louella Harring. Mrs. Jolliffe was a member of the Archwood United Church of Christ, Ellbrook Chapter No. 408 Order of the Eastern Star, and resident of Altenheim Nursing Home for the past five years. Passed away on Tuesday, Feb. 8, 2005. Memorials may be forwarded to Altenheim, 18627 Shurmer Rd., Strongsville, OH 44136. NO SERVICES OR VISITATION. Inurnment at Riverside Cemetery, Cleveland. Cremation by Busch Crematory. BUSCH FUNERAL AND CREMATORY SERVICES 440-842-7800 For more information, to view an online memorial or to send a condolence, go to www.buschfuneral.com

    Anabelle m. George C. JOLLIFFE George d. Apr 1975, Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio. [Group Sheet]

    Children:
    1. 46. Marilyn JOLLIFFE  Descendancy chart to this point
    2. 47. Glenn JOLLIFFE  Descendancy chart to this point

  5. Robert Chase DAVIS Descendancy chart to this point (11.Weldon3, 3.Ellen2, 1.Almira1) b. Oct 1896, Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio; d. May 1933, Monroe,, Michigan.

    Notes:
    OBIT: Name: Davis, Robert Chase
    Date: May 10 1933
    Source: Cemetery record; Cleveland Necrology File, Reel #019.
    Notes: Davis: Robert Chase, son of Mr. and Mrs. Weldon M. Davis, brother of Dr. Gordon B. Davis, 3100 Archwood Ave., suddenly at Monroe, Mich. Friday, May 12. Funeral from Brooklyn Memorial M. E. Church, Archwood Ave. and W. 25th St., Tuesday at 2 p. m. 1897 - 1933. Riverside Cemetery Cleveland, Ohio.

  6. Gordon Benjamin DAVIS Descendancy chart to this point (11.Weldon3, 3.Ellen2, 1.Almira1) b. Feb 1900; d. Jun 1978.

    Notes:
    OBIT: DAVIS, GORDON B : -il (Obit.).
    Plain Dealer 06 Jun, 1978, pg. 07 sec. B

    OBIT: DAVIS, GORDON B : Husband of Eugenie (Obit.).
    Plain Dealer 08 Jun, 1978, pg. 06 sec. E

    Gordon m. Eugenie [Group Sheet]

  7. Lawrence FOSTER, Jr. Descendancy chart to this point (14.Lawrence3, 4.Leonard2, 1.Almira1)
  8. Elmer FOSTER Descendancy chart to this point (20.Eugene3, 6.George2, 1.Almira1)
  9. Dorothy Helen FOSTER Descendancy chart to this point (20.Eugene3, 6.George2, 1.Almira1) b. 8 Jul 1902, Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio; d. 13 Mar 1977, , Medina, Ohio.

    Notes:
    MARRIAGE: FOSTER, DOROTHY HELEN and DORNBROOK, PERCY THOMAS vol.0110 pg.0312

    Dorothy m. Percy Thomas DORNBROOK Percy (son of Frank C. DORNBROOK and Anna SVABODA) b. Jun 1900, ,, Ohio, USA; d. 6 Jul 1944, Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio. [Group Sheet]

    Children:
    1. 48. Eugene F. DORNBROOK  Descendancy chart to this point
    2. 49. Junellen DORNBROOK  Descendancy chart to this point

  10. Earl Frank FOSTER Descendancy chart to this point (21.Claud3, 6.George2, 1.Almira1) b. 15 Apr 1895, Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio; d. 13 Jan 1986, Wooster,, Ohio.

    Notes:
    OBIT: ---- FOSTER, EARL F : Husband of late Frances G (Obit.). Plain Dealer 16 Jan, 1986, pg. 07 sec. E

    DEATH: Name: Earl F Foster
    Gender: Male
    Date of Death: 13 January 1986
    Birth Date: 15 March 1895
    Volume: 26340
    Certificate: 006850
    Autopsy: Yes - Used for certification
    Social Security Number: 279095555
    Marital Status: Widowed
    Hispanic Origin: British, Scotch-Irish, Welsh, Scottish
    Place of Death: Wooster, Wayne County
    Certifier: Physician
    Race: White
    Birth Place: Ohio
    Residence: Westlake, Cuyahoga County
    Age: 90 Years


    MILITARY: Name: Earl F. Foster
    Serial Number: 3529040
    Race: W
    Residence: 1337 E. 85th St., Cleveland, O.
    Enlistment Division: National Army
    Enlistment Location: Cleveland, O.
    Enlistment Date: 27 Jun 1918
    Birth Place: Cleveland, O.
    Birth Date / Age: 15 Apr 1895
    Assigns Comment: Co I 336 Infantry to 5 Oct 1918; Co A 147 Machine Gun
    Battalion to Discharge Private American Expeditionary Forces 23 Aug 1918
    to 28 Feb 1919. Honorable discharge 18 March 1919. Volume #: 6

    RESIDENCES: Lived in Westlake, Cuyahoga, Ohio

    Earl m. Frances C. GOLD Frances d. Oct 1982. [Group Sheet]

    Children:
    1. 50. William Earl FOSTER, Sr.  Descendancy chart to this point b. 23 Nov 1921, Toronto, Ontario, Canada; d. 17 Aug 2007.
    2. 51. Donald R. FOSTER  Descendancy chart to this point

  11. Daniel K. FOSTER Descendancy chart to this point (21.Claud3, 6.George2, 1.Almira1)
  12. Gladys Bessie FOSTER Descendancy chart to this point (22.Frank3, 6.George2, 1.Almira1) b. 6 Aug 1900, ,, Ohio, USA; d. 10 Mar 1985, , Ashtabula, Ohio.

    Notes:
    MARRIAGE: FOSTER, GLADYS BESSIE and KAELIN, CHARLES J 0179 0314

    Gladys m. Charles J. KAELIN Charles b. 13 Oct 1901; d. 31 May 1969, , Ashtabula, Ohio. [Group Sheet]

  13. Lloyd FOSTER, Jr. Descendancy chart to this point (23.Lloyd3, 6.George2, 1.Almira1)
  14. Paul BUSWIE Descendancy chart to this point (24.Eva3, 7.Pauline2, 1.Almira1)
  15. William BUSWIE, Jr. Descendancy chart to this point (24.Eva3, 7.Pauline2, 1.Almira1)
  16. Robert BUSWIE Descendancy chart to this point (24.Eva3, 7.Pauline2, 1.Almira1)

  
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