In 1860, the family is living in Boston, Massachusetts. Edwin's father Daniel is a policeman.[2]
1850 Household
Role
Sex
Age
Birthplace
David M Foster
Male
33
New Hampshire
Leantia Foster
Female
30
New Hampshire
Daniel Foster
Male
9
New Hampshire
Horace Foster
Male
7
New Hampshire
Edwin Foster
Male
5
New Hampshire
William Foster
Male
0
New Hampshire
Georgiana Foster
Female
11
New Hampshire
In 1870, the family is still in Boston, Massachusetts.[3]
1870 Household
Role
Sex
Age
Birthplace
David W Foster
Male
43
New Hampshire
Lucretia Foster
Female
42
New Hampshire
Georgie Foster
Female
21
Massachusetts
Daniel W Foster
Male
19
Massachusetts
Horace H Foster
Male
17
Massachusetts
Edwin A Foster
Male
15
Massachusetts
David H Foster
Male
10
Massachusetts
William H Foster
Male
1
Massachusetts
On 27 June 1878, 23 year old Edwin married 19 year old Lillian Archer Foster, daughter of Joseph Warren Foster and Almira Weir, in Boston Massachusetts.[4]
In 1880, the family is living in Braintree, Massachusetts. Edwin is a freight agent for the railroad.[5]
1880 Household
Role
Sex
Age
Birthplace
Edward E Foster
Self
Male
25
Massachusetts, United States
Lillian Foster
Wife
Female
20
Massachusetts, United States
Ada Foster
Daughter
Female
0
Massachusetts, United States
Edward (Edwin) died at age 36, in a railroad accident, on 26 March 1892, in Plympton, Massachusetts. He is buried in the Cedar Grove Cemetery.[6]
Sources
↑ "Massachusetts Births, 1841-1915," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FXDT-D6J : 20 February 2021), Foster, 22 Jun 1855, Boston, Massachusetts; citing reference ID #p.85 #3815, Massachusetts Archives, Boston; FHL microfilm 1,428,236.
↑ "Massachusetts Marriages, 1841-1915," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NWT5-CG4 : 10 March 2021), Edwin A. Foster and Lillian A. Foster, 27 Jun 1878; citing Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States, State Archives, Boston; FHL microfilm 1,433,039.
↑ "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MHXH-32W : 19 February 2021), Edward E Foster, Braintree, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States; citing enumeration district ED 506, sheet 294A, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm 1,254,547.
↑ "Massachusetts Deaths, 1841-1915, 1921-1924," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:N7P4-XL4 : 2 March 2021), Edward A. Foster, 26 Mar 1892; citing Boston, Massachusetts, v 428 p 595, State Archives, Boston; FHL microfilm 961,507.
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