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Edwin Augustus Foster (1855 - 1892)

Edwin Augustus Foster
Born in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United Statesmap
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Died at age 36 in Plympton, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United Statesmap
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Biography

Edwin was born 22 June 1855, in Boston, Massachusetts. He was the son of David M Foster (abt.1827-1881) and Lucretia (Simons) Foster (abt.1828-).[1]

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

  1. "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.
  2. "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MZC6-LXB : 18 February 2021), Edwin Foster in entry for David M Foster, 1860.
  3. "United States Census, 1870", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MD3P-Z55 : 2 January 2021), Edwin A Foster in entry for David W Foster, 1870.
  4. "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.
  5. "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.
  6. "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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