Thomas William Foster (1883 - 1958)

Born 10 Sep 1883 in Tennessee

Ancestors

Died 10 May 1958 at age 74 in Knoxville, Knox County, Tennessee

Censuses

1910^{[1] [2]}

Charles and Gertrude have been married for 4 years. She has had 3 children/1 surviving.

1920^{[3] [4]}

Nancy is boarding in the Dalton household with what I think are her siblings. "Aravia Foster" is said to be her son, however she isn't married. Aravia's father's birthplace looks like it was written as "unknown" first but then "US" written over it. I think the same thing happened with Fred Dalton's birthplace, but the "u" looks like an "n" so someone thought it was "NS" for "Nova Scotia". This census was taken in January 1920 and Nancy died a few months later of tuberculosis.

Nobody (including Beula and Meady) has been to school in the past year.

1940^{[5] [6]}

Based on Thomas' death certificate, I believe this is him lodging with the Lumfords.

Military

WWI Draft Card^[7]

Death

Death Certificate^[8]

Sources

• http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=foster&GSiman=1&GScid=2156375&GRid=35464737&

1. ↑ "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MGNL-Y1X : accessed 12 August 2015), Charles Foster, Civil District 2, Knox, Tennessee, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 102, sheet 8B, family 170, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,375,521.
2. ↑ http://search.ancestryheritagequest.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1910USCenIndex&indiv=try&h=27272466
3. ↑ http://search.ancestryheritagequest.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1920usfedcen&indiv=try&h=35680214
4. ↑ "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K4CT-9TH : accessed 14 August 2015), Thomas W Foster in household of Joe I Lumford, Civil District 6, Knox, Tennessee, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 47-18, sheet 7A, family 114, NARA digital publication T627 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012), roll 3909.
5. ↑ http://search.ancestryheritagequest.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1940usfedcen&indiv=try&h=33328462
6. ↑ "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K4CT-9TH : accessed 14 August 2015), Thomas W Foster in household of Joe I Lumford, Civil District 6, Knox, Tennessee, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 47-18, sheet 7A, family 114, NARA digital publication T627 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012), roll 3909.
7. ↑ "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KZ6K-7Q8 : accessed 14 August 2015), Thomas William Foster, 1917-1918; citing Knoxville City no 1, Tennessee, United States, NARA microfilm publication M1509 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,877,372.
8. ↑ "Tennessee, Death Records, 1914-1955," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QKM9-TN54 : accessed 4 July 2015), Solmon Foster in entry for Thomas William Foster, 10 May 1958; citing Cemetery, Knoxville, Knox, Tennessee, United States, , State Library and Archives, Nashville; FHL microfilm .