Mary Ann (Sigler) Forster (abt. 1836 - abt. 1915)

Born about 21 Sep 1836 in Ross, Ohio, United States

Ancestors

Wife of John Nevill Forster — married 11 Oct 1859 in Ross Co. Ohio [uncertain]

Descendants

Died about 8 Jul 1915 at about age 78 in Bear Creek Township, Hancock, Illinois, United States

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Biography

(Bold references: [1] indicate primary/reliable sources.)

• First Name: Mary ^{[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12]}
• Middle Name: Ann ^[3][12]
• Middle Initial: A. ^{[9][2][4][5][6][7][8][11]}
• Alternate middle initial: R ^[10]
• Last Name: SIGLER ^{[2][4][5][6][7][8]}

• Birth: 21 Sept 1836 ^[2][11][12]
• Alternate Birth Date: Abt 1837 ^[3]
• Birth Place: Ross, Ohio ^[2][10][12]

• Father: Adam SIGLER, (1810—1884) ^[12]
• Mother: Rebecca WHITE (SIGLER), (1811—1905 ^[12]
  Marriage: 12 Jan 1832. They had 9 children. ^[12]

• 1850: Living at Jefferson, Ross Co, OH at 14 yrs old. She with:^[2]
  1. Father, Adam SIGLER, age 39, of OH who could not read and write)
  2. Mother, Rebecca WHITE (SIGLER), age 39, of OH.
  3. Brother, William, age 17, of OH, a farm hand.
  4. Brother, Jacob, age 16, of OH, a farm hand.
  5. Brother, Joseph, age 12
  6. Brother, Wheeler C., age 10, of OH
  7. Brother, John, age 9, of OH
  8. Brother, Alonzo, age 4, of OH.
  (There were 10 other Siglers living there at this time, probably relatives).

• Marriage to John M. FOSTER or FOYESTER) ^{[5][6][7][8][9][10][4][11]}
• Marriage Date: 11 Oct 1859 ^{[5][6][7][8][12]}
• Marriage Place: Ross Co. OH ^{[5][6][7][8][12]}

• Children: 4 ^[1][4][13] or 3 ^[12]

1. Daughter, Flora Etta FORSTER (HUFF), (15 Jan 1868 or '69, Hancock Co. IL or OH—1 or 4 Oct 1909), m: William Theodore HUFF, (26 Aug 1863 or '64, Basco, Hancock, IL—1936), on 17 Feb 1886 or '87, Hancock IL. They had 7 children. ^[12]
2. Daughter, Ida M. FORSTER (KIRKPATRICK), (1861, OH—1887, Hancock, IL), m: Gilbert Arthur KIRKPATRICK, (1857—?), on 5 Nov 1884, Hancock, IL. They had 1 child. ^[12]
3. Daughter, Laura Belle FORSTER or FOSTER (FISHER), (25 Sep 1872, Bear Creek, Hancock, IL—?) , m: William Orin FISHER, (1875—1930), son of G. B. FISHER and Celastia DORSEY on 27 Nov 1902, Hancock, IL. ^[12][9]
4. Son, Harold Roy FORSTER, (4 July 1880 or '70—26 Nov 1895 or '75 at age 28, 18 or 5. See NOTE in his profile) ^[11]

• 1860:Mary Ann FORESTER, age 23 (1837) of OH lived in Liberty Township, Ross, OH. She lived with her husband, John FORESTER, age 23 (1837), of OH, a school teacher (No children yet as they had only been married one year). They lived in the home of farmers Henry and Sarah HARD, and their two children under 5. ^[3]

• 1870: Lived in Bear Creek (Basco), Hancock Co., Illinois at age 31 with husband, John M. FORESTER, age 32, a school teacher and farmer, born in Ohio. Also in the home were daughters, Ida M., age 8, born in OH, Flora E., age 2, born in IL, and a newborn baby, 21 days old, born 18th May (Probably Laura Belle). There was two other young men: another school teacher, John A. Forster, age 24, born in OH (a relative?) and a farmer, Francis M. CARNES, age 20. Their home was worth $5000. ^[10]

• 1880: Lived in Bear Creek (Basco), Hancock Co., IL at age ~44 of OH with: ^[4][12]
  1. Husband, John M. FORESTER, age ~44 of OH
  2. Daughter, Ida M. FORSTER, age 19 of IL
  3. Daughter, Flora E. FORSTER, age 13 of IL
  4. Daughter, Laura B. FORSTER, age 9 of IL
  5. Houskeeper servant, Carrie MILLER, age 45, of MI
  6. Farmhand, Thomas LEWALLEN, age 24, of IL

• 1900: Lived in Bear Creek (Basco), Hancock Co., IL at age 64 of OH and married 41 yrs. She lived with: ^[14][12]
  1. Husband, John M. FORESTER, age 64 of OH, a farmer
  2. Daughter, Laura Belle FORESTER, age 27, of IL
  3. Grandson (?) Earl KIRKPATRICK, age 14, of MI

• Religion: Methodist ^[15]

• Death Date: 8 July 1915 ^[11]
• Alternate Death Date: 1905 ^[12]
• Death Place: Bear Creek, Hancock, IL ^[12]
• Buried: West Cemetery, Basco, Hancock CO., IL, with husband and son, Harold Roy under a single stone (now new) ^[11]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} Personal information from interview with Marjorie (Cook) FRANTZ
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5} 1850 Census "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MX73-VQ3 : 9 November 2014), Mary A Sigler in household of Adam Sigler, Ross county, part of, Ross, Ohio, United States; citing family 1214, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.). Also p595, sheet 298B http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~cenfiles/oh/ross/1850/index/indx03ma.txt
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3} 1860 Census "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MCPQ-F82 : Tue Jul 18 02:05:31 UTC 2023), Entry for Henry Hard and Sarah A Hard, 1860.
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5} 1880 Census "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MXJL-N5R : 15 September 2017), John N Forster, Bear Creek, Hancock, Illinois, United States; citing enumeration district ED 63, sheet 33D, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 0211; FHL microfilm 1,254,211.
5. ↑ ^{5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 5.5} Marriage cert. "Ohio Marriages, 1800-1958," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XDKK-TXC : 8 December 2014), John N. Foyester and Mary A. Sigler, 11 Oct 1859; citing Ross,Ohio, reference ; FHL microfilm 0281640 V. G-H.
6. ↑ ^{6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 6.4 6.5} Marriage cert. #2 "Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-2013," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XZXW-ML1 : 8 December 2014), John M. Forester and Mary A. Sigler, 11 Oct 1859; citing Ross, Ohio, United States, reference 0281653; county courthouses, Ohio; FHL microfilm 281,653.
7. ↑ ^{7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 7.4 7.5} Marriage cert. #3-intended (with image) "Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-2013," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XZKX-QLJ : 8 December 2014), John N. Foyester and Mary A. Sigler, 11 Oct 1859; citing Ross, Ohio, United States, reference P 364; county courthouses, Ohio; FHL microfilm 281,640.,
8. ↑ ^{8.0 8.1 8.2 8.3 8.4 8.5} Marriage cert. #4-intended (with image) "Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-2013," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XD2J-WQY : 8 December 2014), John N. Forester and Mary A. Sigler, 11 Oct 1859; citing Ross, Ohio, United States, reference 422; county courthouses, Ohio; FHL microfilm 281,651.
9. ↑ ^{9.0 9.1 9.2 9.3} Laura Bell Marriage "Illinois, County Marriages, 1810-1940," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VXGH-GZ8 : 3 March 2016), William O Fisher and Laura Bell Foster, 27 Nov 1902; citing Hancock, Illinois, United States, county offices, Illinois; FHL microfilm 1,533,537.
10. ↑ ^{10.0 10.1 10.2 10.3 10.4} 1870 Census database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M643-3NW : 17 October 2014), Flora E Forster in household of John M Forster, Illinois, United States; citing p. 22, family 168, NARA microfilm publication M593 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 545,725
11. ↑ ^{11.0 11.1 11.2 11.3 11.4 11.5 11.6} FindAGrave/Mary Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 26 March 2019), memorial page for Mary A Forster (21 Sep 1836–8 Jul 1915), Find A Grave Memorial no. 110926696, citing West Cemetery, Basco, Hancock County, Illinois, USA ; Maintained by DJG (contributor 47827011) https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/110926696/mary-a-forster
12. ↑ ^{12.00 12.01 12.02 12.03 12.04 12.05 12.06 12.07 12.08 12.09 12.10 12.11 12.12 12.13 12.14 12.15 12.16} Family Search/LRHM-LRG https://familysearch.org/tree/person/LRHM-LRG
13. ↑ Roots Web/bryant&id=I37206 http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=bryant&id=I37206
14. ↑ 1900 Census "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MSW7-P55 : accessed 6 December 2018), John A Forester, Bear Creek Township Basco village, Hancock, Illinois, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 13, sheet 2B, family 45, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,240,304.
15. ↑ Biographical review of Hancock County, Illinois: (containing biographical and genealogical sketches of many of the prominent citizens of to-day and also of the past), Hobart Publishing Company, Chicago,1907, p 745-747. https://archive.org/stream/biographicalrevi00hoba#page/745/mode/1up

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