Born in Troy Grove, LaSalle, Illinois, United States
Ancestors 
Daughter of Harry Lee Foster
and Edith Alice (Brown) Foster
Sister of
Wyman Masterman Foster, Leota Florence (Foster) Gates [half], James T Foster [half], Orla Jewel (Foster) Genens [half], Unnamed Infant Foster [half], Paul Riley Foster [half] and Josephine Marie (Foster) Shaw [half]
Wife of
William Lee Cornelius
— married
[date unknown] [location unknown]
Wife of
John Marion Eldridge
— married
[date unknown] [location unknown]
Mother of
William Lee Cornelius and Donna Joanne (Eldridge) Schultz
Died [date unknown]
[location unknown]
Profile last modified
| Created 5 Oct 2022
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Biography
Helen was born in 1905. She is the daughter of Harry Foster and Edith Brown.
Sources
- * "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MK63-2BZ : accessed 3 October 2022), Helen F Foster in household of Harry L Foster, Wyoming, Lee, Illinois, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 63, sheet 9B, family 221, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 302; FHL microfilm 1,374,315.
- 1920 Census: "1920 United States Federal Census"
Year: 1920; Census Place: Troy Grove, La Salle, Illinois; Roll: T625_379; Page: 1A; Enumeration District: 157
Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 6061 #9729982 (accessed 3 October 2022)
Helen Foster (14), single daughter, in household of Harry L Foster (42) in Troy Grove, La Salle, Illinois. Born in Illinois. - "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KMBB-VHL : 6 January 2021), Helen Eldridge in household of John Eldridge, Tama, Tama, Iowa, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 86-27, sheet 14A, line 8, family 297, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 1207.
- "United States 1950 Census", database, FamilySearch (ark:/61903/1:1:6FQW-3XRL : Sun Jan 29 21:26:36 UTC 2023), Entry for Helen F Eldridge and William L Cornelius, 13 April 1950.
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