Julia (Johnson) Foster (1899 - 1981)

Born 9 Feb 1899 in Escanaba, Delta, Michigan, USA

Wife of Floyd Stephen Foster — married 17 Sep 1921 in Flint, Genesee, Michigan, USA

Descendants

Died 4 Mar 1981 at age 82 in Flint, Genesee, Michigan, USA

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Biography

Julia was born in 1899. She passed away in 1981.

Name

Julia JOHNSON. ^{[1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12]}

Julis JOHNSON.^[13]

Found multiple versions of name. Using Julia JOHNSON.

Born

09 FEB 1899.

Escanaba, Delta, Michigan, USA.^{[1] [6]}

1899

Michigan, USA.^[3]

FEB 1899.

Michigan, USA.^[2]

09 FEB 1899.^{[14] [15]}

1899

Escanaba, Delta, Michigan, USA.^{[4] [5]}

ABT 1899.

Escanaba^[8]

1907

Note: #N00575.^[16]

FEB 1899.

Michigan^[2]

Found multiple copies of birth date. Using 09 FEB 1899

Died

04 MAR 1981.

Flint, Genesee, Michigan, USA.

Note: #N00677.^[14]

MAR 1981.

Genesee, Michigan, USA.^[15]

1990

Note: #N00576.^[16]

Found multiple copies of death date. Using 04 MAR 1981

Alias

Julia LEQUIA.^[17]

Julia LEQUID.^[4]

Julia FOSTER.^{[5][14] [15] [16] [18] [19] [20]}

Julia LAQUIA.^[5]

Julia JOHNSON LEQUIA.^[5]

Medical Entry

Was in an sanitarium institution.

ABT 1940.

Flint, Genesee, Michigan, USA.^[12]

Event

Race

White^{[2] [3] [8]}

Residence

1900

Age: 1; Relation to Head of House: Daughter.

Escanaba, Delta, Michigan, USA.^[2]

1910

Age: 11; Marital Status: Single; Relation to Head of House: Daughter.

Escanaba Ward 5, Delta, Michigan, USA.^[3]

12 SEP 1918.

Escanaba, Delta, Michigan, USA.^{[8] [17]}

1921

Flint, Genesee, Michigan, USA.^[5]

1940

Flint, Genesee, Michigan, USA.

Note: #N00678.^[20]

ABT 1981.

Argentine, Genesee, Michigan, USA.^[14]

Occupation

Factory work.

1918

Escanaba, Delta, Michigan, USA.^[4]

Housework.

1921

Flint, Genesee, Michigan, USA.^[5]

Education

Judson's college.

Note: #N00673.^[12]

Marriage

Husband @I00972@.

Wife Julia Johnson.

Child: @I00969@.

Divorce:

ABT 1920.^[6]

Marriage

10 SEP 1918.

Escanaba, Delta, Michigan, USA.^{[4] [6]}

Marriage

Note: #N00574.

Marriage

10 SEP 1918.^[13]

Marriage

Note: #N00619.^[10]

Husband Floyd Stephen Foster.

Wife Julia Johnson.

Marriage

17 SEP 1921.

Flint, Genesee, Michigan, USA.^[5]

Husband @I00980@.

Wife @I00981@.

Child: Julia Johnson.

Marriage

ABT 1895.^[2]

Notes

Note N00575 - unverified.

Note N00576 - unverified.

Note N00673 - Couldn't finish high school but went to Judson's College, which was really a clothes pin factory.

Note N00677 - Information from Michigan Death Records.

Note N00678 - Patient at Community Hospital under Matron Jouvana Gardner and Nurse Mamye Evans.

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} "Michigan, Births, 1867-1902"

   database, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, FamilySearch (http://familysearch.org), "Michigan, Births, 1867-1902," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/NQK3-VQX : accessed 15 Aug 2014), Julia Johnson, 09 Feb 1899; citing item 2 rn 8259, Escanaba, Delta, Michigan, Department of Vital Records, Lansing; FHL microfilm 2322868.

2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5} "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MSM9-C8Y : accessed 15 July 2015), Carl Johnson, Escanaba city Ward 5 & 7, Delta, Michigan, United States; citing sheet 9A, family 139, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,240,708.
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3} "United States Census, 1910," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MLPB-R9J : accessed 15 Aug 2014), Julia Johnson in household of Chas Johnson, Escanaba Ward 5, Delta, Michigan, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 48, sheet 26A, family 532, NARA microfilm publication T624, FHL microfilm 1374657.
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4} "Michigan, Marriages, 1868-1925," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/N3TM-C3X : accessed 15 Aug 2014), Edward Lequid and Julia Johnson, 10 Sep 1918; citing Escanaba, Delta, Michigan, v 2 p 39 rn 6878, Department of Vital Records, Lansing; FHL microfilm 2342725.
5. ↑ ^{5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 5.5 5.6 5.7} "Michigan, Marriages, 1868-1925," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/N31K-9WP : accessed 15 Aug 2014), Floyd S. Foster and Julia Johnson Laquia, 17 Sep 1921; citing Flint, Genesee, Michigan, v 2 p 49 rn 2520, Department of Vital Records, Lansing; FHL microfilm 2342743.
6. ↑ ^{6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3} "Our Family History, Genealogy of the Lyders-Gustafson Family", Family Group Sheets. Our Family History, Genealogy of the Lyders-Gustafson Family. http://www.lyders-gustafson.com : 2015. (http:// www.lyders-gustafson.com/getperson.php?personID=IG2775&tree=lg) for Edward P LeQuia and Family.
7. ↑ U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007

   Record for John Edward Lequia

   Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2015; Repository: #R00016

8. ↑ ^{8.0 8.1 8.2 8.3} Michigan, Marriage Records, 1867-1952

   Record for Julia Johnson

   Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2015; Repository: #R00016 Michigan Department of Community Health, Division for Vital Records and Health Statistics.

9. ↑ 29 March 2015 Email - Julia, Ina, Ellen, Hilda & John Johnson, Theresa Ann Quinn, Lawrence Quinn Hi again, Attached are photos of Julia's sisters Ina (my grandmother), Ellen, and Hilda.... her brother John (who never married) when they were in their 20s or so... no dates... Ina is holding my mother Theresa Ann Quinn (deceased) in her arms. Mother was the youngest of four children who grew up. Ina and Lawrence's first baby lived only a few days. This photo would have been taken in Escanaba, MI. My mother was born August 29, 1927 so that means this photo was taken not long afterward.
10. ↑ ^{10.0 10.1} 29 March 2015 - John LeQuia, Julia Johnson, Ellen Johnson, Hilda Johnson, Ina Amelia Johnson, Floyd Foster, Edward Laquia, Charles Johnson, Johanna Sand, Carl Johannson, Harma Rain, Lawrence Michael Quinn, Nancy Carter
    Hi, Attached is a high resolution scan of your grandfather at age one. I think his eyes especially look like the photo of him as a man that is posted to your site I have one photo which says "Aunt Julia" on it.... I think it is your grandmother by blood ... The issue is I don't know if my mother or grandmother wrote it.... If my mother, it is her. If my grandmother.... don't know who she is! I have photos of some of her sisters -- Ellen, Hilda... she and my grandmother Ina were close. I also have photos of their father (one) and mother (several). They were Swedish but came from Finland... I have some stories that my mother wrote in her essay of Julia and Ina's (my grandmother) escapades as girls. I don't know why Julia and Edward parted, only that they were not together long. Julia married Floyd Foster. They had four children. Floyd was killed in a car accident in 1941. There is more.... I never met Julia but I remember that my grandmother visited her regularly. Also somewhere I have her obituary (I think). I moved a few years ago and some boxes are not yet retrieved / found, much to my frustration. They are here somewhere. >>>>This is actually a GREAT confirmation for me. My grandfather is John Edward leQuia but he died in 2002. I was in high school and not yet interested in genealogy. My parents didn't know much about Julia. They had her name in my family tree as Foster but I think that was from another marriage? It took me awhile to find her birth name. I knew my grandpa was adopted by his grand parents Fred LeQuia and mary Hebert. There was tension in the family, according to my dad. He said Edward would get upset when anyone said grandpa was his son, he would say "he's my brother! Not my son!". You'll find them both on the same censuses listed as Edward and both as the son of Fred and Mary. I would love to see that photo and I can tell you more about Grandpa John if you want. Feel free to use anything from my page. He was pretty quiet as i remember him. Grandma Peggy was the loud one. Haha. Do you know why Edward and Julia parted? I have suspected age may have played a part. I'd like to learn more about Julia since she is my great grandmother by blood. May I check out the photo? Nancy A. Carter, granddaughter of Ina Amelia Johnson Quinn McMurray and Lawrence Michael Quinn, great-granddaughter of Charles Johnson (Carl Johannson) and Johanna Sand (or Harma Rain? - that is another question-- whoever she is I have photos of her!)
11. ↑ 30 March 2015 - Julia Johnson, Floyd Foster, Loretta H Foster, Marion Floyd "Bud" Foster, Clarence O Foster, Leonard Wayne Foster, L D Ommer Foster, Shirley Foster, Sylvia Foster
    Hi Katie, A photo of Julia Johnson is in the foreground. I might re-scan this at 600 dpi... More details might be revealed. The photo itself is smaller. Julia and her husband Floyd Foster had 7 children, not 4. I wrote that in error last night. They were. Loretta H Foster 1923 - still living Marion Floyd "Bud" Foster 1924 - 2004 Clarence O Foster 1925 - 1999 Leonard Wayne Foster 1928 - 2013 L D Ommer Foster 1930 - 2015 Shirley Foster 1936 - still living Sylvia Foster1938 - 1973
12. ↑ ^{12.0 12.1 12.2} 01 April 2015 - JOHNSON, FOSTER, SAND, REIN Families
    Hi Katie, I so appreciate you sharing information and pictures with me! It is a part of the family that has been hard for me to find and one that I know very little about. I loved the picture of my grandpa. I can see his face in there and also he looks a lot like my dad Lawrence as a baby. Such a cute photo! I might have mentioned that I really like this one when I first saw it... his smile or something.... Thank you for the other pictures as well. I wish I had one of Edward LeQuia to compare. I see some similarities in the appearance of the family. Actually the obituary you sent me of L.D. Ommer Foster was interesting because he looks a lot like my grandpa and dad as well. They are a nice looking family. I am 99% certain I don't have one of Edward LeQuia... no wedding photos for example. This one came from my mother's album that she made as a child and was heavier on the children than the adults for her early years (and before she was born). I hope that one picture really is my Julia! It sounds likely. Yes-- given the writing on the back "Aunt Julia" and my memory of mother telling me that was her when I was a child. When you say the family was Swedish but came from Finland, does that mean they were born in Sweden? Just the kids or the parents Charles and Johanna too? Or were their parents born in Sweden? No. Best as I can tell they were both born in Finland but it is a part of Finland that to this day most of the people speak Swedish as their first language and identify as Swedish. I now understand what my grandmother Ina Amelia Johnson meant when she told me that we were Swedish with "a touch of Finnish." In the US census reports, sometimes it was written they were Finnish, sometimes Swedish. From John Johnson's obituary I learned that he was born in Skars, Finland so that is when I figured out what my grandmother meant. She had a Swedish Bible (don't know where that went... probably her youngest son). She also told me that we Swedes don't put milk and sugar in our tea like the English... we drink it black. (So that is how I drink my tea to this day....) I am glad Julia had a better marriage with Floyd Foster. They must have at least had an okay one to have had 7 children! Its too bad he was killed in a car accident though. Yes, I think so but there also was tragedy. You will see a reference it in my mother's essay, written when she was about 16. I am sending you the first three pages, two of which relate to Julia and the Johnsons. In my mother's essay she says "Julia's mind slipped" (probably grandma's words). The other night after you wrote me back, I tried to figure out a timeline. I had assumed it was after the car accident but it was not. In 1939 she was listed in residence with her husband (and children). In the 1940 census she was a patient in an institution in Flint, Mi. As far as I know, she was institutionalized for the rest of her life, some 40 years. Somewhere I once had the information of which one she was in when she died. I think it was in Ann Arbor. I remember grandma had a distance to drive to go visit her, which she did a few times a year, and wrote to her often. (Grandma was good at writing letters.) I remember grandma say, probably in the 1960s, that Julia no longer needed to be institutionalized but she had nowhere else to go (or was afraid to go). Of course, these days, if that had been the case, she would have been released whether she wanted to be or not. I don't know what happened... Julia would have been about 40 at the time and her youngest child about 2 years old. The oldest girl Loretta Hildred Foster Johnson Blied would have been 17 or 18 when Floyd Foster was killed in the car accident. Perhaps she became head of the family.... She did not marry until 1945, best as I can tell to a James Orley Johnson If you ever come across her obituary and happen to scan it, I would love to see it! Or even those essays. But no worries either way, I am appreciative and surprised by all the things you have already sent me! Thank you. Yes... after I return from Easter travels (leaving tomorrow) and when it is warmer (finally) I will go across the road into the guest room / garage and look for more materials. When you had in parentheses “great-granddaughter of Charles Johnson (Carl Johannson) and Johanna Sand (or Harma Rain?)” Do you mean that those are other names of Charles and Johanna? I was taking it from your email that your grandma referred to Johanna Sand as Harma Rein? I wonder if they Americanized the name for some reason. But not sure how they would get Rein? When I was searching for the parents of Charles and Johanna on familysearch.org I came across a John E Reen and a Sophia Isaacson I believe for Charles. Does Reen tie in with Rein/Rain? Carl Johannson was another name given in the census for Charles Johnson.... the first one he appeared in. Only in grandma's materials did I find a reference to Harma Rain (all of the photos and also her online marriage certificate). This is a mystery. You are right for Charles ... his parents are listed on the marriage record as John E Reen and a Sophia Isaacson.. and I have found Reins (from Finland as I recall) in Felch, MI. So Rain might equal Reen might equal Rein. Oh... I just found a Rein and Isaacson in the same household in Felch (both male). More later if it turns out. I appreciated you sharing your transcriptions and dates as well. Very helpful! I am going to fill it all into my genealogy software and book. I am excited to look up more information on Skars, Finland as well. Its kind of funny that I have Finnish and Swedish that I didn’t know of because my husband is part Swedish on his dad’s side and part Finnish on his mom’s side. Kind of interesting we share that history now! I have exact birth and death dates on many.... Anyway thank you so much! You gave me a wealth of information, photos and leads to go on. I am happy to know a part of my grandpa that I never knew before. Oddly enough, the night before you emailed me I smelled my grandpa’s cigars that he used to smoke in our bedroom and I was very puzzled. Maybe there’s something to that. It’s a nice thought to think he is around somewhere.  :-) Maybe so (about your grandpa).... For some reason, I felt I had to return to my genealogy work this past month when I should have been doing other things! Synchronicity perhaps. Nancy I hope to hear from you again soon! - Katie LeQuia Rowland
13. ↑ ^{13.0 13.1} LeQuia, Alfred N. & Mary J. grave stone. Photograph. 15 August, 2012, Escanaba, Michigan. Owned 2014 by Mrs. Katie Ellen (LeQuia) Rowland, 1154 W 1600 N, A4, Layton, Utah 84041. names, birth years, death years. LeQuia, Lawrence Frederick, Photograph 15 August 2012. Privately held by Katie Rowland, Layton, Utah 84041. 2014.
14. ↑ ^{14.0 14.1 14.2 14.3} 19 July 2015 - Julia Foster, death information Nancy Carter, to Katie Rowland, e-mail. Emails From Nancy Carter; privately held by Katie E LeQuia Rowland, North Salt Lake, Utah 84054.
15. ↑ ^{15.0 15.1 15.2} "United States Social Security Death Index", database, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, FamilySearch (FamilySearch.org), FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JBV7-1YS : accessed 20 July 2015), Julia Foster, Mar 1981; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing).
16. ↑ ^{16.0 16.1 16.2} Lequia family information

    LeQuia, Lawrence & Amy, Our Family Tree - NOTE LeQuia, Lawrence & Amy, personal knowledge. Privately held by Lawrence & Amy LeQuia, Clare, Michigan, 48617, 2001. May not be accurate

17. ↑ ^{17.0 17.1} "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918", database, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, FamilySearch (http://www.familysearch.org), "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/K665-PB9 : accessed 29 Jun 2014), Edward Lequia, 1917-1918; citing Delta County, Michigan, United States, NARA microfilm publication M1509, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d); FHL microfilm 1675135.
18. ↑ The Siskiyou Daily News, Yreka, California (online archive) http://www.siskiyoudaily.com/article/20150306/OBITUARIES/150309757/2015//1031/OBITUARIES for L.D. Ommer FOSTER
19. ↑ Our Baby, Katie LeQuia. Name of Katie LeQuia, birth info, stories, names of parents, birth dates & locations, family tree, pictures, artifacts, etc. FOOT Memory Books, Amy Jean (Zilska) LeQuia, compiler (Baby Memory Book, After 1984; privately held by Katie Ellen (LeQuia) Rowland, Layton, Utah 84041); Records, Stories, family tree; Our Baby, Katie LeQuia.
20. ↑ ^{20.0 20.1} "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KH39-FXV : accessed 20 July 2015), Julia Foster in household of Jouvana Gardner, Ward 9, Flint, Flint City, Genesee, Michigan, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 85-166, sheet 1B, family 7, NARA digital publication T627 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012), roll 1896.

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