Bettie Lou (Woosley) Foster (abt. 1887 - 1943)

Born about 20 Oct 1887 in Rains, Texas, United States

Ancestors

Wife of William Ransom Foster — married 20 Jan 1909 in Fannin, Texas, United States

Died 26 Mar 1943 at about age 55 in Sherman, Grayson, Texas, United States

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Biography

Bettie was born in 1887. Bettie Woosley ... She passed away in 1943.

Buried, Leonard Cemetery, Leonard, Fannin County, Texas, USA

Research Notes

• There are some problems with her birth date:
  • Her headstone is engraved with 20 Oct 1887
  • Her death record shows birth date of 20 Oct 1888

  Both of these dates conflict with the birth date of her sister, Bessie, whose birth date is 25 May 1888.

Sources

• "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M3G6-427 : accessed 12 November 2021), Bettie Low Woasley in household of Lewis J Noasley, Justice Precinct 3 Whitewrigth town, Grayson, Texas, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 105, sheet 16B, family 327, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,241,640.

• "Texas Marriages, 1837-1973", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FX3R-PH7 : 22 January 2020), Bettie Lou Woosley in entry for W. R. Foster, 1909.

• "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KWVH-PJV : 10 January 2021), Bettie Lou Foster in household of W R Foster, Justice Precinct 3, Fannin, Texas, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 74-17, sheet 8B, line 78, family 162, 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 4031.

• "Texas Deaths, 1890-1976," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KS1G-YYY : 20 February 2021), Emma Woosley in entry for W A Foster, 26 Mar 1943; citing certificate number 12348, State Registrar Office, Austin; FHL microfilm 2,137,251.

• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/24790408/bettie-lou-foster : accessed 12 November 2021), memorial page for Bettie Lou Woosley Foster (20 Oct 1887–26 Mar 1943), Find A Grave: Memorial #24790408, citing Leonard Cemetery, Leonard, Fannin County, Texas, USA ; Maintained by Trout Slayer (contributor 46972366).