Laura Alma Foster

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• _UID: 46312CBF62D8BE44BE45A40C8F7C35E475EF
• Census: 1920, Dorchester, Suffolk, MA, USA
• Census: 1930, Belmont, Middlesex, MA, USA
• Census: 1940, Cambridge, Middlesex, MA, USA
• Residence: Abt 1946, Newton Centre, Middlesex, MA, USA; Newton Centre is a village in the town of Newton, MA
• Residence: 1950, Natick, Middlesex, MA, USA; two addresses (72 West Central & 18 Park Ave)

Notes:

She grew up in Cambridge, MA.

Her father left the family when Laura was young.

Attended secretarial school
Employed: at Boston Public and/or Harvard University Library
Employed: Jordan Marsh at Shoppers World, Framingham, Ma Salesclerk/Secretary
Employed: MIT finance office secretarial work

Involved with church: First Congregational Church Natick. MA taught kindergarten, active in the Church's Women's Union.

Active in the Girl Scouts of America from childhood and a scout leader as an adult.

Traveled via train across the country (East to West through Canada and West to East through the U. S.) visiting several National Parks in 1937 with a girl friend.

Breast Cancer survivor, double radical mastectomies, first one in 1976.

She is descended from families with a long history in New England. Both her parents trace back to some of the original settlers of New England.

She often signed her name as Laura F. (for Foster) Irving using her maiden name as her middle name instead of her christening middle name of Alma.

Laura married John Fremont Irving 5 Sep 1941, Cambridge, Middlesex, MA, USA. John (son of Linus Dudley Irving and Annie Mae Hannam) was born 4 Aug 1916, Somerville, Middlesex, MA, USA; died 28 Mar 1987, Framingham, Middlesex, MA, USA; was buried 1 Apr 1987, Massachusetts National Cemetery: Bourne, Barnstable, MA, USA. [Group Sheet]

1. Ronald Everett Curtis was born 1 Oct 1940, Worcester, Worcester, MA, USA; died 9 Sep 2010, Standish, Cumberland, ME, USA; was buried 14 Sep 2010, Evergreen Cemetery: Portland, Cumberland, ME, USA.
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• _UID: 287EBD36E09026468E509049A06D9F663E70
• Census: 1880, Somerville, Middlesex, MA, USA
• Census: 1900, Wakefield, Middlesex, MA, USA
• Census: 1910, Cambridge, Middlesex, MA, USA
• Census: 1920, Dorchester, Suffolk, MA, USA
• Residence: 1932, Boston, Norfolk, MA, USA; Foster, Linnell, salesman, home 705 Tremont; per City Directories - maybe lived there beyond 1938
• Census: 1940, Ipswich, Essex, MA, USA

Notes:

Birth record for his first child (Evans Linnell Foster) indicates this Linnell has a middle initial of "A", but that might be a mistake.

Occupation: Salesman (for Hathaway Bakery)

Linnell appears to have been a member of a lay-Catholic charitable organization named the Order of Malta. Refer to newspaper clipping for wife, Annie Gertrude (Preble) Foster, describing their Crystal anniversary (15 years); that would have been in 1908. We question Linnell being Catholic.

Sometime before April 1930 (when the 1930 census was taken) Linnell left the family. He is not listed in the 1930 census entry along with his wife and two daughters. Linnell is listed in Boston City Directories for years 1932 through at least 1938 as residing at 705 Tremont.

It appears Linnell lived with (and later married) Mary E. Kinsman and they eventually lived in Ipswich, MA where Linnell died in 1961.

From a note received from Mary Kinsman's granddaughter:
Mary E. Kinsman was my great-grandmother. I believe your grandfather is the man I knew as "Lennie." My understanding was that they fell in love and left their families. She and my great-grandfather (Willard Quincy Kinsman) were divorced. In 1936 she built a cottage on Little Neck, in Ipswich, and she and Lennie lived there together until his death. I remember my mother taking me to visit them when I was a young child.

Linnell's obit says he lived in Ipswich for 25 years (that would be 1936, the year Mary built the cottage on Little Neck). The 1940 census lists Linnell living at 207 Bay Rd as a lodger to Mary E. Kinsman. So, if Linnell and Mary were married it was after 1940.

No divorce from Annie Gertrude nor marriage documents to Mary have yet been uncovered. Only the newspaper obit and grave marker indicate Linnell and Mary were husband and wife. It is believed that his first wife (Annie Gertrude) did not believe in divorce and would not agree to submit. After Annie's death (Nov 1960) we believe Linnell and Mary were married; but that was shortly before Linnell died in Jan 1961.

The grave in the Highland Cemetery, Ipswich, MA for Linnell Foster, it implies he did wed Mary Kinsman as a second wife. See Find-A-Grave website at: http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=Foster&GSfn=Linnell&GSiman=1&GScid=91075&GRid=44791626&

Linnell married Annie Gertrude Preble 4 Oct 1893, Everett, Middlesex, MA, USA. Annie (daughter of Granville Augustus Preble and Sarah Reed Knight) was born 27 Feb 1874, Somerville, Middlesex, MA, USA; died 23 Nov 1960, Ashland, Middlesex, MA, USA; was buried 25 Nov 1960, Mount Auburn Cemetery: Cambridge, Middlesex, MA, USA. [Group Sheet]

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• _UID: 2502E0444C5E74408A164040EA8ACDAFB9BD
• Census: 1880, Boothbay, Lincoln, ME, USA
• Census: 1900, Wakefield, Middlesex, MA, USA
• Census: 1910, Cambridge, Middlesex, MA, USA
• Census: 1920, Dorchester, Suffolk, MA, USA
• Census: 1930, Belmont, Middlesex, MA, USA
• Census: 1940, Cambridge, Middlesex, MA, USA

Notes:

Sometime between the 1920 and 1930 census, husband Linnell has left the family. Annie converted to Christian Scientist church.

I (James Irving) remember Grandma Foster. She would take the bus out to Natick (usually on a Saturday) and stop at the butcher shop in Natick to get fresh oysters. We would watch for her walking up West Central Street and when we saw her coming Mom would start heating the milk to make oyster stew for lunch. She probably did the same after we moved to Park Ave, but I remember her walking up West Central St. not Park Ave. We moved to Park Ave when I was in the 2nd grade so I am impressed I still have that memory. I think only Mom, Me, and Grandma liked oyster stew. Although I do remember that the Union Oyster House in Boston was one of Aunt Lorraine’s favorites. On some visits to Boston with her we would make a point to go there for lunch.

Grandma had a crippled hand (don’t remember which) that Mom said was due to someone tried to steal her purse but she wouldn’t let go and fought off the purse snatcher. Mom (Laura Foster) believed that because she had converted to Christian Scientist she refused to go to a doctor to have the hand looked at. The result was that she had very little use of that hand and it was deformed.

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• _UID: 4E6CA3FC63A9AF48B8E704A6FF663C72B8AE
• Census: 1850, Woburn, Middlesex, MA, USA
• Census: 1870, Woburn, Middlesex, MA, USA
• Census: 1880, Somerville, Middlesex, MA, USA
• Census: 1900, Cambridge, Middlesex, MA, USA

Notes:

Cabinet Maker/ Foreman

1880 census lists him as age 37 and there is a
boarder Charles Irving age 25 (interesting, wonder who he was)

MARRIAGE: Willis H. Foster age 26 of Woburn married Sarah Enerline Kimpton of Stoneham. Grooms Parents: Timothy & Susan Foster; Brides Parents: John P. & Esther Kimpton; Married by E.B. Fairchild Christian Union Church Stoneham, MA. Willis's occupation listed on marriage records is Cabinet Maker.

Find-A-Grave Memorial# 60769579; see website - http://www.findagrave.com/

BURIAL: grave site visited 26 Nov 2010; there is no marker for Willis Foster or wife Sarah E. Kimpton-Foster

Willis married Sarah Enerline Kimpton 24 Feb 1869, Stoneham, Middlesex, MA, USA. Sarah (daughter of John P. Kimpton and Esther T. Parker) was born 15 Feb 1848, Stoneham, Middlesex, MA, USA; died 31 May 1932, Cambridge, Middlesex, MA, USA; was buried 3 Jun 1932, Woodbrook Cemetery: Woburn, Middlesex, MA, USA. [Group Sheet]

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• _UID: 9FA808B480178B4B973895D639CABE69D47D
• Census: 1850, Stoneham, Middlesex, MA, USA
• Census: 1860, Stoneham, Middlesex, MA, USA
• Census: 1870, Woburn, Middlesex, MA, USA
• Census: 1880, Somerville, Middlesex, MA, USA
• Census: 1900, Cambridge, Middlesex, MA, USA
• Census: 1920, Cambridge, Middlesex, MA, USA

Notes:

Documented with two different spellings Kimpton and Kempton. Also middle name could be Emiline.

BURIAL: grave site visited 26 Nov 2010; there is no marker for Sarah E. Kimpton-Foster or husband Willis Foster.

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• _UID: 2109CB235E0E1A46A2EF5667A154308EE502
• Census: 1850, Boothbay, Lincoln, ME, USA
• Census: 1860, Boothbay, Lincoln, ME, USA
• Military Service: 30 Aug 1861, Augusta, Kennebec, ME, USA; US Civil War: Company B, 9th Regiment, Maine Volunteers
• Census: 1880, Boothbay, Lincoln, ME, USA
• Move: Bef 1887, Cambridge, Middlesex, MA, USA
• Census: 1900, Boothbay, Lincoln, ME, USA

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Granville served in the Civil War 30 Aug 1861 - 27 Sept 1864. Company B of the 9th Regiment of the Maine Volunteers - Private. Was 24 years old upon discharge in Agusta, ME. Occupation prior to enlistment was Seaman.

Unable to locate a 1870 Census record for the family. Second and third children seem to have been born in Massachusetts but the family seemed to return home to Boothbay, Maine (1880 Census). Then Granville appears in Cambridge, Mass in 1887; and back in Maine for 1900 census.

Granville married Sarah Reed Knight 25 Dec 1865, Bath, Sagadohoc, ME, USA. Sarah (daughter of Charles Knight and Mary Ann Reed) was born 6 Nov 1844, Boothbay, Lincoln, ME, USA; died 23 Oct 1909, Boothbay, Lincoln, ME, USA; was buried Oct 1909, Wylie Cemetery: Boothbay, Lincoln, ME, USA. [Group Sheet]

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• _UID: 203CEA900C2CAF42BBA42C9617B842194AA7

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• _UID: 7567DD168B667F48BA9CB07E0D18D27B7D36
• Census: 1850, Woburn, Middlesex, MA, USA

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OCCUPATION: Clerk

DEATH: age at death 41 years 3 months per Woburn vital statistics. Death certificate lists parents as Joel & Eunice. This is an error. Joel was his mother's father.

BIOGRAPHY: According to the 1850 Census for Woburn, MA - Timothy Foster was married to Susan M. Barnes and in 1850 they were living in Woburn, MA, At that time they had one 8 yr old child - Willis H. Foster, and a Betsy Barnes (his wife Susan's Mother) was living with them.

Timothy married Susan M. Barnes 12 Jul 1840, Woburn, Middlesex, MA, USA. Susan (daughter of Betsy) was born 1823, Boston, Suffolk, MA, USA; died 1893; was buried 1893, Woodbrook Cemetery: Woburn, Middlesex, MA, USA. [Group Sheet]

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• _UID: D8AF2D7B1E768841B5C6A55B3399D818C39F
• Census: 1850, Woburn, Middlesex, MA, USA
• Census: 1860, Woburn, Middlesex, MA, USA
• Census: 1870, Woburn, Middlesex, MA, USA
• Census: 1880, Woburn, Middlesex, MA, USA

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BIOGRAPHY: The 1860 census for Woburn indicates that Susan is married to a James Sweeny. They have one 10 yr old child - Susan E. Foster. It appears that the son Willis (now 18 yrs old) has left the family group. Betsy Barnes, now 85, is still living with her daughter.

Susan's first husband, Timothy Foster died 1 Dec. 1855 and by the 1860 census for Woburn she has remarried to James Sweeney.

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• _UID: 82689AC9648D8048AE0715B3C18F6EA8E9F3
• Census: 1840, Charlestown, Suffolk, MA, USA
• Census: 1850, Stoneham, Middlesex, MA, USA
• Census: 1860, Stoneham, Middlesex, MA, USA
• Census: 1870, Stoneham, Middlesex, MA, USA
• Census: 1880, Stoneham, Middlesex, MA, USA

Notes:

Lived in Stoneham at some point
May have married Ester and had a daughter Linda that died at age 3 buried in Richmond, NH

OCCUPATION: Teamster
as listed on daughter Sarah E. Kimptons birth record

John married Esther T. Parker 8 Feb 1832, Millbury, Worcester, MA, USA. Esther was born Abt 1812, , , NH, USA; died Bef 1900. [Group Sheet]

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• _UID: 74F56C19E8795C45B73C06316BA87EFAA5EF
• Census: 1840, Charlestown, Suffolk, MA, USA
• Census: 1850, Stoneham, Middlesex, MA, USA
• Census: 1860, Stoneham, Middlesex, MA, USA
• Census: 1870, Stoneham, Middlesex, MA, USA
• Census: 1880, Stoneham, Middlesex, MA, USA

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• _UID: 7E1C7F879864F84E9F61AA239BA07A49ADFE
• Census: 1850, Boothbay, Lincoln, ME, USA
• Census: 1860, Boothbay, Lincoln, ME, USA

Notes:

In the 1830's he commanded the new Schooner "Satira", his daughter's name, and also the new Brig "Julia Payson" , Arrowsic 1847, both hailed from Bath.

A native of Cape Newagan, in the 1850's Ebenezer lived near the old willow tree landmark.

Ebenezer married Cynthia Sherman 29 Nov 1830, Boothbay, Lincoln, ME, USA. Cynthia (daughter of Roger Sherman and Elizabeth Dunton) was born 1808; died 1872; was buried 1872, Wylie Cemetery: Boothbay, Lincoln, ME, USA. [Group Sheet]

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• _UID: 95DD3B1495ADF84FA8D5FAF2C7B0815C0796
• Census: 1850, Boothbay, Lincoln, ME, USA
• Census: 1860, Boothbay, Lincoln, ME, USA

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• _UID: 84BE5F338015AF4781DAA8D5BF6AAC727E82

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They lived near Bayville, where Granville Preble lived

Charles married Mary Ann Reed Abt 1830, Boothbay, Lincoln, ME, USA. Mary (daughter of Mathew Reed and Sally Reed) was born 17 Mar 1809, Bayville, Lincoln, ME, USA; died 29 Jan 1876, Boothbay, Lincoln, ME, USA; was buried 1876, Wylie Cemetery: Boothbay, Lincoln, ME, USA. [Group Sheet]

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• _UID: 781D8A3BBF53B24DB3FB060E5BFA948197CE