Linnell Foster b. 22 Mar 1871 Woburn, Middlesex, MA, USA d. 22 Jan 1961 Ipswich, Essex, MA, USA: Irving Genealogy

Irving Family History

1871 - 1961 (89 years)

Name	Linnell Foster
Born	22 Mar 1871	Woburn, Middlesex, MA, USA [1, 2]
Gender	Male
Census	1880	Somerville, Middlesex, MA, USA [3]
Census	1900	Wakefield, Middlesex, MA, USA [4]
Census	1910	Cambridge, Middlesex, MA, USA [5]
Census	1920	Dorchester, Suffolk, MA, USA [6]
Residence	1932	Boston, Norfolk, MA, USA
Residence	Foster, Linnell, salesman, home 705 Tremont; per City Directories - maybe lived there beyond 1938
Census	1940	Ipswich, Essex, MA, USA [7]
_UID	287EBD36E09026468E509049A06D9F663E70
Buried	Jan 1961	Highland Cemetery: Ipswich, Essex, MA, USA
Died	22 Jan 1961	Ipswich, Essex, MA, USA [8]
Person ID	I14	Irving Genealogy
Last Modified	21 Mar 2014

Father	Willis Hamilton Foster, b. 18 Jun 1842, Woburn, Middlesex, MA, USA , d. 22 Jul 1919, Dorchester, Suffolk, MA, USA (Age 77 years)
Mother	Sarah Enerline Kimpton, b. 15 Feb 1848, Stoneham, Middlesex, MA, USA , d. 31 May 1932, Cambridge, Middlesex, MA, USA (Age 84 years)
Married	24 Feb 1869	Stoneham, Middlesex, MA, USA
_STAT	MARRIED
_UID	1C72B3884A43B04D8102429DE9618936BED0
Family ID	F17	Group Sheet \| Family Chart

Family 1 Annie Gertrude Preble, b. 27 Feb 1874, Somerville, Middlesex, MA, USA , d. 23 Nov 1960, Ashland, Middlesex, MA, USA (Age 86 years) [9, 10, 11]

Married 4 Oct 1893 Everett, Middlesex, MA, USA

_STAT MARRIED

_UID F6A72DB8F9D7904B8E0223944FF66D8AB0D9

Children

	1. Evans Linnell Foster, b. 30 Oct 1894, Cambridge, Middlesex, MA, USA , d. 2 Feb 1975, Atlanta, Fulton, GA, USA (Age 80 years)
	2. Eula Lorraine Foster, b. 17 Jun 1898, Wakefield, Middlesex, MA, USA , d. 1 Aug 1991, Natick, Middlesex, MA, USA (Age 93 years)
+	3. Laura Alma Foster, b. 30 Jul 1913, Cambridge, Middlesex, MA, USA , d. 14 Dec 2006, Marlborough, Middlesex, MA, USA (Age 93 years)

Last Modified 27 Mar 2016

Family ID F3 Group Sheet | Family Chart

Family 2	Mary E. Kinsman, b. 15 May 1884, Charlestown, Suffolk, MA, USA , d. 1974, Ipswich, Essex, MA, USA (Age 89 years)
Married	Abt Dec 1960	Ipswich, Essex, MA, USA
_STAT	MARRIED
_UID	34E828A3A31FE842AF613AFF4898FEE8E2EC
Last Modified	27 Mar 2016
Family ID	F16	Group Sheet \| Family Chart

Event Map

	Born - 22 Mar 1871 - Woburn, Middlesex, MA, USA
	Census - 1880 - Somerville, Middlesex, MA, USA
	Married - 4 Oct 1893 - Everett, Middlesex, MA, USA
	Census - 1900 - Wakefield, Middlesex, MA, USA
	Census - 1910 - Cambridge, Middlesex, MA, USA
	Census - 1920 - Dorchester, Suffolk, MA, USA
	Census - 1940 - Ipswich, Essex, MA, USA
	Married - Abt Dec 1960 - Ipswich, Essex, MA, USA
	Buried - Jan 1961 - Highland Cemetery: Ipswich, Essex, MA, USA
	Died - 22 Jan 1961 - Ipswich, Essex, MA, USA

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Photos » Slide Show		FORSTER Modern Coat of Arms Forester = Foster~~The Bugle Horns (upper right) are the traditional Foster arms for the Northumberland, Engand Foster family. The birds on te black stripe are for the Etherstone family. These arms indicate an etherstone heiress married a Foster male.
		Linnell Foster and Second Wife Mary Kinsman Photo taken an May 1945.
		Linnell Foster-RIN14 in 1945 Taken in Ipswitch, MA in May of 1945

Headstones

Linnel Foster 1871-1961
Grave marker for Linnell Foster. Linnel married Mary Kinsman after first wife Annie Preble died. This grave marker is in the Highland cemetery in Ipswich, MA.

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&

Sources

[S35] Birth Cert. - Linnell Foster, City of Woburn, Middlesex, MA, (Vital records Woburn, MA), 5-137.jpg. (Reliability: 2).
[S36] 1871 Birth Registry - Woburn - Linnell Foster, City of Woburn, MA, (Obtained from Family Search - Film #: 1428074; Digital Folder: 00431189; Image No, 734 of 1046), 5-267.jpg., Line 59 (Reliability: 2).
[S38] 1880 Census - Somerville, MA FOSTER, Willis, US Govt, (District 841, Page 38, Lines 7-11), 5-062.jpg., Line 9 (Reliability: 2).
Linnell age 9
[S39] 1900 Census - Wakefield, MA FOSTER Linnell, US Govt, (District 971, Sheet 19 Lines 31-35), 5-065.jpg. (Reliability: 2).
[S40] 1910 Census - Cambridge MA Foster, US Govt, (Ward 7, District 768, Sheet 2 B), 5-068.jpg., Line 72 (Reliability: 2).
Linnell age 39; occupation: clerk-sales at bakery
[S14] 1920 Census - Dorchester MA Foster, US Govt, (District 429 Sheet 1B (ward 17)), 5-072.jpg., Line 51 (Reliability: 2).
Linnell, age 48
[S41] 1940 Census - Ipswich MA FOSTER, US Govt, (District 6; Sheet 27A), 5-271.jpg., Line 12 (Reliability: 2).
[S37] Obit - Linnell Foster, Ipswich Chronicle, 5-269.jpg., Pg 5 (Reliability: 2).
[S637] Wedding Announcement; Foster+Preble, 5-095.jpg. (Reliability: 2).
[S638] Preble Children Marriages, Sarah (Knight) Preble, 7-008.jpg. (Reliability: 0).
Anne Gertrude Preble + Linnell Foster
Preble Family Bible
[S639] Marriage Registration - FOSTER+Preble, CIty of Woburn, (1893 Marriages recorded in Woburn City records), 5-268.jpg., Marriage #100 recorded in 1893 (Reliability: 2).