Irving Family History
Laura Alma Foster
1913 - 2006 (93 years)
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Name Laura Alma Foster Born 30 Jul 1913 Cambridge, Middlesex, MA, USA 
[1, 2, 3] Christened 14 Jun 1915 Gender Female Census 1920 Dorchester, Suffolk, MA, USA [4] Census 1930 Belmont, Middlesex, MA, USA [5] Census 1940 Cambridge, Middlesex, MA, USA [6] Residence Abt 1946 Newton Centre, Middlesex, MA, USA [7] Newton Centre is a village in the town of Newton, MA Residence 1950 Natick, Middlesex, MA, USA [8] two addresses (72 West Central & 18 Park Ave) _UID 46312CBF62D8BE44BE45A40C8F7C35E475EF Died 14 Dec 2006 Marlborough, Middlesex, MA, USA [9] Buried 20 Dec 2006 Massachusetts National Cemetery: Bourne, Barnstable, MA, USA Person ID I2 Irving Genealogy Last Modified 1 Apr 2014
Father Linnell Foster, b. 22 Mar 1871, Woburn, Middlesex, MA, USA , d. 22 Jan 1961, Ipswich, Essex, MA, USA (Age 89 years) Mother Annie Gertrude Preble, b. 27 Feb 1874, Somerville, Middlesex, MA, USA , d. 23 Nov 1960, Ashland, Middlesex, MA, USA (Age 86 years) Married 4 Oct 1893 Everett, Middlesex, MA, USA _STAT MARRIED _UID F6A72DB8F9D7904B8E0223944FF66D8AB0D9 Family ID F3 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family John Fremont Irving, b. 4 Aug 1916, Somerville, Middlesex, MA, USA , d. 28 Mar 1987, Framingham, Middlesex, MA, USA (Age 70 years) Married 5 Sep 1941 Cambridge, Middlesex, MA, USA [10] _UID B057FA656425C441BACE490CE846DD957143 Children + 1. Ronald Everett Curtis, b. 1 Oct 1940, Worcester, Worcester, MA, USA , d. 9 Sep 2010, Standish, Cumberland, ME, USA (Age 69 years) [Adopted]+ 2. Living 3. Living + 4. Living 5. Living Last Modified 27 Mar 2016 Family ID F1 Group Sheet | Family Chart
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Born - 30 Jul 1913 - Cambridge, Middlesex, MA, USA 
Census - 1920 - Dorchester, Suffolk, MA, USA 
Census - 1930 - Belmont, Middlesex, MA, USA Census - 1940 - Cambridge, Middlesex, MA, USA Married - 5 Sep 1941 - Cambridge, Middlesex, MA, USA 
Residence - two addresses (72 West Central & 18 Park Ave) - 1950 - Natick, Middlesex, MA, USA 
Died - 14 Dec 2006 - Marlborough, Middlesex, MA, USA 
Buried - 20 Dec 2006 - Massachusetts National Cemetery: Bourne, Barnstable, MA, USA = Link to Google Earth Pin Legend 
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Photos Laura Alma Foster
Married John F. Irving
Memorial Card 
Laura Alma Foster
Headstones 
John F and Laura A IRVING Grave marker
Mass National Cemetery, Bourne~~Barnstable County~~Massachusetts, USA~~Plot: 6A, 151
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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.
- She grew up in Cambridge, MA.
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Sources - [S10] Laura Foster Birth Registration (Reliability: 2).
- [S11] Birth Cert-Laura Foster, City of Cambridge, MA, (Photo Copy), 5-130.jpg. (Reliability: 2).
Laura Alma Foster b. July 30 1913 - [S12] Foster Births, Sarah (Knight) Preble, 7-006.jpg. (Reliability: 0).
Laura Alma Foster - [S14] 1920 Census - Dorchester MA Foster, US Govt, (District 429 Sheet 1B (ward 17)), 5-072.jpg., Line 55 (Reliability: 2).
Laura age 6 - [S15] 1930 Census - Belmont MA FOSTER, US Govt, (District 9-188 Sheet 21 A), 5-074.jpg., Line 13 (Reliability: 2).
Laura age 16 - [S16] 1940 Census - Cambridge MA FOSTER, US Govt, (District 9; Sheet 10B), 5-272.jpg., Line 48 (Reliability: 2).
Laura age 26, Librarian at University (beleive Harvard) - [S8] Irving's in Newton Centre, Jim Irving (Reliability: 1).
- [S9] Irving's in Natick Dates, Phil & Nancy Irving (Reliability: 1).
- [S13] Death Cert - Laura Irving, City of Marlborough, MA, (Reg No.. 357), 5-150.jpg. (Reliability: 2).
Death @ 5:20 AM 14 Dec 2006 - [S634] Cert. Irving+Foster, City of Cambridge, MA, 7-004.jpg., Vol. 30 Folio 177, Mar No. 1313 (Reliability: 2).
John age 25; Laura age 28
- [S10] Laura Foster Birth Registration (Reliability: 2).