Fern Foster

1885 - 1949  (63 years)

• Name	Fern Foster
  Born	2 Oct 1885	Somerville, Middlesex, MA, USA   [1]
  Gender	Female
  Census	1900	Cambridge, Middlesex, MA, USA   [2]
  Census	1940	Somerville, Middlesex, MA, USA   [3]
  _UID	CAEA57136AF9754C8DDEB1F6F0CE2E21610D
  Died	10 Jun 1949	Somerville, Middlesex, MA, USA   [1, 4]
  Buried	16 Jun 1949	Woodbrook Cemetery: Woburn, Middlesex, MA, USA   [5, 6]
  Person ID	I43	Irving Genealogy
  Last Modified	31 Dec 2012

  
  

  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	Harry DeWitt Carey,   b. 16 Jan 1878, Bronx, New York City, NY, USA ,   d. 21 Sep 1947, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, USA  (Age 69 years)
  Married	Abt 1908	, , NY, USA
  Divorced	Yes, date unknown
  _UID	F91C7811F443E14586C5D1D1A0BB51F387FD
  Notes	Speculate marriage year and place. Based upon 1930 Census (suspect) for Fern (Foster) Harms which gives age of first marriage of 23.
  Last Modified	27 Mar 2016
  Family ID	F41	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 2	Henry William Harms,   b. 15 Sep 1877,   d. 27 Oct 1932, Cambridge, Middlesex, MA, USA  (Age 55 years)
  Married	Abt 1915
  _STAT	MARRIED
  _UID	5595A14D16460943AE4CA8B4BF326B336514
  Last Modified	27 Mar 2016
  Family ID	F42	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map		Born - 2 Oct 1885 - Somerville, Middlesex, MA, USA Census - 1900 - Cambridge, Middlesex, MA, USA Married - Abt 1908 - , , NY, USA Census - 1940 - Somerville, Middlesex, MA, USA Died - 10 Jun 1949 - Somerville, Middlesex, MA, USA Buried - 16 Jun 1949 - Woodbrook Cemetery: Woburn, Middlesex, MA, USA  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Photos		Fern Foster First wife of Harry DeWitt Carey
  		Fern Foster and Harry Carey MRIN 34~~Movie shot

  
  

• Notes

  OCCUPATION: Actress BIOGRAPHY: "Aunt Fern" was an actress. Did stage work in New York where she married Harry DeWitt Carey. Fern Foster was the first wife of silent cowboy star Harry Carey, whom she co-starred with in his play "Two Women and that Man" on Broadway. The play, which opened at the Majestic Theatre on October 18, 1909. Fern followed Harry into motion pictures, making her film debut in "His Day" (1912). Harry began his evolution into a star, appearing in films for director D. W. Griffith at Biograph, and in 1914, he cast Fern in two movies he wrote and directed for the Progressive Motion Picture Co., The Master Cracksman (1914) and McVeagh of the South Seas (1914). Fern Foster retired from the movies after making the two pictures with her husband. Harry later divorced Fern and married his co-star in his well known "Cheyenne Harry" Westerns, Olive Golden (Olive Carey), in 1920. According to Mom (Laura A. Foster - Irving), Fern's complexion was a little dark which made it difficult to film with the old black and white movie film technology of the day. Therefore, she never made it in films. In correspondence from Harry Carey Jr. Fern and Harry were married for only six years (seems right; 1908-1914). Harry Jr. also said that an actor friend, Wendell Corey, performed in some summer stock performances with Fern Foster. Wendell said she was a very good actress. This indicates that after she left Harry Carey she continued acting, probably as a part time occupation. Suspect that her first name is Alma, and that Fern is her middle name. Her burial record gives her name as Alma Fern Foster Harms. There is a 1930 Census record for Chicago, IL which might be the Harms (Harry W. and Fern). That census records Fern's first marriage age being 23, which implies she married Harry Carey in 1908. The Internet Movie Database (IMDb.com) includes data on Fern Foster and first husband Harry Carey BURIAL: grave site visited 26 Nov 2010; there is no marker for Fern or husband (Mr. Harry Harms)

  
  

• Sources

  [S124] IMDb.com (Reliability: 2). [S128] 1900 Census - Cambridge, MA FOSTER, US Govt, (Ward 2, District 692, sheet 6), 5-066.jpg., Line 48 (Reliability: 2). Fern age 14, attending school. [S129] 1940 Census - Somerville MA Murray, US Govt, (District 8; Sheet 10A), 5-288.jpg., Line 21 (Reliability: 2). Fern (Foster) Harms, aunt, Widow, age 54, Actress [S125] Woodbrook Cemetery Letter, Barbara Nowell, Cemetery Secretary, 5-149.pdf., Alma Fern (Foster) Harms (Reliability: 2). Died in Somerville, MA on 6/10/49 [S126] Cemetery Record - Foster Plot Woburn, MA, Woodbrook Cemetery, 5-148.jpg., Line 5 (Reliability: 2). Alma Fern Foster Harms (?) June 17, 1949 As of Nov 2010 there is no grave marker [S127] Burial Card - Fern (Foster) Harms-43, Woodbrook Cem. Woburn, MA, (Lot 539), 5-234.jpg., Interment No. 8007 (Reliability: 2).