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Timothy Foster

Timothy Foster

Male 1815 - 1855  (40 years)

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  • Name Timothy Foster 
    Born 17 Aug 1815  Wilmington, Middlesex, MA, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3
    Gender Male 
    Census 1850  Woburn, Middlesex, MA, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    _UID 7567DD168B667F48BA9CB07E0D18D27B7D36 
    Buried 1855  Woodbrook Cemetery: Woburn, Middlesex, MA, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [5
    Died 1 Dec 1855  Woburn, Middlesex, MA, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [6, 7
    Cause: Consumption 
    Person ID I75  Irving Genealogy
    Last Modified 17 Feb 2011 

    Father Timothy Foster,   b. Abt 1782, Wilmington, Middlesex, MA, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 25 Mar 1827, Wilmington, Middlesex, MA, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 45 years) 
    Mother Eunice Jenkins,   b. 30 Aug 1784, Wilmington, Middlesex, MA, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 25 Oct 1825, Wilmington, Middlesex, MA, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 41 years) 
    Married 14 Aug 1806  Wilmington, Middlesex, MA, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    _UID 35A3F9705B8B4C49B28052068A359E9639A4 
    Family ID F64  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Susan M. Barnes,   b. 1823, Boston, Suffolk, MA, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1893  (Age 70 years)  [8, 9
    Married 12 Jul 1840  Woburn, Middlesex, MA, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    _UID 65B951B106A1B7429F570C59E0569C25127A 
    Children 
    +1. Willis Hamilton Foster,   b. 18 Jun 1842, Woburn, Middlesex, MA, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 22 Jul 1919, Dorchester, Suffolk, MA, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 77 years)
    +2. Susan Emma Foster,   b. 2 Jun 1850, Woburn, Middlesex, MA, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 19 Oct 1939, Cambridge, Middlesex, MA, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 89 years)
    Last Modified 27 Mar 2016 
    Family ID F52  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 17 Aug 1815 - Wilmington, Middlesex, MA, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarried - 12 Jul 1840 - Woburn, Middlesex, MA, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsCensus - 1850 - Woburn, Middlesex, MA, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - 1855 - Woodbrook Cemetery: Woburn, Middlesex, MA, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - Cause: Consumption - 1 Dec 1855 - Woburn, Middlesex, MA, USA Link to Google Earth
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  • Headstones
    Headstone for Timothy Foster-75
    Headstone for Timothy Foster-75
    Woodbrook Cemetery, Woburn, MA
    Susan (Barnes) Foster - Sweeney Headstone (left)
    Timothy Foster and wife Susan (Barnes) Foster Headstones - Woburn
    Woodbrook Cemetery, Woburn, MA~~Timothy Foster Plot, Tulip Path, Lot 539~~Foreground stones are inscribed as follows: Left=Susan M., Wife of Timothy Foster, 1823-1893 and Right=Timothy Foster, Died Dec. X, XXXX

  • Notes 
    • 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.

  • Sources 
    1. [S168] Wilmington, MA Vital Records (Reliability: 2).

    2. [S169] Foster Genealogy, Frederick Clifton Pierce, (1899; Chicago W. B. Conkey Co.), Pg 772 (Reliability: 2).
      Timothy b. Aug. 17, 1815 (3rd child)
      Pierce Individual ID: 6653

    3. [S169] Foster Genealogy, Frederick Clifton Pierce, (1899; Chicago W. B. Conkey Co.), Pg 829 (Reliability: 2).
      Timothy Foster b. Aug. 7, 1815; m. --?-- Res. Massachusetts

    4. [S153] 1850 Census - Woburn MA FOSTER, US Govt, 5-058.jpg., Line 5 (Reliability: 2).
      Timothy listed as 33 yrs old

    5. [S126] Cemetery Record - Foster Plot Woburn, MA, Woodbrook Cemetery, 5-148.jpg. (Reliability: 2).
      Plot owner Timothy Foster
      Other than Timothy and wife Susan indicated as the owners of the burial plot and there are headstones for them; there is no record of either being Interred at Woodbrook Cememtery.

    6. [S170] Woburn Vital Statistics, Vol 94 Pg 130 (Reliability: 2).
      Timothy Foster death

    7. [S171] Death Cert. - Timothy Foster, City of Woburn, Middlesex, MA, 5-132.jpg. (Reliability: 2).

    8. [S35] Birth Cert. - Linnell Foster, City of Woburn, Middlesex, MA, (Vital records Woburn, MA), 5-137.jpg. (Reliability: 2).

    9. [S658] Wodurn Marriage Intentions Dec 2 1699 to Dec 31, 1890, Woburn City 1919, Page 11 (Reliability: 2).
      Miss Susan M. Bares and Mr. Timothy Foster, both of Woburn, July 12, 1840