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Nicholas FOSTER 1842 – 1911 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 22 Jul 1842

Birth Location: Mertzwiller, Bas-Rhin, Alsace, France (Germany)

Death Date: 14 Dec 1911

Death Location: Hammond, Lake, Indiana, USA

Father: Peter Foster

Mother: Elizabeth Walters

Spouse(s): Catherine Kimmel, Margaret Harvey

Children(s): George Foster, Elizabeth Foster, Katherine Foster, Herman Foster

The story of Nicholas FOSTER began in 1842 in Mertzwiller, Bas-Rhin, Alsace, France (Germany), with parents Peter Foster and Elizabeth Walters. As an adult, Nicholas FOSTER wed Catherine Kate Kimmel and Margaret Lucy Harvey. Their household included George Foster, Elizabeth Foster, Katherine Holmes Foster and Herman Peter Foster. Nicholas FOSTER's life came to an end in 1911 in Hammond, Lake, Indiana, USA.

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Parents

Peter Foster
1819 – 1908
Birth Location: Oberkirchen Prussia
PF
Elizabeth Walters
1822 – 1898
Birth Location: Oberkirchen Kreis St.Wendel Regierungsbesirk Frier Germany
EW

Spouses(s)

Catherine Kimmel
1851 – 1921
Birth Location: Pennsylvania
CK
Margaret Harvey
1858 – 1919
Birth Location: Wabash, Wabash County, Indiana, United States of America
MH

Children(s)

George Foster
1863 – 1934
Birth Location: Indiana
GF
Elizabeth Foster
1868 – 1914
Birth Location: Indiana
EF
Katherine Foster
1882 – 1911
Birth Location: Indiana
KF
Herman Foster
1886 – 1941
Birth Location: Huntington, Huntington, Indiana, USA
HF

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Year: 22 Jul 1842
    Event Place: Mertzwiller, Bas-Rhin, Alsace, France (Germany)
    Record Source: 1870 United States Federal Census, 1900 United States Federal Census, Indiana Deaths, 1882-1920, Indiana, Death Certificates, 1899-2011, U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current, Year: 1870; Census Place: Logansport, Cass, Indiana; Roll: M593_302; Page: 141B; Family History Library Film: 545801, Year: 1900; Census Place: Huntington, Huntington, Indiana; Roll: 378; Page: 11A; Enumeration District: 0078; FHL microfilm: 1240378, Indiana Archives and Records Administration; Indianapolis, IN, USA; Death Certificates; Year: 1911; Roll: 06

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Year: 1897, 1898
    Event Place: Huntington, IN
    Record Source: Huntington, Indiana Directory, 1897-98

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Custom Event
    Event Year: 1852
    Record Source: 1900 United States Federal Census, Year: 1900; Census Place: Huntington, Huntington, Indiana; Roll: 378; Page: 11A; Enumeration District: 0078; FHL microfilm: 1240378

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Year: 1870
    Event Place: Logansport, Cass, Indiana, USA
    Record Source: 1870 United States Federal Census, Year: 1870; Census Place: Logansport, Cass, Indiana; Roll: M593_302; Page: 141B; Family History Library Film: 545801

    Genealogy Event 5
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Year: 10 Nov 1899

    Genealogy Event 6
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Year: 1900
    Event Place: Huntington, Huntington, Indiana, USA
    Record Source: 1900 United States Federal Census, Year: 1900; Census Place: Huntington, Huntington, Indiana; Roll: 378; Page: 11A; Enumeration District: 0078; FHL microfilm: 1240378

    Genealogy Event 7
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Year: 1906
    Event Place: Huntington, Indiana, USA
    Record Source: U.S., City Directories, 1822-1995

    Genealogy Event 8
    Event Type: Custom Event
    Event Year: 16 Dec 1911
    Event Place: Huntington, Indiana
    Record Source: Newspapers.com - The Huntington Herald - 16 Dec 1911 - Page 2, Nick Foster Obit 16 Dec 1911 16 Dec 1911

    Genealogy Event 9
    Event Type: Death
    Event Year: 14 Dec 1911
    Event Place: Hammond, Lake, Indiana, USA
    Record Source: Indiana Deaths, 1882-1920, Indiana, Death Certificates, 1899-2011, U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current, Indiana Archives and Records Administration; Indianapolis, IN, USA; Death Certificates; Year: 1911; Roll: 06

    Genealogy Event 10
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Huntington, Huntington County, Indiana, United States of America
    Record Source: U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current

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