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Samuel Leonard Foster 1904 – 1996 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 14 Apr 1904

Birth Location: Laurel, Del.

Death Date: 17 Jul 1996

Death Location: Gloucester, Virginia, USA

Father: Joseph Foster

Mother: Jennie Collins

Spouse(s): Susie Ashburn

Children(s): Hilda Foster, William Foster, Theodora Burns, Lester Foster

Early life: Samuel Leonard Foster arrived in Laurel, Del. in 1904, born to Joseph Leonard Foster and Jennie (Sophie) Collins. Over time, Samuel Leonard Foster formed a family with Susie Alma Ashburn, which included Hilda Marie Foster, William Leonard Foster, Theodora Burns and Lester Ray Foster. Samuel Leonard Foster concluded life in Gloucester, Virginia, USA in 1996.

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Parents

Joseph Foster
1877 – 1910
Birth Location: Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
JF
Jennie Collins
1879 – 1930
Birth Location: Little Creek Hundred, Sussex, Delaware, USA
JC

Spouses(s)

Susie Ashburn
1905 – 1997
Birth Location: Northumberland County, Virginia, USA
SA

Children(s)

Hilda Foster
1924 – 1988
Birth Location: Suffolk County, New York, USA
HF
William Foster
1926 – 1929
Birth Location: Suffolk County, New York
WF
Theodora Burns
1931 – 2006
Birth Location: Huntington Station, New York
TB
Lester Foster
1933 – 2012
Birth Location: new york
LF

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Year: 14 Apr 1904
    Event Place: Sussex County, Delaware, USA
    Record Source: 1950 United States Federal Census, National Archives at Washington, DC; Washington, D.C.; Seventeenth Census of the United States, 1950; Year: 1950; Census Place: Oyster Bay, Nassau, New York; Roll: 6063; Page: 8; Enumeration District: 30-647

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Year: 14 Apr 1904
    Event Place: Laurel, Del.

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Year: 14 Apr 1904
    Event Place: Laurel, Del.

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Year: 1950
    Event Place: Oyster Bay, Nassau, New York, USA
    Record Source: 1950 United States Federal Census, National Archives at Washington, DC; Washington, D.C.; Seventeenth Census of the United States, 1950; Year: 1950; Census Place: Oyster Bay, Nassau, New York; Roll: 6063; Page: 8; Enumeration District: 30-647

    Genealogy Event 5
    Event Type: Death
    Event Year: 17 Jul 1996
    Event Place: Gwynns Island, Matthews County, Virginia, USA

    Genealogy Event 6
    Event Type: Death
    Event Year: 17 Jul 1996
    Event Place: Gloucester, Virginia, USA

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