Frank Edwin Foster

1873 - 1941  (66 years)

• Name	Frank Edwin Foster
  Birth	17 Feb 1873	Athol, Worcester County, Massachusetts
  	Birthdate & Birthplace from marriage. Also exact date from Social Security Application.
  Gender	Male
  Flourished	Jul 1937
  	Applied for Social Security
  	Name: Frank Edwin Foster Name Note: Name and form dates: Application: FRANK EDWIN FOSTER (Jul 1937) Sex: Male Birth Date: 17 Feb 1873 Birthplace: Athol Worces*, Massachusetts, United States Race: White Father's Name: George H Foster Father's Sex: Male Mother's Name: Hattie Sears Mother's Sex: Female Event Type: Social Program Correspondence Social Program Application Date: Jul 1937 Household Role Sex Age Birthplace George H Foster Father M Hattie Sears Mother F Digital Folder Number: DI0001099 "United States, Social Security Numerical Identification Files (NUMIDENT), 1936-2007", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:6KM9-2G5C : 10 February 2023), Frank Edwin Foster, .
  Ω Census Family Census	28 Jun 1880	Athol, Worcester County, Massachusetts
  	Name: George Foster Sex: Male Age: 30 Event Date: 1880 Event Place: Athol, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States Event Place (Original): Athol, ED 838, Worcester, MA, United States Event Type: Census Birth Year (Estimated): 1850 Birthplace: Massachusetts, United States Marital Status: Married Occupation: Laborer Race: White Relationship to Head of Household: Self Relationship Code: Head Father's Birthplace: Massachusetts, United States Mother's Birthplace: Massachusetts, United States Household Identifier: 4863214 Person Number: 0 Sheet Letter: B Sheet Number: 215 Sheet Number and Letter: 215B Volume: 1 Affiliate Film Number: 0564 Affiliate Line Number: 00049 Affiliate Publication Number: T9 Affiliate Name: The U.S. National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) Household Role Sex Age Birthplace Hattie Foster Wife F 28 Massachusetts, United States Frank E. Foster Son M 7 Massachusetts, United States Rollie C. Foster Son M 0 Massachusetts, United States Lund J. Foster Daughter F 3 Massachusetts, United States Digital Folder Number: 005160995 Microfilm Number: 1254564 Image Number: 00434 Indexing Batch: C72052-1 "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MHF3-W3G : 14 January 2022), George Foster, Athol, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States; citing enumeration district , sheet , NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm . Witness Role: Principal: [F1587] ...of George H FOSTER and Harriet Louisa SEARS Witness Role: family census: [I4106] Frank Edwin FOSTER
  		Foster-George-Family-1880 Keywords: Picture
  Ω Census Family Census	28 Jun 1880	Athol, Worcester County, Massachusetts
  	Name: George Foster Sex: Male Age: 30 Event Date: 1880 Event Place: Athol, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States Event Place (Original): Athol, ED 838, Worcester, MA, United States Event Type: Census Birth Year (Estimated): 1850 Birthplace: Massachusetts, United States Marital Status: Married Occupation: Laborer Race: White Relationship to Head of Household: Self Relationship Code: Head Father's Birthplace: Massachusetts, United States Mother's Birthplace: Massachusetts, United States Household Identifier: 4863214 Person Number: 0 Sheet Letter: B Sheet Number: 215 Sheet Number and Letter: 215B Volume: 1 Affiliate Film Number: 0564 Affiliate Line Number: 00049 Affiliate Publication Number: T9 Affiliate Name: The U.S. National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) Household Role Sex Age Birthplace Hattie Foster Wife F 28 Massachusetts, United States Frank E. Foster Son M 7 Massachusetts, United States Rollie C. Foster Son M 0 Massachusetts, United States Lund J. Foster Daughter F 3 Massachusetts, United States Digital Folder Number: 005160995 Microfilm Number: 1254564 Image Number: 00434 Indexing Batch: C72052-1 "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MHF3-W3G : 14 January 2022), George Foster, Athol, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States; citing enumeration district , sheet , NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm . Witness Role: Principal: [F1650] ...of (parents not known) Witness Role: family census: [I4106] Frank Edwin FOSTER
  _UID	B74F280714C74C278780CAEB46AB5134B56A
  Death	Between 1940 and 1941
  	He is listed Apr 11, 1940, in the census with his wife Agnes, and she remarried as a widow Aug 16, 1941
  Person ID	I4106	Gustafson/Morrow
  Last Modified	17 Mar 2025

  
  

  Father	George H Foster,   b. Abt 1850, Athol, Worcester County, Massachusetts d. 16 Jun 1933 (Age ~ 83 years)
  Mother	Harriet Louisa Sears,   b. 2 May 1854, Barre, Worcester County, Massachusetts d. 11 Mar 1936 (Age 81 years)
  Marriage	25 Aug 1871	Athol, Worcester County, Massachusetts
  	Name: George H. Foster Sex: Male Age: 21 Birth Year (Estimated): 1850 Birthplace: New Salem, Franklin, Massachusetts, United States Marital Status: Single Father's Name: Henry Foster Father's Sex: Male Mother's Name: Isabel Mother's Sex: Female Spouse's Name: Hattie L. Sears Spouse's Sex: Female Spouse's Age: 18 Spouse's Birth Year (Estimated): 1853 Spouse's Birthplace: Barre, Barre, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States Spouse's Marital Status: Single Spouse's Father's Name: Alonzo Sears Spouse's Father's Sex: Male Spouse's Mother's Name: Mary Marriage Date: 25 Aug 1871 Marriage Place: Athol, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States Event Type: Marriage Source Details: p 225 Additional Relatives: X Household Role Sex Age Birthplace Henry Foster Father M Isabel Mother F Hattie L. Sears Wife F 18 Barre, Barre, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States Alonzo Sears M Mary F Digital Folder Number: 004332359 Microfilm Number: 001433030 Image Number: 00236 Indexing Batch: M01971-1 Citing this Record "Massachusetts State Vital Records, 1841-1920", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:N434-F4L : 10 November 2022), George H. Foster and Hattie L. Sears, 1871.
  Census	28 Jun 1880	Athol, Worcester County, Massachusetts
  	Name: George Foster Sex: Male Age: 30 Event Date: 1880 Event Place: Athol, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States Event Place (Original): Athol, ED 838, Worcester, MA, United States Event Type: Census Birth Year (Estimated): 1850 Birthplace: Massachusetts, United States Marital Status: Married Occupation: Laborer Race: White Relationship to Head of Household: Self Relationship Code: Head Father's Birthplace: Massachusetts, United States Mother's Birthplace: Massachusetts, United States Household Identifier: 4863214 Person Number: 0 Sheet Letter: B Sheet Number: 215 Sheet Number and Letter: 215B Volume: 1 Affiliate Film Number: 0564 Affiliate Line Number: 00049 Affiliate Publication Number: T9 Affiliate Name: The U.S. National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) Household Role Sex Age Birthplace Hattie Foster Wife F 28 Massachusetts, United States Frank E. Foster Son M 7 Massachusetts, United States Rollie C. Foster Son M 0 Massachusetts, United States Lund J. Foster Daughter F 3 Massachusetts, United States Digital Folder Number: 005160995 Microfilm Number: 1254564 Image Number: 00434 Indexing Batch: C72052-1 "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MHF3-W3G : 14 January 2022), George Foster, Athol, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States; citing enumeration district , sheet , NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm . Witness Role: family census: [I4106] Frank Edwin FOSTER
  		Foster-George-Family-1880 Keywords: Picture
  Family ID	F1587	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Marriage	25 Aug 1871	Athol, Worcester County, Massachusetts
  	Name: George H. Foster Sex: Male Age: 21 Birth Year (Estimated): 1850 Birthplace: New Salem, Franklin, Massachusetts, United States Marital Status: Single Father's Name: Henry Foster Father's Sex: Male Mother's Name: Isabel Mother's Sex: Female Spouse's Name: Hattie L. Sears Spouse's Sex: Female Spouse's Age: 18 Spouse's Birth Year (Estimated): 1853 Spouse's Birthplace: Barre, Barre, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States Spouse's Marital Status: Single Spouse's Father's Name: Alonzo Sears Spouse's Father's Sex: Male Spouse's Mother's Name: Mary Marriage Date: 25 Aug 1871 Marriage Place: Athol, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States Event Type: Marriage Source Details: p 225 Additional Relatives: X Household Role Sex Age Birthplace Henry Foster Father M Isabel Mother F Hattie L. Sears Wife F 18 Barre, Barre, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States Alonzo Sears M Mary F Digital Folder Number: 004332359 Microfilm Number: 001433030 Image Number: 00236 Indexing Batch: M01971-1 Citing this Record "Massachusetts State Vital Records, 1841-1920", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:N434-F4L : 10 November 2022), George H. Foster and Hattie L. Sears, 1871.
  Census	28 Jun 1880	Athol, Worcester County, Massachusetts
  	Name: George Foster Sex: Male Age: 30 Event Date: 1880 Event Place: Athol, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States Event Place (Original): Athol, ED 838, Worcester, MA, United States Event Type: Census Birth Year (Estimated): 1850 Birthplace: Massachusetts, United States Marital Status: Married Occupation: Laborer Race: White Relationship to Head of Household: Self Relationship Code: Head Father's Birthplace: Massachusetts, United States Mother's Birthplace: Massachusetts, United States Household Identifier: 4863214 Person Number: 0 Sheet Letter: B Sheet Number: 215 Sheet Number and Letter: 215B Volume: 1 Affiliate Film Number: 0564 Affiliate Line Number: 00049 Affiliate Publication Number: T9 Affiliate Name: The U.S. National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) Household Role Sex Age Birthplace Hattie Foster Wife F 28 Massachusetts, United States Frank E. Foster Son M 7 Massachusetts, United States Rollie C. Foster Son M 0 Massachusetts, United States Lund J. Foster Daughter F 3 Massachusetts, United States Digital Folder Number: 005160995 Microfilm Number: 1254564 Image Number: 00434 Indexing Batch: C72052-1 "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MHF3-W3G : 14 January 2022), George Foster, Athol, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States; citing enumeration district , sheet , NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm . Witness Role: family census: [I4106] Frank Edwin FOSTER
  Family ID	F1650	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Agnes Champeny,   b. 18 Apr 1877, Fitzwilliam, Cheshire County, New Hampshire d. 8 Sep 1964 (Age 87 years)
  Marriage	28 Jun 1894	Fitzwilliam, Cheshire County, New Hampshire
  	Name: Frank E. Foster Sex: Male Age: 21 Birth Year (Estimated): 1873 Birthplace: Athol, Worcester County, Mass Father's Name: George H. Foster Father's Birthplace: Athol, Worcester County, Mass Mother's Name: Hattie L. Foster Mother's Birthplace: North Dana, Worcester County, Mass Spouse's Name: Agnes Fanny Champney Spouse's Sex: Female Spouse's Age: 17 Spouse's Birth Year (Estimated): 1877 Spouse's Father's Name: Michiel Champney Father's Birthplace: Derby Line, Orleans County, Vt Marriage Date: 1894 Marriage Place: Fitzwilliam, Cheshire, New Hampshire, United States Marriage Place (Original): Fitzwilliam, Cheshire, New Hampshire Event Type: Marriage Household Role Sex Age Birthplace George H. Foster Father M Hattie L. Foster Mother F Agnes Fanny Champney Wife F 17 Michiel Champney M Digital Folder Number: 004243151 Microfilm Number: 1000993 Image Number: 02859 Indexing Batch: I09471-9 "New Hampshire Marriage Records, 1637-1947", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FLF3-RJ6 : 1 August 2022), Frank E. Foster and Agnes Fanny Champney, 1894.
  Census	1940	Athol, Worcester County, Massachusetts
  	Name: Frank Foster Sex: Male Age: 67 Event Date: 1940 Event Place: Athol, Athol, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States Event Place (Original): Massachusetts, Worcester, Athol Town, Athol Event Type: Census Marital Status: Married Race: White Relationship to Head of Household: Head Last Place of Residence: , , Birth Year (Estimated): 1873 Birthplace: Massachusetts Household Role Sex Age Birthplace Agnes Foster Wife F 63 New Hampshire Clifford Foster Son M 34 Massachusetts Gertrude McLane Granddaughter F 13 Massachusetts Sheet Letter: A Sheet Number: 5 Sheet Number and Letter: 5A Household ID: 112 Line Number: 23 Affiliate Publication Number: T627 Affiliate Film Number: 1645 Digital Folder Number: 005460917 Image Number: 00301 Citing this Record "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K4N1-67D : 10 January 2021), Frank Foster, Athol, Athol, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 14-10, sheet 5A, line 23, family 112, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 1645.
  		Frank & Agnes Foster 1940 Media Date: 11 APR 1940 Keywords: census
  Children	1. Nina Agnes Foster,   b. 7 Jul 1895, Massachusetts d. 13 May 2000, Athol, Worcester County, Massachusetts (Age 104 years)   2. Lora E Foster,   b. Cal 1899, Massachusetts  [Father: Birth]  [Mother: Birth]
  Photos		Frank Edwin & Agnes (Champney) Foster Caption Note: Frank Edwin Foster 17 FEB 1873 - copied from ancestry tree (originally shared by "foster6879" on 2 aug 2010) Keywords: Picture
  Family ID	F1573	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	17 Mar 2025

  
  

• Photos

  Frank Edwin & Agnes (Champney) Foster Caption Note: Frank Edwin Foster 17 FEB 1873 - copied from ancestry tree (originally shared by "foster6879" on 2 aug 2010) Keywords: Picture

  
  

• Notes

  Middle name and photo from an ancestry tree