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John B Foster 1847 – 1920 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 14 Jan 1847

Birth Location: Germany

Death Date: 17 Apr 1920

Death Location: Saint Marys, Elk, Pennsylvania, USA

Father: Ambrose Forster

Mother: Ann Eckl

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John B Foster was born in 1847 in Germany, the child of Ambrose Forster and Ann Marie Eckl. John B Foster passed away in 1920 in Saint Marys, Elk, Pennsylvania, USA.

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Biography

  • John B Foster was born in 1847 in Germany, the child of Ambrose Forster and Ann Marie Eckl.
  • John B Foster passed away in 1920 in Saint Marys, Elk, Pennsylvania, USA.

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John Foster's Ancestors

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John Foster
1847 – 1920
Birth Place: Germany
Parents
Ambrose Forster
1818 – 1850
Bavaria, Germany
Ann (Marie) Eckl
1817 – 1884
Bavaria, Bayern, Allemagne
Grandparents
Andreas Schmucker
1787 – 1872
Bavaria / Bayern
Maria Catharina
1799 – 1870
Breitenbach, Bad Kissingen, Bayern, Germany
Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

John Foster's Timeline

2 Records

1847
14 Jan 1847
Birth of John B Foster in Germany
Germany
1920
17 Apr 1920
Age 73
Death of John B Foster in Saint Marys, Elk, Pennsylvania, USA
Saint Marys, Elk, Pennsylvania, USA

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 14 Jan 1847
    Event Place: Germany
    Record Source: Pennsylvania, U.S., Death Certificates, 1906-1969

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 17 Apr 1920
    Event Place: Saint Marys, Elk, Pennsylvania, USA
    Record Source: Pennsylvania, U.S., Death Certificates, 1906-1969

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