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    1. Re: [MOIRON] Looking For George P Foster and Lucy A.
    2. Lloyd & Peggy
    3. George & Lucy got married 18, July 1872 in St. Louis or St. Louis Co. Vol. - 15; page 394. Knowing this you can assume that they lived in St. Louis Co. Just a thought. Lloyd Chris Strickland wrote: >I have confirmation from the Grand Lodge of Missouri that my great great >grand father George P Foster was living in Iron at least in 1874, he became >a member of Mosaic Lodge #351 in Belleview. His son George P Foster Jr >married a Celia Syblia Jones in Iron in 1911. Celia was the daughter of >MackPherson Jones. > >I am unble to find George Page Foster Sr in any of the Federal Census >images. Does anyone know if there were state census' between 1850 and 1900 >in Missouri? George Page Foster Sr is buried in Middlebrook Cemetary, Iron, >Missouri, he died 18 Jun 1918. His wife Lucy A (Lauden) died in 1886 and is >buried next to him. Apparently she died not too long after George Page >Foster Jr was born (he was born 21 Feb 1885 in Graniteville). > >In the 1910 ED #21, Graniteville Mo Federal census I see what looks like a >Georg D Foster married to an 72 or 52 (can't read) year old woman, I can't >read her name. He is 72, which he would be since he was born in Jun and the >census was 11 May, so the age matches. Just a few houses down is a Jay >Hughe Jones married to a Joesphine Jones. Remember, I said that George P >Foster's sone George P Foster Jr married Celia Sybia Jones the daughter of >MackPherson Jones. Jehu (pronounced Jay Hughe) Jones is the father of >MackPherson Jones, in 1910 he should have been have been around 62 in that >census which he is, and his wife's name was Joesphine who shoulda have been >around 62, which she is. So I'm guessing this is the George P Foster I'm >looking for married to his 2nd wife, 7 years before his death living near >the grandparents of his son's wife. > >I can't find him in the 1900, 1880, 1870, 1860, or 1850 Federal census. >Maybe he's in the state census? Any help is appreciated. > > > >--- >Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. >Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). >Version: 6.0.471 / Virus Database: 269 - Release Date: 4/10/2003 > > >==== MOIRON Mailing List ==== >Margie Campbell >[email protected] > >============================== >To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: >http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > >

    04/19/2003 07:02:16