Records of Stephen Foster on Ancestry

Ancestry is a major source of information if you are filling out the detail of Stephen Foster in your family tree. Many large databases are available to search covering from births, deaths and marriages, military records, census records and immigration records with many other smaller collections too. Free trials are normally available and are a good way to fill out a lot of your tree quickly.

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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for Stephen Foster and the Foster Family Tree

Birth, Death and Marriage records are often the best method of making the links to the Foster Genealogy that will form part of your family tree. Although records vary from country to country, they are normally the most formal record of a person's relations. From the sources below you will be able to find a birth record and, from that, a birth certificate can be ordered which lists the names of the mother and father, taking you back another generation in your tree. A marriage certificate may also list the names of the respective fathers of the bride and groom which may then help you to find them earlier in life on a census record enabling you to fill out more detail in the Foster family tree.

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Foster Genealogy Databases

Another way to build your tree quickly is to use the research other people have already done. This can help to confirm or refute your own deductions - however, be wary of taking this data at face value as other researchers may not have been as meticulous as you. Always try to back up deductions with some definitive sources rather than relying too heavily on others.

Study the WikiTree database for user contributed records for Stephen Foster.

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Foster Forums

There are a number of forums which are dedicated to rearching particular surnames. These can be good places to share your findings and also to tap into the knowledge that others may already have. These can sometimes be a good way of finding living relations as these tend not to show up on the other sources of information for privacy reasons.

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Miscellaneous Foster Databases

Investigate the Ellis Island Database for information on Stephen Foster. This database contains over 25 million immigration records detailing passengers arriving in the United States of America.

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Some Famous People called Stephen Foster

Stephen Foster

Stephen Collins Foster (July 4, 1826 – January 13, 1864), known also as "the father of American music", was an American songwriter known primarily for his parlour and minstrel music. He wrote more than 200 songs, including "Oh! Susanna", "Hard Times Come Again No More", "Camptown Races", "Old Folks at Home" ("Swanee River"), "My Old Kentucky Home", "Jeanie with the Light Brown Hair", "Old Black Joe", and "Beautiful Dreamer", and many of his compositions remain popular today. He has been identified as "the most famous songwriter of the nineteenth century" and may be the most recognizable American composer in other countries. Most of his handwritten music manuscripts are lost, but editions issued by publishers of his day feature in various collections. Source: Stephen Foster, Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia

Stephen Clark Foster (Maine politician)

Stephen Clark Foster (December 24, 1799 – October 5, 1872) was a United States Representative from Maine. He was born in Machias, Massachusetts (now in Maine). He attended the common schools, learned the blacksmith's trade and subsequently became a shipbuilder.

He was elected as a member of the Maine State House of Representatives 1834–1837, elected as a member of the Maine State Senate in 1840, and serving as its president, and again elected to the Maine House of Representatives in 1847. He was elected as a Republican to the 35th and 36th United States Congress (March 4, 1857 – March 3, 1861).

He was a member of the Peace Convention of 1861 held in Washington, D.C., in an effort to devise means to prevent the impending US Civil War. He died in Pembroke, Maine on October 5, 1872. His interment is in Forest Hill Cemetery.

Source: Stephen Clark Foster (Maine politician), Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia

Stephen Symonds Foster

Stephen Symonds Foster (November 17, 1809 – September 13, 1881) was a radical American abolitionist known for his dramatic and aggressive style of public speaking, and for his stance against those in the church who failed to fight slavery. His marriage to Abby Kelley brought his energetic activism to bear on women's rights. He spoke out for temperance, and agitated against any government, including his own, that would condone slavery.

Foster helped establish the New Hampshire Anti-Slavery Society, and belonged to the 'New Hampshire radicals' group within the American Anti-Slavery Society. Foster wrote anti-slavery tracts and published in 1843 a widely discussed book that met with protest and critical response: The Brotherhood of Thieves; or A True Picture of the American Church and Clergy: A Letter to Nathaniel Barney, of Nantucket. At Liberty Farm where they lived, Foster and his wife formed a link on the Underground Railroad, and helped fugitive slaves reach Canada and freedom.

Source: Stephen Symonds Foster, Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia

Stephen Foster (cricketer)

Stephen John Foster (born 21 February 1968) is a former English cricketer. Foster was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm medium pace. He was born in Rotherham, Yorkshire.

Foster made his debut in List A cricket for the Yorkshire Cricket Board against the Gloucestershire Cricket Board 1999 NatWest Trophy.

In 2000, he joined Northumberland. Playing for the county for just the 2000 season, Foster made his Minor Counties Championship debut for the county against Hertfordshire. He played 3 further Championship matches for the county, the last of which came against Cambridgeshire. During the 2000 season, he also represented the county in 3 List A matches in the 2000 NatWest Trophy against the Northamptonshire Cricket Board, Bedfordshire and Leicestershire. He was the leading wicket taker in that seasons NatWest Trophy.

In 2001, he returned to playing List A cricket for the Yorkshire Cricket Board. From 2001 to 2002, he represented the Board in 4 further List A matches, the last of which came against Somerset in the 2002 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy. In his career total of 9 List A matches, he scored 133 runs at a batting average of 16.62, with a high score of 44. In the field he took 5 catches. With the ball he took 25 wickets at a remarkable bowling average of 10.24, with 3 five wicket hauls and best figures of 6/52.

Foster joined Cumberland in 2006, where he played a single MCCA Knockout Trophy match against Shropshire. In February 2020, he was named in England's squad for the Over-50s Cricket World Cup in South Africa. However, the tournament was cancelled during the third round of matches due to the coronavirus pandemic.

Source: Stephen Foster (cricketer), Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia

Other names that sound a bit like Foster

Family names can get corrupted over time, particularly where literacy was not as good. The following list contains some names that have similar sounds so you may want to also look at one or two of the more likely possibilites.

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