Family Group Sheet

HUSBAND Aaron FOSTER^{1030,1031,1032,1033,1034,1035,1383,1384}
	Birth	about 1820	New Jersey^{1032,1033,1383,1384}
	Birth	about 1823	New Jersey¹³⁸⁵
	Occupation	1850	Hatter; Newark, Essex, New Jersey, USA¹³⁸⁵
	Residence	1850	Age: 31; Newark West Ward, Essex, New Jersey¹³⁸⁴
	Residence	1860	Newark Ward 2, Essex, New Jersey, United States^1032,1033
	Occupation	1860	hatter; Newark, Essex, New Jersey^{1030,1032,1033,1383}
	Residence	1870	Age: 51; Newark Ward 2, Essex, New Jersey, United States¹⁰³³
	Residence	1880	112 Bank Street; Newark, Essex, New Jersey, United States¹³⁸³
	Death	about 1888	^1030,1386
			White; ^1033,1383
	Marriage	19 April 1848	Newark, Essex, New Jersey, USA¹³⁸⁷
	Marriage
WIFE Abby PRICE
	Birth	26 February 1823	She was born in Newark, February 26, 1823 on Bank Street, on the site of the present Prudential building and lived sixty years in the same house., Newark, Essex, New Jersey, USA^{1030,1031,1034,1035,1384,1386}
	Birth	about 1824	New Jersey^1033,1383
	Birth	about 1830	New Jersey^{1032,1383,1386}
	Residence	1850	Newark West Ward, Essex, New Jersey¹³⁸⁴
	Residence	1860	Newark Ward 2; Newark, Essex, New Jersey¹⁰³²
	Residence	1870	Newark, Essex, New Jersey, USA¹⁰³³
	Residence	between 1880 and 1900	112 Bank Street; Newark, Essex, New Jersey, United States^{1030,1383,1386}
	Residence	1910	Spring Street?; New Brunswick Ward 5, Middlesex, New Jersey, USA¹⁰²⁷
	Residence	between 1914 and February 1916	154 Leland Avenue at her son-in-law's house.; Bridgewater, Somerset, New Jersey, USA^1030,1035
	Specia	28 February 1914	She celebrated her 91st birthday at her son-in-law's home.; Bridgewater, Somerset, New Jersey, USA¹⁰³⁴
	church	before 1916	She was one of the earliest members of the First Presbyterian Church and was a regular attendant until moving to Bridgewater. She recalls hearing her parents say that when the foundations of the Old First Church were held a hundred years ago, all the inhabitants of Newark could have sat within the enclosure, and it was remarked that the city would never be large enough to need a church of such capacity.; Newark, Essex, New Jersey, USA^1030,1035
	Misc	February 1916	She was able to contrast WWI with three other wars, the Mexican war of 1845-8, the Civil War of 1861-5 and the Spanish American War of 1898. ; ¹⁰³⁰
	Specia	26 February 1916	In splendid health, and in possession of all her faculties, Mrs. Aaron Foster, of 154 Leland Avenue, is observing her ninety-third birthday today, in an informal way, but in the enjoyment of many gifts and various remembrances from friends, besides the calls from friends and neighbors. Several friends from Newark, where she formerly lived, came to greet her, and she had a real shower of postal card greetings. The aged lady possesses her faculties in a remarkable degree. She spent much of her time making silk quilts, which she gives to her friends, and has completed three or four a year. She reeds without glasses, and keeps up with the news of the war in Europe, with an interest that makes her exceedingly interesting in conversation. She is a consistent reader of the Courier News, and of one or two other papers. She is the last of her race, having outlived all her children, her brothers and sisters, most of whom lived to be over ninety. Her last surviving son died about seven years ago, since which time she has made her home with her son-in-law, J.W. Dickinson, of Leland Avenue, whose wife died about three years ago. Her only lineal descendants living are a grandson, John A. Dickinson, a safety engineer, located in Philadelphia , but who has been here recently for an operation in Muhlenberg Hospital, and a granddaughter, Miss Edith Dickinson, a teacher. Mrs. Foster was born in Newark, February 26, 1823 on Bank Street, on the site of the present Prudential building and lived sixty years in the same house. Her husband, who died in 1888, was a hatter in Newark, in the days when that business was carried on by individuals in a larger or smaller way, a number of whom were located in Plainfield in the later years. Her parents lived on a farm near Elizabeth where, also, her grandparents lived, and the latter were victims of raids by British soldiers in the war of the Revolution, who drove off the cattle, and otherwise helped themselves to what they wanted for food during the time the soldiers were haunting the district between Elizabeth and Springfield. She is a member of the First Presbyterian church of Newark, and was a regular attendant until she came here. She attended service there about four years ago, and has kept in touch with the church through visits of the members, and in reading the pastor’s sermon each week. On one occasion the pastor came here and held a communion service for her in the home. She recalls hearing her parents say that when the foundations of the Old First Church were held a hundred years ago, all the inhabitants of Newark could have sat within the enclosure, and it was remarked that the city would never be large enough to need a church of such capacity. In speaking of the present war she is able to contrast it with three other wars, the Mexican war of 1845-8, the Civil War of 1861-5 and the Spanish American War of 1898. Her many friends who called on her today were pleased to find her enjoying life and the ability to be about and to take an interest in affairs generally. ; Bridgewater, Somerset, New Jersey, USA¹⁰³⁰
	Specia	26 February 1917	She celebrated her 94th birthday at her granddaughter's home.; Warrenville, Somerset, New Jersey, USA¹⁰³⁵
	Residence	February 1918	She lived with her granddaughter, Edith Dickinson; Warrenville, Somerset, New Jersey, USA¹⁰³¹
	Specia	26 February 1918	She celebrated her 95th birthday at her son-in-law's home on Richmond Street.; Bridgewater, Somerset, New Jersey, USA¹⁰³¹
			White; ^1383,1386
	Father	Aaron PRICE
	Mother	Phebe MASON
CHILDREN
F	Harriet A. FOSTER^1028,1032
	Birth	February 1852	New Jersey^{1027,1028,1029,1032}
	Residence	1860	Newark Ward 2; Newark, Essex, New Jersey¹⁰³²
	Occupation	1870	school teacher; Newark, Essex, New Jersey, USA¹⁰³³
	Residence	1870	Newark, Essex, New Jersey, USA¹⁰³³
	Residence	1900	Age: 48; Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head of House: Wife; Newark Ward 8, Essex, New Jersey, USA¹⁰²⁹
	Residence	1910	Age: 59; Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head of House: Wife; New Brunswick Ward 5, Middlesex, New Jersey, USA¹⁰²⁷
	Death	about 1913	¹⁰³⁰
			White; ^1027,1029
	Marriage	about 1876	John W. DICKENSON; ¹⁰²⁷
M	Frank H. FOSTER^1032,1383
	Birth	March 1855	New Jersey^{1032,1033,1383,1386}
	Residence	1860	Newark Ward 2; Newark, Essex, New Jersey¹⁰³²
	Residence	1870	Newark, Essex, New Jersey, USA¹⁰³³
	Residence	between 1880 and 1900	112 Bank Street; Newark, Essex, New Jersey, United States^1383,1386
	Occupation	1880	jeweler; Newark, Essex, New Jersey, USA¹³⁸³
	Death	1909	¹⁰³⁰
			White; ^1383,1386
F	Anna L. FOSTER¹⁰³²
	Birth	about 1857	New Jersey¹⁰³²
	Residence	1860	Newark Ward 2; Newark, Essex, New Jersey¹⁰³²
	Death	before 1916	¹⁰³⁰
F	Louise FOSTER
	Birth	about 1865	New Jersey¹⁰³³
	Death	between 1870 and 1880	not in 1880 census with parents, perhaps died young?;
	Residence	1870	Newark, Essex, New Jersey, USA¹⁰³³