Name: McCollister Plus 091509.FBK

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Family
Marriage: Children:

  1. Ethel F. Foster: Birth: FEB 1885 in Fulton Co., Georgia. Death: 1 SEP 1945 in Atlanta, De Kalb, Georgia

  2. Nellie Foster: Birth: MAY 1886 in Fulton Co., GA. Death: 6 DEC 1950 in Alexandria, VA

  3. Willie Foster: Birth: SEP 1889 in Fulton Co., GA. Death: UNKNOWN

  4. Eva E. Foster: Birth: 18 NOV 1892 in Fulton Co., GA. Death: 28 MAY 1979 in St Petersburg, Pinellas Co., FL

  5. Rosalind Foster: Birth: 18 SEP 1900 in Fulton Co., GA. Death: 19 JAN 1986 in Arlington, VA


Sources
1. Title:   Early Alabama Marriages; Family Adventures, Brides Surnames, book M.

Notes
a. Note:   CENSUS DATA: The 1900 federal census taken 5 June 1900, Fulton Co., GA., Ward 4, Series: T623, Roll: 199, Page 256, shows WM J. Foster, Sept. 1859, Age 40, born in GA. living with wife "Lizzie" (Mary Elizabeth McCollister Foster], Oct. 1864, age 35, born in AL.; Ethel, dau., Feb. 1885, age 15, born in GA.; Nellie, dau., May 1886, age 14, born GA; Willie, son, Sept. 1889, age 10, born in GA.; and Eve, dau., Nov. 1892, age 7, born in GA. The household was on North Boulevard, Atlanta, GA.
  CENSUS DATA: The 1910 federal census taken 27 April 1910, Fulton Co., GA., Atlanta City, Ward 7, SD=5, ED=97, Sheet= 15B, shows WM J. Foster, Age 50, born in GA and widowed. He was living with Ethel M., dau., age 25, born in GA, single.; Nellie, dau., age 23, born GA, single; Eve, dau., age 17, born in AL; and Rosalind, age 9, born GA. The household was at 62 Queen St., Atlanta, GA. COMMENTARY: Willie, who was 10 years of age in the 1900 census was not shown in the 1920 census. Whether he was living out of the family home is not know at this time. He was living in FL in 1927 based on information in his grandfather's, Thomas McCollister, will. Also, Eva, a daughter was shown born in Alabama. Whether the family moved to Alabama for a period of time or whether Eva's mother went back to Alabama for a short period is not known at this time. ---------------------------------------------------- Obituary, Atlanta Constitution, Feb. 5, 1909, "Mrs. Mary Elizabeth Foster, wife of William J. Foster, died, Wednesday night at 11:00 o'clock at her residence, 68 Queen Street, after a short illness. Mrs. Foster was 45 years of age and is survived by her husband and five children, Misses Ethel, Nell, Eva, and Rosalind Foster and Willie Foster. She is also survived by her father, Thomas McCollister, of Columbus, Ga.; two brothers, William T. McCollister, John McCollister, of Birmingham, and her sister, Mrs. Charles Slider. The funeral services will be held at the residence this morning at 10:30 o'clock. Interment will take place in Westview Cemetery."

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