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Family HistoryFamily History - Edwin Bradley Foster


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This family history features Edwin Bradley Foster and his immediate family.



First Generation
1. Edwin Bradley Foster,1 born 6 February 1876 in Illinois (parents not determined).1, 2, 3 Edwin married, July 1909 in Converse County, Wyoming, Bernice Edna Stanard8 (born November 1864 in Oronoko Township, Berrien County, Michigan, the daughter of Almond George Stanard and Sarah H. Green;2, 3, 4, 5, 6 Bernice died 7 March 1928 in Casper, Natrona County, Wyoming4, 7). Bernice is buried in Newell Cemetery, Esterbrook, Converse County, Wyoming.4

  1. Draft Registration Card, World War I, Edwin Bradley Foster, Serial No. 01640, born: 6 March 1876; age 42; occupation: rancher, self; nearest relative: Mrs. Lula Foster (wife).
  2. U.S. Federal Census, 1910, Wyoming, Natrona County, Hemmingway Precinct, Enumeration District 99, Sheet No. 2B, family of Edward B. Foster (35, Missouri, laborer, sheep ranch); wife of 1 year Edna Foster (40, Michigan, 2 children, 2 living); step son George Gasley [sic] (13, Wyoming).
  3. U.S. Federal Census, 1910, Wyoming, Natrona County, East Casper, E.D. 98, Sheet No. 14A, Edward B. Foster, 34, Illinois, painter, house; Ella B. Foster [sic, believed to be Bernice Edna Stanard, married to Edward], 42, Michigan, no children [sic]. Also see another 1910 census entry listing Edward and Edna Foster and step-son George Gazley.
  4. Find a Grave (website). Newell Cemetery, Esterbrook, Converse County, Wyoming; Bernice Stanard Foster, born: November 1864 in Michigan; died: 7 March 1928 in Casper, Natrona County, Wyoming (from record, which includes a note: No dates, marked with a board, wife of Herbert Foster [sic, her first husband was Herbert Gazley]; and provides the names and links for her father and 3 siblings).
  5. Michigan, Berrien County, Return of Marriages for the year ending December 31st, A.D. 1883; Record Number 2640, Herbert Gazley, 23, born in Berrien County, Mich., millwright; and Bernice Stanard, 18, born in Oronoko Twp., Mich., married 7 November 1883 in Buchanan.
  6. U.S. Federal Census, 1900, Wyoming, Natrona County, Muddy Precinct, Enumeration District 45, Sheet No. 15A, family of Herbert D. Gazley (40, Michigan, Apr 1860, saw mill man); wife of 16 years Bernice Gazley (35, Michigan, Nov. 1864, 4 children, 2 living); son George W. Gazley (2, Wyoming, July 1897); father-in-law Almon D. Stanard (63, Massachusetts, May 1837); mother-in-law and wife of 44 years Sarah H. Stanard (61, Pennsylvania, Mch. 1839, 7 children, 5 living). They live next to their daughter Viola (Gazley) Miller and her husband Warren.
  7. Wyoming, U.S., State and County Death Records, 1896-1961 (available at ancestry.com), Bernice Foster, Certificate of Death, File No. 1920, Registered No. 438, died: 7 March 1928 in Casper, Natrona County, Wyoming; age: abt. 66; born: abt. 1862; widowed; husband of Edward Foster; born in Michigan; father: Almond Foster, born in Massachusetts; maiden name of mother: Green, born in Indiana; informant: George Gazlay, Esterbrook, Wyo.; place of burial: Esterbrook, Wyo.
  8. Wyoming, U.S., State and County Marriage Records, 1869-1973 (available at ancestry.com), Application for Marriage License, Edwin Bradley Foster, age 38, and Bernice E. Krienbuhl, age 41; date of application: 8 July 1909 in Converse County, Wyoming.