Thomas Forster, Jr. and Juliet Montgomery Bell

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Husband Thomas Forster, Jr. ^{1 2 3 4}

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           Born: 13 Sep 1796 - Harrisburg, Dauphin Co, PA 3 4
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           Died: 17 Oct 1864 - Westfield, Chautauqua Co, NY 5
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         Father: Thomas Forster (1762-1836) 1 2 6 7
         Mother: Sarah Pettit Montgomery (1766-1808) 1 2 7

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       Marriage: 1821 8 9

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Wife Juliet Montgomery Bell ^{8 9 10 11}

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           Born: 12 Oct 1802 - Erie, Erie Co, PA 4 5
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           Died: 4 Feb 1866 - Houghton, Houghton Co, MI 4 5
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         Father: William Bell (1743/1744-1813) 7 8 12 13
         Mother: Dorcas Forster (1764-1826) 7 11

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Children

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1 M John Harris Forster ^{5 9}

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           Born: 29 May 1822 - Erie, Erie Co, PA 5
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           Died: 15 Jun 1894 - Houghton, Houghton Co, MI 5
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         Spouse: Martha Mullet (      -      ) 5

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2 F Sarah Pettit Forster ^{5 9}

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           Born: 16 Jul 1824 - Erie, Erie Co, PA 5
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         Spouse: Did Not Marry

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3 F Anna M. Forster ^{5 9}

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           Born: 7 Oct 1826 - Erie, Erie Co, PA 5
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           Died: 26 Mar 1893 5
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         Spouse: Did Not Marry

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4 M William Thomas Forster ^{9 14}

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           Born: 10 Nov 1828 14
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         Spouse: Abby Griswold (      -      ) 14

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5 M Theodore Maurice Forster ^{9 14}

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           Born: 27 Mar 1831 14
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           Died: 
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6 M Edwin Sumner Forster ^{8 9 14}

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           Born: 9 Apr 1833 - Dunkirk, Chautauqua Co, NY 14
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         Spouse: Mary E. Hays (      -      ) 8 14
           Marr: 14 May 1867 8

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General Notes: Husband - Thomas Forster, Jr.

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He came to Erie, Pennsylvania, with his father; carried on a forwarding and commission business at Erie harbor several years; captain of a military company, and vestryman of St. Paul's Church; moved to Dunkirk, New York, about 1828, from which date he was government agent for the construction of breakwaters at the various harbors on Lake Erie between Erie and Buffalo, until his death; moved to Westfield, New York, about 1862, where he died.

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General Notes: Wife - Juliet Montgomery Bell

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She died in Westfield, Chautauqua County, New York. [HEC 1884, 894]

1 —, History of Erie County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Warner, Beers & Co., 1884), Pg 893.

2 —, Nelson's Biographical Dictionary and Historical Reference Book of Erie County, Pennsylvania (Erie, PA: S. B. Nelson, Publisher, 1896), Pg 549.

3 William Henry Egle, M.D., M.A., Pennsylvania Genealogies; Chiefly Scotch-Irish and German (Harrisburg, PA: Harrisburg Publishing Co., 1896), Pg 249.

4 Raymond Martin Bell, The Bell Family of Mifflin County, Pennsylvania (Ann Arbor, MI: Edwards Brothers, Inc., 1941), Pg 50.

5 William Henry Egle, M.D., M.A., Pennsylvania Genealogies; Chiefly Scotch-Irish and German (Harrisburg, PA: Harrisburg Publishing Co., 1896), Pg 258.

6 William Henry Egle, History of the County of Dauphin in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: Everts & Peck, 1883), Pg 493.

7 William Henry Egle, M.D., M.A., Pennsylvania Genealogies; Chiefly Scotch-Irish and German (Harrisburg, PA: Harrisburg Publishing Co., 1896), Pg 247.

8 —, History of Erie County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Warner, Beers & Co., 1884), Pg 894.

9 —, Nelson's Biographical Dictionary and Historical Reference Book of Erie County, Pennsylvania (Erie, PA: S. B. Nelson, Publisher, 1896), Pg 550.

10 William Henry Egle, M.D., M.A., Pennsylvania Genealogies; Chiefly Scotch-Irish and German (Harrisburg, PA: Harrisburg Publishing Co., 1896), Pg 249, 251, 258.

11 Raymond Martin Bell, The Bell Family of Mifflin County, Pennsylvania (Ann Arbor, MI: Edwards Brothers, Inc., 1941), Pg 28.

12 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of Western Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1915), Pg 1226.

13 Raymond Martin Bell, The Bell Family of Mifflin County, Pennsylvania (Ann Arbor, MI: Edwards Brothers, Inc., 1941), Pg 12.

14 William Henry Egle, M.D., M.A., Pennsylvania Genealogies; Chiefly Scotch-Irish and German (Harrisburg, PA: Harrisburg Publishing Co., 1896), Pg 259.