Foster J. Gerry

Other Events and Attributes:

• Census: 1855, Templeton, Worcester County, Massachusetts; He was recorded while living with his parents.; : 4
• Census: 1870, Athol, Worcester County, Massachusetts; He was recorded while living with his parents. He worked in a machine shop.; : 19
• Census: 1880, Athol, Worcester County, Massachusetts; He worked in a machine shop.; : 29
• Residence: 1885, Athol, Worcester County, Massachusetts; He worked at the Athol Machine Company.; Address:
  off School Street
• Census: 1900, Athol, Worcester County, Massachusetts; He was a widower and a machinist.; Address:
  421 Drury Avenue
• Residence: 1904, Athol, Worcester County, Massachusetts
• Census: 1910, Athol, Worcester County, Massachusetts; He was a widower and a machinist in a tool factory.; Address:
  Cottage Street

Notes:

Birth:
Either Foster was a twin, or his family later changed his name, or the recorder got the name wrong. Regardless, the record shows his name as Leon Foster Gerry.

His death certificate gives his birth date as 2 May 1851.

Foster married Mary Jane Pierce on 29 Jun 1873 in Athol, Worcester County, Massachusetts. Mary (daughter of Philander Pierce and Mary Hill) was born on 16 Jan 1847 in Warwick, Franklin County, Massachusetts; died on 8 Dec 1894 in Athol, Worcester County, Massachusetts; was buried in Silver Lake Cemetery, Athol, Worcester County, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Census: 1900, Athol, Worcester County, Massachusetts; She was recorded while living with her widowed father.; : 10; Address:
  421 Drury Avenue
• Census: 1910, Bridgeport, Fairfield County, Connecticut; She appears on two census entries.; : 20; Address:
  Ballengs Plucker Street
• Census: 1910, Athol, Worcester County, Massachusetts; She was recorded with her father, however, the street listing is different. She appears on two census entries.; : 24; Address:
  Cottage Street
• Census: 1920, Bridgeport, Fairfield County, Connecticut; : 29; Address:
  321 Maple Wood Avenue
• Census: 1930, Bridgeport, Fairfield County, Connecticut; She was a clerk in a corset factory.; : 40; Address:
• Census: 1940, Bridgeport, Fairfield County, Connecticut; She was an office worker.; : 49; Address:
  304 Federal Street
• Residence: 1975, Stratford, Fairfield County, Connecticut

Notes:

[Tribe of Lucy]

Bessie married Charles Frank Thompson on 22 Nov 1908 in Athol, Worcester County, Massachusetts. Charles (son of Henry A. Thompson and Hattie A. Kenyon) was born on 23 Nov 1884 in Keene, Cheshire County, New Hampshire; died on 30 Jun 1945; was buried in Silver Lake Cemetery, Athol, Worcester County, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Census: 1900, Athol, Worcester County, Massachusetts; He was recorded while living with his widow father.; : 13; Address:
  421 Drury Avenue
• Census: 1910, Athol, Worcester County, Massachusetts; He was recorded while living with his widowed father. He was a machinist in a tool factory.; : 23; Address:
  Cottage Street
• Draft Registration: 5 Jun 1917, Bridgeport, Fairfield County, Connecticut; He registered for the draft.; : 30; Address:
  644 Broad Street
• Census: 1920, Bridgeport, Fairfield County, Connecticut; He was a lathe worker in a tool factory.; : 33; Address:
  Broad Street
• Census: 1930, Bridgeport, Fairfield County, Connecticut; He was an assembler in an auto body repair shop.; : 42; Address:
  141 Adams Street
• Census: 1940, Bridgeport, Fairfield County, Connecticut; : 53; Address:
  289 Hanover Street
• Draft Registration: 1942, Fairfield, Fairfield County, Connecticut; He registered for the draft.; : 56; Address:
  1706 Fairfield Avenue
• Residence: 1967, Stratford, Fairfield County, Connecticut

Notes:

[Tribe of Lucy]

Family/Spouse: Carrie M. Ott. Carrie was born about 1883 in Connecticut; died in 1944; was buried in Silver Lake Cemetery, Athol, Worcester County, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Census: 1920, Bridgeport, Fairfield County, Connecticut; He was recorded while living with his parents.; Address:
  Broad Street
• Census: 1930, Bridgeport, Fairfield County, Connecticut; He was recorded while living with his parents.; : 10; Address:
  141 Adams Street
• Graduation: 1937, Bridgeport, Fairfield County, Connecticut; He graduated from Bassick High School.
• Census: 1940, Bridgeport, Fairfield County, Connecticut; He was recorded while living with his parents. He was an apprentice printer.; : 20; Address:
  289 Hanover Street
• Draft Registration: 1942, Fairfield, Fairfield County, Connecticut; He registered for the draft.
• Military: 12 Jul 1943; He enlisted in the US Army Air Forces. He reached the rank of corporal.
• Residence: 1992, Cape Coral, Lee County, Florida; Address:
  537 SE 35th Street
• Residence: 2002, Cape Coral, Lee County, Florida

Notes:

Name:


[Tribe of Lucy]

Family/Spouse: Elizabeth Ann Ferguson. Elizabeth was born in 1926; died in 2000. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]