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The foster Surname

foster Name Meaning and History

English: reduced form of Forster.
English: nickname from Middle English foster ‘foster parent’ (Old English fostre, a derivative of fostrian ‘to nourish or rear’).
Jewish: probably an Americanized form of one or more like-sounding Jewish surnames, such as Forster.

Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4

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Distribution of foster Families in the US in 1920

Number of foster families

1153-2304

385-1152

1-384

Compiled by Ancestry.com from the 1920 US Federal Census records

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Thread	Author	Replies
Foster / Smith - Iowa	NancyLBay	1
Reil Foster	RonSheldon48	0
FOSTER Ruby M 1900 1994 Holy Bible	t42GreenAcres_JohnsonCoTX	0
adoption	joycejoyce62	1
FOSTER James E 1900 1978 together forever	t42GreenAcres_JohnsonCoTX	0
FOSTER Wilda Corinne 1906-1996	t42MountOlivet	1
Looking for information on MILAN G FOSTER	js5321	0
Edward Foster 1845 - 1911	LesleyJohnson21	0
FOSTER Ethel 1893 1930	t42OldAlton_DentonCoTX	0
F M Foster	Richard C Stricklin	1

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