Friday, December 14, 2018

William and Martha Foreman's Family

Source: Private Collection of Paul (Greg) Keffer
William H. Foreman (far left) next to daughter Beatrice
and wife Martha (Moore) Foreman in the middle with dark hair.
At the end of October, I accidentally discovered my husband’s 2nd great uncle (Oscar Harold Foreman 1893-1921) was a lieutenant and veterinary surgeon in the First World War.


Source: Library and Archives Canada.Original data - Canada.
"Soldiers of the First World War (1914-1918)."
Record Group 150, Accession 1992-93/166, Box
I wanted to know more about Oscar and his time in the war as a veterinary surgeon and I wanted to know more about ALL the brothers and sisters of  Frederick Dixon Foreman (1880-1951) (Frederick was my husband's great-grandfather.)

What I learned was that each one of the EIGHT Foreman family tree branches (Frederick Dixon Foreman's brothers and sisters) led me to some really interesting stories about photographers, teachers, station masters, carpenters, plasterers who lived in Alberta, Toronto, Washington, California and Michigan.
The Foreman Family Group Sheet
 1854

My husband's 2nd great grandfather William Foreman was born on the 13th of September 1854 son of William and Mary Foreman in Peel township, Ontario and was baptized the 14th of April 1868 (Source: Wesleyan Methodist Baptismal Register http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~wjmartin/wm-index.htm)

1879

On the 29th of September 1879, William H. Foreman married Martha Moore at Peel Township, Ontario, Canada (Source: Archives of Ontario; Series: MS932; Reel: 32)

Source: Archives of Ontario; Series: MS932; Reel: 32
  
1882
Many of the children of William H. Foreman and Martha Moore were born in Sault Ste Marie, Ward 2, Michigan, USA. Only their two eldest sons, Frederick and Victor, were born in Ontario before the family moved to northern Michigan in 1882.

1900

My husband's 2nd great grandfather William H. Foreman's occupation in 1900 in Sault Ste Marie, Ward 2, Michigan, USA was "blacksmith". In 1900, nineteen-year-old Frederick was working as a "day labourer" and eighteen-year-old Victor was working as a "photographer". Martha gave birth to a total of ten children (only eight survived).

Source: Blacksmith shops in Northern Michigan
Up until the early 1940s, blacksmith shops were a common sight
in most Northern Michigan towns
1906 - 1919

The Foreman family homesteaded in the Prairies in the early 1900s. On the 1911 census, the family is in Red Deer, Alberta and William H. is listed as a farmer and blacksmith. (Martha, Herbert, Oscar, Beatrice and Everett listed on the same homestead NE-36-39-5-W5 and son Frederick Dixon Foreman is on another homestead NW-36-39-5-W5)

William H. Foreman died in Leslieville , Alberta on the 7th of March 1919 and is buried there.

Headstone: William H. Foreman,
Leslieville Cemetery, Rocky Mountain House, Alberta

In 1926, Martha (Moore) Foreman is living with her son Everett in Seattle Washington at 1703 12th Avenue. Martha died on the 9th of October, 1926

Headstone: Martha (Moore) Foreman,
Greenwood Memorial Terrace, Spokane, Washington


Eight Siblings:

(1.) The Family of Victor Roy Foreman
(1882-1952)
Michigan Photographer

In 1903, Victor married Miss Gladys Strangway who was the daughter of Doctor William Franklin Strangway (originally from Tecumseh, Ontario) and Victorr was a Michigan photographer in the early 1900s.
Victor Roy Foreman  (1882-1952)
Source: Directory of Early Michigan Photgraphers; http://clements.umich.edu/eadadd/tinder_directory.pdf
When Victor and Gladys moved to Pulaski, Arkansas, so did the Dr. Wm. Franklin Strangway who opened an optician practice there. (Victor's children Herbert and Hazel were living with their grandparents in Little Rock, Arkansas on the 1920 census)

After his wife's death in 1916, Victor returned to the homestead in Red Deer,  Alberta with his parents William and Martha. Eventually, Victor would move to Washington with his mother Martha (Moore) Foreman where she died in 1926.

Victor died in 1952 in Spokane, Washington at 70 years of age and is buried at Acacia Memorial Park and Funeral Home Seattle, King County, Washington, USA (Plot G5 Holly Section, Lot 175A, Sp. 1)

Gladys
Jon Merrill Nielson originally shared this on 28 Aug 2018
I am very grateful for the information provided to me from the Luce County Historical Society (FB) and Sterling McGinn who is both an officer of the Luce County Historical Society and the Newberry photograph historian.

He kindly provided some additional information about Victor Roy Foreman's photography business.






(2.) The Family of Grace (Foreman) Whiteside
(1884-1955)
Engineer's Wife

Grace Foreman married Wilfred W. Whiteside in Sault Ste Marie Michigan in 1900 and moved the family (5 children) to Spokane Washington in 1910.

On the 1930 census, husband Wilfred is an "engineer in construction", daughter Greta LaFollette is a commercial artist, and daughter Ruby Whiteside is a teacher in Spokane Washington.


 
(3.) The Family of Jean Charlotte (Foreman) Boies
(1886-1941)
Stationmaster's Wife

Jean Charlotte Foreman married Charles Boies and they had one child (Lois Adelaide Boies Broxon 1915-1988). After Jean's death in 1941, Charles remained in Washington and remarried twice.

 Charles Boies, Stationmaster, Spokane, Washington
Eva Tanner originally shared this photograph on ancestry on 28 Jan 2017


(4.) The Family of Herbert Moore Foreman
(1888-1959)
Carpenter

Herbert Moore Foreman was born in Michigan and met and married his wife Edith Gertrude Kellaway in 1915 in Edmonton Alberta. They had a daughter in Leslieville, Alberta and later moved to California.

Source: National Archives and Records Administration (NARA); Washington, D.C.; NAI Number: 37; Record Group Title: M1524; Record Group Number: Naturalization Records of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California, Central Division (Los Angeles)
Edith Gertrude (Kellaway) Foreman (1886-1927)
Don Kellaway originally shared this on 06 May 2015
Gertrude was trained as a teacher and she taught in western Canada primarily in Alberta and in 1919 she was living and teaching in the Leslieville area. Her death was due to complications in an appendix operation. Gertrude died in 1927. (Source: Don Kellaway)

Herbert died in 1959 at 71 years of age and is buried at Forest Lawn Memorial Park (Glendale) Glendale, Los Angeles County, California, USA Plot Fidelity, Map G12, Lot 1906, Space 3


(5.) The Family of Oscar Harold Foreman
(1893-1921)
WWI Veterinary Surgeon

Oscar Harold Foreman was born in Sault Ste Marie Michigan in 1893, he homesteaded in Alberta in 1910, was a veterinarian surgeon in 1918 and served in WWI as a Lieutenant in the Canadian Army Veterinary Corps.

He married Marion McKay (from Scotland) August 1918 in Toronto, Ontario and they had a daughter Marion in 1921. Oscar died in 1921 of pneumonia and he is buried in Prospect cemetery, Toronto (Grave 22 577)

Source: Obituary 2013
"Marion F. Becker was born March 16, 1920 in Toronto, Canada. She was the daughter of Harold Foreman and Marion McKay Foreman. After Harold's untimely death that occurred before Marion's 1st birthday, mother and daughter relocated to Los Angeles, CA.
After they were settled in Inglewood her mother married Francis Ward. Marion was the oldest of five children. She had two brothers Jack and Francis and two sisters Katherine and Patricia. In 1937 she graduated from Inglewood High School. Marion enjoyed dancing and one evening at the Biltmore Hotel she met the "love of her life" David Becker a tall, dark, handsome Sailor. They married and became parents to 4 children Ken, Jan, Judy and Wendy. 
In 1949 they purchased their dream home on Greenbrier Rd. in Long Beach, CA. Marion remained in the home she loved until her passing. During this time she was an active housewife and mother. She was a member of Sote' Club for many years. Later in life she became active in MOAA, Woman to Woman, Thursday writing group, and her Sunday scrabble group.
She loved the ocean and treasured her trips to Hawaii. Her love of flowers especially roses has been passed on to her children. 
Marion was a lover of life and a friend to everyone she met. She made an impact on so many lives. To all who knew her, Marion had the "gift of gab" and was quite the storyteller. She was very proud of her Scottish heritage and found so much joy listening to bagpipe music. Marion is survived by her four children, ten grandchildren, sixteen great grandchildren, and two on the way. She will be dearly missed by all who knew and loved her."

The Foreman/ Ward family 
Jeani Ward originally shared this on ancestry on 22 Jan 2016         

(6.)  The Family of Beatrice (Foreman) Roland
(1894-19??)
Son Was a WWII War Hero

Beatrice Foreman was born in 1894 in Sault Ste Marie, Michigan, later living on her parents homestead in Red Deer Alberta where she met and married William Archibald Roland (who was originally from Welland, Ontario). Beatrice and Archie left their homestead in Alberta and moved to Beamsville, Ontario near the Roland United Empire Loyalist farm.

Beatrice (Foreman) Roland; 
gkeffer1 originally shared this on ancestry on 07 Feb 2011

Their eldest son David Vaughan was born on the Alberta homestead and their other two children, Marian and Keith, were both born in Beamsville Ontario.

Their eldest son David Vaughan was also a Signals Officer with the 1st Canadian Infantry Division, mostly attached to the 48th Highlander Regiment, in Sicily, Italy, France, Belgium, and Holland. Dave participated in many battles, including Ortona and the crossing of the Lemone River. Seriously injured, he was awarded the Order of the Member of the British Empire.


David Vaughan Roland's Obituary October 2018
David Vaughan Roland's Decoration

Source: Ancestry; Canada, Military Honours and Awards Citation Cards, 1900-1961

Source: Ancestry; Canada, Military Honours and Awards Citation Cards, 1900-1961



(7.) The Family of Everett M Foreman
(1897-1967)
Everett was the LAST Living Child 
A Contractor/Plasterer
Took Care Of His Mother
Martha (Moore) Foreman 
In Her Final Days

Everett Foreman was born in Michigan in 1897 and moved to the Red Deer Alberta homestead in the early 1900s with his parents. On the 1921 census, (two years after his father's death), Everett was living with his aunt  and uncle Beatrice and Archie Roland in Red Deer, Alberta.

October 1926,  Everett's mother Martha (Moore) Foreman passed away at 69 years of age while living with Everett at 1703 12th Avenue Seattle, Washington.

On the 24th of June 1927, Everett married Alma Syena Olson in Washington, USA (Marguerite C. Foreman and V. Roy Foreman were the witnesses.) They had three children.
Everett and Alma Foreman's family (Living children redacted for privacy purposes)
Everett and Alma are buried Greenwood Memorial Terrace, Spokane Washington
RLR458 originally shared this on 28 Mar 2014


(8.) Prescott Foreman
(1901-1901)

As mentioned previously, Martha (Moore) Foreman gave birth to ten children and eight survived.
Prescott was the only child I could locate of the two who did not survive. Prescott did a t 5 months and is buried in the Riverside cemetery in Sault Ste Marie, Michigan
 
Source: Michigan Department of Community Health,
Division for Vital Records and Health Statistics; Lansing, Michigan

My husband's 8 second great aunts and second great uncles on his Foreman family tree had twenty-seven children who married and had children.

Foreman descendants can be found today living in Toronto, Washington, California and beyond!


Previous Foreman Family blog posts
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The Foremans are mentioned in the following books about Alberta

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