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Member Since: October 2004 Posts: 31 Send Message	Gillian	Report	10 Oct 2010 21:50
Member Since: October 2004 Posts: 31 Send Message	Some years ago we found amongst old papers a pocket sized New Testament bible inscribed witht he above on the inside of the front cover. There are a few annotations that have been written in pencil on some of the pages talking about his desire to be home again. There are also 5 tiny photos of what I presume to be relatives within the pages along with some sort of dried plant. On the inside of the back cover there is the name Albert Floyd Foster. I would dearly love to reunite this with the descendants of the original owner. I have googled the area, but there is very little in there. Anyone got any ideas where I can go from here?
Member Since: October 2004 Posts: 31 Send Message	Gillian	Report	10 Oct 2010 22:19
Member Since: October 2004 Posts: 31 Send Message	Sorry, should have said, the date on the inscription is 1917 I have just found out that Albert was killed in France the day before WW1 ended. How tragic. Have also just sent an email to Wilkes County Veterans association. Fingers crossed!
Member Since: October 2004 Posts: 31 Send Message	Gillian	Report	31 May 2022 12:02
Member Since: October 2004 Posts: 31 Send Message	Having just re discovered this little bible, I am going to start searching for ancestors of Albert again. Seeing as 12 years have passed there might be more information out there!
Member Since: December 2009 Posts: 13,418 Send Message	Maddie	Report	31 May 2022 12:29
	from a tree on ancestry albert rth 19 February 1896 • Wilkes County, North Carolina, United States of America 18993 Birth of brother Walter Mckinley (Auburn) Foster(1899–1955) 5 October 1899 • Wilkes County, North Carolina, United States of America 19004 Residence 1900 • Reddies River, Wilkes, North Carolina, USA 19048 Birth of sister Nellie Izola (Zola) Foster(1904–1989) 17 Jun 1904 • Wilkes County North Carolina, USA 191014 Residence 1910 • Reddies River, Wilkes, North Carolina, USA 191721 Military 18 Sep 1917 • Wilkes, North Carolina, USA 191721 Residence Abt 1917 191822 Death 10 Nov 1918 • WW I France Burial Wilkesboro, Wilkes County, North Carolina, United States of America Residence Congo, Wilks, North Carolina Residence siblings Walter Mckinley (Auburn) Foster Birth 5 October 1899 • Wilkes County, North Carolina, United States of America 19001 Residence 1900 • Reddies River, Wilkes, North Carolina, USA 19044 Birth of sister Nellie Izola (Zola) Foster(1904–1989) 17 Jun 1904 • Wilkes County North Carolina, USA 191011 Residence 1910 • Reddies River, Wilkes, North Carolina, USA 191718 Residence 1917-1918 • Wilkes County, North Carolina, USA 191819 Death of brother Albert Floyd Foster(1896–1918) 10 Nov 1918 • WW I France 192021 Residence 1920 • Reddies River, Wilkes, North Carolina, USA 192828 Marriage 21 Apr 1928 • Wilkes, North Carolina, USA Ada Florence Parsons (1906–1996) 193031 Residence 1930 • Reddies River, Reddies River, Wilkes, North Carolina, USA 193536 Birth of daughter Shirley Carolyn Foster(1935–2004) 2 Dec 1935 • Wilkes, North Carolina 193536 Residence 1935 • Cricket, Wilkes 194041 Residence 1940 • Reddies River, Reddies River, Wilkes, North Carolina, USA 194646 Death of mother Etta I Minton(1876–1946) 30 August 1946 • Wilkes County, North Carolina, United States of America 195252 Death of father George Pinkney Foster(1869–1952) 7 February 1952 • Wilkes County, North Carolina, United States of America 195555 Death 19 April 1955 • Cricket, Wilkes County, North Carolina, United States of America Burial Wilkesboro, Wilkes County, North Carolina, United States of America Residence Wilkesboro, Wilkes, North Carolina his daughter Shirley Carolyn Foster irth 2 Dec 1935 • Wilkes, North Carolina 19405 Residence 1940 • Reddies River, Reddies River, Wilkes, North Carolina, USA 195317 Marriage 24 Nov 1953 • Wilkes, North Carolina, USA James Thomas Hutchens (1933–1994) 195519 Death of father Walter Mckinley (Auburn) Foster(1899–1955) 19 April 1955 • Cricket, Wilkes County, North Carolina, United States of America 196428 Divorce 9 Nov 1964 • Stokes, North Carolina, USA James Thomas Hutchens (1933–1994) 198954 Residence 1989-1994 • Wilkesboro, North Carolina, USA 199358 Residence 1993 • Wilkesboro, NC 199459 Residence 1994-2020 • Wilkesboro, North Carolina, USA 199661 Death of mother Ada Florence Parsons(1906–1996) 17 December 1996 • Wilkes County, North Carolina, United States of America 199863 Residence 1998-2002 • Wilkesboro, North Carolina, USA 200267 Residence 2002 • Champion, North Carolina, USA 200469 Death Abt 2004 • NC Marriage USA James Thomas Hutchens sister Nellie Izola (Zola) Foster Nellie Izola (Zola) Foster Birth 17 Jun 1904 • Wilkes County North Carolina, USA 19106 Residence 1910 • Reddies River, Wilkes, North Carolina, USA 191814 Death of brother Albert Floyd Foster(1896–1918) 10 Nov 1918 • WW I France 192016 Marriage 18 Aug 1920 • Wilkesboro, Wilkes, North Carolina, United States Garvey Clifford Foster (1901–1986) 192016 Residence 1920 • Reddies River, Wilkes, North Carolina, USA 192117 Birth of daughter Velma M Foster(1921–2017) 02 Sep 1921 • Wilkes, North Carolina, USA 192319 Birth of daughter Ailene Elsie Foster(1923–2000) 1 Jul 1923 • Wilkes Count, North Carolina 192319 Residence 1923 • Glendale, California, USA 192621 Birth of son Shelton Albert Foster(1926–2005) 15 May 1926 • Wilkes, North Carolina 192925 Birth of daughter Louise Roma Foster(1929–1983) 18 Jul 1929 • Wilkes, North Carolina, United States 193026 Residence 1930 • North Wilkesboro, North Wilkesboro, Wilkes, North Carolina, USA 193531 Residence 1935 • Reddies River, Wilkes, North Carolina 194036 Residence 1940 • Reddies River, Reddies River, Wilkes, North Carolina, USA 194642 Death of mother Etta I Minton(1876–1946) 30 August 1946 • Wilkes County, North Carolina, United States of America 195146 Residence Before 1951 • North Carolina 195247 Death of father George Pinkney Foster(1869–1952) 7 February 1952 • Wilkes County, North Carolina, United States of America 195550 Death of brother Walter Mckinley (Auburn) Foster(1899–1955) 19 April 1955 • Cricket, Wilkes County, North Carolina, United States of America 198378 Death of daughter Louise Roma Foster(1929–1983) 18 Jan 1983 • Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, Oklahoma, United States 198681 Death of husband Garvey Clifford Foster(1901–1986) 14 Mar 1986 • Anaheim, Orange, California, United States 198985 Death 24 Sep 1989 • Lilburn, Gwinnett County, Georgia, United States of her children Velma M Foster 1921–2017 Ailene Elsie Foster 1923–2000 Shelton Albert Foster 1926–2005 Louise Roma Foster 1929–1983 Private tree owner KE kerenwilson Clackamas, Oregon, USAAge: 60+
Member Since: October 2004 Posts: 31 Send Message	Gillian	Report	1 Jun 2022 15:58
Member Since: October 2004 Posts: 31 Send Message	That's great! Thanks Still have no idea how the bible came to be in our family possession.. I have messaged the tree owner so I hope they see it and then I an re united the bibe to the family.

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