Leo Theodore Forster

                                                      ┌── Jacob Foster
                                                      │              
                           ┌── Jacob Joseph Forster ──┤
                           │    1836-1914             │
                           │                          └── Elisabeth Kuntz
                           │                                         
Leo Theodore Forster ──────┤
B: 1886                    │                          ┌── Joseph Bentz
D: 1956                    │                          │
                           └── Cidona Benz ───────────┤
                                1840-1910             │
                                                      └── Justina Ventz
M: Mary Josephine Burkhart
   ├── Leo Forster (1910-1910) 1
   ├── Edward Forster (1911-1911) 2
   ├── Leo John Forster (1912-1951) 3,4
   ├── Margaret Forster (1913-1972) 5,6
   └── Mary Forster (c1915-) 7

M: Violet Floto

Leo Theodore Forster     [ID 00021] Click here to switch to Ahnentafel view: Ahnentafel View

Born Aug 17 18868,9,10,11,12 [Aug - 188713], Wheeling, Ohio County, West Virginia8,9,10,11,12.  

He married Mary Josephine Burkhart8 [Josephine Burkhart3,14], Nov 17 19098, Wheeling, Ohio County, West Virginia8.  Mary, daughter of John Burkhart & Mary Turner, was born Feb 4 1886, Wheeling, Ohio County, West Virginia.8,15,16  

On Jun 5 1917 Leo Theodore Forster, age 30, registered for the World War I draft in Wheeling, Ohio County, West Virginia.  He declared he was born Aug 17 1886 in Wheeling, West Virginia, and was then residing at 56 Alley 19 in Wheeling, employed as a blacksmith helper.  He claimed an exemption due to "wife and 3 children".  He was recorded as stout, gray eyes, brown hair.9  

Leo and Josephine were was shown in the 1932 city directory of Wheeling, West Virginia:14

Forster Leo T (Josephine) printer Owl Print Shop Inc h Boggs Run RD 2

Mary died Jun 24 1932, Benwood, Marshall County, West Virginia; age 46y 4m 22d.6,15,16  

He then married Violet Floto.17  Violet, daughter of Henry A. Floto & Emma J. King, was born Nov 15 1896, Sunsbury, Ohio.17  

Violet died Feb 4 1955, Ohio Valley General Hospital, Wheeling, Ohio County, West Virginia; age 58y 2m 19d.17  

Leo Theodore Forster died Apr 14 1956, Ohio Valley General Hospital, Wheeling, Ohio County, West Virginia; age 69y 7m 27d.6,10,11,12

(photo)Photo: Leo Forster & Mary Burkhart marriage license Ohio County, West Virginia 8

(photo)Photo: Leo Theodore Forster death certificate Ohio County, West Virginia 10

(photo)Photo: Leo Theodore Forster death certificate Ohio County, West Virginia 11

(photo)Photo: Violet Floto death certificate Ohio County, West Virginia 17


Sources

  1. Leo Forster death certificate.
  2. Edward Forster death certificate.
  3. Leo John Forster birth record.
  4. Leo John Forster death certificate.
  5. Margaret Forster birth record.
  6. West Virginia, Deaths Index, 1853-1973; http://www.ancestry.com.
  7. Ancestry Family Tree data "Forster - Pacholke Family Tree" posted by "caroltalbert".
  8. Leo Forster & Mary Burkhart marriage license; West Virginia Division of Culture and History:
    http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=12440831&Type=Marriage.
  9. World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918; http://www.ancestry.com.
  10. Leo Theodore Forster death certificate; West Virginia Division of Culture and History:
    http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=1288111&Type=Death.
  11. Leo Theodore Forster death certificate; West Virginia Division of Culture and History:
    http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=5700285&Type=Death.
  12. "Geneological [sic] Summary of Forster Family", a scrap of family folklore prepared by ??.
  13. 1900 census, 5th Ward, Center District, Wheeling, Ohio County, West Virginia; roll T623-1768, ED 110, page 5B, line #82, dwelling #99, family #112.
  14. U.S. City Directories, 1821-1989; http://www.ancestry.com.
  15. Mary Josephine Burkhart death certificate; West Virginia Division of Culture and History:
    http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=712134&Type=Death.
  16. Mary Josephine Burkhart death record; West Virginia Division of Culture and History:
    http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=2906124&Type=Death.
  17. Violet Floto death certificate; West Virginia Division of Culture and History:
    http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=5699317&Type=Death.


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