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Prince Edward County, Virginia Births, 1862-96
Foster James, White, Male, September 1881
Father W. J., Mother V. A., Page 233
On the 1900 Census of Madison, Charlotte, Virginia are:
Robertson John E., Head, Owns, Free, White, Male, Born April 1841, Aged 59, Married 3 Years, Born North Carolina, Father Born Virginia, Mother Born Virginia, Farmer
Robertson Lula W., Wife, White, Female, Born September 1872, Aged 27, Married, 3 Years, 1 Child, 1 Child Living, Born Virginia, Father Born Virginia, Mother Born Virginia,
Robertson Eleanor, Daughter, White, Female, Born December 1882, Aged 17, Single, Born North Carolina, Father Born North Carolina, Mother Born North Carolina, At School
Robertson Addie M., Daughter, White, Female, Born June 1885, Aged 15, Single, Born North Carolina, Father Born North Carolina, Mother Born North Carolina, At School
Robertson John W., Son, White, Male, Born September 1898, Aged 8/12, Single, Born Virginia, Father Born North Carolina, Mother Born Virginia
Gibson Allen, Servant, White, Male, Born Arpil 1879, Aged 21, Single, Born Virginia, Father Born Virginia, Mother Born Virginia, Farm Hand
Foster Colonel, Servant, White, Male, Born March 1881, Aged 19, Single, Born Virginia, Father Born Virginia, Mother Born Virginia, Farm Hand
On the 1910 Census of Walton, Charlotte, Virginia are:
Foster James A., Head, Male, White, Aged 28, Married 0, Born Virginia, Father Born Virginia, Mother Born Virginia, English, Farmer, General Farm
Foster Mary E., Wife, Female, White, Aged 23, Married 0, 0 Children, 0 Children Living, Born Virginia, Father Born Virginia, Mother Born Virginia, English
Martin James D., Boarder, Male, White, Aged 35, Single, Born Virginia, Father Born Virginia, Mother Born Virginia, Civil Engineer, General Print?
Pettus Richard E., Boarder, Male, White, Aged 22, Single, Born Virginia, Father Born Virginia, Mother Born Virginia, English, Farm Labourer, Working Out
Lilly Bernard, Hired Man, Male, White, Aged 17, Single, Born Virginia, Father Born Virginia, Mother Born Virginia, English, Farm Labourer, Working Out
On the 1920 Census of Madison, Charlotte, Virginia are:
Foster James A., Head, Owns, Free, Male, Aged 38, Born About 1882, Married, Born Virginia, Father Born Virginia, Mother Born Virginia, Farmer
Foster Mary E., Wife, Female, Aged 33, Born About 1887, Married, Born Virginia, Father Born Virginia, Mother Born Virginia
Foster Annie F., Daughter, Female, Aged 9, Born About 1911, Single, Born Virginia, Father Born Virginia, Mother Born Virginia
Foster James A., Son, Male, Aged 7, Born About 1913, Single, Born Virginia, Father Born Virginia, Mother Born Virginia
Foster Bernard B., Son, Male, Aged 5, Born About 1915, Single, Born Virginia, Father Born Virginia, Mother Born Virginia
Foster Willie H., Son, Male, Aged 4, Born About 1916, Single, Born Virginia, Father Born Virginia, Mother Born Virginia
Foster Edwin W., Son, Male, Aged 2, Born About 1918, Single, Born Virginia, Father Born Virginia, Mother Born Virginia
Foster Bessie F., Daughter, Female, Aged 6/12, Born About 1919, Single, Born Virginia, Father Born Virginia, Mother Born Virginia
Border Crossings - Arrival Port Bridgeburg, Ontario, Date of Arrival April 4, 1927
Foster Jas. A., Aged 45, Male, Born Charlotte, Virginia, USA, English, Methodist, Grown Tobacco, Growing Tobacco, Destination H. A. Freeman Farm, Delhi, Ontario, Contact Charlotte Court House, Wife Mary Ethel
Border Crossings - Arrival Port Bridgeburg, Ontario, Date of Arrival March 28, 1928
Foster Mary Ethel, Mother, Aged 41, Female, Married, Born Halifax County, Virginia, USA, English, Methodist, Housewife, Arrival Contact Husband James A. Foster, c/o Ontario Tobacco Plantations Ltd., Simcoe, Ontario, Departure Contact Son Henry Foster, Charlotte County, Virginia
Foster James Albert, Son, Aged 16, Single, Born Charlotte County, Virginia, USA, English, Methodist, Student, Do Father, Do Brother
Foster Bernard, Son, Aged 14, Male, Single, Born Charlotte County, Virginia, USA, English, Methodist, Student, Do Father, Do Brother
Foster William, Son, Aged 12, Male, Single, Born Charlotte County, Virginia, USA, English, Methodist, Student, Do Father, Do Brother
Foster Edwin, Son, Aged 10, Male, Single, Born Charlotte County, Virginia, USA, English, Methodist, Student, Do Father, Do Brother
Foster Bessie, Daughter, Aged 8, Female, Single, Born Charlotte County, Virginia, USA, English, Methodist, Student, Do Father, Do Brother
Foster Rachel, Daughter, Aged 7, Female, Single, Born Charlotte County, Virginia, USA, English, Methodist, Student, Do Father, Do Brother
Foster Martin, Son, Aged 4, Male, Single, Born Charlotte County, Virginia, USA, Nil, Methodist, Child, Do Father, Do Brother
Foster Roy, Son, Aged 1, Male, Single, Born Charlotte County, Virginia, USA, Nil, Methodist, Child, Do Father, Do Brother
From - THE STORY OF NORFOLK'S FLUE-CURED TOBACCO INDUSTRY
By Bruce M. Pearce, 1973
A crumpled letter in a waste-paper basket in a federal civil servant's office at Ottawa was indirectly responsible for the origin of the rich flue-cured tobacco industry in Norfolk and adjacent counties. The letter, written in the year 1919, was directed to the Dominion Experimental Farms at Ottawa. The writer was an official of a fruit farm syndicate then operating extensive orchard holdings at Lynedoch in Norfolk County....Henry Freeman decided to answer the letter himself and arranged to go to Lynedoch in Norfolk County on his own time the following week-end to secure soil samples....As a result of his favourable analysis of the sandy soil at Lynedoch in Norfolk County, Henry Freeman had decided to experiment with a crop of burley tobacco here in 1920. It proved successful and he tried again the following year. But the market for burley tobacco dropped out of sight....In 1922 he concluded that he should try flue-cured instead of burley tobacco....It was about this time that Henry Freeman and Bill Pelton became very friendly at Harrow....They were ideally suited for partnership, one an experienced tobacco grower, the other a very well-informed agricultural specialist, with a wide knowledge of soils, fertilizers, seeds, etc....Messrs Freeman and Pelton produced their first crop of flue-cured tobacco on the Chrysler farm in the summer of 1923....Mr. Freeman left the government service in 1926, when he moved to Simcoe and gave his full time to tobacco-growing....Henry A. Freeman was a native of South Carolina who had come to Ottawa via the University of Wisconsin where he had specialized in soil chemistry....Bill Pelton, as he was familiarly known to tobacco growers both in Canada and the United States, was also an American Citizen....By this time each of the two partners had purchased a farm for himself, making five tobacco farms under their ownership. The industry had begun to attract outside capital and Toronto and Guelph financial interests made an offer for the five farms which was accepted. A syndicate, known as Ontario Tobacco Plantations, was launched with Henry Freeman becoming manager. Realizing the potential of the flue-cured industry, both Mr. Freeman and Mr. Pelton began to purchase farms on their own account in various parts of Norfolk County. Mr. Freeman accumulated a total of fourteen farms and was the largest individual grower in the Norfolk area in the early days....
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