Lillian Armistead FOSTER^[1]

1915 - 2001  (85 years)

• Name	Lillian Armistead FOSTER
  Birth	27 May 1915	Kingston, Jamaica, B.W.I.   [2, 3]
  Gender	Female
  Death	6 Jan 2001	Scotch Plains, Union Co, NJ   [4]
  	Lillian died on Saturday, 6 January 2001 at Ashbrook Nursing Home in Scotch Plains, New Jersey where she had resided since July 2000. She was 85 years old at the time of her death.
  funeral	11 Jan 2001	Staten Island, NY   [4]
  	On 11 January 2001, a 10:00am funeral mass was said at St. John's Episcopal Church, Rosebank, where Lillian had been a longtime parishioner.
  Burial	11 Jan 2001	Staten Island, NY   [4]
  	Burial followed at Moravian Cemetery, New Dorp in Staten Island, New York on 11 January 2001.
  Person ID	I62288	mason
  Last Modified	22 Jul 2026

  
  

  Father	Herbert Rogerson FOSTER,   b. 22 Jul 1877, Berkley, Norfolk Co, VA d. 15 Aug 1945, Staten Island Borough, New York City, NY (Age 68 years)
  Mother	Mary Vivian DASHIELL,   b. 6 Jul 1877, Norfolk City, VA d. Apr 1954, Staten Island Borough, New York City, NY (Age 76 years)
  Marriage	7 Jul 1903	Norfolk Co, VA   [5]
  	The couple was married in Norfolk County, Virginia on 7 July 1903.
  Family ID	F6954	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Frank Arthur ELWELL,   b. 9 Apr 1913, Staten Island Borough, New York City, NY d. 22 Apr 1980, Staten Island Borough, New York City, NY (Age 67 years)
  Marriage	26 Apr 1941	Staten Island, NY   [2]
  	The couple was married in Staten Island, New York on 26 April 1941.
  Children	1. Arthur Frank ELWELL   2. Vivian Anne ELWELL   3. Roger Herbert ELWELL   4. Douglas Allen ELWELL
  Family ID	F6958	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	22 Jul 2026

  
  

• Photos

  1920 US Census / Foster, Herbert R. 42 Egbert Place, Staten Island, New York.

  
  

• Notes

  1930 census is in hard file.

  
  

• Sources

  [S2268] 1920 US Census / Foster, Herbert R. [S2275] Elwell, "Herbert Rogerson Foster - Mary Vivian Dasheill desdendants", e-mail to Beth Uiterwyk, 9 April 2010. [S2278] Lillian A. Elwell. SSN 097-10-6159. SSDI. [S2354] Lillian Elwell obituary, Staten Island Advance, (New York) 9 January 2001. [S1868] Sharon Rea Gable & Truitt M. Bonney, Gable & Bonney, Norfolk County Virginia Marriage Licenses 1900 - 1935., ((Suffolk, VA: privately published, 2007)). Herbert Rogerson Foster - Mary Vivian Dashiell marriage (1903), certificate no. 7684.