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Definition: 1) Foster-child or foster-parent 2) a forester 3) shearer or scissors maker (from Old French " forceter")
Surname Origin:
English, French
Alternate Surname Spellings:
FORSTER, FORESTER, FORRESTER
More Resources for the Surname FOSTER :
Common Surname Search Tips FOSTER Family Genealogy Forum FOSTER Family Trees on the Web FamilySearch - FOSTER Genealogy FOSTER Surname Mailing List Surname Finder - FOSTER Genealogy & Family Resources Cousin Connect - FOSTER Genealogy Queries DistantCousin.com - FOSTER Genealogy & Family History MyCinnamonToast.com - FOSTER Genealogy in All Regions References: Surname Meanings & Origins Cottle, Basil. Penguin Dictionary of Surnames. Baltimore, MD: Penguin
Books, 1967. Dorward, David. Scottish
Surnames. Collins Celtic (Pocket edition), 1998. Fucilla, Joseph. Our Italian Surnames.
Genealogical Publishing Company, 2003. Smith, Elsdon C. American
Surnames. Genealogical Publishing Company, 1997. Looking for the meaning of a given name? Check out
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Hanks, Patrick and Flavia Hodges.
A Dictionary of Surnames. Great
Britain: Oxford University Press, 1989.
Reaney, P.H. A Dictionary of English Surnames. Oxford University
Press, 1997.
