Russell

♀Bessie Lucile Russell

Born 1882, Poland, Androscoggin, Maine, United States. Died 1966, Winter Park, Orange, Florida, United States.

Everything here rests on a record we have read.

Parents

Ernest Wesley Russell 1858– and Minnie 'Lizzie' M. Blanchard 1860–1891 their family

Spouses and children

Married 25 Dec 1905, Lewiston, Androscoggin, Maine, United States, to William Trufant Foster 1879–1950 family page
- Russell Trufant Foster 1906–1986
- Lebaron Russell Foster 1908–1994
- Faith Trufant Foster 1912–1987
- Trufant Foster 1916–
- William A. Foster 1916–

Life, as the records tell it

Event	When	Where	How we know
Birth	17 Oct 1882	Poland, Androscoggin, Maine, United States	on record
Living at 'Mr. and Mrs. William Trufant Foster, of Newton'	12 Jul 1938	Newton, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States	on record
Death	3 Nov 1966	Winter Park, Orange, Florida, United States	on record

on record means we have read the original document. from a compiled source means an index, a printed genealogy or a memorial page says so. not yet documented means it is in the family's record but no source is attached yet.

Sources

FamilySearch Family Tree profiles L78L-CHT, L78L-ZY9 and L78L-C4T, read 20 August 2026 — Birth, Death
The Birmingham News (Birmingham, Ala.), Tue 12 Jul 1938, p. 13: 'Faith Foster Becomes Bride Of Hugh Kaul In Massachusetts' — Living at

Ancestors in time

Time runs down the page, oldest at the top. Each dot is a person at the year they were born (hollow where the year is estimated); curves run from a person up to their parents, pink for a woman, blue for a man. Hover for names and years; click a dot for that person's page or their own charts; drag to move, scroll to zoom, double-click to reset.

Line of descent

Ernest Wesley Russell 1858–
Minnie 'Lizzie' M. Blanchard 1860–1891
1. Joseph Knapp Blanchard 1820–1885
  1. Noah Blanchard 1797–1875
    1. Nicholas Blanchard 1766–1849
      1. Nicholas Blanchard 1736–1801
      2. Sarah Hovey –1805
    2. Mary Thayer 1769–1827
  2. Polly Knapp 1798–1863
    1. Joseph Knapp Jr. 1763–1839
      1. Joseph Knapp 1740–1811
      2. Susanna Packard 1736–
    2. Eunice Carver 1763–1845
      1. John Carver Sr 1738–1803
        Eleazer Carver
        Katharine Elmes 1698–
      2. Bathsheba Edson 1744–1836
2. Elizabeth Thayer Blanchard 1825–1884
  1. Alexander Blanchard 1799–1850
    1. Nicholas Blanchard 1766–1849
      1. Nicholas Blanchard 1736–1801
      2. Sarah Hovey –1805
    2. Mary Thayer 1769–1827
  2. Sarah 'Sally' Dudley 1795–1839

Descendants in time

Bessie Lucile Russell at the top; each descendant a dot at their birth year, joined to the parent they came through. A descendant who may still be living is shown only as "Living", at an estimated birth year, with no page of their own.