Annie "Sis" Eileen Foster

1885 - Abt 1949  (63 years)

• Name	Annie "Sis" Eileen Foster  [1]
  Birth	14 Oct 1885	Barbados   [2, 3]
  Gender	Female
  Birth-Mother	5 Jul 1913	Christ Church, Barbados
  	Role: Mother
  Residence	5 Jul 1913	Christ Church, Barbados   [4]
  Residence	17 Feb 1918	Saint Michael, Barbados   [5]
  	The Garrison
  Arrival	2 Oct 1924	New York City, New York, United States   [3]
  	Was travelling tp Philadelphia
  Departure	Barbados   [3]
  Residence	Aug 1944	Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago   [6]
  	28 Warren St., Annie was living at 28 Warren Avenue, Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago when her son Edgar enlisted in the Canadian Army in 1944.
  _FSFTID	LDJD-Y33
  Death	Abt 1949	Trinidad and Tobago   [7]
  Person ID	I32	Gittens Direct Line from Reunion
  Last Modified	30 May 2023

  
  

  Father	Samuel "Clement" Foster,   b. 5 Nov 1862, Barbados d. 4 Nov 1936, Barbados (Age 73 years)
  Mother	Gertrude O'Riordan,   b. 16 Sep 1866, Barbados d. 25 Mar 1934, Barbados (Age 67 years)
  Marriage	26 Feb 1884	St. Patrick's Roman Catholic Church, Saint Michael, Barbados   [8]
  Family ID	F19	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Edwin "Teddy" Johnson Gittens,   b. 15 Mar 1887, Manhattan, New York, New York, United States d. 1 Oct 1921, District of Castries, State of Saint Lucia (Age 34 years)
  Marriage	5 Jul 1913	Saint Michael, Barbados   [9]
  Children	+ 1. Ivan Clement Gittens,   b. 23 Apr 1916, Christ Church, Barbados d. 6 Nov 1980, Etobicoke, Ontario, Canada (Age 64 years) + 2. Edgar Clement Gittens,   b. 30 Jan 1918, Saint Michael, Barbados d. 13 Aug 1987, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada (Age 69 years) + 3. Hilda Eileen Gittens,   b. 15 Jul 1920, Christ Church, Barbados d. 29 Jun 1996, Estevan, Saskatchewan, Canada (Age 75 years)
  Family ID	F16	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	30 May 2023

  
  

• Photos	9 Photos
  	L-R: Granny Foster, Hilda Gitens, Annie (Foster) Gittens peeping through between Hild's bonnett and Edgar Clement Gittens right ear, Ivan Gittens looking over Egar's head Per paul Foster
  	L-R: Ivan Gittens, Hilda Gittens, Anne 'Sis' (Foster) Gittens, Paul Foster standing in front. L-R: Ivan Gittens, Hilda Gittens, Anne 'Sis' (Foster) Gittens, Paul Foster standing in front.
  	L-R Gertrude Foster, Annie "Sis" Foster, Clement Foster, front either Percy or Walter Edgar "Mike" Foster Per paul Foster
  	Standing L-R: Annie (Foster) Gittens, Ed (Bruds) Gittens, H.Reid Front Row L-R: Paul Foster, Mary (Jess) Foster By the way I wish to thank you very much for the picture you sent a few days ago - the one with the picture caption "Bruds, mother. H.Reid, Paul and Jess". The picture is taken outside our house "The Markham" in Hastings. I have always wanted to have a picture of the 'fence' dividing our house from the house next door. It's more like 'patchwork' than a fence. And more so because you have provided the name of the gentleman "H. Reid" whose name I could not recall and I have at least two or three pictures of him from my mother's photo album. His 'claim to fame' is that - I am pretty sure he was the first overseas guest at our parents guest house. Because of the hard times we were going through during the depression, my father's salary could not support house rent, a wife and three children and soon to need funds to send Jess and me to secondary school. This was just around the time that we moved to the Markham in 1930. The owner of the house agreed to extend it, added three additional rooms, two at the back and one to complete our apartment downstairs. A side verandah on the leeward side of the house was also added and this served as a dining room for the guests and our dining room was downstairs. We lived downstairs and the guest house was upstairs with five bedrooms. Mr. Reid reminded me of a movie star who was popular when ' talking pictures' came to Barbados about the early 40s. His name was Ruggles so I have always referred to Mr. Reid as Mr. Ruggles. He was a Canadian from either Montreal or Halifax, I think probably Monreal. Every winter in the 30s he would arrive on one of the "Lady Boats" of blessed memory and take up residence at the Markham and he would stay until mid-April and return on one of the Lady Boats. Every day he would enjoy early morning coffee and toast in his room, then breakfast at about 7 or 7.30; lunch at noon; afternoon tea at 4pm - with toast and cake or similar and finally dinner at 7. I tell you he and all of o ur guests - ate WELL. I wish I could find out what rate they paid. It would have been a pittance, but it made all the difference to our way of life and my father's health. He was a 'worrier' and would get bouts of depression. But when the guest house got going he had no further problems and enjoyed very good health throughout his life. So now I know Mr. Ruggles' real name. I am so grateful to you as I wanted to use his name in the story I am writing and one of the pictures I have of him. The one you sent would be great. He became one of the family.
  	Picture was taken at a 'seaside house' in St..Andrew. Standing in the verandah, Mrs. Edna Eckstein and Clement Wood. Edna Eckstein was a good friend of our family and Clement Wood was Hilda's first husband and father of all her children. Gentleman in white suit and dark glasses, sitting on the top step, is George (Georgie) Eckstein. Everyone called him Georgie. He was well off always with a nice car and lived in a substantial 'wall house' on Maxwell Coast Rd, Christ Church. I think the house is still standing. Third row: You were correct that's Annie (Sis) Gittens holding Hilda's oldest child Anne. Anne now lives in Canada and I forgot that I had her email address. Will send it with this email. You could send picture to her. If she does not have it she will be thrilled to have it. She is married to an Eckstein, a nephew of Georgie. Next to Sis is (I think) Clement's mother. Bottom: Right again - that's Hilda and I think she is holding her second daughter Jennifer. Gosh, Hilda looks like a teenager. (At least one living or private individual is linked to this item - Details withheld.)
  	L-R: Hilda (gittens) Wood, Annie (Foster) Gittens, Edgar Gittens this is my mother Hilda, your dad, and my grandmother Annie Gittens, ages not known
  	Annie "Sis" (Foster) Gittens Pic trevor 5 - this is Annie Gittens age at time not known Anne E. e-mail Jan 10, 2008
  	Annie (Foster) Gittens Picture from Trevor Gittens by e-mail January 9, 2008.
  	Annie "Sis" (Foster) Gittens Picture was taken at age 17 in St. John, New Brunswick and was obtained from Anne and Trevor Erkstein and a better copy subsequently obtained from Paul Foster by e-mail

  
  

• Sources

  [S493] Barbados. Saint Michael., Barbados Advocate. [S372] Paul Foster, Samuel James Foster - Information from Barrie Callinan. [S569] Ancestry.com, New York Passenger Lists, 1820-1957, (Name: The Generations Network, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date:2006;). [S300] St Partick's Chruch, Jemmotts Lane, Marriage Certificate, No 10. [S504] St. Patrick's Church, Roman Catholic , Parish registers., baptism of Edgar Clement Gittens. [S571] Government of Canada, Library and Archives Canada., "Military Service Record.". [S570] Living Person. [S372] Paul Foster, Samuel James Foster - Information from Barrie Callinan, e-mail Dec 17, 2007. [S300] St Partick's Chruch, Jemmotts Lane, Marriage Certificate, Certificate #10.