Interactive Family Tree - Person Sheet
Interactive Family Tree - Person Sheet
NameFrohman Murphy Foster 
Birth12 Sep 1893, Anderson, Madison Co., IN465
Residence14 Jun 1900, Anderson, Madison Co., IN315
Residence1910, Anderson, Madison Co., IN316
Residence21 Dec 1918, Pittsburgh, PA465
Residence31 Jan 1920, Anderson, Madison Co., IN321
Residence7 Apr 1927, Los Angeles, Los Angeles Co., CA466
Residence3 Apr 1930, Minneapolis, Hennepin Co., MN467
Residence1 Apr 1935, St. Paul, Ramsey Co., MN468
Residence11 Apr 1940, Los Angeles, Los Angeles Co., CA468
Residence25 Apr 1942, Los Angeles, Los Angeles Co., CA469
DeathMay 1984, Denver, CO
Occupation1919: flute/piccolo player with YMCA; 1920: musician, theatre; 1930: teacher at “School of Music” in Minneapolis465,321,467
EducationWWI draft registration card lists him as a student at the Carnegie Institute of Technology. 5 years college.468
FatherFranklin P. Foster (1856-1927)
MotherDiadema Elizabeth “Tem” Murphy (1865-1911)
Spouses
Birth6 Sep 1889, Mankato, MN
Residence7 Apr 1927, Los Angeles, Los Angeles Co., CA466
Residence3 Apr 1930, Minneapolis, Hennepin Co., MN467
Residence1 Apr 1935, St. Paul, Ramsey Co., MN468
Residence11 Apr 1940, Los Angeles, Los Angeles Co., CA468
Death30 Jun 1957, Salt Lake City, UT
Occupation1930: voice teacher467
Education1 year college468
FatherThomas Walden Hart (-?)
MotherStella M. Palmer (-?)
Marriage7 Apr 1927, Los Angeles, Los Angeles Co., CA466
ChildrenEugene Frohman (1922-1972)
Biographical notes for Frohman Murphy Foster
Frohman’s sister-in-law Maud Hart Lovelace authored the “Betsy-Tacy” series of children’s books based on her own life. The character Paige, who marries Julia (based on Kathleen Palmer Hart), was inspired by Frohman:
“[Julia] had met Paige in New York, where she was singing in the opera. Like Julia, he came from the Middle West, from Indiana, where he had attended the University before studying the flute in the East. Now he played with one of the orchestras there. He was, Betsy discovered later, a very attractive young man, tall, light haired, and ethereal looking.”
—from Betsy and the Great World (1952)
“[Julia] had met Paige in New York, where she was singing in the opera. Like Julia, he came from the Middle West, from Indiana, where he had attended the University before studying the flute in the East. Now he played with one of the orchestras there. He was, Betsy discovered later, a very attractive young man, tall, light haired, and ethereal looking.”
—from Betsy and the Great World (1952)