CHRISTOPHER•ALLEN•SMITH•WINTON Family Tree - Person Sheet
CHRISTOPHER•ALLEN•SMITH•WINTON Family Tree - Person Sheet
NameNarcissa Florence FOSTER 
[6989, page 152], [7142, page 1], [7145], [7157], [7159, p. 1014], [7162, Facing p.194], 4C3R
[6989, page 152], [7142, page 1], [7145], [7157], [7159, p. 1014], [7162, Facing p.194], 4C3RBirth Date19 Jul 1868 [1498, MEMORIAL# 45274380], [7145]
Birth PlaceWilkes-Barre, Luzerne Co., Pennsylvania, United States
MemoOr 1866
Census Date1 Jul 1870 [7145] Age: 1
Census PlaceWilkes-Barre, Luzerne Co., Pennsylvania, United States
Memo2nd Ward
Census Date7 Jun 1880 [7143] Age: 11
Census PlaceWilkes-Barre, Luzerne Co., Pennsylvania, United States
Memo124 Franklin Street
Death Date26 Nov 1944 [1498, MEMORIAL# 45274380], [7141], [7160] Age: 76
Death PlaceManhattan, New York, New York, United States
MemoHotel Seymour, 50 West Forty-fifth Street
Burial Date30 Nov 1944 [1498, MEMORIAL# 45274380], [7142, p. 121]
Burial PlaceWilkes-Barre, Luzerne Co., Pennsylvania, United States
MemoHollenback Cemetery: Foster Family Mausoleum
Alias/AKAFlorence Foster JENKINS [1498, MEMORIAL# 45274380], [6989, page 152], [7142]
Alt.SpellingFlarence [7143]
OccupationSinger [1498, MEMORIAL# 45274380], [7142]
EducationWest Walnut Street Seminary for Young Ladies, 1883 (Philadelphia, PA) [7142, p. 20]
EducationPhiladelphia Music Academy [7142, p. 20]
EducationIda Heyl’s School of Vocal Art (Philadelphia, PA) [7142, p. 24]
EducationPhiladelphia Conservatory of Music, 1888 [7142, p. 24]
FatherCharles Dorrance FOSTER (1835-1909)
MotherMary Jane HOAGLAND (1840-1930)
Misc. Notes
Burial plaque lists her name as “N. Florence Foster Jenkins” [1498, MEMORIAL# 45274380]
The movie, “Florence Foster Jenkins” (2016) is based on the life of Florence. The actress who portrayed her in the film was Meryl Streep. Her story was also made into a play, “Precious Few,” in 1994 by Terry Speed.
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4136084/reference
There is also a book about her life: “Florence! Foster!! Jenkins!!! : the life of the world's worst opera singer” by Darryl W. Bullock. [7142]
Examples of her singing (audio recordings only):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DMu9PKWthLE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V6ubiUIxbWE
Florence never remarried, legally, after her divorce, but in a “ceremonial marriage” on 16-AUG-1909, at the Hotel Vanderbilt, in Manhattan, she became the unofficial wife of St. Clair Bayfield (that was his stage name; he was born as John St. Clair ROBERTS, in 1875, in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England). St. Clair later claimed they were in a common law marriage.
[7142, p. 46, 49] [462] [7160]
The movie, “Florence Foster Jenkins” (2016) is based on the life of Florence. The actress who portrayed her in the film was Meryl Streep. Her story was also made into a play, “Precious Few,” in 1994 by Terry Speed.
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4136084/reference
There is also a book about her life: “Florence! Foster!! Jenkins!!! : the life of the world's worst opera singer” by Darryl W. Bullock. [7142]
Examples of her singing (audio recordings only):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DMu9PKWthLE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V6ubiUIxbWE
Florence never remarried, legally, after her divorce, but in a “ceremonial marriage” on 16-AUG-1909, at the Hotel Vanderbilt, in Manhattan, she became the unofficial wife of St. Clair Bayfield (that was his stage name; he was born as John St. Clair ROBERTS, in 1875, in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England). St. Clair later claimed they were in a common law marriage.
[7142, p. 46, 49] [462] [7160]
Spouses
Birth DateOct 1852 [1498, MEMORIAL# 41081131], [7142, p. 23], [7146]
Birth PlaceBaltimore, Baltimore Co., Maryland, United States
Census Date8 Jun 1900 [7146]
Census PlaceBuffalo, Erie Co., New York, United States
Memo325 Franklin Street, Ward 21
Death Date13 Jun 1917 [1498, MEMORIAL# 41081131], [7148]
Death PlaceMilwaukee, Milwaukee Co., Wisconsin, United States
MemoOr 15 Jun 1917
Burial PlaceArlington, Virginia, United States [1498, MEMORIAL# 41081131], [7148]
MemoArlington National Cemetery: Lot 43-D, W. Div. E.S.
Alias/AKAFrank [1498, MEMORIAL# 45274380], [7141]
OccupationPhysician [7146]
EducationUniversity of Pennsylvania [7142, p. 24]
FatherRear Admiral Thornton Alexander JENKINS (~1811-)
Misc. Notes
Not to be confused with “Francis Xavier JENKINS” who was also born in Maryland (Sep. 1850), and whose 2nd wife was “Florence Nadal COLEMAN.” (see “Francis X Jenkins” in 1900 census of Baltimore, MD).
Military
U.S. Navy
[7148]
[7148]
Marr Dateca 1884 [7142, p. 22], [7146]
Div Date1902 [1498, MEMORIAL# 45274380], [7142, p. 27]