Jodie Foster

<table><tr><td>Alicia Christian "Jodie" Foster was born 19 Nov 1962 in Los Angeles County, California, the youngest daughter of four children born to Lucius Fisher Foster III and his wife Evelyn Ella "Brandy" Almond. Her father, was an Air Force colonel who later became a real-estate agent.  Lucius already had three children with a previous wife when he met Brandy in 1954 and married her impetuously in Tijuana. Lucius and Brandy had been divorced for some time before she was born.  Her brother Buddy explains Jodie's conception as the result of a brief re-encounter between their parents some time after the divorce. Jodie's mother supported the family by working for a film producer, and later in public relations.  Both Jodie's parents briefly married other people.

*[http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,287857,00.html "Foster Child"], a review in Entertainment Weekly, 16 May 1997

*[http://content.ancestry.com/iexec/?htx=View&r=an&dbid=7488&iid=NYT715_7012-0442&fn=Lucius+F&ln=Foster&st=r&ssrc=&pid=3020522452 ''New York Passenger Lists, 1820-1957''] showing : "Restricted Personnel Roster, ''Aquitania'', 4 Oct 1945, For Reception Station Fort McArthur, California.  Lucius F Foster III, Capt, 532 S Arden Blvd, Los Angeles, Calif." While a footnote on this document states : "Capt Lucius F Foster... AC is designated Officer in charge and Custodian of Records for Reception Sta Gp RE 6047-A-20, from present station until relieved by competent auth in the U.S."  Turning to page one of this roster we see [http://content.ancestry.com/Browse/View.aspx?dbid=7488&path=1945.10.04.Aquitania.1&cr=1&sid=&gskw=Lucius+F+Foster here] that they were sailing out of Southampton, England leaving [[Sep 28]], 1945

*[http://content.ancestry.com/iexec/?htx=view&dbid=7683&iid=NEWS-CA-VA_NE.1960_11_29_0008&rc=1683,2108,1794,2145;1813,2108,1943,2145&fn=&ln=Record+Lucius+Foster&st=d&ssrc=&pid=503706632 "Owners of 4 Lots Protest City Bid to Change Zoning"], ''Valley News'' (Van Nuys, CA), 29 Nov 29 1960 : "Lucius Foster, representing owners of three of the lots, argued multiple dwellings would be the best usage for the property:<blockquote>'We have seen the drift of industry to the West Valley, employing a large amount of electronics personnel.  It is hard for many of these people to maintain their own homes since many only stay here for three to five years.  Homes are expensive in this area &mdash; the Woodland Hills foreclosure rate is the fifth highest in Southern California.  We would suffer a considerable loss of this property if it should be rezoned to R-1.  It is close to the freeway and well suited for apartment development."</blockquote>

Sometime before 1952, she moved to the Los Angeles area, where she met Lucius Foster.  [http://www.geocities.com/jodiefosterph/us050800.html This article] states that Lucius "...already had three kids from a previous marriage.  In 1954, he met a pretty young woman named Evelyn "Brandy" Almond at a fencing club and married her impetuously during a trip to Tijuana, Mexico."  They had four children, all born in Los Angeles County, the oldest being Lucinda Courtney Foster born 26 Oct 1954, and the youngest being the actress Jodie Foster.  They divorced, both remarrying other people and then divorcing, in the Los Angeles area.  It has been stated that Brandy was a film producer, although it's also possible that she merely worked for a film producer.  These connections possibly explain how both Buddy and Jodie became child stars.

Lucius Fisher Foster II was born 30 Oct 1898 in Denver, Arapahoe County, Colorado to Alexis C Foster, a native of Tennessee and his wife Alice from Illinois. It's possible that he is that same Lucius F Foster who is listed [http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=cowwi%2c&rank=0&gsfn=Lucius&gsln=Foster&sx=&gs1co=1%2cAll+Countries&gs1pl=1%2c+&year=&yearend=&sbo=0&sbor=&ufr=0&wp=4%3b_80000002%3b_80000003&srchb=r&prox=1&ti=0&ti.si=0&gss=angs-d&o_iid=21416&o_lid=21416&ct=12467 here] as "Chief Q M [quarter-master], U S Navy, Denver".  About 1920 or 1921, possibly in Denver, he married Constance Marie Robertson, a native of Tennessee, whose family had moved to Denver about 1909.

Elizabeth Martha Hughes was born 4 Jul 1882.  On 24 Aug 1899 she married Samuel Richard Robertson and by about 1909 they had moved to Denver, Colorado, where he went into law practice, being admitted to the bar in 1913.

Elizabeth and Samuel had three children.  He died in Denver, but she died 13 Oct 1955 at Cedars of Lebanon Hospital, Los Angeles, California.