Birth Name: Mark Derek Foster
Place of Birth: San Jose, California, United States
Date of Birth: February 29, 1984
Ethnicity: German, English, Irish, distant Welsh
Mark Foster is an American singer, songwriter, and musician. He is the lead singer, guitarist, and keyboardist of the indie pop band Foster the People.
Mark is the son of Kathleen Lois (Powlison) and Daniel S. Foster.
Mark’s maternal grandfather was Howard Whitfield Powlison (the son of Kenneth Whitfield Powlison and Pansy Arvada Fitch). Kenneth was the son of Maude A. Pomlison, whose father was Canadian. Pansy was the daughter of Charles Freemont Fitch and Abbie Ruth McCrea.
Mark’s maternal grandmother was Doris Ruth Waggoner (the daughter of Harry Thomas Waggoner and Helen Beatrice Porter). Harry was the son of John Henry Waggoner and Lulu May Colmer. Helen was the daughter of Ira Mackey Porter and Margaret Ann Roll, who was born in Thorn Hill, Pennsylvania, to German parents.
Sources: Genealogy of Mark Foster (focusing on his mother’s side) –
Genealogy of Mark’s mother (focusing on her father’s side) –
Genealogy of Mark’s great-grandfather, Harry Thomas Waggoner –
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