Both of Poe's foster parents, John and Frances Allan, died more than a decade prior to 1847, but Poe's wife, Virginia, died on January 30th of that year.
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John and Frances Allan were Poe's foster parents.
Edgar Allan Poe's foster mother's name was Frances Allan. She, along with her husband John Allan, took in Poe after his birth parents passed away when he was a young child.
The name of Edgar Allan Poe's foster mother was Frances Allan.
It is very likely that Edgar Allan Poe's foster parents both died of consumption, or tuberculosis. The obituary for both Frances (1829, age 43 - 45) and John (1834, age 54 or 55) Allan said they died after a lengthy and (in Frances' case) painful illness.
Edgar Poe was probably his name at birth though there is no surviving birth certificate. After his natural parents died, he was taken in by foster parents John and Frances Allan. They had Poe baptized as Edgar Allan Poe.
Richmond Virginia with his now foster parents, John and Frances Allan
John Allan is Edgar Allan Poe's foster father.
Edgar Poe was probably his name at birth though there is no surviving birth certificate. After his natural parents died, he was taken in by foster parents John and Frances Allan. They had Poe baptized as Edgar Allan Poe.
Edgar Poe. He was given the name Edgar Allan Poe by his foster family, John and Frances Allan, although they never formally adopted him.
Edgar Allan Poe was taken in by the Allans, who were relatives of his biological parents, after his mother passed away. John and Frances Allan raised him in Richmond, Virginia. Poe took on the name Allan as part of his official name.
Poe was never adopted. he was taken in and raised by foster parents John and Frances Allan, but never adopted.