Robert G Grefe

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• Race: White
• Name: Robert E Grefe
• Name: Robert E. Grefe
• Reference Number: 6531
• Birth: Abt 1922, Michigan, USA
• Residence: 1930, Carrollton, Saginaw, Michigan, USA
• Residence: 1935, Saginaw, Saginaw, Michigan, USA
• Residence: 1940, Saginaw, Saginaw, Michigan, USA; Age: 18; Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head of House: Head
• Death: 3 Mar 2010, Saginaw, Saginaw, Michigan, USA

Notes:

Obituary for Mr. Robert E. Grefe from http://www.wakemanfuneralhome.com/obituaries/Robert-Grefe/#!/Obituary

Grefe, Mr. Robert E. (Bob) of Saginaw, Michigan passed away Wednesday, March 3, 2010, at Covenant Medical Center with his beloved wife, Ann, and family by his side. Age 87 years. Bob was born on March 26, 1922, in Midland, MI to the late John and Anna (Osborne) Grefe. He married Anna Rose Jeruskewicz on July 29, 1939. Together they shared 70 years of everlasting love and companionship. She survives him. Bob was a member of Good Shepherd Lutheran Church. He served in the U.S. Merchant Marines during WWII. He was employed by Dow Chemical Co. for thirty years, retiring in 1980. Bob’s love of nature was surpassed only by his love of family. His favorite days were spent searching, counting and banding birds, where his large, gentle hands could calm the most frightened of feathered friends. He was a charter volunteer at Shiawassee National Wildlife Refuge, where the Grefe Pool and Observation Deck stands dedicated in his honor. He was a member of the Michigan Audubon Society, Green Point Nature Center, and the YMCA Retirees Club.

Surviving besides his wife, Ann, are three children: Timothy (Tamara) Grefe, Saginaw, and their children, Andrew and Alexandra; Gretchen Grefe (Gary Szymzak), Saginaw; Rosalyn (Larry) Rohn, Merrill, and their children, Lisa (Jamey) Good, Steven (Jen) Rohn, Heidi (Chuck) Frakes, Kevin (Stacey) Rohn; Karl Rohn, and eight great-grandchildren.

Funeral service will take place 11:00 a.m. Saturday, March 6, 2010, at the Wakeman Funeral Home, Inc., 1218 N. Michigan Ave. The Rev. Mark P. Buckert will officiate with burial in Roselawn Memorial Gardens. Friends are welcome to visit with the family at the Wakeman Funeral Home, Inc. on Friday from 4:00 to 9:00 PM, then on Saturday from 10:00 AM until the time of service. Memorials may be given to Good Shepherd Lutheran Church or the Shiawassee National Wildlife Refuge. Memories and sympathies may be shared with the family online at WakemanFuneralHome.com

Death:
Age at Death: 87

Robert married Anna Rose Jeruskewicz on 29 Jul 1939. Anna was born about 1923 in Michigan, USA; died on 25 Feb 2016 in Saginaw, Saginaw, Michigan, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Other: Saginaw, Michigan, USA
• Race: White
• SSN issued: Michigan, USA
• Name: John Grefe
• Name: John H Grefe
• Reference Number: 6528
• Residence: Saginaw, Michigan, USA
• Birth: Abt 1895, Michigan, USA
• Birth: 1896, Michigan, USA
• Residence: 1920, Saginaw, Saginaw, Michigan, USA
• Residence: 1935, Saginaw, Saginaw, Michigan, USA
• Residence: 1940, Saginaw, Saginaw, Michigan, USA; Age: 45; Marital Status: Widowed; Relation to Head of House: Father

John married Anna Osborne on 24 Dec 1918 in Carrollton, Saginaw, Michigan, USA. Anna (daughter of William Hayden Osborne and Mary Ann Elizabeth Hider) was born in Sep 1893 in Michigan, USA; died on 18 Dec 1922 in Saginaw, Michigan, USA; was buried in Oakwood, Saginaw, Michigan, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Name: Anna Grefe
• Name: Anna Osborn
• Reference Number: 5906
• Birth: 11 Sep 1895, Bay City, Bay, Michigan, USA
• Birth: 1896, Michigan, USA
• Residence: 1900, Fraser, Bay, Michigan, USA
• Residence: 1910, Bay City, Bay, Michigan, USA
• Residence: 1920, Saginaw, Saginaw, Michigan, USA

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• Name: Lam Osborne
• Name: William H Osborne
• Name: William H. Osborne
• Reference Number: 5907
• Birth: 1855, Brooklyn, Kings, New York, USA
• Birth: 1856, Monroe, New York, USA
• Birth: 1857, New York, USA
• Birth: 27 Jul 1857, New York, USA
• Residence: 1865, Brooklyn, Kings, New York, USA
• Residence: 1870, Rochester, Monroe, New York, USA
• City Directory: Between 1874 and 1879, Rochester, Monroe, New York, USA
• Residence: Between 1874 and 1879, Rochester, Monroe, New York, USA; Per Rochester City Directories
• Residence: 1875, Rochester, Monroe, New York, USA; 7th ward
• City Directory: Between 1880 and 1906, Bay City, Bay, Michigan, USA
• Residence: 1880, Portsmouth, Bay, Michigan, USA
• Residence: 1894, Fraser, Bay, Michigan, USA
• Residence: 1900, Fraser, Bay, Michigan, USA
• Residence: 1910, Bay City, Bay, Michigan, USA; Ward 6

Notes:

William H Osborne was born in New York State in either Monroe County or Kings County (depending on which New York State Census entry you believe) in 1855 -1857. He married Mary Ann Elizabeth (Willard) Hider in 1877 or 1878 in Monroe County based upon the birth of their first child. By 1880 they were living in Bay City, Michigan.

Buried:
Elm Lawn Cemetery

Died:
St Mary's Hospital

William married Mary Ann Elizabeth Hider between 1877 and 1878 in Rochester, Monroe, New York, USA. Mary (daughter of Charlotte Hider) was born on 24 Apr 1855 in Withyham, Sussex, England; died on 12 May 1919 in Bay City, Bay, Michigan, USA; was buried on 15 May 1919 in Bay City, Bay, Michigan, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• custom: England
• Departure: London, England
• Name: Mary Anne Wille
• Name: Maryann Hider
• Reference Number: 5892
• _DEST: USA
• Birth: 1855, Withyham, Sussex, England
• Birth: 21 Apr 1855, England
• Birth: Jun 1855, Surrey, Sussex, England
• Baptism: 10 Jun 1855, Withyham, Sussex, England
• Birth: Apr 1856, England
• Birth: 1857
• Arrival: 8 Apr 1857, New York, USA
• Residence: 1861, Darlington, Durham, Ontario, Canada
• Residence: 1875, Rochester, Monroe, New York, USA
• Residence: 1880, Portsmouth, Bay, Michigan, USA
• Residence: 1894, Fraser, Bay, Michigan, USA
• Residence: 1900, Fraser, Bay, Michigan, USA
• Residence: 1910, Bay City, Bay, Michigan, USA; Ward 6

Notes:

Mary Ann Elizabeth Hider was born 1855 in Withyham, Sussex, England as the daughter of a single mother, Charlotte Hider. After her mother married in 1859 Mary Ann Elizabeth took the surname of her step-father, George Willard (He was born and married as surname Willey, but later used the surname Williard).

On 10 Feb 1857, Peter Hider, son Peter, dau. Elizabeth, dau. Charlotte, granddau. Mary Ann Elizabeth (also: John William Barnett) all departed from London, on the ship Christiana. The ship landed at NYC on 8 Apr 1857. On 10 Apr 1857 the family arrived at Woodstock, Ontario, Canada.

I note that numerous online trees show Mary Ann Elizabeth's father as James Hider. This appears to be a mistake. James Hider and Barbara Tester had a child Mary Ann in the same year, 1855. But this child is a different person and apparently is the source of the confusion.


Buried:
Elm Lawn Cemetery

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Married:
based on birth of 1st child

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• Name: William E Osbern
• Name: William E Osborn
• Name: William Osborn
• Name: William Osborne
• Name: William Osburn
• Reference Number: 6185
• Birth: Abt 1801, Canada
• Birth: Abt 1802, Connecticut, USA
• Birth: Abt 1803, Connecticut, USA
• Birth: Abt 1804, East Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, USA
• Residence: 1831, Brighton, Monroe, New York, USA; Patent filed on thrashing machine
• Residence: 1833, Brighton, Monroe, New York, USA
• Residence: 1854, Milton, Ulster, New York, USA
• Civil: 1 Mar 1855; Passport
• Departure: 1856, Hamburg, Germany
• Occupation: 1856, New York, USA; Machinist
• Residence: 1856, New York, USA
• Arrival: 27 Jan 1856, London, England; from Hamburg, Germany
• Residence: 13 Sep 1859, Brooklyn, Kings, New York, USA; signature on R.E. deed
• Occupation: 1862, Brooklyn, Kings, New York, USA; Inventor
• Residence: 1862, Brooklyn, Kings, New York, USA; Park Ave & N Canton
• Occupation: 1865, Brooklyn, Kings, New York, USA; gasfitter
• Residence: 1865, Brooklyn, Kings, New York, USA; 314 Myrtle St
• Residence: 1865, Brooklyn, Kings, New York, USA; Ward 20
• Residence: 1867, Brooklyn, Kings, New York, USA; 55 Park Ave
• Residence: Between 1868 and 1878, Rochester, Monroe, New York, USA; Per Rochester City Directories
• Residence: 1870, Rochester, Monroe, New York, USA
• Residence: 1875, Rochester, Monroe, New York, USA

Notes:

According to family tradition William E was an inventor who had a patent for an improvement to the breech-loading cannon. Unable to sell or otherwise make money off his patent in the United States he traveled to Prussia and sold his idea for an unknown sum of money to Krupp Manufacturing, the well-known arms manufacturer in Germany. It is said that due to the cold weather, Mr. Krupp gave William E a heavy winter coat with gold buttons. After he returned to the United States, his brother Thomas stole his gold buttons! (names may have been changed in the retelling, we do not show a bother named Thomas).

BIRTH:
Based on the Federal and State Census records William E Osborne was born 1801 to 1803 in Connecticut. (The handwriting on the 1865 New York State Census which could be Canada is obviously an error). His father Israel Osborne was living in East Windsor, Connecticut from 1796 or earlier to at least 1811 based on East Windsor Real Estate records). An 1855 passport record states that is was 50 years old and born in East Windsor, Connecticut (which would imply born 1805).

MARRIAGE:
First wife- Unknown. We only know there is a first wife by the 1865 New York State Census where he states he was married 2 times.
Second wife- Ann Eliza Unknown. Marriage date by 1855 for birth of William and certainly by 1859 (based on William E and Ann E signing off on a real estate deed in connection with his fathers estate). Her maiden name may be McPherson. Her son in law listed Eliza McPherson as his first wife (who passed away) on a naval pension document. His first wife was Lida Osborne. Perhaps Eliza was Lida’s correct name. Perhaps Mcpherson was her mother’s name at the time Lida was born. Which could indicate that Ann Eliza already had Lida before she married William E. (according to the New York State Census Ann Eliza was on her first marriage and William his second.) Also, on the 1865 New York State Census, a sister Emeline Mcfeeson (McPherson??) is living in the Osborne household. Emeline being 39 years younger than William and 14 years younger than Ann Eliza was probably the sister of Ann Eliza, not William.

DEATH: after 1878.
1878 is the last entry we find for William Osborne in the Rochester City Directory. We can find no record of William E Osborne after this date.

LIVED IN:
Abt 1802 to abt 1811 lived with parents in East Windsor, Connecticut
Abt 1811 to abt 1825 with parents in Brighton, Monroe, New York
30 April 1831 Patent document-living in Brighton, Monroe,New York
12 Sep 1854 Patent document--living in Milton, Ulster, New York
1 Mar 1855 Passport Document-signed in New York City, New York
5 Sep 1859 fathers estate settlement-living in Brooklyn, Kings New York
1862-1867 Brooklyn city directory-living in Brooklyn, Kings, New York
1865 New York Census-Brooklyn, Kings, New York
1868-1878 Rochester city directory-living in Rochester, Monroe, New York
1870 US census-Rochester, Monroe, New York
1875 New York Census-Rochester, Monroe, New York

PATENT DOCUMENTS:
30 Apr 1831 William E Osborn of Brighton, Monroe County, New York received patent # 6529X for "a twin cylinder and double concave thrashing machine."
12 Sep 1854 William E Osborn, of Milton, Ulster New York received patent number US11678A for certain new and useful Improvements in Breech-Loading Guns or Cannon.

PASSPORT DOCUMENTS:
1 Mar 1855 Wm E Osborn “50 years of age” “born in East Windsor, Connecticut”

TRAVEL RECORDS:
27 Jan 1856 Arrival in London from Hamburg, Germany. Wm E Osborn, machinist, resides in New York

OCCUPATION:
Listed occupation from various records:
1856 Ship Record machinist
1862 city directory Brooklyn Inventor
1865 city directory Brooklyn gasfitter
1865 NY Census Brooklyn laborer
1867 city directory Brooklyn gas
1865 city directory Rochester farmer
1870 Federal census Rochester gas burner salesman
1871 city directory Rochester gasfitter
1872 city directory Rochester gasfitter
1873 city directory Rochester gasfitter
1874 city directory Rochester gasfitter
1875 city directory Rochester gasfitter
1875 NY Census Rochester farmer
1876 city directory Rochester gasfitter
1877 city directory Rochester gasfitter

REAL ESTATE:
We have found no real estate transactions in the name of Wm E Osborn, but he does appear as an heir in connection with his fathers estate settlement.
Deed filed 5 Sep 1859 in Monroe County, New York liber 172 p 118 in connection with the estate of Israel osborn, lists the following as his heirs at law:
William E Osborn and wife Ann Eliza Osborn
Nathaniel W Osborn and his wife Roxy S Osborn
John A McGonegal and wife the former Ursula Osborn
Franklin Leggett and wife Susan M Leggett (He is son of the deceased Mary Osborn)
Charles I Osborn

CENSUS RECORDS:

1850 Federal Census. We are unable to identify William E Osborne on this census.

1855 New York State Census. We are unable to identify William E Osborne on this census.

1860 Federal Census. We are unable to identify William E Osborne on this census.

1865 New York State Census. We find William Osborn in Brooklyn, Kings, New York.
Wm Osborn 64 laborer b. Canada?
Ann E 39 wife b. Kings
Lida 21 child b. (can’t read occupation) Kings
Wm 10 child b. Kings
Emeline McFeeson? 25 sister b. Kings

1870 Federal Census. We find William Osburn in Rochester, Monroe, New York.
William 68 gasburner salesman b. Conn.
Ann E 43 wife b. New York
William 15 at school b. New York
Cornelius Melvin 34 Lumber sorter b. New York
Lida Melvin 27 boarding b. New York
Edgar Melvin 2 b. New York

1875 New York State Census. We find William Osburn in Rochester, Monroe, New York.
ward 7, page 100
896 frame house value $3000 #919
Name/age/sex/relation to head of household/State or County of birth/married or sgl/occupation/voter/owner of land
William Osburn/72/male/head/Connecticut/married/gas fitter/voter/owner of land
Anna Osburn/48/female/wife/New York/married
Charles Melvin/40/male/son-in-law/New York/married/Bookkeeper
Leidda Melvin/34/female/wife/New York/married
William H Osburn/20/male/son/Monroe/single/clerk in d.g. store
Edgar Melvin/7/male/grandson/Monroe
(Y?)dda Melvin/2/female/granddaughter/Monroe

1880 Federal Census. We are unable to locate William E Osborne on this census.

CHILDREN:
Any children with his unknown first wife are unknown.
Lida b. 1843 may have been the child of Ann Eliza before they married.
William b. 1855 was probably the child of William E (in particular the middle name of Hayden would seem to indicate he was named by Israel Osborn (after Israel’s mother Anna Hayden) and his second wife.
The 1865 census listed that Ann Eliza who was on her first marriage had 4 children. Considering the 25 year age difference between William E and Ann E, the 4 children may have been William’s children or a combination of William’s and Ann’s children.
It is therefore a possibility that William had two or three children that we do not know about.
The theory that William H and Lida are step-siblings helps us make sense of the marriage of William H’s daughter (Lillian) to Lida’s son (Edgar). A fufirst cousin marriage does not seem correct of people not living in a rural and/or isolated area. Also, the 25 year age difference makes it less likely that a 40 year old William married a 15 year old, which would be necessary for Lida to be his daughter.

OTHER NOTES:
It should also be noted that William E's grandparents John Hayden and Anna Trumbull were first cousins. Also, his great grandparents Ammi Trumbull and Sabra Gaylor were 2nd cousins.


Birth:
probable place of birth

Birth:
appears to be error

Died:
last entry in city directory

William married Ann Eliza Unknown before 1859. Ann was born in 1827 in New York, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Reference Number: 5883
• Residence: 1865, Brooklyn, Kings, New York, USA; Ward 20
• Residence: 1870, Rochester, Monroe, New York, USA
• Residence: 1875, Rochester, Monroe, New York, USA

Notes:

Little is known about Ann Eliza Osborne. We have identified her on three census records 1865, 1870, 1875 and one newspaper obituary for her daughter. As she is 25 years younger than her husband, we are suspicious that there may have been an earlier first husband. Which then throws the parentage of the children into question.

Her name appears as Anna, Ann E or Ann Eliza in the different records which we do have.

We have found one document referring to her daughter Lida Osborne as Eliza McPherson. Which raises the possibility that Lida's name earlier in life was McPherson. Perhaps Lida was married earlier or had a different father than William E. We have been unable to identify any census entries under that name. We have also found an 1865 census entry listing a sister (William's or Ann's?) as Emeline McFeeson, lending credence to the possibility Ann's maiden name is McPherson. The 1865 census lists she had 4 children and that this was her first marriage. Beyond Lida and William we do not know who the earlier children could be.

Much work needs to be done on this lady.

Notes:

Married:
signatures on R.E. deed

Other Events:

• Birth: England
• custom: England
• Departure: London, England
• Name: Charlotte Flod
• Name: Sharlotte Hider
• Reference Number: 5837
• Residence: England
• Residence: Ontario, Canada
• _DEST: USA
• Birth: 1830
• Birth: 1833, England
• Birth: 1833, Withyham, Sussex, England
• Baptism: 6 Oct 1833, Withyham, Sussex, England
• Birth: 1834
• Birth: 1835, Withyham, Sussex, England
• Birth: Dec 1838, England
• Residence: 1841, Withyham, Sussex, England
• Residence: 1851, Withyham, Sussex, England
• Residence: 1855, Withyham, Sussex, England
• Arrival: 8 Apr 1857, New York, USA
• Arrival: 1859
• Residence: 1859, Darlington, Durham, Ontario, Canada
• Residence: 1861, Durham, Ontario, Canada
• City Directory: Between 1865 and 1879, Rochester, Monroe, New York, USA
• Residence: Between 1866 and 1879, Rochester, Monroe, New York, USA; Per Rochester City Directories
• Residence: 1870, Rochester, Monroe, New York, USA; Ward 9
• Residence: 1875, Rochester, Monroe, New York, USA; 9th ward
• Residence: 1880, Bay City, Bay, Michigan, USA
• City Directory: Between 1881 and 1884, Bay City, Bay, Michigan, USA
• Possessions: 17 Aug 1881, Rochester, Monroe, New York, USA
• Residence: 1884, Fraser, Bay, Michigan, USA
• Residence: 1900, Bay City, Bay, Michigan, USA

Notes:

On 10 Feb 1857, Peter Hider, son Peter, dau. Elizabeth, dau. Charlotte, granddau. Mary Ann Elizabeth (also: John William Barnett) all departed from London, on the ship Christiana. The ship landed at NYC on 8 Apr 1857. On 10 Apr 1857 the family arrived at Woodstock, Ontario, Canada.
In 1859 in Durham, Ontario, Charlotte married George Willey (son of Edward Willey and Jemima Batey-who lived in Hartfield, Sussex located right next to Withyham).
By 1864-65 Charlotte, George and family had moved to Rochester, New York. By this time for reasons unknown the family was using the surname Willard (instead of Willey). Charlotte's daughter, Mary Ann Elizabeth Hider was also using the name Willard, although she was 4 years old when her mother married George Willey.
It is unknown if Mary Ann Elizabeth knew that the family name was originally Willey or that George was not her biological father.
By 1866 George had died in Rochester.
About 1877 Mary Ann Elizabeth married William H Osborne in Rochester.
By 1880 the entire family had moved to Bay City, Michigan.
In about 1883 Charlotte remarried to James Flood.(per census record of 1900 and death certificate). Place of marriage is unknown. James Flood is in the Bay City City Directory from 1891 on and is living at 2318 or 2313 Fitzhugh. Also living at the same residence is Charlotte's granddaughter, Lillian Osborne and husband Edgar Melvin (per 1897 city directory entry of Edgar Melvin boarding at 2313 Fitzhugh)
Charlotte Flood died in Bay City on Jan 15, 1902. Per death certificate Charlotte Flood was born in England 22 Jul 1833. Her father is listed as Geo Hydar. Geo as a first name is an apparent error. Her first husband was George. Reported by her second husband, James Flood.


Birth:
baptized 6 oct 1833

Birth:
1830 on 1870 census

Birth:
baptized 6 Oct 1833