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Lealla Melvin

Lealla Melvin

Female 1897 - 1985  (87 years)

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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  Lealla Melvin was born on 8 Dec 1897 (daughter of Edgar B Melvin and Lillian Osborne); died on 14 Feb 1985 in Pinellas, Florida, USA.

    Other Events:

    • Name: Lealla Lillian Melvin
    • Name: Lealla Lillian Nicol
    • Reference Number: 5201
    • Birth: 1897, Bay City, Bay, Michigan, USA
    • Birth: Dec 1897, Michigan, USA
    • Birth: 1898
    • Birth: Abt 1898, Michigan, USA
    • Birth: Abt 1898, Michigan, USA
    • Residence: 1900, Bay City, Bay, Michigan, USA
    • Residence: 1910; Bay City Ward 6, Bay, Michigan
    • Residence: 1920; Bay Ward 6, Bay, Michigan
    • Residence: 1920; Bay Ward 6, Bay, Michigan

    Lealla married Jerry J Nicol on 26 Mar 1924 in Bay City, Bay, Michigan, USA. Jerry was born in May 1899 in Michigan, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Edgar B Melvin was born on 7 Jun 1867 in Rochester, Monroe, New York, USA (son of Cornelius Higgins Melvin and Lida C Osborne); died on 4 Oct 1943.

    Other Events:

    • Name: Edgar B Melvin
    • Name: Edgar B Melvin
    • Name: Edgar B. Melvin
    • Name: Edgar Bergen Melvin
    • Name: Edgar Melvin
    • Name: Edgar Melvin
    • Reference Number: 5904
    • Birth: 1868, Rochester, Monroe, New York, USA
    • Birth: Abt 1868, New York, USA
    • Birth: Abt 1868, New York, USA
    • Birth: Abt 1869, New York, USA
    • Birth: Abt 1869, New York, USA
    • Birth: Abt 1869, New York, USA
    • Birth: 1869, New York, USA
    • Residence: 1870; Rochester Ward 7, Monroe, New York
    • Residence: 1875, Rochester, Monroe, New York, USA
    • Residence: 1880, Rochester, Monroe, New York, USA
    • Residence: 1900, Bay City, Bay, Michigan, USA
    • Residence: 1910; Bay City Ward 6, Bay, Michigan
    • Residence: 1920; Bay Ward 6, Bay, Michigan
    • Residence: 1930, Bay City, Bay, Michigan, USA
    • Residence: 1940, Bay City, Bay, Michigan, USA

    Notes:

    1910 and 1929 census show living at 1011 thirty third st in bay city. 1897 city directory shows living at 2313 Fitzhugh, Bay City with James and Charlotte (Hider) Flood

    Edgar married Lillian Osborne on 26 Nov 1896 in Bay City, Bay, Michigan, USA. Lillian (daughter of William Hayden Osborne and Mary Ann Elizabeth Hider) was born in 1879 in New York, USA; died after 1943. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 3.  Lillian Osborne was born in 1879 in New York, USA (daughter of William Hayden Osborne and Mary Ann Elizabeth Hider); died after 1943.

    Other Events:

    • Name: Lillian Melvin
    • Name: Lillian Melvin
    • Name: Lillian Melvin
    • Reference Number: 4784
    • Birth: Abt 1879
    • Birth: Abt 1879, Michigan, USA
    • Birth: Abt 1879, New York, USA
    • Birth: Abt 1879, New York, USA
    • Birth: 1880, New York, USA
    • Residence: 1894, Fraser, Bay, Michigan, USA
    • Residence: 1910; Bay City Ward 6, Bay, Michigan
    • Residence: 1920; Bay Ward 6, Bay, Michigan
    • Residence: 1930, Bay City, Bay, Michigan, USA
    • Residence: 1940, Bay City, Bay, Michigan, USA

    Notes:

    Birth:
    probably Rochester

    Died:
    living at her husbands death in 1943

    Children:
    1. 1. Lealla Melvin was born on 8 Dec 1897; died on 14 Feb 1985 in Pinellas, Florida, USA.
    2. Baby Melvin was born on 23 Jul 1899 in Bay City, Bay, Michigan, USA; died between 1899 and 1900.
    3. Floyd Melvin was born on 22 Dec 1900 in Bay City, Bay, Michigan, USA.
    4. Russell C Melvin was born in 1909 in Michigan, USA.


Generation: 3

  1. 4.  Cornelius Higgins Melvin was born on 1 Jan 1835 in New York, New York, USA (son of Frank Melvin and Evaline K Burtreag); died on 26 Dec 1916.

    Other Events:

    • Name: Cornelious Melvin
    • Name: Cornelius H Melvin
    • Name: Cornelius H. Melvin
    • Reference Number: 5890
    • Residence: Rochester, Monroe, New York, USA
    • Birth: Abt 1835, New York, USA
    • Birth: Abt 1835, New York, USA
    • Birth: 1835, New York, New York, USA
    • Birth: Abt 1836, New York, USA
    • Birth: Abt 1836, New York, USA
    • Birth: 1837, New York, USA
    • Residence: 1870; Rochester Ward 7, Monroe, New York
    • Residence: 1875, Rochester, Monroe, New York, USA
    • Residence: 1880, Rochester, Monroe, New York, USA
    • Residence: 1900, Greece, Monroe, New York, USA
    • Residence: 1910, Greece, Monroe, New York, USA

    Cornelius married Lida C Osborne on 22 Oct 1867 in Rochester, Monroe, New York, USA. Lida (daughter of William E Osborne and Ann Eliza Unknown) was born on 27 Sep 1843 in New York, USA; died on 3 May 1878 in Rochester, Monroe, New York, USA; was buried on 5 May 1878 in Rochester, Monroe, New York, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 5.  Lida C Osborne was born on 27 Sep 1843 in New York, USA (daughter of William E Osborne and Ann Eliza Unknown); died on 3 May 1878 in Rochester, Monroe, New York, USA; was buried on 5 May 1878 in Rochester, Monroe, New York, USA.

    Other Events:

    • Name: Elida Osborn
    • Name: Leidda Melvin
    • Name: Lida Melvin
    • Reference Number: 5873
    • Birth: Abt 1841, New York, USA
    • Birth: Abt 1843, New York, USA
    • Residence: 1870, Monroe, New York, USA
    • Residence: 1875, Rochester, Monroe, New York, USA

    Notes:

    ANN ELIZA (OSBORNE) UNKNOWN

    BIRTH:
    Abt 1827 in Kings, New York -per census records 1865, 1870, 1875.

    PARENTS:
    Unknown.
    Father’s name may be McPherson. See reasoning below).

    MARRIAGE:
    William E Osborne.
    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 father’s estate). Her maiden name may be McPherson. Her son in law, Cornelius Melvin, listed Eliza McPherson as his first wife (who passed away) on a naval pension document. On a different document he listed his first wife as Lida Osborn. Perhaps Eliza was Lida’s correct name. Perhaps Mcpherson was her mother’s name at this 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.

    Note about Cornelius Melvin: He seems to be loose with the names. He served two enlistments in the Navy as Cornelius H Melvin and two enlistments as Cornelius Higgins. His given reason, was because his mother did not want him to go back in, he signed up under a different name. We suspect it may be because he had a criminal record. He states that Higgens was his mother’s maiden name. But on all of the marriage records we have, he does not give a mother’s maiden name of Higgens!

    CENSUS RECORDS:
    We cannot identify Ann Eliza in any census record prior to 1865.

    1865 New York State Census. We find Ann Eliza Osburn 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 Ann Eliza 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 Ann Eliza 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

    We cannot identify Ann Eliza in any census record after 1875.

    REAL ESTATE:
    We have found no real estate transactions in the name of Wm E Osborn or his wife Ann Eliza, but she does appear in connection with the settlement of the estate of her husband’s father.
    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

    NEWSPAPERS:
    Obituary for her daughter Lida.
    The Rochester Union Advertiser 4 May 1878
    In this city, Friday afternoon, May ??, 18??(very fuzzy), Lida C Melvin, wife of Cornelius H Melvin, and daughter of William E and Ann Eliza Osborne, aged 34 years, 7 months and ? days.

    DEATH:
    Unknown

    BURIAL:
    Unknown

    CHILDREN:
    Lida b. 1843 may have been the child of Ann Eliza before she married William E Osborne.
    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 Lida.
    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 have different biological parents helps us make sense of the marriage of William H’s daughter (Lillian) to Lida’s son (Edgar). A first 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.


    Buried:
    Mt Hope Cemetery

    Children:
    1. 2. Edgar B Melvin was born on 7 Jun 1867 in Rochester, Monroe, New York, USA; died on 4 Oct 1943.
    2. Ada L Melvin was born on 17 Dec 1872 in Rochester, Monroe, New York, USA; died on 9 Apr 1878 in Rochester, Monroe, New York, USA.

  3. 6.  William Hayden OsborneWilliam Hayden Osborne was born on 27 Jul 1856 in Rochester, Monroe, New York, USA (son of William E Osborne and Ann Eliza Unknown); died on 27 Jan 1918 in Saginaw, Saginaw, Michigan, USA; was buried in 1918 in Bay City, Bay, Michigan, USA.

    Other Events:

    • 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]


  4. 7.  Mary Ann Elizabeth HiderMary Ann Elizabeth Hider was born on 24 Apr 1855 in Withyham, Sussex, England (daughter of Charlotte Hider); died on 12 May 1919 in Bay City, Bay, Michigan, USA; was buried on 15 May 1919 in Bay City, Bay, Michigan, USA.

    Other Events:

    • 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

    Notes:

    Married:
    based on birth of 1st child

    Children:
    1. 3. Lillian Osborne was born in 1879 in New York, USA; died after 1943.
    2. Maud Osborne was born in Feb 1880 in Rochester, Monroe, New York, USA; died on 4 May 1956 in Alpena, Michigan, USA; was buried on 6 May 1956 in Saginaw, Michigan, USA.
    3. Jessie Osborne was born on 26 Jan 1882 in Bay City, Bay, Michigan, USA; died on 21 Jan 1963.
    4. Bertha Mary Osborne was born on 15 Jul 1888 in Linden, Genesee, Michigan, USA; died on 29 Oct 1987 in Hale, Iosco, Michigan, USA.
    5. Norman William Osborne was born on 9 Mar 1892 in Fraser, Bay, Michigan, USA; died on 12 May 1973 in Standish, Arenac, Michigan, USA; was buried in May 1973 in Bay City, Bay, Michigan, USA.
    6. Anna Osborne was born in Sep 1893 in Michigan, USA; died on 18 Dec 1922 in Saginaw, Michigan, USA; was buried in Oakwood, Saginaw, Michigan, USA.
    7. Edgar Wellington Osborne was born on 29 Dec 1897 in Fraser, Bay, Michigan, USA; died on 22 Jan 1985 in West Branch, Ogemaw, Michigan, USA.
    8. Ellsworth Wesley Osborne was born on 29 Dec 1897 in Fraser, Bay, Michigan, USA; died on 9 Sep 1976 in Prescott, Ogemaw, Michigan, USA.


Generation: 4

  1. 8.  Frank Melvin was born before 1817.

    Other Events:

    • Reference Number: 844

    Notes:

    Birth:
    based on child's birth

    Frank married Evaline K Burtreag. Evaline was born before 1817. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 9.  Evaline K Burtreag was born before 1817.

    Other Events:

    • Name: Margaret
    • Reference Number: 831

    Notes:

    Birth:
    based on child's birth

    Children:
    1. 4. Cornelius Higgins Melvin was born on 1 Jan 1835 in New York, New York, USA; died on 26 Dec 1916.

  3. 10.  William E Osborne was born between 1802 and 1805 in East Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, USA (son of Israel Osborn and Anna Hayden); died after 1878.

    Other Events:

    • 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]


  4. 11.  Ann Eliza Unknown was born in 1827 in New York, USA.

    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

    Children:
    1. 5. Lida C Osborne was born on 27 Sep 1843 in New York, USA; died on 3 May 1878 in Rochester, Monroe, New York, USA; was buried on 5 May 1878 in Rochester, Monroe, New York, USA.
    2. 6. William Hayden Osborne was born on 27 Jul 1856 in Rochester, Monroe, New York, USA; died on 27 Jan 1918 in Saginaw, Saginaw, Michigan, USA; was buried in 1918 in Bay City, Bay, Michigan, USA.

  5. 15.  Charlotte Hider was born on 22 Jul 1833 in Withyham, Sussex, England (daughter of Peter Hider and Mary Ann Pratt); died on 15 Jan 1902 in Bay City, Bay, Michigan, USA.

    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

    Children:
    1. 7. Mary Ann Elizabeth 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.