Lida C Osborne

1843 - 1878  (34 years)

 Set As Default Person

• Name	Lida C Osborne  [1]
  Birth	Abt 1841	New York, USA   [2]
  Birth	Abt 1843	New York, USA   [3]
  Born	27 Sep 1843	New York, USA   [1]
  Gender	Female
  Name	Elida Osborn  [4]
  Name	Leidda Melvin  [2]
  Name	Lida Melvin  [3]
  Reference Number	5873
  Residence	1870	Monroe, New York, USA   [3]
  Residence	1875	Rochester, Monroe, New York, USA   [2]
  Died	3 May 1878	Rochester, Monroe, New York, USA   [1, 5]
  Buried	5 May 1878	Rochester, Monroe, New York, USA   [6]
  	Mt Hope Cemetery
  Siblings	1 Sibling
  + 1. Lida C Osborne,   b. 27 Sep 1843, New York, USA ,   d. 3 May 1878, Rochester, Monroe, New York, USA  (Age 34 years) ▻ Cornelius Higgins Melvin,  m. 22 Oct 1867 + 2. William Hayden Osborne,   b. 27 Jul 1856, Rochester, Monroe, New York, USA ,   d. 27 Jan 1918, Saginaw, Saginaw, Michigan, USA  (Age 61 years) ▻ Mary Ann Elizabeth Hider,  m. Between 1877 and 1878
  Person ID	I5873	FelsingFam
  Last Modified	16 Feb 2024

  
  

  Father	William E Osborne,   b. Between 1802 and 1805, East Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, USA ,   d. Aft 1878  (Age ~ 77 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Ann Eliza Unknown,   b. 1827, New York, USA
  Relationship	natural
  Married	Bef 1859
  	signatures on R.E. deed
  Family ID	F1697	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Cornelius Higgins Melvin,   b. 1 Jan 1835, New York, New York, USA ,   d. 26 Dec 1916  (Age 81 years)
  Married	22 Oct 1867	Rochester, Monroe, New York, USA   [1, 7]
  Children	+ 1. Edgar B Melvin,   b. 7 Jun 1867, Rochester, Monroe, New York, USA ,   d. 4 Oct 1943  (Age 76 years)  [natural]   2. Ada L Melvin,   b. 17 Dec 1872, Rochester, Monroe, New York, USA ,   d. 9 Apr 1878, Rochester, Monroe, New York, USA  (Age 5 years)  [natural]
  Last Modified	16 Feb 2024
  Family ID	F1581	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - Abt 1841 - New York, USA Birth - Abt 1843 - New York, USA Born - 27 Sep 1843 - New York, USA Married - 22 Oct 1867 - Rochester, Monroe, New York, USA Residence - 1870 - Monroe, New York, USA Residence - 1875 - Rochester, Monroe, New York, USA Died - 3 May 1878 - Rochester, Monroe, New York, USA Buried - 5 May 1878 - Rochester, Monroe, New York, USA  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Photos » Slide Show		1870 United States Federal Census Database online. Rochester Ward 7, Monroe, New York, post office Rochester, roll 969, page 334, image 671.
  		C osborn 1875 Date:1/20/2012 8:21:16 PM
  		O_Osborne_Lida
  		melvin mt hope cem
  		osborn wm 1865 brooklyn Date:1/28/2012 11:02:47 PM

  
  

• 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.

  
  

• Sources

  [S182] Rochester Cemetery Transcriptions, Osborne, Lida C. MELVIN, Ada L. 17 Dec 1872-9 Apr 1878 MELVIN, Emma 1902 age 65y 3m, wife of C. H. Melvin MELVIN, Lida C. Osborne 27 Sep 1843-3 May 1878, wife of Cornelius H. Melvin MELVIN, M. C. ? ? 1835-26 Dec 1916 MELVIN, Mary Robinson 21 Feb 1916, age 74 [S399] 1875 New York State Census, William Osborne. 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 C osborn 1875 Date:1/20/2012 8:21:16 PM [S4] 1870 United States Federal Census, Ancestry.com, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2009;), Database online. Rochester Ward 7, Monroe, New York, post office Rochester, roll 969, page 334, image 671. Record for Lida Melvin 1870 United States Federal Census Database online. Rochester Ward 7, Monroe, New York, post office Rochester, roll 969, page 334, image 671. [S525] 1865 New York State Census. https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-266-11591-43506-18?cc=1491284&wc=9391406 osborn wm 1865 brooklyn Date:1/28/2012 11:02:47 PM [S67] Newspaper Obituary, 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. O_Osborne_Lida [S540] Mt. Hope Cemetery Records, Rochester, New York. 1878 May 5 Lidia C Melvin 34 Consumption (Add.) Pearl St (Burial location) NE 1/4 30. R-3 melvin mt hope cem [S181] Military Pensions.