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William E Osborne

William E Osborne

Male 1805 - Aft 1878  (~ 77 years)

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  • Name William E Osborne  [1, 2, 3
    Birth Abt 1801  Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    • appears to be error
    Born Between 1802 and 1805  East Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • probable place of birth
    Gender Male 
    Birth Abt 1802  Connecticut, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [5
    Birth Abt 1803  Connecticut, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [6
    Birth Abt 1804  East Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [7
    Residence 1831  Brighton, Monroe, New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Patent filed on thrashing machine 
    Residence 1833  Brighton, Monroe, New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Residence 1854  Milton, Ulster, New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Civil 1 Mar 1855  [7
    Passport 
    Departure 1856  Hamburg, Germany Find all individuals with events at this location  [8
    Occupation 1856  New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [8
    Machinist 
    Residence 1856  New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [8
    Arrival 27 Jan 1856  London, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [8
    from Hamburg, Germany 
    Name William E Osbern  [9
    Name William E Osborn  [7, 8, 10
    Name William Osborn  [4
    Name William Osborne  [6
    Name William Osburn  [5
    Residence 13 Sep 1859  Brooklyn, Kings, New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    signature on R.E. deed 
    Occupation 1862  Brooklyn, Kings, New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Inventor 
    Residence 1862  Brooklyn, Kings, New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Park Ave & N Canton 
    Occupation 1865  Brooklyn, Kings, New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    gasfitter 
    Reference Number 6185 
    Residence 1865  Brooklyn, Kings, New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    314 Myrtle St 
    Residence 1865  Brooklyn, Kings, New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    Ward 20 
    Residence 1867  Brooklyn, Kings, New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    55 Park Ave 
    Residence Between 1868 and 1878  Rochester, Monroe, New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [11
    Per Rochester City Directories 
    Residence 1870  Rochester, Monroe, New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [5
    Residence 1875  Rochester, Monroe, New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [6
    Died Aft 1878 
    • last entry in city directory
    Siblings 6 Siblings 
    Person ID I6185  FelsingFam
    Last Modified 16 Feb 2024 

    Father Israel Osborn,   b. 1773, Connecticut, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Jul 1859, Henrietta, Monroe, New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 86 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Mother Anna Hayden,   b. 12 Oct 1772, Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1843, Monroe, New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 70 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Married Abt 1797 
    • estimated-1st child 1798 or 1799
    Married
    • 'Anna Hayden Married Israel Osborn of East Windsor'
    Family ID F1568  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Ann Eliza Unknown,   b. 1827, New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Married Bef 1859 
    • signatures on R.E. deed
    Children 
    +1. Lida C Osborne,   b. 27 Sep 1843, New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 3 May 1878, Rochester, Monroe, New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 34 years)  [natural]
    +2. William Hayden Osborne,   b. 27 Jul 1856, Rochester, Monroe, New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 27 Jan 1918, Saginaw, Saginaw, Michigan, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 61 years)  [natural]
    Last Modified 16 Feb 2024 
    Family ID F1697  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - Between 1802 and 1805 - East Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBirth - Abt 1802 - Connecticut, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBirth - Abt 1803 - Connecticut, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBirth - Abt 1804 - East Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - Patent filed on thrashing machine - 1831 - Brighton, Monroe, New York, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - 1833 - Brighton, Monroe, New York, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - 1854 - Milton, Ulster, New York, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeparture - 1856 - Hamburg, Germany Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsOccupation - Machinist - 1856 - New York, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - 1856 - New York, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsArrival - from Hamburg, Germany - 27 Jan 1856 - London, England Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - signature on R.E. deed - 13 Sep 1859 - Brooklyn, Kings, New York, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsOccupation - Inventor - 1862 - Brooklyn, Kings, New York, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - Park Ave & N Canton - 1862 - Brooklyn, Kings, New York, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsOccupation - gasfitter - 1865 - Brooklyn, Kings, New York, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - 314 Myrtle St - 1865 - Brooklyn, Kings, New York, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - Ward 20 - 1865 - Brooklyn, Kings, New York, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - 55 Park Ave - 1867 - Brooklyn, Kings, New York, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - Per Rochester City Directories - Between 1868 and 1878 - Rochester, Monroe, New York, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - 1870 - Rochester, Monroe, New York, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - 1875 - Rochester, Monroe, New York, USA Link to Google Earth
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  • Photos
    1870 United States Federal Census
    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
    C osborn 1875
    Date:1/20/2012 8:21:16 PM
    osborn wm 1865 brooklyn
    osborn wm 1865 brooklyn
    Date:1/28/2012 11:02:47 PM
    U.S. Passport Applications, 1795-1925
    U.S. Passport Applications, 1795-1925
    Database online.
    England, Alien Arrivals, 1810-1811, 1826-1869
    England, Alien Arrivals, 1810-1811, 1826-1869
    Database online.
    CD 1862 brooklyn osborne
    CD 1862 brooklyn osborne
    Date:1/20/2012 8:21:51 PM
    CD 1865 brooklyn osborne
    CD 1865 brooklyn osborne
    Date:1/20/2012 8:22:10 PM
    CD 1867 brooklyn osborne
    CD 1867 brooklyn osborne
    Date:1/29/2012 3:33:14 PM
    CD 1866 brooklyn osborne p2
    CD 1866 brooklyn osborne p2
    Date:1/29/2012 3:32:19 PM

  • 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.

  • Sources 
    1. [S578] 1867 Brooklyn City Directory.
      CD 1867 brooklyn osborne
      CD 1867 brooklyn osborne
      Date:1/29/2012 3:33:14 PM


    2. [S579] City Directory-Brooklyn, New York-1865, 314 Myrtle Ave.
      CD 1865 brooklyn osborne
      CD 1865 brooklyn osborne
      Date:1/20/2012 8:22:10 PM


    3. [S580] City Directory-Brooklyn, New York 1862, Inventor lived Park Ave at N Canton.
      CD 1862 brooklyn osborne
      CD 1862 brooklyn osborne
      Date:1/20/2012 8:21:51 PM


    4. [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
      osborn wm 1865 brooklyn
      Date:1/28/2012 11:02:47 PM


    5. [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 William Osburn
      1870 United States Federal Census
      1870 United States Federal Census
      Database online. Rochester Ward 7, Monroe, New York, post office Rochester, roll 969, page 334, image 671.


    6. [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
      C osborn 1875
      Date:1/20/2012 8:21:16 PM


    7. [S429] U.S. Passport Applications, 1795-1925, Ancestry.com, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2007;), Database online.
      Record for William E Osborn
      U.S. Passport Applications, 1795-1925
      U.S. Passport Applications, 1795-1925
      Database online.


    8. [S590] England, Alien Arrivals, 1810-1811, 1826-1869, Ancestry.com, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2010;), Database online.
      Record for Wm E Osborn
      England, Alien Arrivals, 1810-1811, 1826-1869
      England, Alien Arrivals, 1810-1811, 1826-1869
      Database online.


    9. [S591] 1866 Brooklyn City Directory.
      CD 1866 brooklyn osborne p2
      CD 1866 brooklyn osborne p2
      Date:1/29/2012 3:32:19 PM


    10. [S589] US Patent Applications.

    11. [S489] Rochester NY City Directories, see notes--all pertinent people listed.

    12. [S282] The History and Genealogies of Ancient Windsor Connecticut 1635-1891, Henry R Stiles.

    13. [S299] Records of the Connecticut Line of the Hayden Family, Jabez Haskell Hayden, (Date: 1888;).