Lida C Osborne

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• 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

Lida married Cornelius Higgins Melvin on 22 Oct 1867 in Rochester, Monroe, New York, USA. Cornelius (son of Frank Melvin and Evaline K Burtreag) was born on 1 Jan 1835 in New York, New York, USA; died on 26 Dec 1916. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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]

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• Reference Number: 6154
• Birth: 1873, Monroe, New York, USA
• Birth: 9 Apr 1875, Rochester, Monroe, New York, USA

Notes:

Tombstone is transcribed as 1872 for birth, but cemetery record shows 1875. 1872 is probably correct based on 1875 census.

Birth:
pob is assumed

Birth:
pob is assumed

Died:
pod is assumed

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]

Other Events:

• Reference Number: 2789

Notes:

Died:
not on 1900 census

Other Events:

• Reference Number: 5500
• Birth: Abt 1901, Michigan, USA
• Birth: Abt 1901, Michigan, USA
• Residence: 1910, Bay City, Bay, Michigan, USA
• Residence: 1920, Bay City, Bay, Michigan, USA

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• Name: Russel C Melvin
• Name: Russell Melvin
• Name: Russell Melvin
• Name: Russell Melvin
• Reference Number: 4902
• Birth: Abt 1909
• Birth: Abt 1909, Michigan, USA
• Birth: Abt 1909, Michigan, USA
• Residence: 1910; Bay City Ward 6, Bay, Michigan
• Residence: 1920; Bay 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
• Residence: 1940, Bay City, Bay, Michigan, USA
• Residence: 1959, Bay City, Bay, Michigan, USA

Russell married Eleanor Friebe on 23 Sep 1931 in Bay City, Bay, Michigan, USA. Eleanor was born in 1910 in Michigan, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Reference Number: 2101