John Bos II Part 8 1920s John Bos II mini-pedigree from Ancestry.com 1920 age 65 Federal Census John & Wilhelmina Bos 1920 census Oak Harbor, Island County WA In this census, we find John R. Bos and his wife Wilhemina living in Oak Harbour. He is age 65, she is 71 years old, living with their single son Peter, age 34. Again, the date of immigration for both is 1882, they are both naturalized in 1900. The census indicates none of them have any occupation, but that seems hard to believe. There were many dairy farms in Oak Harbour, I wonder if they considered farming an occupation? Oak Harbor, Island County WA Google Maps The red arrow points to Swantown area of Oak Island The yellow circle is Seattle. 1920s Toys The first twenty years of the 20th century saw the introduction of the Teddy Bear, the Raggedy Ann Doll, and Crayola Crayons , merely advancements of existing popular toys, dolls and drawing materials. Parents who ha
John Bos II Part 7 1910s John Bos II mini-pedigree from Ancestry.com 1910 Federal Census, Oak Harbor, Island County, Washington John & Wilhelmina Bos 1910 Census Oak Harbor, Island County, Washington John Bos lived in Oak Harbor, Island County, Washington, age 55, born in Netherland (Holland). It looks like he and Wilhelmina, age 60, have been married for 33 years, and that this is John's first marriage, but this is Wilhelmina's second marriage. This census indicates they both arrived in the US in 1881, which is different than in the 1900 census. John and Wilhelmina may have forgotten the EXACT date of his immigration. If I had to choose, I'd tend to go with the 1900 census figure, because it was closer to the event. Another possibility is that a neighbor or one of the kids answered the questions of the census taker, thus getting the date wrong. It looks like John was naturalized, which meant that the wife and foreign born