1910 -- Census Oak Harbor WA 1911 -- Historical Insight Circus 1917 -- historical Insight WWI Registering for Draft WWI Nicholas Registration WWI 1917 -- married Grace Westerdyke 1919 Peace Paris Conference 1910 age 18 Nicholas Willard Bos 1910 Census Oak Harbor, Island, Washington The census was done 21 April 1910. This is sheet 3B, and we start by finding Nicholas on line 73 (red arrow), living with his parents John and Wilhelmina Bos, and two older siblings, Pete and Minnie. Interesting to note a John W. Bos, his wife Mary and their son John Wayne Bos, who is about a year old. This family has to be related to our Bos family ... hold on a second while I research. Still searching ... loading ... and I found that relationship. John Wayne Bos' father, John M. Bos is brother to our Nicholas Willard Bos. Therefore, although they are about the same age, Nicholas is the uncle to John Wayne Bos. HAH! And you thought I couldn
From the Netherlands to Washington State, may I present to you the BOS family! The research, the sources and my thought process as I write about each person.