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
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.