Bos Family Research

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 mean...

John Bos II Part 6 1900s John Bos II mini-pedigree from Ancestry.com 1900 Federal Census Coupeville, Oak Harbor, and San de Fuca Precincts, Island County, Washington John Bos 1900 census Oak Harbor WA with Wilhelmina, Chris, Cora, Peter, John, Minnie, Girtie, Nicholas John and Wilhelmina Bos living on what looks like a farm in Oak Harbor WA.  John was born in Holland February 1855, is aged 45.  Wilhelmina was also born in Holland, in May 1849.  She and John have been married 23 years at this point, and she has 9 of the 12 children she bore are still alive.  This is a document that tells us John Bos arrived in the US in 1882, and has been in the country for 18 years by now.  The children living with them are Chris age 20, Cora age 19, Peter age 15, John age 13 (you can see the age was corrected from 14), Minnie age 12, Girtie age 11 and Nicholas age 7.  I've written about  Nicholas in an earlier post . Interest...

John Bos II Part 5 1890s John Bos II mini-pedigree from Ancestry.com 1890 1890s  The Federal Census was taken in 1890, but this particular one is almost all destroyed by a fire.  Very sad affair.  I have searched the South Dakota State censuses, and the Washington Censuses, but I just cannot find any enumeration list for this family earlier than 1900! In Other News for 1890:   Battle of Wounded Knee  happens (OurTimelines.com, 2018). Bismarck Resigns      He had achieved a few things but in 1890 Otto von Bismarck was forced to resign by Wilhelm II. His policies for social security were derided by his competitors, and his conservatism had started to wain on his being the leading statesman of Europe. It is interesting that Adolf Hitler was so enamored by the Prussian (Pearson, 2018). Idaho  becomes the 43rd state (OurTimelines.com, 2018). Oklahoma  organizes as a territory,...