Bos Family Research

1930 Census Swantown, Island WA 1933 End of Prohibition          First New Deal 1934 birth daughter Eileen          Bonneville Dam 1938 Broadcast War of the Worlds 1930 age 38 Nicholas and Grace Bos 1930 Census Swantown Road, Swantown, Island County WA The family is circled in red with yellow arrow pointing at Nicholas, starting at line 42.  There is no house number, but the enumerator listed it as Swantown Road.  We'll look at that in a moment.  Notice, right under the arrow (yes, I've hidden it, but you can always view the original), the enumerator put the dividing line for those living on Beach Drive, and those on Swantown Road right after Nicholas Bos.  Now, I think it is a mistake, as there is no way for the head of the family to live on one road, and the rest of the family -- in the same dwelling -- to live on another.  I suspect the entire family lives on Swantown road (although I coul...

1920 Census Swantown WA 1926 KDKA first American Radio Station 1929 inauguration Herbert Hoover 1920 age 28 Nicholas and Grace Westerdyke Bos 1920 Census Swantown, Island, WA The road is not named, but Nicholas and his wife Grace (red arrow) are age 26 and 22, have no children yet, and are renting their farm.  I can't find who they rented it from.  It would also be nice to have a photo of that farm.  Nicholas' nephew John and Mary Bos and their son John Wayne also live nearby (blue arrow), on the farm they own. Residence -- Swantown, Island, Washington Swantown Washington, big picture from Google Maps 2018 Swantown Satellite View from Google Maps 2018 The above two images show Swantown, Island County WA both within the state of Washington, and a bird's eye view of the area, where we can see it is, indeed, farmland.  Interesting to note, is the beach, called "Hakuna Matata Beach."  Now where did THAT come from, do you think? ...