Bos Family Research

John Bos II Part 4,  1880s John Bos II mini-pedigree from Ancestry.com 1880 24 March 1880, age 25 Birth of son Christian His son Christian Johannes Bos was born on 24 March 1880 in Arnhem, Gelderland, Netherlands.  This was his second of eight children born.  He would immigrate with his parents, marry Francine Kaufers or Kamps or Kemps.  He must have moved his family with his parents because he died in Island County Washington in 1946.  He has never fought in any war according to the 1930 census, although there is a WWII draft card with his signature on it (bonus points). Perhaps I am wrong in assuming he met and married Frances in Montana.  Nope, I was wrong.  I found a marriage certificate showing they were married 1905 in King, Washington.  By the 1940 census, he was a gas station attendant at his son Charles' station. You can visit his Find a Grave Memorial here . photo added by Clint Dunn on 11 November 200...

John Bos II Part 3 1870s John Bos II mini-pedigree from Ancestry.com 1870 The family was still in the Netherlands. In Other News for 1870 Can Opener       60 years after the Tin Can is invented, William Lions of Connecticut invents an efficient can opener. Congress Adopts the Fifteenth Amendment       The  Fifteenth Amendment (Amendment XV) to the United States Constitution prohibits each government in the United States from denying a citizen the right to vote based on that citizen's "race, color, or previous condition of servitude" (i.e., slavery). It was ratified on  February 3rd  , 1870. What is interesting is no mention was made of gender and it took another 50 years to guarantee women's right to vote with the Nineteenth Amendment in 1920 (Pearson, 2017). Congress Creates the US Department of Justice       The US Department of Justice is responsible for the enforcement of th...

John Bos II Part 2, 1860s John Bos II mini-pedigree from Ancestry.com Yeah, ain't got much for John Bos and his family.  They are still in the Netherlands, and if anything happened, I don't have access to that documentation.  If you know anything, contact me using the form on the right, or drop me a comment below. 1860 Abraham Lincoln is Nominated President Lincoln's election for President was followed by South Carolina's succession from the Union.  Its senators had resigned from Congress and several of the Southern states were looking to leaving it as well.  With Lincoln not inaugurated there was little he could do, and it was only a matter of time before the Confederate States united (Pearson, 2017). In Other News for 1860 Henry Repeating Rifle     Benjamin Henry perfects the Henry rifle which was manufactured by the New Haven Arms Company, and used in considerable numbers by certain Union army units in the American Civil War...