Person:William Osborne (42)

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William E Osborne
b.Abt 1805 East Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, USA
d.Aft 1878 last entry in city directory/
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  1. Lida C Osborne1843 - 1878
  2. William H Osborne1856 - 1918
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Name[1][2][3] William E Osborne
Alt Name[4] William Osburn
Alt Name[5] William E Osbern
Alt Name[6][7][8] William E Osborn
Alt Name[9] William Osborn
Alt Name[10] William Osborne
Gender Male
Alt Birth[9] Abt 1801 Connecticut, USA
Alt Birth[4] Abt 1802 Connecticut, USA
Alt Birth[10] Abt 1803 Connecticut, USA
Birth[6] Abt 1805 East Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, USA
Marriage to Ann Eliza Unknown
Other[6] 1 Mar 1855 Passport/civil
Occupation[7] 1856 Machinist/New York, USA
Residence[7] 1856 New York, USA
Other[7] 1856 Hamburg, GermanyDeparture
Other[7] 27 Jan 1856 from Hamburg, Germany/London, EnglandArrival
Occupation[1] 1862 Inventor/Brooklyn, Kings, New York, USA
Residence[1] 1862 Park Ave & N Canton/Brooklyn, Kings, New York, USA
Occupation[2] 1865 gasfitter/Brooklyn, Kings, New York, USA
Residence[2] 1865 314 Myrtle St/Brooklyn, Kings, New York, USA
Residence[9] 1865 Ward 20/Brooklyn, Kings, New York, USA
Residence[5] 1866 55 Park Ave/Brooklyn, Kings, New York, USA
Residence[3] 1867 55 Park Ave/Brooklyn, Kings, New York, USA
Residence[11] Bet 1868 and 1878 Per Rochester City Directories/Rochester, Monroe, New York, USA
Residence[4] 1870 Rochester Ward 7, Monroe, New York/
Residence[10] 1875 Rochester, Monroe, New York, USA
Death? Aft 1878 last entry in city directory/

We have been unable to identify him on the 1850 or the 1860 Federal Census, although we have found him on the 1865 and 1875 New York State Census.

Because we find him married late in life to a woman 25 years younger than him, we are suspicious as to if the children were his or belonged to his wife's first husband, if indeed she was married earlier. He states on the 1865 Brooklyn Census that this is his second marriage and his much younger wife states that it is her first marriage.

According to family tradition William E was an inventor who had a patent for an improvement to the breech-loading cannon. Unable to sell or otherwise make money off his patent he traveled to Prussia and sold his idea for an unknown sum of money to Krupp Manufacturing, the well known arms manufacturer in Germany. It is said that due to the cold weather, Mr. Krupp gave William E a heavy winter coat with gold buttons. After he returned to the United States, his brother Thomas stole his gold buttons!

In an attempt to confirm this family tradition we have found a copy of patent# 11678 dated 12 Sep1854, a copy of his passport application dated 1 Mar 1855 and a copy of a ship log showing his return trip from Hamburg, Germany dated 27 Jan 1856. On each of these documents is an identical large, flowing very distinctive signature. Although these documents tie in with family oral history, we unfortunately have no documentation actually tying in the William E Osborn in these documents with our William E Osborne of Brooklyn and Rochester. Also, we have been unable to come up with a signature from our confirmed William E Osborn to compare to the earlier signatures.

References
  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 City Directory-Brooklyn, New York 1862
    Inventor lived Park Ave at N Canton.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 City Directory-Brooklyn, New York-1865
    314 Myrtle Ave.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 1867 Brooklyn City Directory.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 Ancestry.com. 1870 United States Federal Census. (Name: The Generations Network, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2003;)
    Database online. Rochester Ward 7, Monroe, New York, post office Rochester, roll 969, page 334, image 671.

    Record for William Osburn

    Ancestry.com, 1870 United States Federal Census (Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2003), Database online. Rochester Ward 7, Monroe, New York, post office Rochester, roll 969, page 334, image 671.

  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 1866 Brooklyn City Directory.
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 Ancestry.com. U.S. Passport Applications, 1795-1925. (Name: The Generations Network, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2007;)
    Database online.

    Record for William E Osborn

  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 7.4 Ancestry.com. England, Alien Arrivals, 1810-1811, 1826-1869. (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2010;)
    Database online.

    Record for Wm E Osborn

  8. ↑ US Patent Applications.
  9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 9.2 1865 New York State Census.
  10. ↑ 10.0 10.1 10.2 1875 New York State Census
    William Osborne.

    ward 7, page 100
    896 frame house value $3000 #919

    Name/age/sex/relation to head of household/State or County of birth/married or sgl/occupation/voter/owner of land

    William Osburn/72/male/head/Connecticut/married/gas fitter/voter/owner of land
    Anna Osburn/48/female/wife/New York/married
    Charles Melvin/40/male/son-in-law/New York/married/Bookkeeper
    Leidda Melvin/34/female/wife/New York/married
    William H Osburn/20/male/son/Monroe/single/clerk in d.g. store
    Edgar Melvin/7/male/grandson/Monroe
    (Y?)dda Melvin/2/female/granddaughter/Monroe

  11. ↑ Rochester NY City Directories
    see notes--all pertinent people listed.
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