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- William E OsborneAbt 1805 - Aft 1878
Facts and Events
| Name[1][2][3] |
William E Osborne |
| Gender |
Male |
| Birth[6] |
Abt 1805 |
East Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, United States |
| Marriage |
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to Ann Eliza _____ |
| Living[6] |
1 Mar 1855 |
passport |
| Residence[7] |
1856 |
New York, United Statesmachinist |
| Other[7] |
27 Jan 1856 |
London, Englandarrival from Hamburg, Germany |
| Residence[1] |
1862 |
Brooklyn, Kings, New York, United StatesPark Ave & N Canton ; inventor |
| Residence[2][9] |
1865 |
Brooklyn, Kings, New York, United States314 Myrtle St ; Ward 20 ; gasfitter |
| Residence[3][5] |
From 1866 to 1867 |
Brooklyn, Kings, New York, United States55 Park Ave |
| Residence[4][10][11] |
Bet 1868 and 1878 |
Rochester, Monroe, New York, United StatesWard 7 |
| Death? |
Aft 1878 |
New York, United Stateslast entry in city directory |
Notes
- 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 he is, 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.
Family Tradition
- 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 Sep 1854, 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
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 City Directory-Brooklyn, New York 1862.
Inventor lived Park Ave at N Canton
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 City Directory-Brooklyn, New York-1865.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 1867 Brooklyn City Directory.
- ↑ United States. 1870 U.S. Census Population Schedule. (National Archives Microfilm Publications M593 and T132)
Rochester Ward 7, Monroe, New York, post office Rochester, roll 969, page 334, image 671.
- ↑ 1866 Brooklyn City Directory.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 Ancestry.com. U.S. Passport Applications, 1795-1925. (Name: The Generations Network, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2007;).
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 Ancestry.com. England, Alien Arrivals, 1810-1811, 1826-1869. (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2010;).
- US Patent Applications.
- ↑ 1865 New York State Census.
- ↑ 1875 New York State Census.
ward 7, page 100
William Osborne
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
- ↑ Rochester NY City Directories.
see notes--all pertinent people listed
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