William Melvin Cosman1

M, b. 8 June 1857
FatherGeorge Cosman1 d. b 1880
MotherAnn Hepburn1 b. c 1827, d. 15 Jan 1895
Relationship1st cousin 4 times removed of Pamela Joyce Wood
Last Edited29 Mar 2024
     William Melvin Cosman was born on 8 June 1857 at Saint John, Saint John Co, New Brunswick.2,1,3 He was the son of George Cosman and Ann Hepburn.1 William Melvin Cosman married Eliza Susan Arrowsmith, daughter of Thomas Arrowsmith and Sarah Thwaites, on 25 November 1885 at Chelsea, Suffolk Co, Massachusetts.4,3
     William Melvin Cosman was naturalized on 11 August 1887; He arrived at Boston on 1 Aug 1879.2 He appeared on the census of 1900 at Meriden, New Haven Co, Connecticut; William M. Cosman, 41, b. NB, married 14 years, printer, arrived in the USA in 1880, naturalized, Eliza S., 38, b. England, has two children, both living, arrived in USA 1878, William M., 13, b. MA, Anna B., 11, b. MA.3 He and Eliza Susan Arrowsmith appeared on the census of 9 April 1940 at Wallingford, New Haven Co, Connecticut; William and Eliza were 80 and 79, respectively, and were living with their daughter Anna Fournier and her family.5

Family

Eliza Susan Arrowsmith b. 19 Jun 1861, d. 1 Dec 1942
Children

Citations

  1. [S105] 1880 US Census, Massachusetts, Middlesex Co, Cambridge. Family History Library Film 1254543 NA Film Number T9-0543 Page Number 315B. Household of Anna Cosman.
  2. [S1304] Ancestry.com Inc., 2011: MA State & Fed Naturalizations , William M Cosman.
  3. [S360] 1900 US Federal Census , Connecticut, New Haven Co, Meriden. Roll: T623 144; Page: 13A; Enumeration District: 330. Household of William M. Cosman.
  4. [S891] FamilySearch.com, 2010: Massachusetts Marriages 1841-1915 , Chelsea; Entry for Wm. M. Cosman and Eliza S. Arrowsmith, 1885.
  5. [S992] 1940 US Federal Census , Connecticut, New Haven Co, Wallingford. Roll: T627_519; Page: 6B, Enum Dist 5-154. Household of Alva Fournier.