Collected Data on Michael Kossmann

Michael Kossmann born Niederhausen, Baden, Germany Sept 1849

A Michael is listed in the Baden Immigration list as coming to the US from Niederhausen in 1869

this should be the record for this Michael because it agrees with his year to US on census


Michael Kossmann  born Sept 1849 married Anna Maria Schmidt born abt 1852 (immigrated to US 1860)

Their Children:
1-Unknown

2-Female born Feb 18, 1876 in Brooklyn cert # 935 
  -family lived 48 Walton at the time of the birth in 19th Ward
  -says father is a butcher

3-Joseph born Aug 27, 1978 in Brooklyn cert # 6756 
  -certificate indicates he is the 3rd child born to this mother.
  -family lived at 7 Cook in the 16th Ward at the time of his birth
  -indicates father is butcher
  -alive in 1910 census is roofer

4-Philip born Oct 4, 1880 in Brooklyn, NY cert # 9069
  -family lived at 693 Broadway in the 16th Ward at the time of his birth
  -mother Anna age 28
  -alive in 1910 is roofer

5-Unknown

6-Unknown

7-Jacob born April 28th 1883 birth cert Brooklyn, 3166
  -problem--the certificate says his father is Jacob and mother Anna Schmidt at 258 Ellery.  
  -I think the person recording the birth listed the child's name by mistake 
   where it said Dad, if so this is the child of Michael and Anna.  If not then there must 
   be a second Anna Schmidt who married a Kossmann.

8-Anna  born Sept 6, 1889 Brooklyn 9070
  -family lived at 833 Park Avenue in the 21st Ward
  -mother Anna Schmidt age 37
  -indicates child #8 of this mother
  -indicates that father is a butcher

9- George born October 1891
   -alive in 1910 occupation listed as Scenery Letter in theatre

10-David born Nov 1895
   -alive with paretns in 1910

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Directory info for Michael (could be this Michael or Ed's Michael married to Ursula:

1875/6   butcher  H553 Broadway
1876/7   butcher  Walton
1884     butcher  h 258 Ellery
1896     lab      h 832 Park


KNOWN addresses of this Michael:
1876     daughter birth lived Walton
1880     son born 693 Broadway
1889     daughter birth 833 Park
1900     census   832 Park
1910     census   331 Stockholm

1900 Michael Kossmann  Sept 1849 age 50 born Germany
     married 27 years
     to US in 1869 Naturalized--street cleaning

     Annie   wife   April 1852  age 40 to US 1860 10 children 5 living
     Joseph  son    Aug   1878      21
     Philip  son    Oct 4, 1880     19 roofer
     Agnes   dau    Sept  1889      10
     George  son    Oct   1891       8
     David   son    Nov   1895       4

1910 Census living at 331 Stockholm
shows parents and children Joseph, Philip, George and David.  Next to Mom it says 5 out of 10 children living.



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