My analysis of the probable family of
Peter Kossmann

1868- Brooklyn, NY directory entry- Butcher- Throop C Ellery

1874- Brooklyn, NY directory entry- butcher- 182 Throop Ave

1880- Brooklyn, NY Federal Census vol 36 ED 217 sheet 10 line 36
      
      Peter Kossmann-  age 35- born Baden
      182 Throop
      Victoria     wife    31- born NY
      Julia        dau     11       NY
      Louisa       dau      9       NY
      Peter        son      7       NY
      Jacob        son      5       NY
      Josie        son   1/12       NY
      Fessler, Leonard Bro-in-law  22  butcher
      Wagner, Barbara  servant     19

1880- Birth certificate of Josie on May 6, 1880 Brooklyn # 4437
      mother- Victoria Fessler born in Germany 
      father- Peter Kossmann born Germany- butcher
      Victoria mother of 7  (note: 2 children missing from 1880 census, did they die?)

1881- September 27, 1881 marriage certificate of Leonard Fessler to Anna Proestler
      parents of Leonard-Haver Fessler and Victoria Spiesman
      (IF Victoria and Leonard are siblings this would be Victoria's parents too, note Mary the wife of Frank also has the maiden name of Fessler)

1881- Brooklyn, NY birth cert #7598
      Frank Kossmann   born September 5, 1881 to Victoria & Peter

1881- Brooklyn, NY Death cert #11132
      Victoria Kossmann - September 17, 1881
      buried Most Holy Trinity Cemetery

1881- Brooklyn, NY death cert # 12276
      Frank Kossmann (infant) - October 11, 1881 
      buried Most Holy Trinity Cemetery

1884-Mary Kossmann  brooklyn #5284
     Peter and Catherine (Hoffmann) Kossmann

1886- Death Certificate of Peter Kossmann # 5632 Brooklyn NY Part 1  and Part 2
      May 17, 1886
      Age 40 years 10 months and 18 days
      living 791 Park Avenue corner of Throop
      buried - Most Holy Trinity Cemetery, Brooklyn NY

1886- Anthony Kossmann  born  May 1886 
      parents Peter and Catherine Kossmann
      later married June 1, 1909 Mary Ruppert at St. Aloysius R.C. Church, Onderdonk Avenue, Q1052  (click to view his marriage certificate

1890- Burial Information on Julia Kossmann age 21

1891-1901 - brooklyn Directory- Peter- butcher 183 Throop (son had to take over business)

1895- brooklyn directory- Jacob- clk - 183 Throop Avenue

1900- Federal Census Brooklyn NY- ED 294 vol 81 sheet 47 line 19
      Jacob Kossmann born Jan 1875 age 25  NY born
      boarder of John Mast
      28 Thorton 

1900- Federal Census- vol 84 ED 340  sheet 5  
      Peter Kossmann (son)
      lived 791 Park Avenue
      born Jan 1873  NY  age 27
      butcher-  married 5 years
      
      Margreth   wife   Jan 1873  27  NY born
      Sylvia     dau    Jan 1897   3  NY

1900-Federal Census-Catherine with Mary (click to view Mary's birth certificate and Anthony

Most Holy Trinity Cemetery, Brooklyn, NY  Block 41 Row 5 Grave 13,14, 15 contains:
      Victoria  age 32  died 17 sep 1881
      Frank     1 month      11 Oct 1881
      Peter     age 40       18 May 1886
      Julia     age 21       29 Jan 1890
      Catherine age 55       12 Apr 1905  

1906- Brooklyn directory- Peter- 183 Throop h. Woodhaven

MY CONCLUSIONS

Peter Kossmann seemed to have 2 wives, first Victoria Fessler Kossmann then Catherine Hoffmann Kossmann

Peter -born about June 30, 1845 based on census data and age indicated on his death certificate
      -came from Baden, Germany
      -died May 17, 1886 buried in Most Hly Trinity Cemetery
Victoria 
      -had the maiden name Fessler 
      -probable parents,Haver Fessler and Victoria Speisman
      -est birth 1849  NY
      -died Sept 17, 1881 buried in Most Holy Trinity Cemetery
    

They had at least 8 children:
1- Julia- est birth 1869  died Jan. 29, 1890 buried in Most Holy Trinity Cemetery
2- Louisa-est birth 1871 also not in the brooklyn birth index
   unknown if she reached adulthood or who she may have married
3- Peter- born Jan 1873-birth is not in the brooklyn birth index
   he married Margreth in about 1895
   he had at least one daughter Sylvia born in Jan 1897
4- Jacob-born Jan 1875 - birth not in the brooklyn birth index
   became a clerk
5- unknown child
6- unknown child
7- Josie-born May 6, 1880 what became of him is unknown
   His birth cert states he is the 7th child of Victoria
8- Frank-born Sept 5, 1881
         died Oct 11, 1881 buried in Most Holy Trinity Cemetery

Family probably attended Most Holy Trinity Church on Montrose which was the closest Catholic Church and the place of their burials!

After the death of his first wife Victoria, he remarried Catherine hoffmann and had at least two more children:

9-Mary born June 1884  Brooklyn #5284

10-Anthony Kossmann born May 1886, Brooklyn, NY
                    married 1 Jun 1909 to Mary Ruppert at St. Aloysius Church Q 1052
                    died ??

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