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I'm lurking. Haven't been in here recently, though.
How's it going Nancy?
Nancy, can you tell us where you saw that your Nicholas had a brother, John, b. 1778? Not that I'm doubting you, but geez, documentation of any sort is so sorely needed where this family is concerned. Was it a will? Was it a land transaction? Guess I want to cling to something.
Here's something I just posted to the OSMER list which Jim might find interesting. My question, other than the one I pose in the text is: Has anyone ever known the HOSNERS-HOSMERS to have been in the Masonic Order? Here's my latest project and the message posted today under OSMER:
Jayne Rogers of this forum has pointed out that families with the OSMER spelling and the HOSMER spelling are sometimes synonymous. However, her statement sort of left me feeling that these were the English families, as opposed to the German family who settled along the Hudson River in the early 1700's.
Here's my problem - looking for suggestions and comments:
On the ALHN - Alexandria Bay (Jeff. Co. NY site) there is a Masonic record for 1824 showing the name John P. OSMER. I do know that my ancestor settled in the same area in 1818 and stayed there until 1840 when he (only) removed to Canada. His son, Nicholas, and his huge family remained in the area. What are the chances that this John P. OSMER is the same as John HOSNER? This was a sparsely settled area so I have difficulty in thinking this could be other than John HOSNER (I never found a middle initial). The 1820 Census clearly shows the name of my ancestor as John HOSMER. The name has been spelled variantly to this day. The translation is correct because I had the transcriptionist/site hostess mail me a copy of the original. It's definitely John P. OSMER. My HOSNERS were Germans and they settled along the Hudson River in 1711 -- however, never listed as Palatines. Masonicism was not a practice of this family in the ensuing years. The pronunciation has never been known to be anything but HOSNER - HOSMER, at times, and even HASNER (with the "O" sound). Whatever you sleuths can come up with will be most appreciated. Thank you. Shirley Farone in Ashland, OH twigs@bright.net
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