Genealogy Richard Remmé, The Hague, Netherlands » Lillian Inez Vosburgh (1906-)

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1. "http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GED&db=delamontagne," supplied by Stewart, 10 jan 2016., Gedcom : rootsweb, Descendants of Jean Mousnier de la MONTAGNE (1595-1670), compiled by Lois Stewart Society of Descendants of Johannes de la Montagne [(E-ADDRESS) FOR PRIVATE USE\,]
2. 1910 U.S. Census, Year: 1910; Census Place: Johnstown Ward 2, Fulton, New Yor k; Roll T624_949; Page: 7B; Enumeration District: 27; Image : 104.

   Edwin Vosburgh 38, head, married 15 years, proprietor leather mill; Inez F Vesburgh 37, wife, married 15 years, 2 births/2 children living;  Lillian J Vesburgh 3, daughter;  Edwin Vesburgh Jr. 0, son; Martha Brett 50, servant, born Maryland;

3. 1920 U.S. Census, Year: 1920;Census Place: Johnstown Ward 2, Fulton, New York ; Roll T625_1113; Page: 6A; Enumeration District: 28; Image : 696.

   Edwin Vosburgh 48, head,  leather manufacturer mill; Inez Vosburgh 47, wife; Lillian Vosburgh 13, daughter; ; Edwin Vosburgh 9, son; Mary Scriven 65, mother-in-law; Sarah Vanek 23, servant;

4. History of the Mohawk Valley - Gateway to the West -1614-1925, Covering the Six Counties of Schenectady, Schoharie, Montgomery, Fulton, Herkimer and, Vol. IV; Page 220

   EDWIN VOSBURGH
   Edwin Vosburgh presents another proof of the fact that an ambitious youth, with the determination to make something worthwhile of his life, can turn his abilities to good account and attain a generous degree of success, even though he is handicapped by lack of education, funds, and influential friends.  Left fatherless at the age of eleven, he had to go to work to help support the family when many lads have no more serious thoughts than balls and marbles.  Today Mr. Vosburgh is the head of a concern that does a half-million dollar business a year, and what is more, he has the satisfaction of knowing that he has won his position by his own unaided effort.  He was born in the town of Root, Montgomery County, on the 7th of November, fifty three years ago.  His parents, also natives of that county, were Aaron and Mary (Montanye) Vosburgh.  The father, a farmer by occupation, operated a farm in his native county for a number of years, then moved to Fulton County, near Johnstown, where he continued his agricultural pursuits until his death in 1883 at the age of forty-four.  The mother died on the 8th of August, 1918, at the age of seventy-two.  Edwin Vosburgh was nine years old when the family moved to this vicinity and he continued in the public schools of Johnstown the education he had begun in the district schools of Montgomery County.  After the death of his father, two years later, the boy went to work for an uncle on his farm, where he was employed for three summers.  He began his career in the leather business by going to work for William Topp, a leather manufacturer of Johnstown, and a few years later moved to Oswego, New York, to accept a position as foreman in a tannery there. He was only twenty at the time, but so well did he understand the work and so mature were his judgments that he held this responsible post for a year or more.  Mr. Vosburgh's experience was enlarged by a period of service in a shoe leather factory in Brooklyn after his Oswego position and by the time he reached the age of twenty-one, he felt well qualified to embark in a business venture of his own. Accordingly, in 1893, he founded his present business, in partnership with James H. Topp, beginning in a small way in a little factory building whose dimensions were only thirty-two feet by fifty.  The two men had a capital of three hundred dollars apiece with which to start operations, but what they lacked in funds, they supplied in enthusiasm, courage, and knowledge of their business.  Early and late they worked in their little factory, making the most of every opportunity to increase their business and studying every method by which they might better their product or reduce the cost of operation.  They were rewarded by a stead, healthy growth in the business, which after a time made it necessary for them to erect the large factory building the concern now occupies at the corner of North Perry and Mathew streets, Johnstown.  In 1916, Mr. Vosburgh purchased the interest of his partner in the concern and has since been the sole proprietor.  The past eight years have witnessed a tremendous expansion under Mr. Vosburgh's management, the business having more than doubled and averaged five hundred thousand dollars a year.. . .
   Mr. Vosburgh was married to Inez Scriven on the 14th of June 1894. Mrs. Vosburgh is the daughter of the late William H. Scriven and his wife, Mary (Finkel) Scriven, natives of Rensselaer County, New York. For many years her father was recorder for Rensselaer County, but prior to his death he made his home in Johnstown.  Mrs. Scriven still resides here.  Mr. and Mrs. Vosburgh have two children, a daughter and a son:  Lillian Inex, born May 12, 1906, who is now attending the National Park Seminary at Forest Glen, Maryland, near Washington, D.C.; and Edwin, Jr., born April 13, 1910, and a school boy.

Historische gebeurtenissen

• Geboortedag 12 mei 1906

Dezelfde geboorte/sterftedag

• Ook geboren op 12 mei

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