John William FOSSAN

                   NAME:
        Fossan/Fossian
   Daughter, Ruby, gave birth date a 24 July, 1875, but St. Joseph Catholic Church, New Waverly lists it as 27 July. 1900 Census, Walker Co, TX, sd 11, ed. 41, pg.9 gives her year of birth as 1880. It couldn't be since she married at 15, probably in 1891.

A newspaper article celebrating hers and John's 69th wedding anniversary gives the date of marriage as Jan 19, 1892. She would have been 16 at this time. It also says that she is 84 and John is 92 when the article was written (Jan. 1960 or '61) He would have to have been born in 1867 to be 92 at this time.

She bore 9 children. The first son, John, was born in 1893 and died at three years of age. Late in life, at 49, in Dec. 1924, she bore another son whom she named John James.

Marie was a tiny woman in stature whose brown hair was only just starting to be highlighted with grey when she died at  87. She still cleaned house and cooked meals in her 80's and read 2 newapapers daily. When young John attended medical school in his 20's, she helped him study for his tests. She would have been in her 70's.

IGI Batch: 6000026; Sheet: 54; Source Call #: 1553321; Type: Film
Birth: 27 July 1875 in New Waverly, Walker, TX
Death: 4 April 1963
Father John William Fossan
Mother: Francisca Mariam Vetuski Szmit
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                   NAME:  Catharina "Kattie" FOSSAN