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Author: CathySisson58
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Thanks for the assist. That gives me a place to start. Like I said, the family has it's name just about everywhere once they arrived in OH and MI, but there's not a whole lot of specifics prior to that. You're right about the name Genessee, though. That particular place name is alive and well in MI, too! Thanks again!
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Author: rootscrazy7
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New England Ancestors is heavily "Massachusetts" which is where the first Cogswells appeared, very early. You may have to do some digging in Connecticut before you get to Massachusetts.
Understanding and interpreting Census data is very helpful because comparing the information on one census with the information on an earlier one is useful in determining which families "might be" the right ones.
I found Alanson on the 1850 Census in Ashtabula, and his parents are right next door. Note that Lovina was born (theoretically) in about 1799, not 1791. That may help later... She and Henry list their birthplace as Connecticut. Joseph and Jane Palmer live with them, and although the relationship is not stated, the age of Jane matches the age of a daughter listed in the 1840 Census. At some stage, you may have to follow Jane and her husband to their death places and look for additional information along the way. Palmer is a name which is connected to Stonington, CT. originally.
In 1840, Henry is in Ashtabula. He is aged 40-50,
son aged 10-15, daughter age 15-20, wife aged 40-50. These match the 1850 information.
Looking for Henry in the 1830 Census, he isn't in Ohio yet. There is a Henry in Bethany, Genessee County, NY, with two young males, one of which is the right age to be Alanson, and one aged 15-20, who might be a brother of Henry. There are two little girls aged 5-10 years of age, which is a good fit for Jane S. (Palmer) in the 1850 Census...
I suggest you dig deeper in Genessee County. It was chock-a-block full of Connecticut people, some of my own ancestors among them. In fact, Genessee is a name that the settlers took with them from southeastern Connecticut (Madison and Guilford).
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Author: CathySisson58
Surnames: COGSWELL, LUKE
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Ah, that clears things up! I've looked in Ancestry.com, HeritageQuest, and county by county through usgenweb. I've also talked to all the older individuals in the family, and the only one who had concrete info that got me this far has since died. However, I didn't know about newenglandancestors.org. I'll give them a try. Thanks!
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Author: rootscrazy8
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I apologize. I phrased my statment poorly. It would help if you could tell us which books, magazines and databases you have used in your search, so that we don't waste time searching through the same material.
For example, I have searched through some Connecticut BMD databases and found nothing. If you have already searched at ancestry.com, newenglandancestors.org and HeritageQuest, that would be useful information to give us.
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Author: CathySisson58
Surnames: COGSWELL, LUKE
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Well first, I was hoping someone else might have a connection to this family and be able to point me in the right direction... I found the Cogswell and Luke family in Ashtabula Co., OH, and I know where they were after they reached MI through birth, marriage, death and census records. Alanson was born in NY, so his parents had to have been in NY for that event, but I don't know where and have no info with which to narrow it down. I've searched in NY for Henry and Lovina. However, there were Cogswells in almost every NY county at one point, and there are a number of individuals named Henry. The records from OH and MI simply say NY. I've found no record of a marriage for that particular couple, a birth announcement of any kind, nor a census record. Does that help?
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Author: rootscrazy8
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It would be helpful if you would tell us where you have already looked.
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Author: CathySisson58
Surnames: COGSWELL, LUKE
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I'm looking for info on Henry and Lovina Cogswell, parents of Alanson Henry Cogswell. Henry was born about 1795 and died about 1875. Lovina was born about 1791 and died about 1863. They had a son, Alanson Henry Cogswell, born 1826 in NY and died 1905 in Van Buren Co., MI. Alanson married Mary Eliza Luke in Ashtabula Co., OH.
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