Christopher Wager Cosman ( named after his great-grandmother, Mary Wager) was born in Kingston, Kings Co., New Brunswick, Canada, on June 13, 1862, one of 14 children and one year older than brother , Jeremiah Brundage Cosman. He was the grand-son of James Cosman and Betsy Ann Golding, Loyalists. The family later moved to Millstream, Kings Co., NB, where the family farmed. The homestead still stands, although empty, and the land is hayed by locals..............




Christopher married Sarah Abigail Jamieson, a Millstream girl of Scottish descent, daughter of Hugh Jamieson and Mary Ann Tamlyn. They had three daughters and parted. Christopher worked as a horse trainer and teamster in many places, in California, British Columbia, Mass. and New Brunswick. It is unknown if he and Sarah divorced, but Christopher was common-law husband to Phoebe Almira Wood-Lawton (Mrs Francis Lawton) for 20 years on the Old Black River Road in Saint John, NB. There he ran the farm and kept them all alive, the 10 Lawton kids and Eddie. He died June 29, 1939, aged 77 and is buried in Millstream with his parents.




A young Christopher....and his pout by Darlene 9 grand-daughter )





Here, Christopher and Sarah look smug, if not happy. This must be about 1900.




Note...Francis Lawton died in Provincial Mental Hospital in 1920. Christopher was on the farm by 1919.

Christopher's business card...




Another proof of his expertise with horses



John Nelson Cosman Homestead in Millstream. Cosman graves on other pages on site.




The house sits on a windswept open hill.





This might be Lydia Ann Sheck-Cosman and two of her daughters. ( based on resemblance to Chris only...the gaze, the strong face, the pout)





CHILDREN OF JOHN NELSON COSMAN AND LYDIA ANN SHECK (SCHECK)

1. Cosman, Frances A - born: 1846 @
2. Cosman, Daniel Sheck - born: 1847 @
3. Cosman, James William, Free Will Baptist - born: 8 May 1848/9 @
4. Cosman, Jacob - born: 1849 @
5. Cosman, June - born: 1850 @
6. Cosman, Elizabeth Jane - born: 10 May 1851 @ NB
7. Cosman, Esther - born: 1852 @
8. Cosman, John Nelson Jr - born: 1855 @ NB
9. Cosman, Harriet Elizabeth - born: 1857 @
10. Cosman, Charlotte - born: 1858 @
11. Cosman, Elijah Dow - born: 1858 @
12. Cosman, Jeremiah Brundage, twin of Christopher - born: 13 Jun 1862 @ 1.
13. Cosman, Christopher Wager twin of Jeremiah, Living with daughter Eva in BC in 1911, Farmer ( Commonlaw husband of Phoebe Wood Lawton, Old Black River Road ) - born: 13 Jun 1862 @ NB
14. Cosman, Annie Bessie - born: 28 Oct 1866 @ NB


Their father, John Nelson Cosman died in 1868, of pleurisy
. In 1881 Census, Daniel, the oldest son, is head of the Household.

1881 Census, Havelock, Kings Co., NB.





Daniel COSMAN
Male English 34 New Brunswick Farmer Free Will Baptist
Lydia A. COSMAN W Female English 53 New Brunswick
Free Will Baptist
John N. COSMAN
Male English 26 New Brunswick Farmer Free Will Baptist
Elijah COSMAN
Male English 23 New Brunswick
Free Will Baptist
Christopher W. COSMAN
Male English 17 New Brunswick Farmer Son Free Will Baptist
Elizabeth J. COSMAN
Female English 29 New Brunswick
Free Will Baptist
Annie B. COSMAN
Female English 15 New Brunswick
Free Will Baptist


At this time, Jeremiah is living in Kingston, with his Uncle Jacob Cosman, Blacksmith, and Aunt Margaret and working, probably for them, as a labourer. ( may have been living in what is now known as Carter House)

Jeremiah went to the USA in 1883 and lived in Payette, Canyon, Idaho. He married Alice Elizabeth Tingley in 1893, then divorced.


Date November 8 1887
County Saint John
Place Saint John
Newspaper The Daily Telegraph

m. Minneapolis, Minnesota, 4th July, by Rev. Donald D. MacLaren, Jeremiah B. COSMAN / Alice T. Tingley eldest d/o Bliss Tingley, all of Stillwater, Minn., but formerly of New Brunswick.

His second family is below.
1920 United States Federal Census
about Jeremiah B Cosman

Name: Jeremiah B Cosman [Jeremiah Cosman] Home in 1920: Willow, Payette, Idaho Age: 55 Estimated birth year: abt 1865 Birthplace: Canada Relation to Head of House: Self (Head) [Head] Spouse's name: Mertie Father's Birth Place: Canada Mother's Birth Place: Canada Marital Status: Married Race: White Sex: Male Home owned: Own Year of Immigration: 1883 Able to read: Yes Able to Write: Yes Neighbors: View others on page Household Members: Name Age Jeremiah B Cosman 55 Mertie Cosman 42 Aleda Cosman 13 Walter A Cosman 11 Erma B Cosman 8 Arpie M Cosman 4 [4 6/12] Another brother, Elijah Dow Cosman went to Idaho as well.

Name: Elijah Dow. Cosman
Residence: Payette village, Canyon, Idaho
Birth Date: Dec 1860 ,Birthplace: Canada
Father Birthplace: Canada ,Mother Birthplace: Canada
Race : White ,Gender: Male Marital Status: Single
Immigration Year: 1885 Enumeration District: 0132

CHRISTOPHER shows up on the 1891 Census, in Millstream, Kings Co., Nb, Canada, with his first wife, Sarah Abigail Jamieson and his three young daughters.

Name: Coseman, Christopher Sex: Male Age: 25 Born abt 1866 Marital Status: Married Province: New Brunswick District Name: Kings District Number: 16 Sub-District Name: Havelock Household number: 170 Reference: RG31 - Statistics Canada

Name: Coseman, Sarah Sex: Female Age: 32 born abt. 1858 Marital Status: Married Province: New Brunswick District Name: Kings District Number: 16 Sub-District Name: Havelock Household number: 170 Reference: RG31 - Statistics Canada

Name: Coseman, Eva Sex: Female Age: 4 born abt 1886 Marital Status: Single Province: New Brunswick District Name: Kings District Number: 16 Sub-District Name: Havelock Household number: 170 Reference: RG31 - Statistics Canada

Name: Coseman, Dora Sex: Female Age: 2 born abt 1888 Marital Status: Single Province: New Brunswick District Name: Kings District Number: 16 Sub-District Name: Havelock Household number: 170 Reference: RG31 - Statistics Canada

Name: Coseman, Vivian Sex: Female Age: 3/12 born abt 1890 Marital Status: Single Province: New Brunswick District Name: Kings District Number: 16 Sub-District Name: Havelock Household number: 170 Reference: RG31 - Statistics Canada

Corrections Sarah Jamieson....and Cosman

They were probably married about 1886. Each of their girls will have a separate page.

Husband - Cosman, Christopher Wager, Visiting daughter Eva in BC in 1911, Farmer ( Common-law husband of Phoebe Wood Lawton, Old Black River Road 1920-1939 )
Born: 13 Jun 1862 - Kingston, Kings, NB, Died: 29 Jun 1939 - Old Black River Road, Little River St John Co, NB, Canada Bur: Jul 1939 - Upper Millstream Union Baptist Church Cemetery, Havelock, Kings Co NB, Canada Marr: - , , ,
Parents: Cosman, John Nelson, Farmer (IRIN#64) & Sheck, Lydia Ann (IRIN#65) - FRIN#14
Wife - Jamison, Sarah Abigail
Born: 28 Feb 1867 - Sussex, Kings, NB, Died: 10 Jun 1970 - Souderton, Montgomery Co, Pennsylvania, Bur: - Whitemarsh Memorial Park, Prospectville, Montgomery co, Pennsylvania Marr: - , , ,
Parents: Jamison, Hugh, Scottish, Farmer, Weslyan Methodist (IRIN#4970) & Tamlyn, Mary Ann, English (IRIN#4971) - FRIN#1629
Children
1. Female: Cosman, Eva May - IRIN#5667 Born: 18 Feb 1887- Havelock, Kings, NB, Died: 8 Jan 1983 - West Chester, , PA, Bur: -Whitemarsh Memorial Park, Prospectville, Montgonery Co., Pennsylvania Spouse: Kay, William G, lived in Cambridge City, Middlesex, Massachusetts in 1920 - IRIN#7103 - FRIN#2410 Marr: 14 Sep 1910 - Vancouver, BC,
2. Female: Cosman, Dora M, died of tuberculosis - IRIN#5666 Born: 18 Oct 1889 - Havelock, Kings, NB, Canada Died: 12 Dec 1931 - 29 Craggmere Ave, So Portland, Maine, Bur: - Highland Cemetery, So Portland, Maine, Spouse: Tamyln, Roy, salesman, Swift Co., Portland, Maine,, lived at 7 Pillsbury St., 357 Preble St and 13 and 28 Craggmere Ave. Portland, Maine, - IRIN#7094 - FRIN#2406 Marr: 12 Apr 1910 - Boston (Lowell) , Massachusetts,
3. Female: Cosman, Vivian( Minnie Rosetta) - IRIN#6934 Born: 1891 - Havelock, Kings, NB, Died:12, November, 1904, of diabetes

CHRISTOPHER WAGER COSMAN'S SECOND FAMILY

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Husband - Cosman, Christopher Wager, Horse Trainer and Farmer ( Common-law husband of Phoebe Wood Lawton, Old Black River Road 1920-1939)
Born: 13 Jun 1862 - Kingston, Kings, NB, Died: 29 Jun 1939 - Old Black River Road, Little River St John Co, NB, Bur: Jul 1939 - Upper Millstream Union Baptist Church Cemetery, Havelock, Kings Co NB, Canada Marr: - common-law, , ,
Parents: Cosman, John Nelson, Farmer (IRIN#64) & Sheck, Lydia Ann (IRIN#65) - FRIN#14
Wife - Lawton-Wood, Phoebe Almira, Farmer, widow of Francis Lawton, married 1903, mother of 10 Lawton children and one Cosman son.
Born: 14 Nov 1883 - Mispec, St John, , Died: 5 Feb 1975 - Old Black River Rd, St John, NB, Bur: ABOUT 8 Feb 1975 - Fern Hill Cemetery, Saint John, NB, Marr: - , , ,
Parents: Wood, Jacob Smith, Bds. Gilbert's Lane, 1875, Weigher of hay & straw, 1875, Hay Market in Saint John, later, Farmer, Red Head, Simonds, NB (IRIN#54) & Whelpley, Phoebe Almira, died 6 days after daughter Phoebe was born (IRIN#55) - FRIN#10
Children
1. Male: Lawton, Edward Christopher, Son of Chris Cosman, legal name Lawton, G-54325,ROC... Volunteer Medal.. Was gassed in expermental Trials by the Army Died at the young age of 62, of Multiple Sclorosis & complications Expert Mechanic and Highway Engineer , Saint John Government Garage - IRIN#784 Born: 29 Sep 1921 - Old Black River Rd, St John, NB, Canada Chr: - son of Chris Cosman, Died: 8 Oct 1983 - St John, NB, Bur: - Fernhill Lot 218,Saint John, Spouse: Lackie, Muriel Arvilla, 1922-2006, mother of 10, grand and great-grand mother, forever young - IRIN#794 - FRIN#218 Marr: 28 Aug 1937 - Saint, John, NB,

Christopher died at age 77 and is buried in Millstream, at Union Baptist Church.



Funeral arrangements




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