FIFTH GENERATION

166. Rosa Ann (Shirley) Grovenburg was born in Sep 1879 in Kansas. She was mentioned in an affadavit signed on 28 Sep 1882 in Washington Co., Kansas.⁽³¹³⁾

GENERAL NOTES:
She may have married under the surname Shirley instead of Grovenburg, as her brother George did.

1880 Census - "Rosean Grovenburg,"age 1, bpl Kansas.
1882 Affadavit - She is listed as 4 yrs old on mother's divorce papers 28 Sep 1882.
1900 Census - Rosa H. Coslett, wife, age 20, born Sep 1879, married 7 years, no children, born in Kansas, father's birthplace is Indiana, mother's birthplace is Michgan. can read & write.
1910 Census - Rosa A. Coslett, wife, age 31, married 16 years, 2 children born, none living, birthplace Kansas, father's birthplace US, mother's birthplace Michigan, occupation proprietor of a laundry.
1920 Census - Rosa A. Coslett, wife, age 41, can read & write, born Kansas, father's birthplace Michigan, mother's birthplace Michigan.

She was married to Samuel R. "Dick" Coslett about 1893. -- see 1900 census --
FAMILY NOTES:
1900 US Census, Stockton City, Rooks Co., Kansas;
Samuel R. Coslett, head of household, age 25, born May 1875, married 7 years, born Illinois, father's birthplace unknown, mother's birthplace unknown, occupation paper-hanger, unemployed 6 months, cannot read or write, renting home; Rosa H.(or A.) Coslett, wife, age 20, born Sep 1879, married 7 years, no children, born in Kansas, father's birthplace is Indiana, mother's birthplace is Michgan. can read & write.

1910 US Census, Stockton City, Rooks Co., Kansas;
Samuel R. Coslett, head of household, age 35, married 16 years, born Illinois, father's birthplace US, mother's birthplace unknown, no occupation listed, can read & write, renting home, Farm sch. 10; Rosa A. Coslett, wife, age 31, married 16 years, 2children born, none living, birthplace Kansas, father's birthplace US, mother's birthplace Michigan, occupation proprietor of a laundry.

1920 US Census, Downs City, Osborne Co., Kansas, 164 Morgan Ave.;
Samuel R. Coslett, head, renting home, age 45, married, can read, cannot write, born Illinois, father's birthplace Illinois, mother's birthplace unknown, occupation - "hort... helper at RR Roadhouse;;" Rosa A., wife, age 41, can read & write, born Kansas, father's birthplace Michigan, mother's birthplace Michigan. Samuel R. "Dick" Coslett was born in May 1875 in Illinois. [see 1900 census]
GENERAL NOTES:
Info on this marriage from Uncle Jake (Alphus Jacob Grovenburg), 1979.
Possible parents are James & Emma Coslett, 1885 Iowa Census, Washington Twp, Poweshiek Co., Iowa, next door to A. (Andrew) Grovenburgh, p 475."D. M. Coslett, age 11, born Poweshiek, IA" Rosa Ann (Shirley) Grovenburg and Samuel R. "Dick" Coslett had the following children:

306 i. unknown Coslett.
307 ii. unknown Coslett.