Roschelle F. Bosman (Pool) was my grandmother. She was born in Norfolk, VA on August 10th, 1885. The Bosman family owned a large peanut business (Bosman & Lohman Co.) there until it was liquidated around 1924. There is a family story that she drew for the family business the figure that is now known as "Mr. Peanut" which is now a trademark of Planter's Peanuts. (I would presume the drawing went with the business when it was liquidated.) Under the Bosman & Lohman name, the drawing was actually called "Dr. Peanuts." (See photos for the image from a company booklet.) She married Theodore A. Pool around 1905. When a Bosman, her middle initial stood for Fraetas, a Portuguese name. My father said that as a boy, he was always afraid of Grandmother Fraetas, whom he said was one of the first people to own an electric car. Apparently Grandmother Fraetas tolerated no nonsense from children. According to her son William McGee Pool, after her husband Theodore A. Pool died in August 1933, Rose closed up the home on the Terraces (a suburb of Baltimore, MD), and moved the family to a residence in what is now called the Charles Village section of Baltimore City, for a time. Roschelle (Nana) Pool lived at the Pool home on the Terraces, in the Mt. Washington section of Baltimore, MD, enjoying gardening and planting many flower gardens. She was also a fan of the Lawrence Welk show on TV. Once in the 1950's, she was living alone in the Terraces home (son William McGee Pool & family were away on a camping trip) when someone broke into the house, and started up the stairs to her apartment. She told me she took a revolver and pointed it down the stairs & told the intruder that if they did not leave that instant, she would fire. They left, but on another occasion when my uncle & family left on a camping trip, I was assigned to stay with her for the time they were away. Into old age, she finally went into an old people's home on the Eastern Shore of Virginia, passing away in January 1968. She had a chronic condition of angina, and passed away from a sudden heart attack. She and Theodore A. Pool are buried in the Bosman Lots, in Elmwood Cemetery in Norfolk, VA. Sons Clifton K. Pool, and Eugene B. Pool pre-deceased her, both having been casualties of World War II in 1943. She was survived by daughter Irene, and sons Robert, Theodore (II), and William McGee Pool.
Roschelle F. Bosman (Pool) was my grandmother. She was born in Norfolk, VA on August 10th, 1885. The Bosman family owned a large peanut business (Bosman & Lohman Co.) there until it was liquidated around 1924. There is a family story that she drew for the family business the figure that is now known as "Mr. Peanut" which is now a trademark of Planter's Peanuts. (I would presume the drawing went with the business when it was liquidated.) Under the Bosman & Lohman name, the drawing was actually called "Dr. Peanuts." (See photos for the image from a company booklet.) She married Theodore A. Pool around 1905. When a Bosman, her middle initial stood for Fraetas, a Portuguese name. My father said that as a boy, he was always afraid of Grandmother Fraetas, whom he said was one of the first people to own an electric car. Apparently Grandmother Fraetas tolerated no nonsense from children. According to her son William McGee Pool, after her husband Theodore A. Pool died in August 1933, Rose closed up the home on the Terraces (a suburb of Baltimore, MD), and moved the family to a residence in what is now called the Charles Village section of Baltimore City, for a time. Roschelle (Nana) Pool lived at the Pool home on the Terraces, in the Mt. Washington section of Baltimore, MD, enjoying gardening and planting many flower gardens. She was also a fan of the Lawrence Welk show on TV. Once in the 1950's, she was living alone in the Terraces home (son William McGee Pool & family were away on a camping trip) when someone broke into the house, and started up the stairs to her apartment. She told me she took a revolver and pointed it down the stairs & told the intruder that if they did not leave that instant, she would fire. They left, but on another occasion when my uncle & family left on a camping trip, I was assigned to stay with her for the time they were away. Into old age, she finally went into an old people's home on the Eastern Shore of Virginia, passing away in January 1968. She had a chronic condition of angina, and passed away from a sudden heart attack. She and Theodore A. Pool are buried in the Bosman Lots, in Elmwood Cemetery in Norfolk, VA. Sons Clifton K. Pool, and Eugene B. Pool pre-deceased her, both having been casualties of World War II in 1943. She was survived by daughter Irene, and sons Robert, Theodore (II), and William McGee Pool.
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