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Klaas “Clauson” Bos

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Klaas “Clauson” Bos

Birth
Spijk, Delfzijl Municipality, Groningen, Netherlands
Death
2 Nov 1971 (aged 89)
Bozeman, Gallatin County, Montana, USA
Burial
Churchill, Gallatin County, Montana, USA Add to Map
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He was born Klaas Bos in October 1882, so not in 1883 as his gravestone states, in the country village of Spijk. located in the northeastern part of the Dutch northeastern province Groningen.

On April 19, 1893 his father, laborer Jan Bos, his mother Grietje and his siblings Jan (17 years old), Aaltje (16), Klaas (13), Anna (9), Adolf (7) and Martje (4) arrived on the SS Maasdam at New York, Ellis Island. Their last residence place in the Netherlands was Spijk, a country village in the former municipality Bierum, since 1990 part of mun. Delfzijl, in the northeast of the province Groningen, and their destination was Bozeman, seat of Gallatin County, located in the southwestern part of Montana.

In 1900 Clauzon Bos (18 years old, born in Holland, farm laborer), his parents, farmer John and Gertie Bos, and siblings Henry (23, Holland, black smith), John (26, Holland, black smith), Alice (23, Holland), Anna (21, Holland), Adolph (15, New York, Irish) and Martha (13, Iowa) were iving in Manhattan, Gallatin County, Montana.

On October 18, 1905 Clauson Bos married Carolina Elings, who had Dutch parents too. They had five children and they lived in the period 1905-1918 in Churchill, Gallatin County, Montana, and from 1918 until 1926 in Moxee City and Zillah, Washington ; then they returned to Churchill.

See for a very detailed story about the Bos Elings family in the USA by a granddaughter and a granddaughter's husband: http://www.wtblock.com/wtblockjr/a_j_elings_dutch.htm.

In 1910 Clausen Bos (27) lived with his wife Lena (25) and their children Joe (2) and Grace (1) in schooldistrict 58 of Gallatin County, probably in or near the Dutch settlement of Holland, later on called Amsterdam-Churchill.

In 1920 Clauson, his wife Lena A and their children Joseph A (12), Grace (10), John (8), Dick A (6) and Henry (5) Bos lived in Moxee City or Zillah, Yakima County, Washington.

In 1930 Clauson, his wife Lena A and their children Joseph A (22), Grace (20), John H (18), Richard A (16) and Henry J (15) lived at West Gallatin, Gallatin County, Montana.

In 1940 farmer Clauson Bos (56) lived with his wife Lena A (56) and their son Henry J (25, road worker) on a rented farm in the Dutch settlement Holland, Godfrey Canyon Road, Gallatin County, Montana.

Clauson was for many years member of the graingrowers partnership called the "Bos Brothers".
He was born Klaas Bos in October 1882, so not in 1883 as his gravestone states, in the country village of Spijk. located in the northeastern part of the Dutch northeastern province Groningen.

On April 19, 1893 his father, laborer Jan Bos, his mother Grietje and his siblings Jan (17 years old), Aaltje (16), Klaas (13), Anna (9), Adolf (7) and Martje (4) arrived on the SS Maasdam at New York, Ellis Island. Their last residence place in the Netherlands was Spijk, a country village in the former municipality Bierum, since 1990 part of mun. Delfzijl, in the northeast of the province Groningen, and their destination was Bozeman, seat of Gallatin County, located in the southwestern part of Montana.

In 1900 Clauzon Bos (18 years old, born in Holland, farm laborer), his parents, farmer John and Gertie Bos, and siblings Henry (23, Holland, black smith), John (26, Holland, black smith), Alice (23, Holland), Anna (21, Holland), Adolph (15, New York, Irish) and Martha (13, Iowa) were iving in Manhattan, Gallatin County, Montana.

On October 18, 1905 Clauson Bos married Carolina Elings, who had Dutch parents too. They had five children and they lived in the period 1905-1918 in Churchill, Gallatin County, Montana, and from 1918 until 1926 in Moxee City and Zillah, Washington ; then they returned to Churchill.

See for a very detailed story about the Bos Elings family in the USA by a granddaughter and a granddaughter's husband: http://www.wtblock.com/wtblockjr/a_j_elings_dutch.htm.

In 1910 Clausen Bos (27) lived with his wife Lena (25) and their children Joe (2) and Grace (1) in schooldistrict 58 of Gallatin County, probably in or near the Dutch settlement of Holland, later on called Amsterdam-Churchill.

In 1920 Clauson, his wife Lena A and their children Joseph A (12), Grace (10), John (8), Dick A (6) and Henry (5) Bos lived in Moxee City or Zillah, Yakima County, Washington.

In 1930 Clauson, his wife Lena A and their children Joseph A (22), Grace (20), John H (18), Richard A (16) and Henry J (15) lived at West Gallatin, Gallatin County, Montana.

In 1940 farmer Clauson Bos (56) lived with his wife Lena A (56) and their son Henry J (25, road worker) on a rented farm in the Dutch settlement Holland, Godfrey Canyon Road, Gallatin County, Montana.

Clauson was for many years member of the graingrowers partnership called the "Bos Brothers".


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  • Maintained by: Peter Hakze
  • Originally Created by: Jane Barkell
  • Added: Aug 27, 2011
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/75580830/klaas-bos: accessed ), memorial page for Klaas “Clauson” Bos (1 Oct 1882–2 Nov 1971), Find a Grave Memorial ID 75580830, citing Churchill Cemetery, Churchill, Gallatin County, Montana, USA; Maintained by Peter Hakze (contributor 47703868).