John Daniel COSGROVE

1863 - 1942  (79 years)

• Name	John Daniel COSGROVE
  Nickname	Patrick
  Birth	21 Mar 1863	Halifax, Halifax, NS   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Death	25 Aug 1942	Lynn, Essex, MA   [2]
  Burial	Pine Grove Cemetery, Lynn, MA
  Person ID	I28129	A Few Relatives of Bob and Mary Hegerich
  Last Modified	13 Jan 2018

  
  

  Father	John Edward COSGROVE,   b. 1827, Ireland d. Yes, date unknown
  Mother	Mary LAWSON,   b. 1832, Halifax, Halifax, NS d. Yes, date unknown
  Family ID	F12786	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Annetta JOLLIMORE,   b. 8 May 1870, Terence Bay, Halifax, NS d. 30 Oct 1957, Halifax County, NS (Age 87 years)
  Children	1. Laura Esther COSGROVE,   b. 25 Jul 1886, Halifax County, NS d. Yes, date unknown
  Family ID	F7022	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	16 Nov 2024

  
  

  Family 2	Mary Elizabeth JOLLIMORE,   b. 1864, Prospect, Halifax, NS d. 27 Feb 1921, Lynn, Essex, MA (Age 57 years)
  Marriage	9 Apr 1890	Lynn, Essex, MA   [3]
  Children	1. Mary Agnes [Minnie] COSGROVE,   b. 5 Jan 1891, Lynn, Essex, MA d. Mar 1981, Modesto, Stanislaus, CA (Age 90 years)   2. Marguerite Cecilia COSGROVE,   b. 19 Oct 1897, Lynn, Essex, MA d. 28 Feb 1988, Modesto, Stanislaus, CA (Age 90 years)   3. Hilda Eugenia COSGROVE,   b. 1901, Lynn, Essex, MA d. 1902, Lynn, Essex, MA (Age 1 year)
  Family ID	F7642	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	16 Nov 2024

  
  

• Notes

  There is no hard evidence to prove that the John Cosgrove who, in 1886, fathers Laura Esther Cosgrove by Nettie JOLLIMORE is the same John COSGROVE who marries Mary Elizabeth JOLLIMORE in MA. But the circumstantial evidence seems to lead to that conclusion. First, from the baptismal record, although it is not explicitly stated, it would appear that Laura Esther is illegitimate. At any rate, Laura Esther's mother soon marries Alexander GILKIE and it is highly improbable that she divorces to do this. So John COSGROVE either dies or leaves the scene. From the 1920 Census and his Naturalization record, it is known that a John COSGROVE born NS enters the US in 1889, and this is consistent with the behaviour of a man involved in a Victorian era scandal. Next, in 1890, a John COSGROVE marries Mary Elizabeth Jollimore in MA. This is fast work if he enters the US in 1889 and in April 1890 marries a woman previously unknown to him. In their marriage record, she is given as the d/o George and Mary JOLMORE, he is given as the s/o John and Mary COSGROVE, and they both give their place of birth as NS. Mary Elizabeth JOLLIMORE appears to be the d/o George Edward and Margaret (Grono) JOLLIMORE as her known year of birth matches exactly and there are no other known Mary Elizabeth JOLLIMORE's this could be. Plus, she is Nettie's second cousin and, prior to emigration, lives in the area (Prospect) as Nettie. She appears to have entered the US on 20 Aug 1888, arriving in Boston aboard the Steamship CARROLL. John Cosgrove states on his application for US Citizenship that he was born NS on 21 Mar 1863. Now in the 1881 Census of NS, there is only one COSGROVE family. It is located in Halifax and fits his parents' names in the marriage record for John COSGROVE and Mary Elizabeth JOLLIMORE, as well as their probable ages and nationalities. Given all that, the notion there are two John COSGROVE's of about the same age, in roughly the same location, the former who has a child by Nettie JOLLIMORE and then disappears, and the latter who turns up and marries her cousin shortly after the former disappears, is just too big a coincidence for me to accept, at least at the moment. [Bob H]

  
  

• Sources

  [S9774] US Certificate of Citizenship--John D. Cosgrove. [S9341] Pedigree Resource File, File Submitted by David Andrew Goodwin. [S1856] MA Vital Records, 1841–, 1890, VOl 406, page321, line 156--transcribed by Carolyn Marks.