The Proeger Family · Generation 6 — Kristin's 3rd-great-grandparents

Laura Osborn

Probable sister of John W. Orsborn · born about 1862

Laura Osborn

Probable

Probable sister of John W. Orsborn · born about 1862

Born
about 1862
Parents
Stephen Osborn & Martha J. Heron
Sources
3

Research status

Research status: PROBABLE as a daughter of Stephen Osborn and Martha J. Heron Probable confirm or correct →. Evidence: the 1880 census of Whitewater Township, Hamilton County, Ohio, read from the image, lists Laura, 18, daughter, in the household of Stephen W. Osborn, 58, and his wife Jane, 50 Confirmed S1149; she is Laura, 8, in the same household in 1870 S1148. What is weak or missing: Stephen’s wife is called Jane in both censuses, and that Jane and Martha Jane are one woman is likely, not settled; Laura’s birth and death records are not found. Know more? Use ‘Add to this record’ to confirm or correct it. Card added 8 October 2026

Evidence: The 1880 census of Whitewater Township, Hamilton County, Ohio, read from the image, lists Laura, 18, daughter, in the household of Stephen W. Osborn and his wife Jane; she is Laura, 8, there in 1870; an index of Indiana marriages names Laura Osborn as daughter of S. W. Osborn and Martha J. Hearn. Weak or missing: Stephen's wife is called Jane in both censuses, and that Jane and Martha Jane are one woman is likely, not settled; the marriage is read from the index only, which gives no date or county; her birth and death records are not found. Not yet confirmed. Know more? Confirm or correct this →

Life in the order the records give it

Birth1862
Born about 1862 in Ohio (8 in July 1870, 18 in June 1880) S1148 S1149. Sister of John W. Orsborn

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Probable
Probable confirm or correct → She probably married Frederick C. Petscher, born at Lawrenceburg, Indiana, son of Adam Petscher and Agnes Knower: an index of Indiana marriages names the bride Laura Osborn, born in Ohio, daughter of S. W. Osborn and Martha J. Hearn S1559. What is weak or missing: read from the index only, which gives no date or county; the register is not yet read. Know more? Use ‘Add to this record’

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Laura Osborn · Sources

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Sources cited on this card

3 of the record's sources are cited here. The numbering is the record's own; the full list, with where else each is cited, is at Sources.

  1. S11481870 U.S. census, Whitewater Township, Hamilton County, Ohio, dwelling 221 (21 July 1870). Ancestry record 38791830. Image examined in the Stage 2 reading, 30 September 2026. Confirmed Stephen Osborn, 48, farming, real estate $1,000, personal $600, born Ohio; Jane, 40, keeps house; Emma, 18; Josephine, 14; Douglass, 12; Laura, 8; all born Ohio. Enumerator I. N. Butler. The 1870 schedule states no relationships. The surname is faint.
  2. S11491880 U.S. census, White Water Township, Hamilton County, Ohio, ED 107, p. 5, dwelling 38 (2 June 1880). Ancestry record 23411154. Image examined in the Stage 2 reading, 30 September 2026. Confirmed Stephen W. Osborn, 58, husband, Justice of the Peace, born Ohio, father born New York, mother New Jersey; Jane, 50, wife, keeping house, born Ohio, father born North Carolina, mother Ohio; Laura, 18, daughter. Next door, in the Hayes household, Douglass Osborn, 21, farm labourer. Enumerator I. N. Butler.
  3. S1559Indiana marriages — Frederick C. Petscher and Laura Osborn. FamilySearch, “Indiana, Marriages”, index entries XXVX-1WP and XFWV-JHN. Index only; the register image is not yet read. Probable The bride, born in Ohio, is the daughter of S. W. Osborn and Martha J. Hearn; the groom, born at Lawrenceburg, Indiana, is the son of Adam Petscher and Agnes Knower. ⚠ The index gives no date or county.

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