I thought this might be of interest to the Gen-WI members and would request, if any readers can help, that they contact the original poster, Braun, below. Any one on the WI list doing Bulgaria? In 1887 and even perhaps as late as the time of World War One Bulgaria was still under Turkish control, which could be an explaination for the 'Istanbul' birthplace. But please contact the original poster with suggestions. Ashley > > >From [email protected] Sun Dec 29 22:40:53 2002 > >Reply-To: "Chuck Braun" <[email protected]> > >Subject: Bulgaria > > >Researching the following names and places in Bulgaria with little >known information. >Name 1. John Koseff. Born: August 27, 1887 near Turnovo in the >Province of Istanbul, Bulgaria. >Name 2. The Father of John Koseff was Kose Evanoff(spelling >appeared as such). He was once the Mayor of the Town/Village where >he lived. >Name 3. The Mother of John Koseff was Tanasa(or Atanasa) nee >Nachaff (or Natcheva). Nothing more is known of John Koseff's >mother. >Note: John Koseff was the oldest of nine children. Two of them twins. >He, John Koseff, attended the Military Academy in Bulgaria. >John Koseff was of the Greek Orthodox religion while in Bulgaria. >He, John Koseff, studied the violin while there. >John Koseff became a naturalized citizen of the United States in 1921. > Is anyone in this line or researching the same area? Can you >correct me on place names and spelling? >Regards, >Chuck Braun >Osceola, WI --
Dear Ashley: Are you doing Wis. census lookups. If so we have a couple requests to send. Have a Happy New Year. Gene Barnes ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ashley Tiwara" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, December 30, 2002 9:23 PM Subject: [GenWisc] Fwd: Bulgaria to Wisconsin I thought this might be of interest to the Gen-WI members and would request, if any readers can help, that they contact the original poster, Braun, below. Any one on the WI list doing Bulgaria? In 1887 and even perhaps as late as the time of World War One Bulgaria was still under Turkish control, which could be an explaination for the 'Istanbul' birthplace. But please contact the original poster with suggestions. Ashley > > >From [email protected] Sun Dec 29 22:40:53 2002 > >Reply-To: "Chuck Braun" <[email protected]> > >Subject: Bulgaria > > >Researching the following names and places in Bulgaria with little >known information. >Name 1. John Koseff. Born: August 27, 1887 near Turnovo in the >Province of Istanbul, Bulgaria. >Name 2. The Father of John Koseff was Kose Evanoff(spelling >appeared as such). He was once the Mayor of the Town/Village where >he lived. >Name 3. The Mother of John Koseff was Tanasa(or Atanasa) nee >Nachaff (or Natcheva). Nothing more is known of John Koseff's >mother. >Note: John Koseff was the oldest of nine children. Two of them twins. >He, John Koseff, attended the Military Academy in Bulgaria. >John Koseff was of the Greek Orthodox religion while in Bulgaria. >He, John Koseff, studied the violin while there. >John Koseff became a naturalized citizen of the United States in 1921. > Is anyone in this line or researching the same area? Can you >correct me on place names and spelling? >Regards, >Chuck Braun >Osceola, WI -- ==== GenWisconsin Mailing List ==== Mailing list moderator: Brenda K. Wolfgram Moore email: [email protected]