I don't know why it's a female name, but it's the name of one of the Old Testament prophets, sometimes spelled Hosea. I remember him because when we were studying him in my Catholic school, if anyone mentioned Osea the prophet, someone else would jump up and say "Where? I don't see one." Judy --- [email protected] wrote: > Regarding Stewart's query on the Majors, I'm curious > if anyone recognizes > the origin of this name "Osee" - sometimes spelled > "Ose" or "Ocey" or > "Ozea" too? There were a number of females with > this name in Warren > County in 1850, a larger cluster than I've found > anywhere else. This has > been one of my side obsessions for a few years and > will welcome any > insight. > Marilyn > > On Thu, 19 Apr 2001 09:59:53 -0400 "Stewart > J.A.Woolever Jr" > <[email protected]> writes: > > Looking for any info on Edward or Osea beleive > they are connected to > > Rev Henry C.Major whos father was William mother > Annie > > they might also be connected to the Runyan-Mickel > family > > My Thanks > > Stewart > > > > Census_Year 1850Microfilm # M432-465State > NJCounty > > Warren > > CENSUS YR: 1850 STATE or TERRITORY: NJ COUNTY: > Warren > > DIVISION: > > Harmony REEL NO: 465 PAGE NO: 375B > > REFERENCE: 3 August 1850 R. Y. Kennedy 749 > > 14 282 282 Major Osea 46 F > > Harmony Presbyterian Church Yard > > Major, Edward; w. Osee, b. June 24, 1801, d. July > 23, 1857. > > Upper Harmony (Presbyterian) Graveyard > > Harmony, Warren County, NJ > > Major, Osee, w. of Edward, b. Jun 24, 1801, d. Jul > 23, 1857 > > > > > > > > > > > > ==== NJWARREN Mailing List ==== > > > > > > > > ============================== > > Search over 1 Billion names at Ancestry.com! > > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/rwlist1.asp > > > > ________________________________________________________________ > GET INTERNET ACCESS FROM JUNO! > Juno offers FREE or PREMIUM Internet access for > less! > Join Juno today! For your FREE software, visit: > http://dl.www.juno.com/get/tagj. > > > ==== NJWARREN Mailing List ==== > > > > ============================== > Ancestry.com Genealogical Databases > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/rwlist2.asp > Search over 2500 databases with one easy query! > ===== Judy Jamieson Pisano [email protected] "The Bird Families of New Jersey" <http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~birdnj> __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Auctions - buy the things you want at great prices http://auctions.yahoo.com/