Bertha May (Linn) Coss (1881 - 1973)

Born 12 Jul 1881 in Martins Ferry, Pease Township, Belmont, Ohio, United States

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Died 11 Dec 1973 at age 92 in Guernsey County, Ohio, United States

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Biography

The daughter of Henry Linn and Margaret Buckwalter, Bertha May Linn was born on 12 Jul 1881 in Martins Ferry, Belmont County, Ohio.

She married Melvin Coss in 1904. ^[1] Their children: ^[2]

1. Forest Ray Coss
2. Paul M. Coss
3. Mabel V. (Coss) Hartman
4. Donald Coss

Bertha passed away on 11 Dec 1973 in Guernsey County, Ohio. She is buried in Northwood Cemetery in Cambridge, Guernsey County, Ohio. ^[3]

Research Notes

• Evidence of birth certificate or death certificate not yet found. Once located, kindly update the profile and remove this note accordingly. (Dill-2940 19:35, 25 April 2023 (UTC))

Sources

1. ↑ West Virginia Marriage Index for Melvin Coss and Bertha May Linn
2. ↑ United States Federal Census, 1910-1940)
3. ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #104919538

• West Virginia Marriage Index for Melvin Coss and Bertha May Linn. Ancestry.com. West Virginia, U.S., Marriages Index, 1785-1971 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011.

• World War I Draft Registration Card for Melvin Coss (1918). Registration State: Ohio; Registration County: Guernsey County. United States, Selective Service System. World War I Selective Service System Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration. M1509, 4,582 rolls. Imaged from Family History Library microfilm.

• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/104919538/bertha-may-coss: accessed 25 April 2023), memorial page for Bertha May Linn Coss (12 Jul 1881–11 Dec 1973), Find A Grave: Memorial #104919538, citing Northwood Cemetery, Cambridge, Guernsey County, Ohio, USA.

• 1950 United States Federal Census. United States of America, Bureau of the Census; Washington, D.C.; Seventeenth Census of the United States, 1950; Record Group: Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790-2007; Record Group Number: 29; Residence Date: 1950; Home in 1950: Cambridge, Guernsey, Ohio; Roll: 5322; Sheet Number: 3; Enumeration District: 30-15.

• "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MLXQ-LSL : accessed 17 March 2021), Bertha May Cass in household of Melvin Cass, Cambridge Ward 2, Guernsey, Ohio, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 8, sheet 10B, family 237, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 1186; FHL microfilm 1,375,199.

• "United States Census, 1920", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MDYK-1XN : 3 February 2021), Bertha Coss in entry for Melvin Coss, 1920.

• "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X47X-H83 : accessed 17 March 2021), Bertha Coss in household of Melvin Coss, Cambridge, Guernsey, Ohio, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 10, sheet 3A, line 32, family 57, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 1804; FHL microfilm 2,341,538.

• "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KWXK-VJ1 : 9 January 2021), Bertha Coss in household of Melvin Coss, Cambridge, Guernsey, Ohio, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 30-5, sheet 20A, line 21, family 437, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 3075.

• "Ohio Death Index, 1908-1932, 1938-1944, and 1958-2007", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VKBJ-7MF : 12 November 2019), Bertha M Coss, 1973.

Acknowledgments

• This person was created on 04 March 2011 through the import of Rick Hoskins_2011-03-04.ged.

"United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MMC4-5R2 : accessed 4 March 2021), Bertha Linn in household of Henry Linn, Pease Township Martins Ferry City Ward 3-4, Belmont, Ohio, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 11, sheet 3A, family 48, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,241,241.