Hi: I am decended from the Cojean family. My dad's mother was Clara Cojean from the Seattle/Tacoma Washington area. Does anyone have information regarding our family? I know her father came to the Seattle area from France. Thanks. JoElla
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I believe we may be related. My maternal grandmother, Josephine Annis Funk was one of several duaghters of Lena (Caroline) Cojean and Wilbert Annis. There is a small cupboard (in my mother's livingroom-Carol Funk Oldfin) that was built by Uncle Joe Cojean for his sister Lena. Their father was Oliver Cojean from France originally, but resided in Langley, Bremerton and Marysville Washington. Karen Brooks
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Hi Karen: Yes, we are related. My grandfather was Thomas (Brownie) Roberts and Clara. Her sisters were Mary, Lena and Josephine. They would be my great aunts. Good to hear from you. Write to me at my e-mail listed above. JoElla Cudney
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JoElla, We are distant cousins, both descended from William Bradshaw and Eliza Burdine parents of Martha Edith/Ellen Bradshaw who married Oliver Cojean. I have never found anyone before from this family. I have extensive info on Martha Ellen's ancestry. I also got your name from Gloria Scott. I am interested in ANY descendants of Oliver and M. Ellen. Please contact me. I cannot access your message on Ancestry. Neva
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I would appreciate anything you could share on Martha Ellen Brandshaw's line of ancestry you could share. She is my Great Grandmother Lena(Caroline)'s mother. I have a picture of Oliver Cogean infront of his store, I believe it was the one in Interbay or possibly Bremerton. There is a street named for him in downtown Bremerton, WA. I notice Lillian, sister to Lean & Clara is often not mentioned. She was known as "Aunt 'Hun" married 1st to Charlie Willard, then later to someone with the last name of O'Brian. Let me know if you would like to swap info & pictures.
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Karen,, Thanks for contacting me. I would love to have a picture of Oliver. Do you have any of Martha Ellen. She is a sister to my great grandmother, Sarah P. Bradshaw. Which of Lena's children is your ancestor? Right now I am in the middle of a project but in a couple of weeks I can send you quite a bit of info. Send me your snail mailing address and I will send immediately the ancestral line of Martha Ellen --Ell. I know nothing about Oliver's ancestry. Do you have anything about him? I do not have any pictures, but I can put you in touch with someone in Port Angeles, Washington who is descended from Clara cojean and she does have some photos. Please reply. Neva
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My Grandmother Josephine (Jo) just pasted last year(91yrsold) and my Mom is sorting through all the family stuff she kept, so I'm not sure today if there are any pictures of Ell or not. My Grandma's Mom is Lena - Caroline. I've seen Ell's marker at the Langley cemetary and Olivier's. They are not together although they are near. There is a picture of Joseph Cogean before he went to WWI. We've been keeping an eye out for anything referencing his family in France. My Granma Jo told a story of a memory when she was pretty young of a letter that came from France, and he sent a reply. He never intended to return. We know he came via Ireland from the port of Brest. Email me at jerbro1232@attbi.com.
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Just wondering not about cojean but your connection to the Oldin family - that is a name in my husband's family that I know is very uncommon. Just wondering which of the Oldfin's your mother is related too.
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Saw your message in reply to my sister, Karen Brooks. Our father is Edmund Charles Oldfin jr , (named after his father). If I have the generations correct, your husband? would be our 2nd cousin once removed. My oldest brother was in contact at one point with Donna Oldfin and got quite a bit of the family tree info. I'd love to get more. We were in Vancouver for a day back in June with our Aunt Merle (Oldfin) Schauer, to get some info on their mothers side of the family, & she called her Aunt Margaret while we were up. Our branch is around Seattle, Aunt Merle is back east in Maryland. Would love to hear from more of the family
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