Records of John Osman on Ancestry

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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for John Osman and the Osman Family History

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Some Famous People called John Osman

John James Osman

John James Osman,(1 December 1847 – 24 Feb 1916) was a politician in South Australia.

Osman was the son of Henry Osman and Charlotte his wife, was born in London, and went to Adelaide, South Australia, as a child in 1854. Osman, who was a captain in the Volunteer Force of South Australia, was married at Milnes Gap, South Australia to Miss Eliza Osborne on 10 January 1880. He was elected to the South Australian House of Assembly for the Victoria district at the by-election in November 1888, and was Minister of Lands in the John Cockburn Government from July to August 1890, after the retirement of James Howe. Osman was member for Victoria until April 1893.

Osman was married twice, he had five sons and a daughter by his second wife, Eliza Osborne, all born in Millicent, South Australia.

Source: John James Osman, Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia

Other names that sound a bit like Osman

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