Joseph PFOSIA
- Born: Abt 1850, French Canada 1
- Marriage (1): Jerusha Anna WICKHAM about 1873 in probably Concordia, Cloud Co, KS
- Died: perhaps KS
 General Notes:
POSSIBLE SPELLING OF SURNAME:
"Phosa" (according to his daughter Ella's marriage record when she married John Mosburg);
"Pfosia" (according to daughter Ella's marriage record when she married James T. Brown)
"Pfosia" (according to Paul Dewitt Brown's delayed birth certificate)
"Phosfy" (according to daughter Ella's death record)
"Phosfy" (Gertrude Mosburg listed her mother's name as Luella Phosfy on her marriage record)
"Phouisa" or "Phoaisa" (Lola Mosburg listed her mother's name as Luella Phousia or Phoaisa on her marriage record)
"Phosey" (Gertrude Mosburg listed her mother's name as Luella Phosey on the 1925 IA State Census)
"Phoisa" (Lola Mosburg listed her mother's name as Luella Phoisa on the 1925 IA State Census)
"Phoisa" (according to daughter Gertrude's death certificate)
HISTORY: In the 1860s a handful of French Canadian immigrants settled in Cloud Co, KS, forming the community of St. Joseph, south of Clyde. Predominantly Catholic, several of the homesteaders had come first from Quebec through Kankakee, IL and finally made their way to Kansas. (Could this have been where Joseph lived?)
Joseph married Jerusha Anna WICKHAM, daughter of Benjamin WICKHAM Jr. and Mary Elizabeth RIDDLE, about 1873 in probably Concordia, Cloud Co, KS. (Jerusha Anna WICKHAM was born about 1857 in IA 2 and died before Jun 1900 in Hastings, Adams Co, NE 3.)
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