Kosman Family History
- Kosman Name Meaning
- Czech and Polish: from an altered form of the Greek personal name Kosmas (a derivative of Greek kosmos ‘order’, ‘universe’), borne by an early Christian saint martyred in Cilicia in ad 303 under the emperor Domitian, together with his brother Damian (see Damian). Jewish (Ashkenazic): from the Jewish personal name Kosman, borrowed from German Christians. Jewish (Ashkenazic): occupational name for someone who made glasses or cups, from Hebrew kos ‘drinking glass’ or Yiddish kos ‘goblet’, ‘cup’ + man ‘man’. See also Kos.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names ©2013, Oxford University Press
- 16,761 Historical Documents with Kosman on Ancestry
- 8,881 Birth, Marriage, and Deaths
- 2,643 Census and Voter Lists
- 666 Military Records
- 781 Immigration Records
- 3,790 Member Trees
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from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
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from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
Kosman census records
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from the New York Passenger Lists
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from 1881 UK Census Data
Kosman census records
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