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The surname Osen was first found in Westphalia, where the name emerged in mediaeval times as one of the notable families in the western region. From the 13th century onwards the surname was identified with the great social and economic evolution which made this territory a landmark contributor to the development of the nation.

Osen Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Osen, Ossen, Oessen, von Oessen, Osson, Oesson, von Oesson and many more.

Osen Early History

This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Osen research. Another 123 words (9 lines of text) covering the years 1770, 1640 and 1684 are included under the topic Early Osen History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.

Osen Early Notables (pre 1700)

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The Great Migration

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Osen Settlers in United States in the 19th Century

Inger Osen, who arrived in New York, NY in 1852
Burges Osen, who settled in Wisconsin in 1861
Morten Pedersen Osen, who setted in Wisconsin in 1886
Hanna Osen, who setted in Wisconsin in 1891
Jacob Svensen Osen, who settled in Wisconsin in 1891
... (More are available in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.)

Osen Historic Events

RMS Titanic

Mr. Olaf Elon Osén (d. 1912), aged 16, Swedish Third Class passenger from Hedesunda, Gävleborg who sailed aboard the RMS Titanic and died in the sinking ^[1]CITATION[CLOSE]
Titanic Passenger List - Titanic Facts. (Retrieved 2016, July 13) . Retrieved from http://www.titanicfacts.net/titanic-passenger-list.html

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Citations

^ Titanic Passenger List - Titanic Facts. (Retrieved 2016, July 13) . Retrieved from http://www.titanicfacts.net/titanic-passenger-list.html

Other References

Zoder, Rudolf. Familiennamen in Ostfalen. Hildesheim: Geog Olms Verlagsbuchhandlung, 1968. Print.
Oswald, G. Lexicon der Heraldik. Leipzig: 1984. Print.
Weis, Frederick Lewis, Walter Lee Sheppard and David Faris. Ancestral Roots of Sixty Colonists Who Came to New England Between 1623 and 1650 7th Edition. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing, 1992. Print. (ISBN 0806313676).
Haverkamp, Alfred. Medieval Germany 1056-1273 2nd edition. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1988. Print.
Best, Hugh. Debrett's Texas Peerage. New York: Coward-McCann, 1983. Print. (ISBN 069811244X).
Kapff, Rudolf. Schwäbische Geschlechtsnamen. Stuttgart: Verlag Silberburg, 1927. Print.
Bahlow, Hans. Deutschlands geographische Namenwelt Etymologisches Lexikon der Fluss- und Ortsnamen alteuropaischer Herkunft. Frankfurt: Suhrkamp, 1985. Print.
Bahlow, Hans. Mecklenburgisches Namenbüchlein Ein Führer durch Mecklenburgs Familiennamen. Rostock: Carl Hinstorffs Verlag, 1932. Print.
Samuelsen, W. David. New York City Passenger List Manifests Index 1820 - 1824. North Salt Lake, Utah: Accelerated Indexing Systems International, 1986. Print.
Matthews, John. Matthews' American Armoury and Blue Book. London: John Matthews, 1911. Print.
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The Osen Family Crest was acquired from the Houseofnames.com archives. The Osen Family Crest was drawn according to heraldic standards based on published blazons. We generally include the oldest published family crest once associated with each surname.

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