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Newfoundland's South Coast - COSSAR

 

 

This page is for listings of the surname COSSAR, and people with research interest.

Bill Crant


Excerpt from Dr. Seary's, Family Names of the Island of Newfoundland, MUN 1977.

COSSAR, a surname of England and Scotland, from Middle English cosser -dealer, broker, horse-corser. (Reaney, Black).

Spiegelhalter traced ? the variant Corser in Devon.

In Newfoundland:

Early instances: Thomas Corsor, ? of St. John's, 1772 (DPHW 26C); Lot Cossar, of Lower Burgeo, 1846 (DPHW 101); Lot Cosser, of Red Island (Burgeo district), 1871 (Lovell).

Modern status: In the Burgeo-La Poile district.

Early Instances: Burgeo - LaPoile

Burgeo Marriages Vol-101 V/S
Lot COSSER, Bacholer of Lower Burgeo
married June 24, 1846 by Rev. Martin Blackmore
Elizabeth LAWRENCE, Spinster of Lower Burgeo
Wintesses: John B. Cox and Henry Brammil

 

 

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