Eighth Generation

4070. Robert Isaac Bosman was born on 15 June 1857 in Baltimore (Independent City), Baltimore, MD. He appeared in the census in 1870 at Ward 6 in Baltimore (Independent City), Baltimore, MD. In 1870 Census he was living with grandfather F. Robert Skillman. He died on 24 October 1926 at the age of 69 in Norfolk, VA. Robert was buried at Elmwood Cemetery in Norfolk, VA. He was a manufacturer of peanut products in Norfolk, VA. He was in business with John Lohman. Bosman & Lohman Co, had the registered Trade Mark "NUT-LET." They manufactured After Dinner Brand Salted Nuts, Nut-Let Peanut Butter, Peanut Bars, Peanut Candy Specialties, New Process Blanched Spanish and Virginia Peanuts. Their factory was the first to manufacture and market peanut butter commercially.

The factory was located at Granby St. Extended & Norfolk & Western Railway Terminal in Norfolk. The company was liquidated in 1924. The building now houses the First Colony Coffee & Tea Co., a leading processor of gourmet coffees. He was named for both grandfathers.

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Norfolk : First Four Centuries Chapter -Dixie All-American page 355
Changes in America lifestyles were reflected in Norfolk which was unaware of the extent of its own contributions to the new modes. The habit of eating on the run, for example, owed something to Fred Phillips, a deputy constable in 1946, who in 1908 suggested to a peanut-butter firm, BOSMAN and LOHMAN at Norfolk and (Western's Granby Street Crossing) that it market its product between crackers. The company let him hire 4 women to give door to door samples of peanut-sandwiches.
The response led the company to assign him it's New Jersey territory where consumers thought peanuts grew above ground like grapes. But they liked his sandwiches and National Biscuit Co. soon sent Phillips an order for 30 thousand, placing the little sandwich in the big time.
Peanut-butter itself, was concocted in St.Louis, owed much to ROBERT I. BOSMAN and Julius G. Lohman, the first to make and distribute it nationally. They founded their company on Commercial Place in 1891 to manufacture candy and other confections, but began making peanut butter with a sausage grinder as soon as they heard about it. Their product marketed as Nut-Let became the "best know brand in the world".
BOSMAN and Lohman made tons at a time at the Ganby Street factory they occupied in 1902. BOSMAN and Lohman discontinued operation in 1920s leaving the field to Skippy in Portsmouth and Planter's, among others.

Robert Isaac Bosman and Annie Irene Snyder were married on 21 December 1882 in Norfolk, VA. They appeared in the census in 1910 in Norfolk, VA. They appeared in the census in 1920 at Tanner's Creek in Norfolk, VA. In the 1920 Census, Naomi Lawrence and her child Mary J. Lawrence were living with Robert and Annie. Annie Irene Snyder, daughter of Daniel K. Snyder and Rochelle Fraetas Unknown, was born on 27 September 1865 in Portsmouth, VA. She died on 14 February 1954 at the age of 88 in Norfolk, VA. She was buried at Elmwood Cemetery in Norfolk, VA. Annie was a member.

Robert Isaac Bosman-30644 and Annie Irene Snyder-30659 had the following children: